Medicare: A Critical Element Of Health Care Reform (Medical News Today)
A panel of senior advocates and health policy experts gathered on Capitol Hill to discuss current efforts to reform our national health care system and a growing consensus that Medicare should play a role in that debate. "We know there will be savings found in Medicare to help pay for system-wide health care reform.

Hospital sponsors Medicare seminar on June 9 in Denison (Denison Bulletin & Review)
Are you going to be eligible for Medicare in the near future? Have you been on Medicare for awhile and want to better understand what it offers? Do you have a family member you help with Medicare issues?

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

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.