MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG, IMPROVEMENT AND MODERNIZATION ACT OF 2003 A LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF PUBLIC LAW 108-173

Welsh, Mike

The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement andModernization Act of 2003 marks the greatest expansion offederal health care benefits for seniors and the disabled innearly four decades. In the four years since its enactment,it has generated over 180 rules or proposed rules, more than80 federal court decisions and in excess of 200 billsproposing amendments including several measures that havebecome law. This legislative history gathers over 170documents that frame Congress' intent in enacting this farreaching legislation. The core documents, the law, committeereports and floor debates are provided in five bound volumesThe full history, which also includes bills, hearings andcommittee prints is available on a full-text searchable CDROM that accompanies the bound set and can also be purchasedseparately. The history is a vital resources for this law.