Lawmaker offers help with Medicare Part D (Asbury Park Press)
MIDDLETOWN: Assemblyman Samuel D. Thompson, R-Monmouth, is offering one-on-one help with the Medicare Part D prescription drug program Wednesday at the Middletown Public Library, 55 New Monmouth Road.

Medicare counselors go mobile (The Providence Journal)
EAST PROVIDENCE -- Helen Landry did her homework. The 88-year-old great-grandmother had a pile of papers listing the drugs she takes, their cost and where she buys them. Already a subscriber to the Medicare Part D drug benefit, she was shopping around for a better prescription plan.

Analysis: Medicare Part D's Greatest Hits (RedNova)
The marketplace for the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit is highly concentrated in the hands of a few large health insurance companies, according to a new study, raising concerns about the future of competition in the program.

Study doubts Part D benefits (phillyburbs.com)
New preliminary data suggests Pennsylvania senior citizens using Medicare Part D paid more in co-pays and premiums and faced significant coverage gaps and medication restrictions than seniors getting drugs through other means.