GAO Study Looks At How Medicare Part D Sponsors And CMS Handle Drug Coverage Requests (Medical News Today)
"Medicare Part D: Plan Sponsors' Processing and CMS Monitoring of Drug Coverage Requests Could Be Improved," Government Accountability Office: The report reviews the processes and criteria that Medicare prescription drug benefit plans use to make coverage decisions, as well as the processes for appealing coverage denials and the approval rates of those appeals.

Gregg introduces Medicare legislation (Boston Globe)
New Hampshire Sen. Judd Gregg has introduced legislation designed to help pull Medicare back from the brink of insolvency.

Medicare Advantage plans ripe for fraud (Deseret Morning News)
When Medicare introduced Part D coverage to pay for prescription drugs in 2006, it gave seniors a golden opportunity to save money and crooks a golden opportunity to steal it.