BlueCross Receives Federal Approval for 2008 Medicare Plans (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
The federal government has approved all of BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina's 2008 Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D product offerings. Enrollment applications can be accepted starting on Nov. 15.

Medicare-Administered Drug Benefit Would Be More Affordable, Comprehensive, Stable Than Current Private Insurance-Run ... (Medical News Today)
Older adults and persons with disabilities should have the option of choosing prescription drug coverage through the Original Medicare program to eliminate the consumer exploitation that plagues the current Medicare Part D drug benefit run by private insurance companies, concludes Consumers Union and the Medicare Rights Center in a report released recently. [click link for full article]

It's not too soon to review your Medicare options (Mid-Iowa News)
For individuals who need a little guidance in understanding the approaching annual enrollment period for Medicare, their SHIIP has come in.

Legislation would create alternative to privately run Medicare Plan D (Baxter Bulletin)
Legislation not enacted by the previous Congress, which would allow a Medicare-administered prescription drug plan as an alternative to privately run Medicare Part D plans, was reintroduced Tuesday by Rep. Marion Berry, D-Ark., and two Illinois Democrats.