Title XVIII of the Social Security Act

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Medicare statute title of United States federal statute

Title XVIII of the Social Security Act is the section of U.S. federal law that establishes and governs the Medicare program, providing health insurance primarily to people aged 65 and older and certain younger individuals with disabilities.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Medicare (Title XVIII of the Social Security Act)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Medicare statute ⓘ title of United States federal statute ⓘ
administeredBy	Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	federal jurisdiction of the United States ⓘ
containsProvisionOn	Medicare Part C ⓘ surface form: Medicare Advantage (Part C) Medicare appeals and grievance procedures ⓘ Medicare enrollment procedures ⓘ Medicare premiums and deductibles ⓘ Medicare trust funds ⓘ fraud and abuse in Medicare ⓘ hospital insurance (Part A) ⓘ prescription drug coverage (Part D) ⓘ provider reimbursement methodologies ⓘ quality reporting and performance programs for Medicare providers ⓘ supplementary medical insurance (Part B) ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
defines	Medicare administrative and contracting structures ⓘ Medicare beneficiary rights ⓘ Medicare cost-sharing requirements ⓘ Medicare covered services ⓘ Medicare eligibility criteria ⓘ Medicare payment rules ⓘ Medicare provider participation requirements ⓘ Medicare secondary payer rules ⓘ
enforcedBy	Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ
establishes	Medicare ⓘ surface form: Medicare program
governs	relationships between Medicare, beneficiaries, and providers ⓘ
hasBeneficiaryGroup	Medicare beneficiaries ⓘ
hasProgramType	federal health insurance program ⓘ
hasPurpose	to provide health insurance protection to aged and disabled individuals ⓘ to reduce the financial burden of medical care for older Americans ⓘ
hasTargetPopulation	certain younger individuals with long-term disabilities ⓘ individuals with end-stage renal disease eligible for Medicare ⓘ people aged 65 and older in the United States ⓘ
isAmendedBy	subsequent federal health legislation ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalBasisFor	Medicare Part A ⓘ Medicare Part B ⓘ Medicare Part C ⓘ Medicare Part D ⓘ
legalForm	public law provisions codified in the Social Security Act ⓘ
partOf	Social Security Act of 1935 ⓘ surface form: Social Security Act
providesFor	health insurance for certain younger individuals with disabilities ⓘ health insurance for individuals with end-stage renal disease ⓘ health insurance for people aged 65 and older ⓘ
regulates	Medicare ⓘ surface form: Medicare program
sector	health care ⓘ
subjectOf	federal regulations in Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Social Security Amendments of 1965 → createdTitle → Title XVIII of the Social Security Act ⓘ

89th United States Congress → passedAct → Title XVIII of the Social Security Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Medicare (Title XVIII of the Social Security Act)

Title XIX of the Social Security Act → relatedTo → Title XVIII of the Social Security Act ⓘ