Elder Law Seminars Hosted By Flushing House (Queens Courier)
Are you a senior citizen stuck on a financial roller coaster due to the Medicare Part D doughnut hole? Did you know the 2005 Deficit Reduction Act makes it more difficult for seniors and the disabled to obtain Medicaid benefits?

CQ's Carey Discusses Medicare Legislation, Medicaid Regulations, Bipartisan Health Care Summit (Medical News Today)
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 kaisernetwork.

FDA to Get Access to Medicare Part D Data (WebMD)
The FDA will soon start monitoring massive amounts of Medicare s medical records in an effort to more closely monitor drug safety, federal officials said Thursday.