A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide that payment may be made for emergency inpatient hospital services furnished outside the United States to an individual whose principal place of residence is within the United States.

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Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for emergency inpatient hospital services furnished to a covered individual by a hospital located outside of the United States if at the time the emergency occurred the individual: (1) maintained his or her principal residence within the United States; and (2) had not been outside the United States for a total of more than 180 days in the preceding one year period.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 7 February 1985

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