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For Medicare beneficiaries, it's time for a checkup. Not necessarily the usual doctor-patient visit, but an analysis of Part D prescription drug plans and additional benefits that should be reviewed every year at this time.

Arnold James was confident he could go online to check out his options for Medicare drug coverage.

Chris Crawford, left, communications director for U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston, John Bolton, former acting ambassador to the United Nations, and Kingston.

Bill Gillespie can take his dog Jasmine to the end of the walkway but not on to the beach at Tybee.

Congressman Jack Kingston announced today that he will sponsor a series of workshops during the open enrollment season for the Medicare Part D prescription drug program.

It's almost time to enroll in Medicare Part D, and a local leader wants to help the public get informed about the program.

Determining the best plan for benefits isn't easy for some Medicare beneficiaries.

Local officials hope to change the way the national government will count deployed soldiers in the upcoming 2010 Census.

The resistance to reforming our nationa s healthcare system has been fueled by entrenched corporate interests.

Submitted by Blake Aued on Fri, 11/13/2009 - 12:13pm. Sen. Johnny Isakson is making two stops in Athens today.

I'm hoping, for your sake, that you didn't spend a recent Saturday night as I did: watching the House debate health care reform on C-SPAN the weekend before last.

Let us now praise the virtue of the U.S. House of Representatives. Last night, the House narrowly passed a sweeping health-care reform bill, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, bringing America one step closer to finally guaranteeing health care for all its citizens, not just those who could afford it.

I'm hoping, for your sake, that you didn't spend your Saturday night as I did: watching the House debate health care reform on C-SPAN. Pathetic, I know.

The Republican National Committee told its members Wednesday night that it is reviewing its health insurance policy -- a move announced after POLITICO reported that RNC employees have abortion coverage through their current plan.

IS TELLING " UNTRUTHS " A GOP JOB REQUIREMENT? Gary Ater C-SPAN showed exactly why the Republican party just continues to shrink.

Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base and Mayport Naval Station are out of the running as a new home for a riverine squadron.

Congressman Jim Marshall voted against the health care bill that passed the house Saturday night with 220 votes saying yes and 215 representatives voting against the paperwork.

Saturday night's passage in the House of a 2,000-page, $1.1 trillion health-care reform bill has been heralded by some as a 'historic moment' and among the greatest advances in social legislation since the New Deal.

But as one of 435 members of the House or even the 100 in the Senate, an individual lawmaker doesn't often feel the warmth of the limelight.

For years, the location of this city's needle exchange program, in a nondescript strip mall close to highways and bus lines, was seen as a major asset.