AUDIO from Medialink and GlaxoSmithKline: More Patient Assistance (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Starting this year, GlaxoSmithKline's new patient assistance program, GSK Access, will provide free medicines to eligible low-income Medicare Part-D-enrolled senior and disabled patients who have spent at least $600 of their own money on outpatient medicines.

State-by-State Analysis of Medicare Part D Finds Low-Income Nursing Home Residents Have a Poor Chance of Being Enrolled ... (U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News)
An analysis released today by the Long Term Care Pharmacy Alliance (LTCPA) finds most low-income nursing home residents have a poor chance of being enrolled in the Medicare Part D plan that best covers their medications -- and most could immediately switch to a better plan at no cost if they were allowed to receive help from their caregivers.

Capps Vows to Make Improvements in Medicare Part D (KSBY San Luis Obispo)
The newest Medicare drug program is becoming a pain for some seniors. Congresswoman Lois Capps was in Santa Maria today vowing to help. Medicare Part D is confusing to some. They wind up paying too much, or can't afford their medications.

Waxman leads the call for greater transparency on Part D drug prices (Pharmaceutical Business Review)
'Content With the introduction of Part D in January 2006, Medicare patients were provided with extensive access to out-patient drugs for the first time. However, the program has been controversial from the outset.