Low-income seniors miss out on vital assistance (El Paso Times)
The programs designed to provide assistance to low-income Medicare beneficiaries, such as the Medicare Prescription Drug Extra Help Low-Income Subsidy (LIS) and Medicare Savings Programs (MPS), are seriously flawed and must be fixed.

Minnesota, National Long Term Care Advocates: Pending Bush Medicare Cut Hurts State s Rural Seniors (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
New Study: Rural Seniors Medicare-Financed Nursing Home Care Slashed $3.7 Million in Year Ahead; Federal Lawmakers, In Minnesota This Week, Urged to Publicly Oppose Cuts to Seniors Medicare Funding