Officials: Medicare enrollment down

With 30 days remaining before costly premium penalties kick in, state health officials said the number of seniors signed up for Medicare prescription drug coverage isn?t high enough.

Baltimore County leads the state with prescription drug enrollment just under 63 percent, with 80,000 seniors signed up for the new Medicare program or other coverage. That means health employees there have 30 days to talk to 47,000 more seniors about their drug coverage options, according to the most recent estimates.