Average Monthly Cost of Basic Medicare Drug Plan to Jump $3 in 2009, Says CMS (Senior Journal)
Aug. 20, 2008 - The average monthly premium that senior citizens should expect to pay for standard Medicare Part D coverage in 2009 will be $28, which is about $3 higher than this year but 37 percent lower than was projected back in 2003. As the drug program enters its fourth year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, says this projection is based on plan bids that reflect nationwide ...

Medicare Web Site Confounds Many Seniors (WKRN Nashville)
A majority of seniors who visit the Medicare Web site find getting the information they need a frustrating experience. Some experts say that reflects the complex nature of Medicare itself.

Report Rejects Medicare?s Boast of Cutting Fraud (New York Times)
Medicare?s top officials in 2006 said that they reduced the number of fraudulent and improper claims paid by the agency, but a draft report says those claims of success were misleading.