Even with Medicare, health costs can pile up (The News Journal)
One thing that might not be in your retirement plans: an annual cashectomy. If you don't plan carefully for your future health care costs, your retirement dreams could end up in the emergency room.

Correction (Chico Enterprise-Record)
In the Style section Saturday there was an error in a story alerting senior citizens to the Medicare Part D changes in 2008.

Monogram Announces First Medicare Payment for Trofile(TM) (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Monogram Biosciences, Inc. today announced that the first Medicare payment for its Trofile Assay has been processed, at an amount equal to Monogram's list price, by the National Heritage Insurance Company , the contractor that administers Medicare programs in California.

Jordan pharmacy to close; Owner says he loses money with Medicare D (Billings Gazette)
JORDAN - The soda fountain where Coca-Cola is still served over ice in real glasses and milkshakes come in the classic flavor duo will stay, but this town's only pharmacist plans to close up shop by the end of the year.