---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch7/schXVIII/ptB"
level: "part"
label: "Part B"
heading: "Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for Aged and Disabled"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch7-schXVIII-ptB"
sections_count: 24
---

# Part B — Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for Aged and Disabled

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 7 — Social Security › Subchapter XVIII — Health Insurance for Aged and Disabled

## Sections

- [§1395j. Establishment of supplementary medical insurance program for aged and disabled](/usc/42/1395j.md)
- [§1395k. Scope of benefits; definitions](/usc/42/1395k.md)
- [§1395l. Payment of benefits](/usc/42/1395l.md)
- [§1395m. Special payment rules for particular items and services](/usc/42/1395m.md)
- [§1395m–1. Improving policies for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests](/usc/42/1395m-1.md)
- [§1395n. Procedure for payment of claims of providers of services](/usc/42/1395n.md)
- [§1395o. Eligible individuals](/usc/42/1395o.md)
- [§1395p. Enrollment periods](/usc/42/1395p.md)
- [§1395q. Coverage period](/usc/42/1395q.md)
- [§1395r. Amount of premiums for individuals enrolled under this part](/usc/42/1395r.md)
- [§1395s. Payment of premiums](/usc/42/1395s.md)
- [§1395t. Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund](/usc/42/1395t.md)
- [§1395t–2. Repealed.](/usc/42/1395t-2.md)
- [§1395u. Provisions relating to the administration of part B](/usc/42/1395u.md)
- [§1395v. Agreements with States](/usc/42/1395v.md)
- [§1395w. Appropriations to cover Government contributions and contingency reserve](/usc/42/1395w.md)
- [§1395w–1. Repealed.](/usc/42/1395w-1.md)
- [§1395w–2. Intermediate sanctions for providers or suppliers of clinical diagnostic laboratory tests](/usc/42/1395w-2.md)
- [§1395w–3. Competitive acquisition of certain items and services](/usc/42/1395w-3.md)
- [§1395w–3a. Use of average sales price payment methodology](/usc/42/1395w-3a.md)
- [§1395w–3b. Competitive acquisition of outpatient drugs and biologicals](/usc/42/1395w-3b.md)
- [§1395w–4. Payment for physicians’ services](/usc/42/1395w-4.md)
- [§1395w–5. Public reporting of performance information](/usc/42/1395w-5.md)
- [§1395w–6. Empowering beneficiary choices through continued access to information on physicians’ services](/usc/42/1395w-6.md)