Study says Medicare drug plan saves cash (Boston Globe)
The much-criticized Medicare drug benefit program that began last year has enrolled the vast majority of eligible people in Massachusetts, and saved the state more money -- about $76 million -- than planners predicted, according to a study being released today.

Medicare Plan Targeted By Budgeters (CBS News)
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.

Overweight Americans To Weigh On Nation's Future Health Costs (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News)
Wary of tackling Social Security or Medicare reform, members of Congress are pitching a new prescription for the nation's coming fiscal woes: fresh fruit and exercise.