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PUBLIC LAW 92-^03-OCT. 30, 1972
[86 STAT.
who meets the conditions of subsection (a) may be made by any public or private agency or organization under a contract or other arrangement entered nito between it and the Secretary if the Secretary determines that payment of such premiums under such contract or arrangement is administratively feasible. " (f) Amounts paid to the Secretary for coverage under this section shall be deposited in the Treasury to the credit of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund." A M O U N T OF S U P P L E M E N T A R Y MEDICAL INSURANCE
42 USC i395r.
Ante,
p. 1373.
Ante,
pp. 1333,
1334, 1369.
PREMIUM
SEC. 203. (a) Section 1839(b)(1) of the Social Security Act is amended b)^ inserting "and before July 1, 1973," after "1967". (b) Section 1839(b)(2) of such Act is amended by striking out "thereafter" and inserting in lieu thereof "ending on or before December 31, 1971". (c) Section 1839 of such Act (as amended by section 201(c)(4) and (5) of this Act) is further amended by redesignating subsections (c), (d), and (e) as subsections (d), (e), and (f), respectively, and by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection: "(c)(1) The Secretary shall, during December of 1972 and of each year thereafter, determine the monthly actuarial rate for enrollees age 65 and over which shall be applicable for the 12-month period commencing July 1 in the succeeding year. Such actuarial rate shall be the amount the Secretary estimates to be necessary so that the aggregate amount for such 12-month period with respect to those enrollees age 65 and over will equal one-half of the total of the benefits and administrative costs which he estimates will be payable from the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund for services performed and related administrative costs incurred in such 12-month period. In calculating the monthly actuarial rate, the Secretary shall include an appropriate amount for a contingency margin. "(2J The monthly premium of each individual enrolled under this part for each month after June 1973 shall, except as provided in subsection (d), be the amount determined under paragraph (3). "(3) The Secretary shall, during December of 1972 and of each year thereafter, determine and promulgate the monthly premium applicable for the individuals enrolled under this part for the 12-month period commencing July 1 in the succeeding year. The monthly premium shall be equal to the smaller of— " (A) the monthly actuarial rate for enrollees age 65 and over, determined according to paragraph (1) of this subsection, for that 12-month period, or " (B) the monthly premium rate most recently promulgated by the Secretary under this paragraph or, in the case of the determination made in December 1971, such rate promulgated under subsection (b)(2) multiplied by the ratio of (i) the amount in column IV of the table which, by reason of the law in effect at the time the promulgation is made, will be in effect as of June 1 next following such determination appears (or is deemed to appear) in section 215(a) on the line which includes the figure '750' j ^ column III of such table to (ii) the amount in column IV of the table which appeared (or was deemed to appear) in section 215(a) on the line which included the figure '750' in column III as of June 1 of the year in which such determination is made. Whenever the Secretary promulgates the dollar amount which shall be applicable as the monthly premium for any period, he shall, at the time such promulgation is announced, issue a public statement setting forth the actuarial assumptions and bases emf)loyed by him in arriving
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