Medicare Reimbursement Bill Fails In US Senate Vote (Nasdaq)
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The Senate Thursday rejected a bill that would avoid deep cuts in Medicare reimbursements for physicians but also cut payments to insurers for private Medicare plans.

City hospital in jeopardy of fund loss (The Williamsport Sun-Gazette)
U.S. Sen. Robert Casey, D-Pa., has vowed to revive legislation that restores Williamsport Hospital's adjusted funding for Medicare dollars. The bill, barely defeated this week by the Senate, included the Section 508 Medicare issue as well as a number of other measures designed to help rural and other health care institutions, he said. "Part of it dealt with the 508 legislation," he said.

Medicare Part D plagues system (The Barre Montpelier Times Argus)
BARRE -- It's no secret that Medicare Part D, the private-sector prescription drug program that was rolled out in 2006, got off to a rocky start. Elderly beneficiaries struggled to make sense of a multitude of bewildering plans. Pharmacists phoned Medicare for information and endured interminable waits. Many patients whose prescriptions had been paid for under Medicaid couldn't get them filled. ...

Study shows generics now own 63% of Medicare Part D market (News-Medical-Net)
Wolters Kluwer Health, a division of Wolters Kluwer, has released the results of a study that looks at key statistical outcomes of the Medicare Part D (MPD) prescription drug program.