---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch7/schXVIII"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter XVIII"
heading: "Health Insurance for Aged and Disabled"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch7-schXVIII"
sections_count: 141
---

# Subchapter XVIII — Health Insurance for Aged and Disabled

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 7 — Social Security

## Sections

- [§1395. Prohibition against any Federal interference](/usc/42/1395.md)
- [§1395a. Free choice by patient guaranteed](/usc/42/1395a.md)
- [§1395b. Option to individuals to obtain other health insurance protection](/usc/42/1395b.md)
- [§1395b–1. Incentives for economy while maintaining or improving quality in provision of health services](/usc/42/1395b-1.md)
- [§1395b–2. Notice of medicare benefits; medicare and medigap information](/usc/42/1395b-2.md)
- [§1395b–3. Health insurance advisory service for medicare beneficiaries](/usc/42/1395b-3.md)
- [§1395b–4. Health insurance information, counseling, and assistance grants](/usc/42/1395b-4.md)
- [§1395b–5. Beneficiary incentive programs](/usc/42/1395b-5.md)
- [§1395b–6. Medicare Payment Advisory Commission](/usc/42/1395b-6.md)
- [§1395b–7. Explanation of medicare benefits](/usc/42/1395b-7.md)
- [§1395b–8. Chronic care improvement](/usc/42/1395b-8.md)
- [§1395b–9. Provisions relating to administration](/usc/42/1395b-9.md)
- [§1395b–10. Addressing health care disparities](/usc/42/1395b-10.md)

## Contents

- [Part A — Hospital Insurance Benefits for Aged and Disabled](/usc/42/ch7-schXVIII-ptA.md)
- [Part B — Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for Aged and Disabled](/usc/42/ch7-schXVIII-ptB.md)
- [Part C — Medicare+Choice Program](/usc/42/ch7-schXVIII-ptC.md)
- [Part D — Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program](/usc/42/ch7-schXVIII-ptD.md)
- [Part E — Miscellaneous Provisions](/usc/42/ch7-schXVIII-ptE.md)