Updated Publication, Since You Care(R): Medicare and Medicaid Programs - The Basics, Available Free from the MetLife ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
WESTPORT, Conn.----The MetLife Mature Market Institute has updated its Since You Care guide, Medicare and Medicaid Programs - The Basics. The publication, free to the public, has new information on Medicare Part B premiums, changes to the Medigap program pertaining to prescription drug benefits and the latest on Medicare Advantage and Medicare's prescription drug plan.

Central Virginia Business: Part D putting the squeeze on independent pharmacies (The News & Advance)
It turns out that Tom Jones Drug isn t the only local independent pharmacy having trouble with Medicare Part D.

Medicare Part D lifts sales of heartburn drugs, but generic use crowds out branded profits (The Daily Record)
NEW YORK - The influx of seniors enrolling in Medicare Part D's prescription drug plan drove overall sales of heartburn medications higher in 2006, but insurers' focus on cheaper drugs means generic products are eating into the market share of branded blockbusters such as AstraZeneca's Nexium.

The War on Working Americans: Part 2 (Baltimore Chronicle & Sentinel)
This article was written to assess the state of working America in the run-up to Labor Day, 2007. Organized labor today is severely weakened following decades of government and business duplicity to crush it.