# Medicare Part D Retiree Drug Subsidy sponsors, payment years 2006-2024

`medicare_silver.fact_retiree_drug_subsidy_sponsor` · Medicare Advantage, Part D, Medicaid · status live · 45,769 rows

Every employer or union plan sponsor CMS paid the Part D Retiree Drug Subsidy, with the subsidy paid and retirees covered, per payment year 2006-2024. PY2024: 1,081 sponsors, $497.7M paid, 988,527 retirees (2006: 4,220 sponsors, $3.56B).

**Grain.** One row per plan sponsor (business name) per payment year.

| column | type | meaning |
|---|---|---|
| payment_year | int |  |
| business_name | string |  |
| subsidy_paid | double |  |
| retiree_count | bigint |  |
| source_row_number | int |  |
| header_layout | string |  |
| file_note | string |  |
| observed_period | date |  |
| asserted_at | date |  |
| effective_period_start | date |  |
| effective_period_end | date |  |
| cms_vintage_sequence | int |  |
| parse_revision | int |  |
| parser_artifact_hash | string |  |
| source_url | string |  |
| sha256_content_hash | string |  |
| source_id | string |  |
| is_current | boolean |  |
| bronze_object_key | string |  |
| s3_version_id | string |  |
| vintage_tag | string |  |
| drug_source_version_id | string |  |

Query it: `query_substrate` with `SELECT ... FROM medicare_silver.fact_retiree_drug_subsidy_sponsor WHERE ... LIMIT 100`; read `describe_data_source("medicare_silver.fact_retiree_drug_subsidy_sponsor")` first.