To amend title XVIII to provide a special Medicare part B enrollment period and MediGap enrollment period and a waiver of the Medicare part B late enrollment penalty for certain military retirees and dependents who live near military hospitals that are closed or that discontinue inpatient hospital services.

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Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for a special Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) enrollment period and Medigap enrollment period and a waiver of the Medicare part B late enrollment penalty for certain military retirees and dependents who live within a certain distance of a military hospital which provided inpatient hospital services that either closed or discontinued the provision of such services.

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  Introduced in House · EN · 22 May 1997

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  Introduced in House · EN · 22 May 1997

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