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A 5 page research paper that offers an overview of the Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act of 2003, by outlining its contents and ramifications and then specifically discussing the new Medicaid prescription drug plan and its implications for advanced practice nursing. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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File: D0_khmma.rtf
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legislation designed to aid senior citizens in purchasing prescription medications (McClellan, 2005). The following analysis of this legislation, first of all, outlines its contents and ramifications and then specifically discusses
the new Medicaid prescription drug plan and its implications for advanced practice nursing. Basic contents of the MMA The MMA was passed by
Congress after a very "long night in 2003" when Tom DeLay kept the vote open for three hours in order to intimidate whose who remained unwilling to vote yes on
the MMA due to a number of drawbacks incorporated into the act (Berenson, 2007). Many congressional leaders were hesitant over passing the MMA due to the fact that this law
actually prohibits the government from negotiating with drug companies over the price of medications. Medicare has to accept whatever the drug companies decide to charge. Furthermore, coverage of seniors drug
expenses stops at a specified level only to begin again when those expenses reach an exorbitant amount; but possibly the most serious concern is the fact that the program "costs
taxpayers trillions in order to make pharmaceutical companies billions" and ends up not fully performing the purposes for which this legislation was designed, that is, helping seniors have reliable access
to the medications needed to ensure their health. Beginning in 2004, Medicare began to offer aid, $600 a year, for covering the cost of prescription drugs for families whose
income was 135 percent below the poverty level. These discount cards expired at the end of 2005 and but in 2006, the new legislation came into effect and Medicare began
to pay for prescription drugs through private prescription drug plans (Friedland, 2005). With the How the drug plan works/The role of private groups The first choice that beneficiaries
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