2004 Annual Report of the Boards of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance and Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds
March 23, 2004 2004 Annual Report of the Boards of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance and Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds The Medicare program is composed of two components. Hospital Insurance (HI), or Medicare Part A, helps pay for hospital, home health, skilled nursing facility, and hospice care for the aged and disabled. Supplementary Medical Insurance (SMI) is composed of Medicare Part B and, beginning in 2004, Part D.1 Part B pays for physician, outpatient hospital, home health, and other services for the aged and disabled. Part D will initially provide access to prescription drug discount cards . . .
