From The Motley Fool:

On Jan. 12, 2007, unanimous support from Democrats in the House led to the passage of the Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act. If it becomes law, it would require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate with pharmaceutical manufacturers for lower drug prices. Since drug companies sell their many […]

There have been a number of articles lately about the negative effects Medicare Part D has had on the retail end of the Pharmacy business. Here is one from USCF Today

Each day, the nation’s pharmacies dispense more than 8 million prescriptions. In return, pharmacies are reimbursed by patient health plans. What used to be […]

Mona Skinner, 79, needed help weeding through the insurance plans for her Medicare Part D enrollment forms, so she turned to the experts: two twentysomethings serving in the AmeriCorps service organization.
“I’ve been procrastinating,” said Skinner, a retired homemaker from Junction City. “There’s too many plans. … I just didn’t know which way to jump.”
After […]

I found this in the Concord Monitor:
Meg Heckman’s “Some stranded by Medicare benefit” (Monitor, Feb. 13) was an important story. It is one of the few to counter the hype that Medicare Part D is dramatically cutting the cost of prescription drugs for all seniors.
Heckman describes how this legislation derailed the Medication Bridge Program, which […]

I found this in The Washington Times:

Congress’ top accountant yesterday told House Budget Committee members that they should revisit the new Medicare prescription-drug program as one way to help reduce the amount of money that will be spent on health care.
David M. Walker, U.S. comptroller general, and other budget analysts who […]

I found this in the Miami Herald:

Recent media coverage has devoted a great deal of attention to the challenges in implementing the new Medicare prescription drug benefit. Unfortunately, little has been said about how this new program might actually help beneficiaries.
A newly released study by the National Health Council shows that Medicare beneficiaries with the […]

I found this in the Times-News:

Tennessee Attorney General Paul Summers has issued a warning to seniors who are considering signing up for a Medicare Part D prescription drug plan: Beware of scams.
“Never give out personal identifying information - medical or financial - unless you know who you are talking to and are sure that the […]

This is from MarketWatch:

Text of President Bush’s radio address for Feb. 11, 2006
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Today I want to talk to you about the new Medicare prescription drug coverage that went into effect on January 1st of this year.
When I came into office, I found a Medicare system that was antiquated and not meeting […]

From United Press International:

If a senior enrolls in a prescription drug plan for Medicare Part D before the 15th day of a month, the process is more likely to go smoothly, officials said.
A beneficiary, who enrolls after the 15th of the month may need to spend extra time at the counter working details out, said […]

Article compiled from The Washington Post

Harold Meyerson’s Jan. 25 op-ed called Medicare Part D a “mind-boggling failure.”
This program has been in effect barely a month. The transition is not without problems, but it is not the disaster that Mr. Meyerson described.
Medicare is responding to many of the initial program glitches by issuing guidance to plans […]