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Descriptor
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Medicare Part D
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Medicare Part D
Descriptor
Portuguese
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Medicare Part D
Tree Number:
N03.219.521.576.343.575.500
N03.219.521.576.343.840.938
N03.706.615.752
Definition
English
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A stand-alone drug plan offered by insurers and other private companies to beneficiaries that receive their
Medicare Part A
and/or B benefits through the Original
Medicare
Plan. It includes
Medicare
Private
Fee-for-Service Plans
that do not offer prescription drug coverage and
Medicare
Cost
Plans
offering
Medicare
prescription drug coverage. The plan was enacted as the
Medicare
Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 with coverage beginning January 1, 2006.
History Note
English
:
2008
Allowable Qualifiers
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EC
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ethics
HI
history
LJ
legislation & jurisprudence
OG
organization & administration
ST
standards
SN
statistics & numerical data
TD
trends
UT
utilization
Record Number:
52956
Unique Identifier:
D054524
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