Mel Walsh: Uncle Sam's Medicare plans (The Union)
Did you hear the story about the geezer who was asked his opinion about government fund ing for health care? He said: "Medicare is working fine for me, so I don't want the government getting involved and messing it up."

PCMA President and CEO Mark Merritt Testifies Before House Oversight & Government Reform Committee on Medicare Part D (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
Merritt: Part D Plans Delivering Broad Access, Deep Savings for Seniors & Disabled, While Reining In Overall Program Costs

Medicare Part D a boon for drug companies, House report says (Los Angeles Times)
Taxpayers pay up to 30% more for prescriptions under the privately administered program than under Medicaid, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform finds. U.S. drug manufacturers are reaping a windfall from taxpayers because Medicare's privately administered prescription drug benefit program pays more than other government programs for the same medicines, a House committee ...

Schumer, others seek funding for in-home care of elderly, disabled (The Post-Star)
U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., has requested that the Adirondack region be one of eight locations in the nation selected for a federal test of a new program intended to improve medical care for the elderly and disabled.