Westgard v. Weinberger

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

BENSON, Chief Judge.

This is an action brought under § 205(g) of the Social Security Act, 42 U. S.C. § 405(g), 1 and § 1869(b) of the Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1395ff(b), 2 in which plaintiff (claimant) seeks review of a final decision of the Appeals Council of the Social Security Administration.

This final decision denied claimant medicare benefits as provided under § 1812(a) of the Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1395d (a), for inpatient hospital services 3 she received at the Medical Center Rehabilitation Hospital at the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, from December 6,1971, to January…