Presidential Candidate Sen. Clinton Announces Proposal To Reduce Health Care Costs (Medical News Today)
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) in a speech at George Washington University on Thursday introduced a health care cost-cutting plan that she said could save $120 billion annually, the New York Times reports (Seelye, New York Times, 5/25). [click link for full article]

CMS Proposes Reforms Of Compliance Requirements For Medicare Advantage Plans - Provisions Extend To Part D Prescription ... (Medical News Today)
To further safeguard Medicare beneficiaries, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) today proposed strengthening its current oversight requirements and penalties for Medicare Advantage plans and Part D prescription drug plans. [click link for full article]

Dr. Gott: Doctor Refuses Second Referral for Second Opinion (RedNova)
By PETER GOTT, M.D. Newspaper Enterprise Association Dear Dr. Gott: My doctor recently refused me a referral for a second opinion. The problem required a nephrologist, and no one in that specialty will see me without a referral from my primary-care doctor.