Medicare drug plans costing seniors money (The Post-Standard)
The publisher of Consumer Reports magazine says many Medicare Part D plans are raising prices well in excess of the rate of inflation.

Will aging boomers lose benefits? (USA Today)
Will boomers see benefits such as Social Security and Medicare diminished during their long retirements? It's impossible to say for sure. Aware of their political muscle, Congress will likely try to shield those in or near retirement from cutbacks in Social Security benefits. But a rough consensus among experts is that a projected long-term explosion of health care costs could force sweeping ...

Analysis defines impact of Medicare Part D (News-Medical-Net)
The most thorough study to date of the impact of the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Part D) found that this benefit led to a 13.1 percent decrease in out-of-pocket expenses for patients and a 5.9 percent increase in prescription use.

OIG Report Confirms Dangerously Thin Margins For Community Pharmacy (Medical News Today)
The Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services released a "Review of the Relationship Between Medicare Part D Payments to Local, Community Pharmacies and the Pharmacies' Drug Acquisition Costs.