State is moving EPIC seniors into Medicare drug plan (The Journal News)
Some 111,000 New York seniors who avoided enrolling in the new federal drug coverage last year - many because they preferred the state's own prescription plan - will be added to Medicare Part D starting July 1.

Kitzhaber's health-care plan draws citizen support (Salem Statesman Journal)
Elsa Porter of Portland was there at the start -- and she wants to be part of another beginning.

Medicare Plan Targeted by Budgeters (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
When Doug Morris joined Medicare last spring, the retired college professor went right to work reading the handbook that explained his benefits, expenses and rights.