Former Webbers Falls resident garners science award (Muskogee Phoenix)
WASHINGTON, D.C. Sharri Clark, formerly of Webbers Falls, has been selected as a Science & Technology Policy Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for 2008-2009.

Medicare Rights Center Gets Cover For NY Woman's Cancer Treatment - Victory Marks Implementation Of Evidence-Based ... (Medical News Today)
More than two years after it first filed an appeal, the Medicare Rights Center has secured coverage under the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit for a New York woman's ovarian cancer treatment. As a result, Judith M.

Colorado Governor Signs Bill To Expand State Medicaid Program (Medical News Today)
Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter (D) on Tuesday signed a bill (HB 1293) that would impose a fee on hospitals to raise about $600 million annually to draw down matching federal funds to expand Medicaid coverage and other health programs, the Denver Post reports.

When drug plans don't communicate, insured can be left in the lurch (Miami Herald)
Q. My mother, 89 and a Medicare recipient, applied in December to change her insurance provider to AARP, and elected to receive her Medicare Part D prescription drugs through AdvantraRx. The new plans were to take effect on Jan. 1, 2009.