HR 6383 · 98th Congress · Health
Multiple Sector Health Care Strategy Act of 1984
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EnactedLatest: Referred to Subcommittee on Health.(1984-10-29)
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Multiple Sector Health Care Strategy Act of 1984 - Title I: Multicare Program - Permits every U.S. resident to apply to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for a "Medicard" which can be: (1) used to purchase health care services on a fee-for-service basis; (2) exchanged for health care insurance; or (3) exchanged for the provision of health care services from a prepaid provider. Directs the Secretary to establish fee schedules for services and prescription drugs which will set the maximum "Medicard" payment amounts. Provides for reimbursement to a fee-for-service provider: (1) in the case of a charge which is less than the fee schedule charge, of the lesser of the amount charged or 80 percent of the fee schedule charge; or (2) in the case of a charge which is more than the fee schedule charge, of 80 percent of the fee schedule charge by any amount exceeding the fee schedule. Provides that in the case of inpatient hospital services furnished to Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) eligible individuals, the payment amounts shall be 100 percent instead of 80 percent, reduced by coinsurance amounts of: (1) ten percent for the first ten days of inpatient hospital ser…
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