When drug plans don't communicate, insured can be left in the lurch (Miami Herald)
Q. My mother, 89 and a Medicare recipient, applied in December to change her insurance provider to AARP, and elected to receive her Medicare Part D prescription drugs through AdvantraRx. The new plans were to take effect on Jan. 1, 2009.

Dodd taking lead role on health care reform (New Haven Register)
U.S. Sen. Christopher J. Dodd, D-Conn., said Monday that putting a public option on the table as part of federal health care reform is important to the debate and should not be rejected as a nonstarter.

Two senators offer bipartisan healthcare proposal (Los Angeles Times)
Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) want to pay more to hospitals and doctors meeting quality standards -- and penalize those who don't. Pushing to change how medicine is paid for as part of a sweeping overhaul of the nation's healthcare system, two leading senators offered a plan Tuesday to pay more to hospitals and doctors who meet federal quality standards and penalize those ...