Millions near limit on Medicare drug plan / Seniors, disabled will have to reach deep into pockets (San Francisco Chronicle)
Millions of Americans enrolled in the new Medicare drug program are about to hit a gap in their coverage and will have to start paying out of pocket for their prescriptions. Beginning later this summer, many seniors and disabled people enrolled in most...

Further Medicare cuts by Bush are in planning stages (San Mateo County Times)
IHAD A PLAN for this week's Senior Journal but two stories in Monday's New York Times caught my eye. They weren't on the front page. One was on page 13.

JOB OPENINGS (Times-Beacon)
TOMS RIVER The cost of Medicare Part B coverage to America's elderly and disabled has nearly doubled during the Bush administration, and Ocean County's freeholders are asking the president and the Social Security Administration to do something to head off yet another premium hike next year.