The health care legislation that passed earlier this year is kicking into gear now for American senior citizens. Hundreds of thousands of Medicare recipients in Illinois will be getting a check in the mail for $250 any day now. Today, Illinois Senator Dick Durbin headlines a forum on the coming benefits. But first, he joins us to talk more about that, and other Senate business.

Music Button:  Barrett Martin & the Wayward Shamans, “Garifuna”, from the CD Alchemy, (Fast Horse)