Ryan plan would fundamentally change Medicare, expert says
A law professor says House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan's proposal to change Medicare for those under age 55 is nothing short of a complete reconceptualization of the popular health insurance program.

Medicare's Drug Coverage Gap to Shrink Away Under Health Care Reform
FRIDAY, April 8 (HealthDay News) -- Starting this year, Medicare Part D's widely despised "donut hole" -- the gap in drug cost coverage enrollees encounter when they reach a certain spending threshold -- will start to disappear, one result of the health care reform package enacted last year, experts say.