"Medicare Update: Get Your Questions Answered" (Garden City News)
Winthrop-University Hospital's "Health Update for Seniors" community education series will present a free program, "Medicare Update: Get Your Questions Answered," on Wednesday, June 11, 2008. The program begins with the lecture at 1:15 PM, followed by blood pressure checks at 2:45. It will be held at the Mineola Community Center, 155 Washington Avenue in Mineola.

Seniors Being Hit Hard by Unexpected 16 Percent Increase for Top Medicare Drug Plans (Senior Journal)
June 5, 2008 Gasoline prices, food prices everything is going up. Senior citizens, however, are being quietly hit by a gigantic surprise in the form of a premium increase in their Medicare prescription drug plan, despite claims by the administration in January that prices were lower for 2008. Instead, average monthly premiums for enrollees in the 10 most popular Medicare prescription drug ...