Envision OK'd as prescription drug plan for Medicare (BizJournals)
Envision Insurance Co. in El Dorado Hills is the nation's first company to be licensed as a stand-alone Medicare Part D prescription drug plan in California, state regulators confirmed Monday.

Will aging boomers lose benefits? (USA Today)
Will boomers see benefits such as Social Security and Medicare diminished during their long retirements? It's impossible to say for sure. Aware of their political muscle, Congress will likely try to shield those in or near retirement from cutbacks in Social Security benefits. But a rough consensus among experts is that a projected long-term explosion of health care costs could force sweeping ...

Medicare Part D saves seniors some money (EARTHtimes.org)
An analysis of the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit, known as Medicare Part D, found the prescription drug program has saved U.S. seniors some money. Researchers from the University of Chicago Medical Center, Harvard University in Boston and Virginia C...