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Paul Premack
JD, CELA
Counselor at Law
8031 Broadway
San Antonio, TX 78209
210-826-1122
Edition 5.0, The Senior Texan Legal Guide
 
 

 

In November 2003, Congress passed the "Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003" (MPDIMA). It was signed into law by President Bush in early December, 2003.

Here are some legal resources and links that relate to MPDIMA:

bullet Read the Act -- all 415 pages. PDF format, from the Government Printing Office.

 

bullet Column from December 23: Costs of the Prescription Drug Benefit
bullet Column from December 30: Marketing the Plans
bullet Column from January 6: The Part B Premium Surtax

 

bullet White House Press Release

 

bullet HHS Plan for Discount Drug Card
bullet Premack's comments on the Discount Drug Card

bullet Congressional Budget Office, Estimate of Law's Costs
bullet New York Times Article (February 2005) on New, Higher Cost Projections