Rep Rangel Pessimistic About Medicare Insurer Payment Cuts (Nasdaq)
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The fate of proposed Medicare payment cuts lies in the Senate, a fact which makes Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., less than optimistic.

Florida Defendant Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Medicare Fraud (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
The owner and operator of a Florida health care company has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for Medicare fraud, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney R. Alexander Acosta of the Southern District of Florida announced today.

State lawmaker: Program a move to privatize Medicare (Quad-City Times)
DES MOINES A state lawmaker and a group advocating for Medicare benefits for seniors are criticizing the Medicare Advantage program, which they say is an attempt to privatize Medicare.

New report hikes total who lacked health care (East Valley Tribune)
More than 2.2 million Arizonans - or 42 percent of the state's non-Medicare population - went without health insurance at some point during the past year, according to a new study based on U.S. Census data.