Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003

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Medicare legislation United States federal statute

The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 is a major U.S. federal law that overhauled Medicare by adding outpatient prescription drug coverage and expanding private plan options for beneficiaries.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Medicare Modernization Act of 2003	1
Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act	1
Medicare prescription drug benefit implementation	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Medicare legislation ⓘ United States federal statute ⓘ
affects	Medicare beneficiaries ⓘ pharmaceutical industry ⓘ private health plans ⓘ
aimedTo	increase role of private plans in Medicare ⓘ modernize Medicare benefits ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit law NERFINISHED ⓘ
billNumberHouse	H.R.1 (108th Congress) NERFINISHED ⓘ
codifiedIn	Title 42 of the United States Code NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
createdProgram	Health Savings Account NERFINISHED ⓘ Medicare Advantage NERFINISHED ⓘ Medicare Part D NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateSigned	2003-12-08 ⓘ
debatedIssue	extent of subsidies to private insurers and drug plans ⓘ lack of federal negotiation of drug prices ⓘ long-term fiscal impact on Medicare ⓘ
enactedBy	108th United States Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ
established	standard Medicare Part D benefit design including coverage gap ⓘ
expanded	Medicare managed care into Medicare Advantage (Part C) ⓘ private plan options for Medicare beneficiaries ⓘ
implementedProgramStartDate	Medicare Part D 2006-01-01 ⓘ
introducedConcept	Medicare Part D coverage gap (donut hole) NERFINISHED ⓘ
introducedInChamber	United States House of Representatives NERFINISHED ⓘ
legislativeStatus	in force ⓘ
majorProvision	creation of Health Savings Accounts ⓘ means-tested premiums for higher-income beneficiaries ⓘ outpatient prescription drug coverage for Medicare beneficiaries ⓘ subsidies for employer-sponsored retiree drug coverage ⓘ temporary Medicare prescription drug discount card program ⓘ
policyArea	health care ⓘ social insurance ⓘ
politicalContext	George W. Bush administration domestic policy ⓘ
presidentAtSigning	George W. Bush NERFINISHED ⓘ
primarySubject	Medicare NERFINISHED ⓘ prescription drug coverage ⓘ
prohibits	direct negotiation by the federal government over Part D drug prices ⓘ
provides	federal subsidies to private prescription drug plans ⓘ low-income subsidies for Medicare Part D enrollees ⓘ
publicLawNumber	Public Law 108-173 NERFINISHED ⓘ
regulates	Medicare Advantage prescription drug plans (MA-PDs) NERFINISHED ⓘ Medicare prescription drug plans (PDPs) NERFINISHED ⓘ
shortName	MMA NERFINISHED ⓘ Medicare Modernization Act NERFINISHED ⓘ
signedBy	George W. Bush ⓘ
sponsorChamber	Republican-controlled Congress ⓘ
titleOfProgramCreated	Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit NERFINISHED ⓘ
yearEnacted	2003 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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Part D → createdBy → Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 ⓘ

subject surface form: Medicare Part D

Tommy Thompson (American politician) → notableWork → Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 ⓘ

subject surface form: Tommy Thompson

this entity surface form: Medicare prescription drug benefit implementation

Bush administration → notableLegislation → Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act

United States healthcare system → influencedBy → Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Medicare Modernization Act of 2003