Seniors Navigate Medicare Maze (The Signal)
The audience had a lot of questions at the Kaiser Permanente "Talk & Tea" that focused on "Medicare Changes for 2007" Jan. 30 at the Santa Clarita Medical Office on Tourney Road. Manny Rivera of Kaiser's Woodland Hills office spoke to 35 people - a standing-room-only crowd in the Kaiser conference rooms.

Medicare Part D spells boon for local health insurance players (BizJournals)
The most recent Medicare and Medicaid enrollment period brought health care to millions of new enrollees across the nation. And for two local companies that have dug deeper into the Medicare Part D market, it's meant a significant jump in business.

AUDIO from Medialink and GlaxoSmithKline: More Patient Assistance (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Starting this year, GlaxoSmithKline's new patient assistance program, GSK Access, will provide free medicines to eligible low-income Medicare Part-D-enrolled senior and disabled patients who have spent at least $600 of their own money on outpatient medicines.

Waxman leads the call for greater transparency on Part D drug prices (Pharmaceutical Business Review)
'Content With the introduction of Part D in January 2006, Medicare patients were provided with extensive access to out-patient drugs for the first time. However, the program has been controversial from the outset.