MA plan upon enrollment to a PDP plan (Wikipedia , The Free Encyclopedia , 2007 . Since the past 40 years when Medicare was first established , there has never been any prescription drug benefit included in the program until Part D was created . Prior to Part D , federal governments would subsidize about half of the Medicaid drug costs . The passage of the MMA allows any Medicare beneficiary to voluntarily enroll into a prescription drug benefit plan (Stebbins , 2006 . Unfortunately , the Part D roll-out...











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