A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require that Public Health Service hospitals, Veterans' Administration hospitals, and hospitals receiving assistance under the Hill-Burton Act make available to persons entitled to benefits under the medicare programs, at cost, prescription drugs not covered under that program, eyeglasses, and hearing aids.

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Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require that every hospital and clinic or other station of the Public Health Service, every hospital and outpatient dispensary facility of the Veterans' Administration, and every hospital for which a grant, loan, or loan guarantee is made under the Public Health Service Act furnish noncovered prescription drugs, eyeglasses, and hearing aids, at prices not exceeding the actual cost thereof to any individual entitled to hospital insurance benefits under the Medicare program.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 16 February 1977

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