Number: RL31966
Title: Overview of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003
Authors: Jennifer OSullivan, Hinda Chaikind, Sibyl Tilson, Jennifer Boulanger, and Paulette Morgan, Domestic Social Policy Division 
Abstract: On December 8, the President signed the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003. The Act adds a prescription drug benefit and replaces the existing Medicare+Choice program with a new program, called the Medicare Advantage program.
Pages: 24
Date: December 6, 2004