A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify the right of Medicare beneficiaries to enter into private contracts with physicians and other health care professionals for the provision of health services for which no payment is sought under the Medicare program
Contributors: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance
Publisher: [United States Government Printing Office]
Published: 1997
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C.?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 10
Subjects: Consumer contracts; Liberty of contract; Law and legislation; Medicare; Medicare beneficiaries; Medical care; Legal status, laws; Contracting out
Other titles: Medicare Beneficiary Freedom To Contract Act of 1997.; 105th Congress, 1st Session, S. 1194 in the Senate of the United States.; To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify the right of Medicare beneficiaries to enter into private contracts with physicians and other health care professionals for the provision of health services for which no payment is sought under the Medicare program.
Notes: Caption title.

Introduced September 18, 1997; read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

CMS copy in folder: Public Laws / Bills / Senate / 105th Congress / 1st Session / 1997.