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The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act〔, 〕 (also called the Medicare Modernization Act or MMA) is a federal law of the United States, enacted in 2003.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Medicare Modernization Act Update - Overview )〕 It produced the largest overhaul of Medicare in the public health program's 38-year history. The MMA was signed by President George W. Bush on December 8, 2003, after passing in Congress by a close margin. == Prescription drug benefits == (詳細はentitlement benefit for prescription drugs, through tax breaks and subsidies. In the years since Medicare's creation in 1965, the role of prescription drugs in patient care has significantly increased. As new and expensive drugs have come into use, patients, particularly senior citizens at whom Medicare was targeted, have found prescriptions harder to afford. The MMA was designed to address this problem. The benefit is funded in a complex way, reflecting diverse priorities of lobbyists and constituencies. * It provides a subsidy for large employers to discourage them from eliminating private prescription coverage to retired workers (a key AARP goal); * It prohibits the federal government from negotiating discounts with drug companies; * It prevents the government from establishing a formulary, but does not prevent private providers such as HMOs from doing so. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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