Healthcare reform legislation has enacted changes that will significantly affect the Medicare Part D prescription drug program. The most immediate impact of the reform aims to close the “donut hole”, a component of the benefit design in which seniors must pay the full cost for their drugs themselves. However, while it will ultimately be phased [...]

Many regions of the country are experiencing an unusually warm and wet spring – a weather pattern that is likely to foster an earlier and more severe mosquito season, the National Pest Management Association (NPMA) warns. The NPMA is asking homeowners to take action now to eliminate potential breeding sites for mosquitoes on or around [...]

The new health care reform package signed into law by President Barack Obama last month continues to polarize U.S. adults, with 42 percent supporting it and 44 percent opposing it. The number one reason for that opposition: 81 percent think the law makes the wrong changes. And, 39 percent say the law would be “bad” [...]