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

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-P...

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Corporate Authors: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2002.
Series:U.S. Congressional Research.
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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.
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