A bill to amend part A of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reduce the rate of increase of the inpatient hospital deductible and the rate of the extended care coinsurance amount.

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Amends part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise the method of determining the inpatient hospital deductible to make such deductible equal to the preceding year's deductible increased by the lesser of the applicable increase percentage determined under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Act or the increase in the Consumer Price Index. Reduces the rate of increase of the coinsurance amount payable for extended care services.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 28 October 1985

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