Medicare proposal targets affluent seniors (Deseret Morning News)
The federal government would charge affluent seniors more for drug coverage and require doctors and hospitals to use electronic medical records under proposals released Friday by the Bush administration to corral rising spending in the Medicare program.

Medco Launches Medicare Part D Initiative to Promote ePrescribing (The San Francisco Examiner)
FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. ( Map ) - FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., Feb. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- As Congress considers a bill that would tie physicians' Medicare payments to their use of ePrescribing technology, Medco Health Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: MHS ) today announced the launch of a national initiative to assist physicians of Medicare Part D patients in switching from hand-written to electronically ...

Bush: Wealthier Medicare recipients should pay more (Houston Chronicle)
The Bush administration will ask Congress to increase the monthly premiums that wealthier Medicare beneficiaries pay for prescription drug coverage, officials said Friday.

CVS Caremark and Universal American Will End Medicare Part D Strategic Alliance at Year-End 2008 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
WOONSOCKET, R.I. & RYE BROOK, N.Y.----CVS Caremark and Universal American Corp. announced today that their strategic alliance covering the Prescription PathwaySM Medicare Part D prescription drug plan program will end as of December 31, 2008, subject to regulatory approvals.