Industry Insider: Medicare Part D may be behind drug-sales increase (The Star-Ledger)
Sales were unexpectedly sprightly for most of the big pharmaceutical companies in the past quarter, and some analysts wonder whether the new federal prescription drug benefit for Medicare recipients is responsible.

Part D Taxes Mental-Health Sites -- Poll (RedNova)
Medicare's prescription-drug benefit has strained budgets of U.S. mental-health agencies to the tune of $304 million, a survey says.

Chamber ad lauds DeWine on drug plan (Dayton Daily News)
WASHINGTON The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has launched an ad praising Sen. Mike DeWine for voting for the 2003 Medicare Part D prescription drug plan, saying DeWine's vote has helped 1.5 million Ohio seniors save money on prescription drugs.