Economic Stimulus Payments Not Counted as Income for SSI or Part D Help (Senior Journal)
March 24, 2008 - The special economic stimulus payments authorized by Congress in February will not affect the benefits of persons receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Food Stamps, the Medicare Part D Low Income Subsidy or other federal benefits.

Statement by Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr. on the 2008 Social Security and Medicare Trust Fund Reports (United States Department of the Treasury)
The Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees met this afternoon to complete their annual financial review of the programs and to transmit the Trustees Reports to Congress. I welcome my Cabinet colleagues.

Presidential candidates are mum on Medicare and Social Security woes (Los Angeles Times)
A new government report predicts when each will go into the red, but the hopefuls appear reluctant to touch the subject matter. With the presidential campaign going full tilt, a new government report on a big national problem is usually followed by volleys of rhetoric from the candidates. But on Tuesday, when the annual report on the precarious state of Medicare and Social Security came out, ...

Covering the Bases: Prescription premium help available from state (The Capital)
What is the SPDAP? My neighbor has that plan and she pays a very low premium for her Medicare Part D plan. How can I join? Do they cover the same drugs as the plan I have now?