The Basics
| Date: | JANUARY 24, 2011 |
| Title: | The Medicare Drug Benefit (Part D) |
| Author: | Mary Ellen Stahlman |
| Summary: | The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) established a voluntary outpatient prescription drug benefit for Medicare beneficiaries that began January 1, 2006. This publication provides an overview of the drug benefit. |
| Related Materials: |
See also "Medicare" (The Basics, January 24, 2011). |
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