title: Medicare reform--a wolf in sheep's clothing.
abstract: This article examines the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 as a case study of the political process and examines the elements of the legislation, the process of passage, and implications of some its most controversial components.
authors.affiliation: University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA. bass@umbc.edu
authors.forename: Scott A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Bass
mesh_terms: D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D019458:Insurance Coverage / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000458:organization & administration; D007356:Insurance, Pharmaceutical Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000458:organization & administration; D011050:Policy Making; D011057:Politics; D014481:United States