Slow Medicare payments choke small pharmacies (The Springfield News-Leader)
Medicare Part D has been lethal to Jim Frederich's business. Frederich, 54, the former owner of Jim's Script Shop and Country Mart Pharmacies near Branson, took an offer to merge his pharmacies with a chain in June 2006, walking away from a business he spent years building.

Medicare drugs too costly for many, survey finds (Los Angeles Times)
One in five enrollees say they have put off or skipped buying prescriptions. Low-income seniors do not know that an additional government subsidy is available. washington -- Most seniors who lacked prescription coverage in past years now have it, thanks to the Medicare drug benefit, but in a survey released today one in five enrollees said they had put off or even skipped getting some ...

Seniors report problems with Medicare plan's costs (The Arizona Republic)
Most seniors who lacked prescription coverage in past years now have it, thanks to the Medicare drug benefit, but in a survey released Tuesday one in five enrollees said he or she had put off or even skipped getting medications because of the program's high costs.

Are you eligible for a low-income Medicare Part D subsidy? (The Plain Dealer)
UPDATED: 09 :43 a.m. EDT, August 21, 2007 Not wanting to ruin his shoes, Mike Nawaleniec, of Cleveland, strips off his shoes and socks for the wet walk to his truck after a 30-minute shop at Sam's Club on Brookpark Rd. Monday, August 20, 2007 in Brooklyn.