THE DRUGS OF OUR LIVES: (The Eureka Reporter)
Does every beneficiary know what time it is? Time to enroll in one of California s 56 Medicare Part D prescription drug plans for 2008. It just makes you want to go out and shoot somebody, said Tom Nowell. What the hell am I getting into?

Ford retirees must choose health plans (Detroit Free Press)
After years of getting generous health insurance benefits, 40,000 Ford Motor Co. management retirees -- including about 22,000 in Michigan -- are to begin signing up today for Medicare plans in an all-out battle by insurers to challenge the longtime stronghold of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan.

Local health care at an impasse (The Farmington Daily Times)
I read your article Sunday about the senior citizen who was having difficulty finding a doctor to care for her because she was on Medicare. I also am a senior citizen living in San Juan County. I have Medicare and an excellent medigap policy.

"Medicare Advantage Plans Are The Way Of The Future," Says Maryland Health Official (Medical News Today)
"Medicare Advantage plans are the way of the future," says Dorothy Schulz, manager of a Medicare Advantage health insurance plan offered nationally to residents in Erickson Retirement Communities. Today there are more than 600 Medicare Advantage plans-more than double the number available in 2004. "Beneficiaries have more choices for their health coverage than ever before," she adds. [click link ...