Rick Santorum: Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Vote A 'Mistake' (VIDEO)
Former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum said he made "a mistake" when he cast a vote in favor of the Medicare prescription drug benefit while in office during an appearance on this weekend's edition of "Fox News Sunday."

KIPDA is Helping Qualified Kentucky Medicare Beneficiaries Save Up to $4,000 on Prescription Drug Costs; Will Enroll ...
The Kentuckiana Regional Planning and Development Agency (KIPDA), through its Social Services Division, announces the open enrollment period for a community outreach program covering qualified Medicare beneficiaries under the Extra Help with Prescription Drug Costs. The program, covering subsidies for Medicare Part D, is administered by the Social Security Administration using new 2011 Federal ...

Gap in Medicare coverage slowly closing
COLUMBIA Officially, the chasm in Medicare Part D's prescription coverage is called the coverage gap. However, thousands of senior citizens in Missouri know it by another name the "donut hole." Beginning last year, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services implemented a plan to close the "donut hole" by 2020 in several phases. In 2010, roughly 82,000 beneficiaries in Missouri reached ...

US drug spending slows; hits $307 bln in 2010-IMS
* Prescription drug spending grew 2.3 pct vs 5.1 in '09 * Visits to doctors' offices down 4.2 pct * Medicare Part D, Medicaid scripts filled grew to 30 pct * Generics spending rose 21.7 pct, brands ...