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:

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

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

White House Press Release

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

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