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title: "14 U.S.C. § 948"
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description: "Contracts for medical care for retirees, dependents, and survivors: alternative delivery of health care"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 14
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title_name: "COAST GUARD"
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chapter_number: "9"
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chapter_name: "ADMINISTRATION"
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section: "948"
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citation: "14 U.S.C. § 948"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 14 U.S.C. § 948 - Contracts for medical care for retirees, dependents, and survivors: alternative delivery of health care
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## Text
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(a) The Secretary may contract for the delivery of health care to which covered beneficiaries are entitled under chapter 55 of title 10. The Secretary may enter into a contract under this section with any of the following:
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(1) Health maintenance organizations.
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(2) Preferred provider organizations.
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(3) Individual providers, individual medical facilities, or insurers.
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(4) Consortiums of these providers, facilities, or insurers.
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(b) A contract entered into under this section may provide for the delivery of—
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(1) selected health care services;
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(2) total health care services for selected covered beneficiaries; or
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(3) total health care services for all covered beneficiaries who reside in a geographic area designated by the Secretary.
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(c) The Secretary may prescribe a premium, deductible, copayment, or other change for health care provided under this section.
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(Added Pub. L. 101–595, title III, § 319(a), Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 2989, § 668; renumbered § 948, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 107(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4205.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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Amendments2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 668 of this title as this section.
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