To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit individuals, who are entitled to medicare benefits because of the receipt of child's insurance benefits but who would otherwise lose such entitlement due only to marriage, to purchase medicare coverage.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Amends part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to permit individuals to purchase coverage under such part if they would be entitled to child's insurance benefits under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Act were it not for their marriage.…