My Medicare Community Gives Benefits Counselors Information They Need to Help Seniors
Website Offers New Resources for Medicare Annual Enrollment Period and Beyond WASHINGTON, May 23, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Understanding and keeping on top of what's new in Medicare can be challenging--even for those who know the program best. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100615/NCOALOGO ) NCOA's My Medicare Community is an important resource that ...

Democrat wins special election for NY House seat; Medicare overhaul seen as GOP downfall
BUFFALO, N.Y. Democrats picked off a heavily Republican upstate New York congressional seat Tuesday in a special election that became a referendum on Medicare and may have blunted further GOP efforts to cut popular entitlement programs as a way to close the federal deficit. Erie County Clerk Kathy Hochul defeated Republican state Assemblywoman Jane Corwin, capturing 47 percent of the vote to ...

Medicare overhaul proposal causing GOP stress
Little more than a month after they backed sweeping changes to Medicare, Republicans are on the political defensive, losing a House seat long in their possession and exhibiting significant internal strains for the first time since last fall's election gains.