Major Provisions of the Medicare Modernization and Prescription Drug Act of 2002, H.R. 4954, as Passed by the House.

Format:

• Book
• Government document

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Consumer protection.
• Drugs.
• Medicare.

Physical Description:

• 1 online resource (30 pages) : digital, PDF file
• monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2002.

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Summary:

Reviews provisions of the Medicare Modernization and Prescription Drug Act of 2002, to establish a voluntary Medicare prescription drug benefit program to limit consumer costs. Examines various program benefit, administration, and funding issues, including drug provisions, relationship to Medicare-Plus-Choice program, provider payment provisions, beneficiary issues, and establishment of a new administrative entity, the Medicare Benefits Administration.

Notes:

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

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Major Provisions of the Medicare Modernization and Prescription Drug Act of 2002, H.R. 4954, as Passed by the House

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