New Study Measures Effects Of Medicare Part D On Prescription Drug Use, Cost Sharing For Senior Beneficiaries (Medical News Today)
Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), Harvard Medical School, and Adheris, Inc., an inVentiv Health company, announce today a new study highlighting the effects of Medicare Part D coverage on the use of selected essential drugs and out-of-pocket spending among seniors without prior drug coverage.

Senior Care Podcast By LivHOME Releases 'Paying for Care: Part 1' (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
The latest episode of the Senior Care Podcast by LivHOME explores benefits and programs that can help seniors and their families pay for care during today's challenging times.

Seniors Still Have Chance to Change Their Medicare Health Coverage for 2009 (Senior Journal)
Feb. 16, 2009 Many senior citizens think they are now locked into their current Medicare health coverage for 2009, but, there is actually there is still time to make a change, according to the Medicare Interactive newsletter.

Stimulus: Is $19B right Rx for health IT? (EETimes)
Observers praised the U.S. government's plan to spend $19 billion on information technology in health care as part of the economic stimulus package, but they expressed deep concerns about the focus on electronic health records, the effectiveness of the plan's incentives and the current lack of interoperable systems.