Date: July 12, 1962
Subject: Increase Medicare Flexibility
Description: Saltonstall (R-MA) substitute for pending Anderson (D-NM) amendment providing hospitalization insurance under Social Security. The Saltonstall substitute provided a choice of specified minimum medical benefits, financed by federal-state matching grants, for persons over 65 in states choosing to participate in the program.
Result: Amendment Rejected, 34-50
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