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Descriptor
English
:
Medicare Part A
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Medicare Part A
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Medicare Part A
Synonyms
English
:
Hospital Insurance Program, Medicare
Medicare Hospital Insurance Program
Part A, Medicare
Tree Number:
N03.219.521.346.506.564.663.500
N03.219.521.576.343.840.725
N03.706.615.698
Definition
English
:
The compulsory portion of
Medicare
that is known as the
Hospital
Insurance
Program
. All
persons
65 years and older who are entitled to benefits under the Old Age,
Survivors
, Disability and
Health
Insurance
Program
or railroad
retirement
,
persons
under the age of 65 who have been eligible for disability for more than two years, and insured
workers
(and their dependents) requiring
renal dialysis
or
kidney transplantation
are automatically enrolled in
Medicare Part A.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
specify state if given
History Note
English
:
91
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
CL
classification
EC
economics
ES
ethics
HI
history
LJ
legislation & jurisprudence
OG
organization & administration
ST
standards
SN
statistics & numerical data
TD
trends
Record Number:
29041
Unique Identifier:
D016344
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