States Take Action As Medicare Falters (AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060113/ap_on_he_me/medicare_drugs"><img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20060112/capt.cams10501122010.state_budget_cams105.jpg?x=100&y=130&sig=EgTgod5AUUP5K.ZbOvRQxw--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger pauses while addressing the media in Fremont, Calif. on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2006. Schwarzenegger's announced plans to improve infrastructure including freeways, to relieve traffic congestion, as part of his Strategic Growth Plan. Schwarzenegger has a stitched-up upper lip from an accident he was in after his sidecar Harley-Davidson collided with a car on a winding canyon road Sunday. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)" border="0" /></a>AP - California, Arkansas and Illinois have joined about half a dozen other states taking emergency measures to help residents struggling to get prescriptions filled under the new Medicare drug program.</p><br clear=all>