Seniors get the scoop on Part D (Times-Beacon)
BRICK Eight years ago, the large bus parked outside the Adamston Road Senior Center yesterday served as the mobile campaign headquarters for then presidential candidate George W. Bush. Since then, the bus, painted with an intricate mural of smiling senior citizens, has logged more than a million miles across the country, spreading the word about the new Medicare Part D program.

Government Approves Lilly's Medicare Part D Patient Assistance Program (Medical News Today)
Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) announced today that it has been granted approval ofLillyMedicareAnswers, an "Outside Part D" Medicare Part D PatientAssistance Program by the Health and Human Services Office of InspectorGeneral (OIG). [click link for full article]

Medicare Part D (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
The first information about Medicare Part D drug plans for 2007 is due soon, when Medicare announces names of companies offering plans. But it will be impossible to compare competing plans until after Oct. 12, when Medicare releases the cost details for each plan. HOW DO THE PLANS WORK? Plans and premiums will vary widely. For 2007, the typical beneficiary will pay the first $265 in drug costs,