Group wants public health plan (The Iowa City Press-Citizen)
A Coralville-based group and Sen. Joe Bolkcom, D-Iowa City, called on Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, to push through a bill to provide a federal public health plan for those without health insurance Thursday.

Jones: Reader may qualify for Extra Help for drug costs (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
Q: Ms. S of Rising Fawn, Ga., writes: My husband has sent in several applications for the Extra Help in paying his premiums on the Medicare Prescription Drug Plan D. He received a letter saying he was eligible and would be sent more information. His premiums are now due. He really doesn t have the money to pay them. It has been months since he received his eligibility letter. How does he find ...

States consider cutting drug help for seniors (San Francisco Chronicle)
Joanne Devlin needs about 20 prescription drugs to regulate her blood pressure, keep her arthritic joints limber and pain-free and control her asthma. She counts on financial help from Rhode Island when her Medicare Part D insurance plan maxes out and no... Related: Medicare Part D - Insurance - Rhode Island - Medicare - Health insurance

MEDai Helps Medicare Part D Sponsors Adhere To CMS Medication Therapy Management Initiative (Medical News Today)
MEDai, Inc., headquartered in Orlando, FL, a leading provider of advanced solutions for healthcare that utilize award-winning predictive analytics, announced that its solutions are actively assisting Medicare Part D benefit sponsors with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services mandate, calling all Medicare Part D to offer members a medication therapy management (MTM) program.