Democrats see drugmaker windfall from Medicare (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
U.S. pharmaceutical companies benefited from a $3.7 billion "windfall" during the first two years of Medicare's prescription drug coverage, according to a report from Democratic congressional staff released on Thursday.

State queries residents in assisted living investigation (Press of Atlantic City)
TRENTON - The state began mailing out letters Friday to 538 current and former residents of assisted living facilities in southern New Jersey, as part of an investigation into complaints against Assisted Living Concepts, or ALC.

Mel Walsh: Uncle Sam's Medicare plans (The Union)
Did you hear the story about the geezer who was asked his opinion about government fund ing for health care? He said: "Medicare is working fine for me, so I don't want the government getting involved and messing it up."