New Medicare Plan: Republican Rep. Paul Ryan and Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden plan to today propose a plan for changing Medicare that would permit private health-insurance plans to compete for enrollees with the traditional Medicare plan, the WSJ reports . The plan, which would take effect in 2022 and wouldn’t apply to current Medicare enrollees, would offer full or partial subsidies to seniors depending on income, the paper says. Ryan’s previous plan included replacing traditional Medicare with subsidies that beneficiaries could use to purchase private insurance. Texting in the Operating Room?: As health-care workers increasingly use portable electronic devices like smartphones and tablets at work, they are subject to the same digital distractions as the rest of us, the New York Times reports . A survey cited by the paper found that half of technicians who monitor bypass machines reported texting and more than half reported using a cellphone during heart surgery. The NYT says some hospitals have restricted use of the

devices. More Young Adults Covered: The provision of the health-care overhaul law permitting people to stay on a parent’s insurance plan until the age of 26 appears to have given about 2.5 million young adults coverage, the WSJ reports . Some 73% of 19- to 25-year-olds had insurance in June, compared to 64% in September 2010, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. Alarming Figures: Statistics released by the CDC show that almost one in five U.S. women have been sexually assaulted at some point, the Washington Post’s The Checkup blog reports . The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey also revealed that one in four women has experienced severe physical violence at the hand of a boyfriend or husband, and that one in seven men has experienced the same level of violence by an intimate partner, the WP reports. Image: iStockphoto

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A.M. Vitals: Ryan, Wyden to Introduce Proposal for Changing Medicare