Trillion-dollar tragedy isn't the only script for investors (Market Watch)
SEATTLE (MarketWatch) -- We are back to "It's the economy, stupid" -- that memorable slogan from the 1992 presidential campaign. So let's think outside of the box. How could we draw on recent history to avoid wasting trillions of dollars of taxpayer and personal wealth?

Medicare's Hospital Trust Fund Will Be Insolvent By 2019, According To Trustees Report (Medical News Today)
The Medicare hospital insurance trust fund will become insolvent by 2019, the estimate given last year, according to a report released on Tuesday by the board of trustees for Medicare and Social Security, the New York Times reports (Pear, New York Times, 3/26). The trustees projected that Medicare spending will increase from 3.2% of gross domestic product in 2007 to 10.

Covering the Bases: Extra help means extra paperwork (The Capital)
I am eligible for extra help to help me pay my Medicare Part D expenses. Every year they send me a form that I have to fill out in order to continue with this benefit. Why is this necessary?

Democrats target English in 3rd District (Erie Times-News)
Republican Phil English, of Erie, has faced just one serious re-election challenge during his 14 years in Congress. Democrats from Erie to Washington, D.C., are convinced that 2008 will be the second.