LINOZ v. HECKLER

No. 84-2446.

800 F.2d 871 (1986)

Feliza Gallardo LINOZ, Julian Velez, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Margaret HECKLER, as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 23, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sally Hart Wilson, National Senior Citizens Law Center, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Jerry Bassett, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant-appellee.

Before NORRIS and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges, and BURNS, District Judge.


NORRIS, Circuit Judge:

Title XVIII of the Social Security Act establishes a federally subsidized health insurance program for elderly and disabled persons. 42 U.S.C. § 1395 (1982 & Supp. II 1984) ("Medicare Act" or "Act"). Part A of the Medicare Act covers institutional health costs, such as hospital expenses, and is financed by mandatory payroll deductions. 42 U.S.C. §§ 1395c-1395i-2. Part B of the Act is an optional insurance program for supplementary...

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