Medicare Report May Contain Warning (Time Magazine)
The upcoming report on Medicare's financial health is likely to contain a first-of-its-kind warning that will require President Bush to find ways to make the entitlement program more self-reliant

Medicare drug plan overhaul stalls in Senate (Arkansas News Bureau)
By Aaron Sadler Stephens Washington Bureau WASHINGTON - A Senate setback on a bill to require the government to negotiate Medicare Part D drug costs with pharmaceutical companies failed to stop Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., and others Wednesday from trumpeting the proposal.