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           HEALTH CARE REFORM VOTES--WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE

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                         HON. ROBERT H. MICHEL

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 30, 1994

  Mr. MICHEL. Mr. Speaker, I submit for the Record the rollcall votes 
on health care reform which took place in the Ways and Means Committee 
on June 25, 1994.

       The following recorded votes were taken on June 25, 1994 in 
     the Committee on Ways and Means during consideration of 
     Acting Chairman Gibbons' substitute proposal for H.R. 3600, 
     The Health Security Act of 1994:
       An amendment by Mr. Thomas permitting reimbursement rates 
     paid to hospitals under Medicare for graduate medical 
     education [GME] to be adjusted as follows; allow non-
     hospital-based residency programs to qualify for direct GME 
     payments; allow ambulatory teaching facilities to qualify for 
     indirect GME payments; enable residency programs to 
     ultimately receive payments made to sponsoring institutions 
     on their behalf; and allow teaching hospitals to include 
     ambulatory training in time factors for direct and indirect 
     DME payments. Defeated 21-17.


                               Democrats

       Mr. Gibbons, nay.
       Mr. Rostenkowski, nay.
       Mr. Pickle, nay.
       Mr. Rangel, nay.
       Mr. Stark, nay.
       Mr. Jacobs, nay by proxy.
       Mr. Ford (TN), nay.
       Mr. Matsui, nay.
       Mrs. Kennelly, nay.
       Mr. Coyne, nay.
       Mr. Andrews (TX), yea by proxy.
       Mr. Levin, nay.
       Mr. Cardin, nay.
       Mr. McDermott, nay.
       Mr. Kleczka, nay.
       Mr. Lewis (GA), nay by proxy.
       Mr. Payne (VA), yea.
       Mr. Neal (MA), nay.
       Mr. Hoagland, yea by proxy.
       Mr. McNulty, nay.
       Mr. Kopetski, nay.
       Mr. Jefferson, nay.
       Mr. Brewster, nay.
       Mr. Reynolds, nay by proxy.


                              Republicans

       Mr. Archer, yea.
       Mr. Crane, yea by proxy.
       Mr. Thomas (CA), yea.
       Mr. Shaw, yea.
       Mr. Sundquist, yea by proxy.
       Mrs. Johnson (CT), yea by proxy.
       Mr. Bunning, yea by proxy.
       Mr. Grandy, yea.
       Mr. Houghton, yea.
       Mr. Herger, yea.
       Mr. McCrery, yea.
       Mr. Hancock, yea.
       Mr. Santorum, yea.
       Mr. Camp, yea.
       An amendment by Mr. Thomas striking the Medicare Part C 
     program established in the Chairman's Mark, adding new 
     provisions allowing States to purchase private health 
     coverage on behalf of their Medicaid beneficiaries, and 
     adding new provisions permitting the phase-in of low income 
     subsidies to be accelerated if additional savings are 
     achieved from the bill, and slowing the phase-in of the 
     subsidies if savings are less than anticipated. Defeated 22-
     16.


                               Democrats

       Mr. Gibbons, nay.
       Mr. Rostenkowski, nay.
       Mr. Pickle, nay.
       Mr. Rangel, nay.
       Mr. Stark, nay.
       Mr. Jacobs, nay by proxy.
       Mr. Ford (TN), nay.
       Mr. Matsui, nay.
       Mrs. Kennelly, nay.
       Mr. Coyne, nay.
       Mr. Andrews (TX), yea.
       Mr. Levin, nay.
       Mr. Cardin, nay.
       Mr. McDermott, nay.
       Mr. Kleczka, nay.
       Mr. Lewis (GA), nay by proxy.
       Mr. Payne (VA), nay.
       Mr. Neal (MA), nay.
       Mr. Hoagland, nay by proxy.
       Mr. McNulty, nay.
       Mr. Kopetski, nay.
       Mr. Jefferson, nay by proxy.
       Mr. Brewster, nay.
       Mr. Reynolds, nay by proxy.


                              Republicans

       Mr. Archer, yea.
       Mr. Crane, yea by proxy.
       Mr. Thomas (CA), yea.
       Mr. Shaw, yea.
       Mr. Sundquist, yea by proxy.
       Mrs. Johnson (CT), yea by proxy.
       Mr. Bunning, yea by proxy.
       Mr. Grandy, yea.
       Mr. Houghton, yea.
       Mr. Herger, yea.
       Mr. McCrery, yea.
       Mr. Hancock, yea.
       Mr. Santorum, yea.
       Mr. Camp, yea.
       An amendment by Mr. Santorum striking provisions 
     establishing classes, allocating Medicare cost estimates by 
     such classes, and allocating overall health spending to 
     States. The allocation of such estimates in the Chairman's 
     mark are used to establish payment rates and overall limits 
     that enforce cost containment of public national health 
     expenditures. Defeated 24-14.


                               Democrats

       Mr. Gibbons, nay.
       Mr. Rostenkowski, nay.
       Mr. Pickle, nay.
       Mr. Rangel, nay.
       Mr. Stark, nay.
       Mr. Jacobs, nay by proxy.
       Mr. Ford (TN), nay.
       Mr. Matsui, nay.
       Mrs. Kennelly, nay.
       Mr.Coyne, nay.
       Mr. Andrews (TX), nay.
       Mr. Levin, nay.
       Mr. Cardin, nay.
       Mr. McDermott, nay.
       Mr. Kleczka, nay.
       Mr. Lewis (GA), nay by proxy.
       Mr. Payne (VA), nay.
       Mr. Neal (MA), nay.
       Mr. Hoagland, nay by proxy.
       Mr. McNulty, nay.
       Mr. Kopetski, nay.
       Mr. Jefferson, nay.
       Mr. Brewster, nay.
       Mr. Reynolds, nay by proxy.


                              Republicans

       Mr. Archer, yea.
       Mr. Crane, yea by proxy.
       Mr. Thomas (CA), yea.
       Mr. Shaw, yea.
       Mr. Sundquist, yea by proxy.
       Mrs. Johnston (CT), yea by proxy.
       Mr. Bunning, yea by proxy.
       Mr. Grandy, yea.
       Mr. Houghton, yea.
       Mr. Herger, yea.
       Mr. McCrery, yea.
       Mr. Hancock, yea.
       Mr. Santorum, yea.
       Mr. Camp, yea.
       An amendment by Mr. Thomas to grant states and health care 
     providers the ability to review and appeal all procedures, 
     methodologies and allocations made for the purpose of 
     establishing limits and payment rates that they would control 
     under Medicare. The Secretary of HHS would be required to 
     ensure such due process is granted prior to imposition of 
     maximum payment rates provided for in the Mark. Defeated 24-
     24.


                               democrats

       Mr. Gibbons, nay.
       Mr. Rostenskowski, nay.
       Mr. Pickle, nay.
       Mr. Rangel, nay.
       Mr. Stark, nay.
       Mr. Jacobs, nay by proxy.
       Mr. Ford (TN), nay.
       Mr. Matsui, nay.
       Mrs. Kennelly, nay by proxy.
       Mr. Coyne, nay.
       Mr. Andrews (TX), nay.
       Mr. Levin, nay.
       Mr. Cardin, nay.
       Mr. McDermott, nay.
       Mr. Kleczka, nay.
       Mr. Lewis (GA), nay by proxy.
       Mr. Payne (VA), nay.
       Mr. Neal (MA), nay by proxy.
       Mr. Hoagland, nay by proxy.
       Mr. McNulty, nay.
       Mr. Kopetski, nay.
       Mr. Jefferson, nay.
       Mr. Brewster, nay.
       Mr. Reynolds, nay by proxy.


                              republicans

       Mr. Archer, yea.
       Mr. Crane, yea by proxy.
       Mr. Thomas (CA), yea.
       Mr. Shaw, yea.
       Mr. Sundquist, yea by proxy.
       Mrs. Johnson (CT), yea by proxy.
       Mr. Bunning, yea by proxy.
       Mr. Grandy, yea.
       Mr. Houghton, yea.
       Mr. Herger, yea.
       Mr. McCrery, yea.
       Mr. Hancock, yea.
       Mr. Santorum, yea.
       Mr. Camp, yea.
       An amendment by Mr. Archer permitting physicians 
     participating in Medicare to perform simple clinical 
     laboratory services without registering with the Health Care 
     Financing Administration and without receiving a waiver. 
     Defeated 21-6.


                               Democrats

       Mr. Gibbons, nay.
       Mr. Rostenkowski, nay.
       Mr. Pickle, nay.
       Mr. Rangel, nay.
       Mr. Stark, nay.
       Mr. Jacobs, nay by proxy.
       Mr. Ford (TN), nay.
       Mr. Matsui, nay.
       Mrs. Kennelly, nay by proxy.
       Mr. Coyne, nay.
       Mr. Andrews (TX), nay by proxy.
       Mr. Levin, nay.
       Mr. Cardin, nay.
       Mr. McDermott, nay.
       Mr. Kleczka, nay.
       Mr. Lewis (GA), nay by proxy.
       Mr. Payne (VA), yea.
       Mr. Neal (MA), nay by proxy.
       Mr. McNulty, yea.
       Mr. Kopetski, nay.
       Mr. Jefferson, nay.
       Mr. Brewster, nay.
       Mr. Reynolds, nay by proxy.


                              Republicans

       Mr. Archer, yea.
       Mr. Crane, yea by proxy.
       Mr. Thomas (CA), yea.
       Mr. Shaw, yea.
       Mr. Sundquist, yea by proxy.
       Mrs. Johnson (CT), yea by proxy.
       Mr. Bunning, yea by proxy.
       Mr. Grandy, yea.
       Mr. Houghton, yea.
       Mr. Herger, yea.
       Mr. McCrery, yea.
       Mr. Hancock, yea.
       Mr. Santorum, yea.
       Mr. Camp, yea.

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