Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide payment under the supplementary medical insurance program for dental care including dentures, eye examinations including eyeglasses, and hearing aids including examination.
Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to take steps to eliminate unnecessary or excessive medical appliance expenditures under the Medicare program.
States that the Federal Trade Commission should continue and increase scrutiny of the medical appliance industries in the interest of consumer protection.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
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