HR 10888 · 94th Congress · Social Welfare
Comprehensive National Health Care Act
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Introduced2
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EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.(1975-11-20)
Plain Language Summary
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Comprehensive National Health Care Act - States that the purpose of this Act is to create a system of national health care benefits which will make comprehensive health services available to all residents of the United States. Title I: National Health Care Program - Repeals title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act. Establishes a health care benefits program covering: (1) inpatient hospital services; (2) physicians' services; (3) medical and other health services; (4) home health services; (5) post-hospital extended care services; (6) outpatient drugs and biologicals; (7) routine dental services; (8) developmental vision care services, as defined in regulations, routine eye and vision examinations, and eyeglasses; (9) hearing aids and examinations; (10) routine physical examinations and preventive services as defined in regulations; and (11) ambulance services in specified instances. Limits post-hospital extended care services and home health care services coverage to 180 days per year. Limits inpatient psychiatric hospital services to 45 days per year. States that every individual, without regard to race, sex, income or age, who is a resident of the United States shall be …
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