A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make it clear that payment may be made under the supplementary medical insurance program for wheelchairs and other durable medical equipment furnished on a lease-purchase basis.

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

18 July 1975

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Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summary

Provides under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act that supplementary medical insurance covers durable medical equipment used in the patient's home which is furnished on a lease-purchase basis. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to encourage suppliers of durable medical equipment to make such equipment available on a lease- purchase basis.

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/house-bill/8763
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