Medicare report warns about self-sufficiency (Daily Bulletin)
WASHINGTON - 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.

How Pharma Leaders Are Reacting to Medicare Part D (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
For the last year, pharmaceutical and biotech companies have been gathering resources and reviewing market trends to reduce risk and increase profits under the new Medicare Part D legislation.

Medicare Drug Plan Overhaul Stalls In Senate (The Morning News)
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.