Welch: Medicare bill would save billions per year
BENNINGTON -- Vermont Democratic Congressman Peter Welch has introduced legislation calling for negotiation of drug prices for Medicare Part D beneficiaries, a move he said could save billions per year over the next decade.

What Republicans Would Rather Spend Money on Than Medicare
COMMENTARY | Medicare, along with Social Security, is an important part of America's social safety net. It's a promise to today's young workers that they won't be tossed aside once they've outlived their usefulness; that their medical bills will be taken care of when they're old and in poor health, and can't work or pay for their own insurance anymore. And it's a program that most young workers ...

Monitor your Medicare costs
If you're enrolled in a Medicare Part D plan and you're being overcharged for the prescription drugs you take, it can throw you prematurely into the infamous "doughnut hole."