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GAO-08-708R 1 (2008-04-30)

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T M   WAccountability * Integrity * Reliability
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548

          B-316313


          April 30, 2008

          The Honorable Max Baucus
          Chairman
          The Honorable Charles E. Grassley
          Ranking Minority Member
          Committee on Finance
          United States Senate

          The Honorable John D. Dingell
          Chairman
          The Honorable Joe Barton
          Ranking Minority Member
          Committee on Energy and Commerce
          House of Representatives

          The Honorable Charles B. Rangel
          Chairman
          The Honorable Jim McCrery
          Ranking Minority Member
          Committee on Ways and Means
          House of Representatives

          Subject: Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and
                  Medicaid Services: Medicare Program; Polcy and Technical Changes to the
                  Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit

          Pursuant to section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a
          major rule promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers
          for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), entitled Medicare Program; Policy and
          Technical Changes to the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (RIN: 0938-AO74).
          We received the rule on April 9, 2008. It was published in the Federal Register as a
          final rule on April 15, 2008. 73 Fed. Reg. 20,486.

          The final rule codifies clarifications of existing policies associated with the Medicare
          Prescription Drug Benefit (also known as Medicare Part D), including, for example,
          guidance that certain supplies associated with the administration of insulin are
          included in the definition of a Medicare Part D drug. The final rule also codifies
          clarification of existing policies associated with the Retiree Drug Subsidy (RDS)


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