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

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

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Corporate author / creator:Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
Imprint:[S.l] : [s.n.], 2004.
Description:28 p. : digital, PDF file.
Language:English
Subject:
Public contracts.
Health facilities.
Managed care plans (Medical care)
Format: E-Resource U.S. Federal Government Document Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10640363
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Other uniform titles:ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection.
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.
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.
Other form:Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Overview of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003

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