Medicare: Mistakes Costing Government (AP via Yahoo! News)
The government could save hundreds of millions of dollars a year if the Medicare program would stop paying for medical errors such as operations on the wrong body part or mismatched blood transfusions.

MEDICARE DRUG BENEFIT: Senate bill would waive late penalty (The Charlotte Observer)
Elderly and disabled people who missed the deadline to enroll for the new Medicare drug benefit would not pay a penalty if they signed up later this year under legislation that Senate sponsors predicted would gain swift approval.

Medicare official: Government pays too much for botched health care (Fort Wayne News Channel 15)
CAPITOL HILL The government could save hundreds of (m) millions of dollars a year if the Medicare program would stop paying for such medical errors as operating on the wrong body part.

Deal would spare Medicare late fees (Contra Costa Times)
A day after tens of thousands of people made a mad dash to beat the deadline for enrolling in the Medicare prescription drug benefit, a bipartisan group of senators announced legislation Tuesday that would waive penalty fees for late enrollees.