18 pages. "In November 2003, Congress narrowly passed the Medicare Modernization Act (MMA), legislation adding outpatient prescription drug coverage to Medicare, the federal health insurance program for older and disabled Americans. That new benefit, known as Medicare Part D, is scheduled to begin in January 2006, but many questions remain about how it will work. This brief provides answers -- to the extent they are available -- to the most common questions[.]"  MORE >>