Medicare -- Saul Friedman in Newsday.com --  "AARP plans siphon money from Medicare" -- Saul Friedman is one of the best writers of retirement matters in his "Gary Matters" columns.  In this one, he questions AARP's motives in promoting its Medicare Advantage product.  (Read)

Medicare -- Kris Hundley, Times Staff Writer, in tampabay.com -- "Lure of Medicare Advantage: Hard Cash" -- Hundley lists what Medicare Advantage plans will reap from Medicare in five Florida counties, including $936 per person per month in Hernanco county.  Very eye-opening.  (Read) 

Medicare -- Melissa Davis, Senior Writer in TheStreet.com -- "Medicare Cuts May Cause Pain" --  Davis takes the time to seriously evaluate what may be happening in payments from Medicare to Medicare Advantage as Congress takes a new look next year.  (Read) 

Medicare -- Editorial in The New York Times -- "Medicare Private Plan Abuses" --  This editorial combines two problems which Congress addressed in several hearings during the spring and summer of 2007--Medicare Advantage sales abuses, and MA overpayments.  (Read)

Social Security -- Martha M. Hamilton in the Washington Post -- "Your Golden Year For Social Security" -- Hamilton discusses what is the best age to begin taking Social Security retirement benefits, and discusses women's, as well as spouse's benefits.  (Read)

Retirement -- By Jonathan Clements in The Wall Street Journal at WSJ.com -- "Bring Fresh Eyes to Your Portfolio in 2008" --  Clements suggests nine points to think about in regard to retirement and correctly assessing your retirement portfolio.  (Read)

Medicare --  Jan Hoffman in the New York Times -- "Doggedly Persistent, Untying Medicare Knots for the Elderly." --  Using a single situation described by Frederic Riccardi, a health counselor for the Medicare Rights Center, Hoffman illustrates the grief encountered by many retirees trying to decipher the plans and benefits involved with Medicare Part D.  (Read)

Medicare --  Very comprehensive article by Charles Duhigg in The New York Times --  "Oxygen Suppliers Fight to Keep a Medicare Boon" --  Duhigg covers the high costs of Oxygen to Medicare, and how overpayment may be the rule, as Congress tries to figure out how to get control of this vital part of American healthcare.  (Read)