MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG, IMPROVEMENT, AND MODERNIZATION ACT OF 2003 A Legislative History of Public Law 108-173
Welsh, Mike
Item: 337480
ISBN: 978-0-8377-1403-5, 978-0-8377-1409-7
Published: 2007
The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 marks the greatest expansion of federal health care benefits for seniors and the disabled in nearly four decades. In the four years since its enactment, it has generated over 180 rules or proposed rules, more than 80 federal court decisions and in excess of 200 bills proposing amendments including several measures that have become law. This legislative history gathers over 170 documents that frame Congress' intent in enacting this far reaching legislation. The core documents, the law, committee reports and floor debates are provided in five bound volumes The full history, which also includes bills, hearings and committee prints is available on a full-text searchable CD ROM that accompanies the bound set and can also be purchased separately. The history is a vital resources for this law.
