MeSH definition : 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.;
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.