Seniors Being Hit Hard by Unexpected 16 Percent Increase for Top Medicare Drug Plans (Senior Journal)
June 5, 2008 Gasoline prices, food prices everything is going up. Senior citizens, however, are being quietly hit by a gigantic surprise in the form of a premium increase in their Medicare prescription drug plan, despite claims by the administration in January that prices were lower for 2008. Instead, average monthly premiums for enrollees in the 10 most popular Medicare prescription drug ...

Medicare drug coverage is costing most seniors more (Los Angeles Times)


AARP events to focus on health care, social security (La Crosse Tribune)
AARP is holding a series of events in La Crosse this week as part of its Divided We Fail campaign to promote national discussion about affordable health care and Social Security.

Nearly Three-Fourths Of Medicare Drug Plan Beneficiaries Will Pay 16% More For Coverage This Year, According To Analysis (Medical News Today)
Monthly premiums for Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in the 10 largest prescription drug plans this year increased by an average of 16% to $26.39, according to an analysis released on Wednesday by Avalere Health, the Los Angeles Times reports.