Overweight Americans To Weigh On Nation's Future Health Costs (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News)
Wary of tackling Social Security or Medicare reform, members of Congress are pitching a new prescription for the nation's coming fiscal woes: fresh fruit and exercise.

Medicare Plan Targeted By Budgeters (CBS News)
When Doug Morris joined Medicare last spring, the retired college professor went right to work reading the handbook that explained his benefits, expenses and rights.

Volunteers needed to advise on Medicare Part D (Battle Creek Enquirer)
Burnham Brook Community Center, 200 W. Michigan Ave., is seeking volunteer benefit counselors to help seniors navigate the often complex system of Medicare, Medicaid and Part D prescription drug plans.