Medicare Advocacy Center Says Check Social Security 1099 Carefully (Senior Journal)
March 21, 2007 - Medicare beneficiaries with Social Security income have been receiving their Social Security 1099 forms, which report income received in 2006 and deductions taken from that income, including Medicare premiums.

ROLL CALL: How they voted (Kansas City Star)
Major roll call votes by area members of Congress this week: 1. GULF COAST RECOVERY (HR 1227): Voting 302-125, the House passed a bill easing federal housing rules and authorizing new spending to speed the Gulf Coast s recovery from Hurricane Katrina. In part, the bill makes $1.2 billion available for a state-run Road Home program to repopulate New Orleans and surrounding parishes, expedites ...

PBM Lobby Opposes Medicare Part D Reforms (U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News)
Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) -- corporate middlemen who control pharmacy benefit plans -- are bilking community pharmacies through their practice of delaying payments of money owed to these health care providers, according to the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA).

Analysis: Medicare Advantage under fire (UPI)
Acting Medicare chief Leslie Norwalk squared off with House members this week over key details of Medicare Advantage, an HMO-structured program that is ...