City to continue Medicare perk practice for now 06/01/08 (The News-Herald)
LINCOLN PARK City retirees aren't expected to see a cut in their pension checks, but future retirees likely won't receive a financial perk that's now being called into question.

The bizarre, new world of being a senior citizen (The Darien Times)
I never imagined I would make it to 60. But once I got there and turned around to see where I d been, I was even more shocked. I suddenly realized that somewhere along the way, time had spun out of control. After all, 30 was just a few weeks ago, right?

CQ's Carey discusses Medicare legislation, Medicaid regulations, bipartisan health care summit (News-Medical-Net)
Mary Agnes Carey, associate editor of CQ HealthBeat, discusses Senate Democrats' plans to craft legislation that would stop a scheduled reduction in Medicare physician payments; a provision in a supplemental war spending bill that would block for one year new Medicaid regulations; and a bicameral, bipartisan health policy summit set for June in this week's "Health on the Hill from ...