St. Joe's gets $1.3 million more for CMS rural demonstration project (The Dickinson Press)
Dickinson's St. Joseph's Hospital and Health Center is going to receive an additional $1.3 million in funding over two years through a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rural demonstration project. Advertisement: The Dickinson Press Free 2-Week Trial. Don't miss another day of local sports, captivating news and local stories. You'll find money saving coupons and much ...

Five Easy Pieces (The Weekly Standard via Yahoo! News)
The story of the Democratic Congress is this: So much to do, so little done. Issues of importance are crying out for attention. The alarms are largely ignored. The list of big issues is long and includes immigration, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, health care and health insurance in general, and energy.

Lawmakers Question Duplicative Retiree Drug Coverage (Washington Post)
More than 200,000 federal retirees are enrolled in two government-sponsored prescription drug programs, and the duplicative coverage may cost more than $200 million annually, according to two House members.