Who Started Medicare Advantage?
- 63333 POINTSview profilePeggy MaceMost of the U.S.The federal government started Medicare Advantage. In 1997, the Balanced Budget Act gave Medicare recipients the option of receiving their benefits through private health plans, called "Medicare+Choice" or Medicare "Part C." The named changed to Medicare Advantage when the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 added prescription drug coverage to Part C.Answered on May 4, 2013flag this answer
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