Regulator's Concerns Impacts Federal Medicare Legislation (KOTV 6 Tulsa)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) _ Two months ago, Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland was in Washington expressing dismay to a Senate panel that government policies prevented her from protecting elderly Oklahoma consumers from unscrupulous Medicare marketing practices.

Center For Medicare Advocacy Commends House Of Representatives For Protecting Medicare Beneficiaries And Children, USA (Medical News Today)
The Center for Medicare Advocacy, a non-profit, non-partisan organization that works to obtain fair access to Medicare and necessary health care for older people and people with disabilities, commends the House of Representatives for its leadership in protecting and expanding access to health care for Medicare beneficiaries and for children. [click link for full article]

Medicare Advantage Marketing Would Be Regulated by States in New Senate Bill (Senior Journal)
July 27, 2007 Although the major Medicare Advantage Plans agreed to stop marketing until they had cleaned up their act, after a multitude of criticism of overly-aggressive marketing tactics, it is not enough everybody in Washington.