42 U.S.C. § 1395e
Deductibles and coinsurance
United States · Title 42 — THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE · Status: effective
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- 42 U.S.C. § 1395e, Deductibles and coinsurance, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/477249
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The amount payable for inpatient hospital services or inpatient critical access hospital services furnished an individual during any spell of illness shall be reduced by a deduction equal to the inpatient hospital deductible or, if less, the charges imposed with respect to such individual for such services, except that, if the customary charges for such services are greater than the charges so imposed, such customary charges shall be considered to be the charges so imposed. Such amount shall be further reduced by a coinsurance amount equal to—
The amount payable for hospice care shall be reduced—
The inpatient hospital deductible for a year shall apply to—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act of 1989House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Social Security Act Amendments of 1994House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Balanced Budget Act of 1997