Overview of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public contracts.

Health facilities.

Managed care plans (Medical care).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (28 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2004.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Describes major provisions of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, which establishes an outpatient prescription drug benefit for Medicare beneficiaries and institutes miscellaneous reforms in the Medicare program. Explains provisions regarding establishment of a voluntary prescription drug benefit program and a Medicare prescription drug discount card, the Medicare Advantage program, cost containment, and administration of Medicare Part C and Part D. Examines appeals, regulatory, and contracting provisions of the Act, and discusses provisions affecting Medicare fee-for-service program payments, demonstration projects, beneficiary cost-sharing amounts, covered benefits, Medicaid and miscellaneous provisions, and tax incentives for health and retirement security.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Nov. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

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Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Overview of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003

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