Government checks to seniors with high prescription drug bills are going out early, Obama administration officials said Thursday, plugging the advantages of the new health care overhaul law. The $250 checks for Medicare recipients who fall into the prescription drug coverage gap are a new benefit this year, a modest down payment on gradually closing the "doughnut hole" over the next decade. Seniors who fall into the gap are responsible for $3, 610 in drug costs in 2010 before their Medicare coverage kicks in again. Health and Human... read full review »