A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend the coverage of services provided outside the United States.

Amends the program of Hospital Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled of Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize payment for inpatient hospital services provided outside the United States when the eligible individual's life is in danger from illness or injury and the foreign hospital is closer to or more accessible from the residence of such individual.

Removes the restriction limiting eligibility to cases in which the medical emergency arose within the United States or in Canada while the applicant was enroute from Alaska to another State.