Help available on Medicare plan options (The Steubenville Herald-Star)
The Ohio Department of Insurance is helping Ohio beneficiaries understand their plan options providing enrollment assistance and explaining how to avoid predatory sales practices during the Jan. 1 to March 31 Medicare Advantage Open Enrollment.

CVS Caremark and Universal American Will End Medicare Part D Strategic Alliance at Year-End 2008 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
WOONSOCKET, R.I. & RYE BROOK, N.Y.----CVS Caremark and Universal American Corp. announced today that their strategic alliance covering the Prescription PathwaySM Medicare Part D prescription drug plan program will end as of December 31, 2008, subject to regulatory approvals.