Selecting a Medicare plan may get easier (Miami Herald)
Florida seniors enrolled in a Medicare Part D prescription drug plan will have a lot of sorting to do when the open enrollment period for 2008 begins.

Congress Overrides Veto Of Medicare Bill To Delay Physician Payment Cut (Medical News Today)
A 10.6% reduction to Medicare physician fees will be delayed for 18 months because legislation (HR 6331) became law on Tuesday after both chambers of Congress voted to override President Bush's veto of the bill earlier in the day, the Wall Street Journal reports (Wilde Mathews, Wall Street Journal, 7/16). The reduction in fees took effect on July 1, but CMS delayed processing of claims.