SOCIAL SECURITY ACT see also Public Welfare

Addresses

Freeze, Freeze, Freeze: Senator Hollings, 10450 [1MY]

Amendments

Appropriations: making urgent supplemental (H.J. Res. 492), 7224 [30MR]

Benefits: cost-of-living adjustment (H.R. 1428), 21163 [26JY]

Deficit Reduction Tax Act: enact (H.R. 2163), 9668-9671 [24AP]

Disability amendments: enact (S. 476), 5457-5461 [14MR], 5753-5757 [15MR]

Foster care and SSI: funding (H.R. 6266), 26400 [20SE]

Hospice care: payment rates (H.R. 5386), 31937, 31938, 32049, 32050, 32303 [11OC]

———public pension offset provisions, 31938 [11OC]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 3755, Social Security Disability Benefits Reform Act, 15692 [11JN]

———H.R. 4325, assure mandatory SSI withholding incentive payments to States, 15692 [11JN]

Articles and editorials

Advisory Council on Social Security Recommends an Increase in the Federal Excise Tax on Cigarettes, 2800 [21FE]

Agency Trying To Get Pay Data From Hospitals, 26657 [25SE]

Bonker Medical Bill Worthy of Support, 31719 [10OC]

Building Blocks for Health Care Reform, 7113-7115 [29MR]

Bureaucratic Compassion Denied Even in Death, 7425 [2AP]

Controlled Trial of the Effect of a Prepaid Group Practice on Use of Services, 15564-15567 [8JN]

Designing a New Civil Service Retirement System (series), 9820-9825 [25AP]

Disability Disaster, 24338 [5SE], 24699 [10SE], 24960 [12SE], 31748 [10OC]

Elderly's Concerns Get Top Vote for Silver Haired Legislators, 161 [23JA]

Embarrassment of Riches for the States, 12683 [17MY]

Eviction of a Welfare Family—Who Was Really to Blame, 21934 [1AU]

Fathers Must Be Heard, Too, 9843 [25AP]

Felons Find Devious Ways To Get Ohio Medical Licenses by Fraud, 15546 [8JN]

Fighting for the Disabled, 3277 [23FE]

Food Program Data Withheld From Congress, 10061 [26AP]

Give the Disabled More Than Raw Deal, 24338 [5SE]

Governors, Social Security and the Deficit, 1881 [6FE]

Hardships and Heartbreaks, 10787 [2MY]

Harsh Medicine—Medicare's New Limits on Hospital Payments Force Wide Cost Cuts, 13299 [22MY]

Health Care Cost Inflation Problem, 5367 [13MR]

Health Care of the Indigent—It's Everyone's Responsibility, 21541-21546 [30JY]

Hospital Occupancy Rate Declined to New Low, 14152 [24MY]

Is Social Security a Federal Ponzi Game?, 6438 [22MR]

John and Marian Know Well What the Medicare Cuts Mean, 26291 [20SE]

Leaving It All Behind—Village's MD Tries Indiana After Losing License in Ohio, 15547 [8JN]

Looming Federal Surplus, 7506 [3AP], 8255-8260 [5AP]

Medicare Needs Doctor-Cost Control, 2476 [9FE], 12461 [16MY]

Medicare—New 60-Day Proposal's Inequity, 2364 [8FE]

Organizations See Big Loss—Hospital Groups Rap Medicare Wage Index, 26656 [25SE]

Pickle—Hill Guardian of Social Security, 16780 [15JN]

Profound Contempt, 13245 [22MY]

Rand Experiment and Economical Health Care, 15568 [8JN]

Respect for the Law?, 17636 [20JN]

Ruminations Inspired by a Medicare Card, 15759 [11JN]

Save Civil Service Retirement Rights, 20434 [29JN]

Senior Citizens Seek To Plug Medigap, 13302 [22MY]

Social Security Dependable; Don't Tamper With It Now, 21738 [31JY]

Social Security False Alarm, 5945 [20MR]

Social Security Is in Good Shape, 5539 [14MR]

Social Security Politics, 24111 [10AU]

Social Security—New Realism, 22061-22063 [1AU]

Three Hospitals Offering Patients Package Deals, 14166 [24MY]

U.S. Flouts Courts in Determination of Benefit Claims, 13242 [22MY]

U.S. Must Discipline Health-Care Market, 11916 [10MY]

Welfare Mercedes, 15983 [12JN]

Who'll Mind America's Children?, 7096 [29MR]

Bills and resolutions

Adoption, Assistance, and Child Welfare Act: foster care matching funds (see S. 2928)

AFDC: improve quality control standards and procedures (see H.R. 6295)

———job training for caretaker parents (see H.R. 6162)

———prohibit payments to unmarried minor parents living away from home (see H.R. 5093)

———reverse present upward trend in poverty rate (see H.R. 4920)

———training and employment of recipients (see S. 2405)

AFDS: asset verification (see H.R. 5362)

Aliens: taxation of benefits (see H.R. 4988)

Alzheimer's disease: demonstration projects for alternative medicare benefits for victims (see H.R. 5888)

Benefits: correction of disparity known as the notch problem (see H. Con. Res. 279)

———cost-of-living increases (see H.R. 6299)

———deductions for outside earnings (see H.R. 5049)

———delayed retirement credit for working surviving spouses (see H.R. 4882)

———eliminate disparity for individuals who retired in or after 1979 (see H.R. 5005, 5106, 5595; S. 2644)

———individuals deported for activities or association with Nazi government (see H.R. 4986)

———limitation on outside income (see H.R. 4976)

———overpayment provision (see H.R. 5411)

———progressive cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 5304)

———prohibit taxation by State and local governments (see H.R. 5501)

———proportionate payment for month in which the recipient dies (see H.R. 5110)

———taxation (see H.R. 4673; S. 2970)

———treatment of adopted great-grandchildren, nieces, and nephews in determining entitlement (see H.R. 6215)

Breast cancer: requiring physicians and surgeons to provide certain information to patients (see H.R. 5967)

Child care services: States' standard requirements for Federal funds (see H.R. 6288)

Children: determining benefits eligibility for adoptive individuals (see H.R. 6368)

———establish regional welfare resource centers with respect to foster care and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 6266)

———modify terminology relating to handicapped (see H.R. 6132)

Cost-of-living increases: annual effective date (see H.R. 6126)

———disregard 3 percent threshold (see S. 2868, 2923; H.R. 6019, 6126)

Courts: alternative liability system for medical malpractice (see H.R. 5400)

———civil penalties for false claims and statements (see H.R. 5509)

Denaturalized individuals: prohibit payment of benefits (see H.R. 5697)

Disability: actuarial reduction formula as it applies to surviving spouses (see H.R. 4880)

———benefits qualification period for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 4881)

———determination procedures (see S. 2369)

———payment of benefits during administrative appeal process (see H.R. 4907)

Earnings test (see H.R. 5356)

Employees of nonprofit-organizations (see H.R. 4604)

Employees of religious organizations (see H.R. 4587, 4621)

Federal employees: service annuity credit (see H.R. 4838)

Foster care: Federal matching funds (see S. 2928)

Handicapped: medicare coverage of ambulette service (see H.R. 6274)

———modify terminology relative to children (see H.R. 6132)

Health: availability of private group insurance benefits to all individuals (see H.R. 5239)

Health care: fixed grants to States for graduate medical education and other clinical training activities (see S. 3073)

Health insurance: business deduction for premiums paid by self-employed (see H.R. 5209)

Hospice care: payment rates (see H.R. 5386)

Lottery: financing retirement and medicare programs (see H.R. 6278)

Medicaid: coverage of dental services (see H.R. 5981)

———coverage of out-of-hospital prescription drugs (see H.R. 5977)

Medicare: additional transitional year in implementation of prospective payments for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 4969)

———alternative liability system for medical malpractice (see S. 2690; H.R. 5400)

———application of swing-bed provision to smaller hospitals (see H.R. 5718)

———assignment requirement for reimbursement of physicians (see H.R. 5169)

———community and State long-term care centers (see H.R. 5726)

———cost containment through preferred provider arrangements (see S. 2502)

———coverage of catastrophic illnesses (see S. 2895)

———coverage of community nursing center services (see H.R. 4865)

———coverage of dental and eye care, dentures; eyeglasses, and hearing aids (see H.R. 5892)

———coverage of routine cancer screening (see H.R. 6042)

———definition of term ``physician'' (see H.R. 5641)

———delete the provision which excludes persons entitled to hospital insurance benefits from eligibility to health benefits (see H.R. 5889)

———demonstration projects for alternative benefits for individuals with Alzheimer's disease (see H.R. 5888)

———denying additional capital-related costs associated with the recirculation of hospital assets (see H.R. 5856)

———designate 20 regional centers for treatment of Alzheimer's disease and related dementia (see H.R. 5863)

———development of methodology for payment for hospital outpatient care based on diagnosis-related group in which patients' treatment is classified (see H.R. 5859)

———eliminate increase in part A deductible and coinsurance effected by Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (see H.R. 6075)

———exempting older workers and their employers from taxes under hospital insurance program (see H.R. 5723)

———flexible billing and payment arrangements for substitute physicians on occasional basis (see H.R. 6357)

———home care (see S. 2941)

———home health services (see S. 2338)

———hospital prospective payment system (see H.R. 4903)

———hospital prospective payment system for inpatient services (see H.R. 5006)

———hospitals in high wage areas (see S. 2352; H.R. 4961, 5657)

———intra-HMO competition demonstration project (see H.R. 5862)

———limit increase in hospital costs to increase of marketbasket of hospital costs (see H.R. 5857)

———payment for physicians who accept assignment for all patients (see H.R. 5860)

———payment rates for hospice care (see S. 2725; H.R. 5141, 5386)

———permanent waiver for 24-hour nursing requirement for certain rural hospitals (see H.R. 5273, 5274)

———permit group health care payors to provide for alternative rates with providers of medical care (see H.R. 5861)

———permit negotiated rates with preferred provider organizations (see H.R. 5861)

———physician payment request provided to patient (see H.R. 4856)

———prohibit reevaluation of facilities and equipment for depreciation and interest purposes (see H.R. 5408)

———prohibit revaluation of hospital facilities and equipment for depreciation and interest purposes (see H.R. 5195)

———rationalize payment amount under DRG-payment system (see H.R. 5858)

———recertification by nurse (see S. 2938)

———reciprocal agreements on health care services outside U.S. (see H.R. 4767)

———restore solvency of program and enhance coverage and benefits (see S. 2752)

———reverse present upward trend in poverty rate (see H.R. 4920)

———services by nurse anesthetists (see H.R. 4683)

———single prospective payment rate for hospitals (see H.R. 4693, 5255)

———solvency of program (see S. 2424; H.R. 4870)

Medicare/medicaid: hospital requirements for swing-bed services (see H.R. 6367)

———mental health counseling (see S. 2339)

———protection against malpractice and fraud (see H.R. 5989)

———protection of patients from treatment by incompetent or dangerous practitioners (see S. 2744)

Nurse anesthetists: medicare reimbursement (see H.R. 4683)

Old-age, survivors, and disability insurance: delegation of authority for administration by independent agency (see S. 2922)

———delegations of authority for administration by independent agency (see S. 2778; H.R. 5904)

Outside earnings: age limit for deductions from benefits (see H.R. 5049)

———: remove limitation (see H.R. 6095)

Religious objectors: exemption from coverage for certain employers and employees (see H.R. 6102)

Religious organizations: delay mandatory coverage of employees (see H.R. 4777)

Retirement benefits: determination of exclusion from modified adjusted gross income of interest (see H.R. 6128)

Social services: block grants to States (see H.R. 4970)

SSI: asset verification (see H.R. 5362)

———continued payment of benefits to individuals who work despite severe medical impairment (see H.R. 6263)

———cost-of-living increase for 1985 without regard to 3% threshold (see S. 2868, 2873, 2923)

———improve (see H.R. 5341), 7585 [3AP]

———notification of eligibility to certain disabled (see H.R. 6263)

———overpayment provision (see H.R. 5411)

———prevent reduction of benefits in case of support furnished a mentally handicapped living in another person's household (see H.R. 6232)

———program improvements (see S. 2569)

———requirements for notification of beneficiary relative to repayments (see H.R. 5072)

———reverse present upward trend in poverty rate (see H.R. 4920)

SSI/AFDC: determining benefits eligibility for adoptive individuals (see H.R. 6368)

States: block grants for social services (see H.R. 4970)

Taxation: deduction of contributions (see H.R. 4852)

Tax-exempt organizations: insured status requirements (see H.R. 4883)

———repeal mandatory coverage of employees (see H.R. 4788, 4898, 5016)

Teenage pregnancy: grants to State assistance programs (see S. 3084)

Terminal care facilities: medicare payment rates for hospice care (see S. 2725)

U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps: gratuitous wage credits (see H.R. 5171)

Unemployment: incentive for job training by reducing interest owed by the States from advances received for payment of compensation (see H.R. 6345)

Widows and widowers: repeal separate definition of disability (see H.R. 4879)

Circulars

Social security disability benefits: Dept. of HHS, 24700 [10SE]

Court decisions

Bruce Merli v. Sec. of HHS Heckler (social security disability benefits), 24698 [10SE]

Resolution of disputed disability claims: Supreme Court, 13214 [22MY]

Social security disability benefits eligibility, 6591 [27MR]

Descriptions

Medicare provisions modifications, 12651 [17MY]

Factsheets

Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program Administration by Independent Agency (S. 2778), 17577 [20JN]

Letters

Disability benefits eligibility reform: Rudolph W. Giuliani, 25807 [18SE]

———several Members of Congress, 25804 [18SE]

Eliminate inequitable notch in the current social security benefit formula (H.R. 4093) (sundry), 944 [30JA]

Federal spending reduction proposals: Representative O'Neill, 10448 [1MY]

Funding for foster care: Sec. of HHS Heckler, 31944 [11OC]

Funding of abortions for victims of rape or incest: Senator Heckler, 29062 [3OC]

Health Care Financing Administration medicare reimbursement formula: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, 26655 [25SE]

———Senator Exon, 26656 [25SE]

Medicaid provisions: George C. Wallace, Governor of Alabama, 12689 [17MY]

———Harry R. Hughes, Governor of Maryland (sundry), 12681, 12685 [17MY]

———National Conference of State Legislatures, 12678 [17MY]

———National Governors' Association, 12679 [17MY]

———62 organizations, 12678 [17MY]

———U.S. Conference of Mayors, 12679 [17MY]

Medicare premium deductibles: AFL-CIO, 11522 [9MY]

———Health Security Action Council, 11522 [9MY]

———National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, 11520 [9MY]

———National Council of Senior Citizens, 11522 [9MY]

Military retirees, 32535 [12OC]

Overcharging by hospitals: L. E. Workman (excerpt), 22364 [3AU]

Social Security Administration Board of Trustees appointments: Senator Moynihan, 20792 [25JY]

———White House, 20792 [25JY]

Social security disability benefits: Dept. of Justice, 25977 [19SE]

———Richard A. Solottee, 11738 [10MY]

———Rudolph W. Giuliani, 24700 [10SE], 25807 [18SE]

———Senator Cranston, 25991 [19SE]

———sundry, 6596, 6598 [27MR], 6612 [28MR], 13218 [22MY]

Social security is in good shape, 5945 [20MR]

Solicitation letter to constituents from alleged fraudulent group, the National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare: James Roosevelt (excerpt), 8464 [9AP]

Lists

Cosponsors of social security disability benefits reform amendment, 9141 [12AP]

Organizations supporting social service block grant program funding increases, 7096 [29MR]

Mailgrams

Medicare premium deductibles: American Association of Retired Persons, 11522 [9MY]

Memorandums

Social Security Disability Benefits Eligibility Cost Estimates: CBO, 13222-13224 [22MY]

Memorials of legislature

California, 4347 [5MR], 4697 [6MR], 20702 [24JY], 21386 [27JY], 25008, 25010 [12SE], 25184 [12SE], 28144 [1OC], 29612 [3OC], 29853, 29855, 29858 [4OC]

Delaware, 122 [23JA], 1676 [2FE]

Georgia, 9757 [24AP], 10343 [30AP]

Guam, 121 [23JA], 1675 [2FE]

Massachusetts, 20550 [23JY]

Nebraska, 9983 [25AP], 10343 [30AP]

New York, 10782 [2MY]

North Carolina, 20550 [23JY], 21386 [27JY]

Pennsylvania, 13048 [21MY]

Rhode Island, 10343 [30AP]

Petitions

Cost-of-living adjustments in social security benefits (H.R. 6019): National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, 26639 [24SE]

Cost-of-living increases: Andrew C. Garza, 25560 [17SE]

Health care cost containment legislation: International Woodworkers of America, 15612 [11JN]

Medicaid: Southern Governors' Association, 5861 [19MR]

Medicare: Michigan Council of Senior Citizens, Inc., 21385 [27JY]

———New York, NY, City Council, 6651 [27MR]

Protection for the Disabled: Special Commission on Social Security Disability, 3293 [23FE]

Social programs: International Woodworkers of America, 15612 [11JN]

Remarks in House

AFDC: amend laws relative to unmarried minor parents, 734 [30JA]

———impact of budget cuts, 7287 [2AP]

———improve, 9413 [12AP]

———prohibit payment to unmarried minor parents who are living away from home (H.R. 5093), 4976 [8MR], 5178 [12MR]

———reform (H.R. 6162), 24175 [10AU]

Aged: optional pharmaceutical assistance program under medicaid program (H.R. 5977), 20413 [29JN]

———reduce paperwork required for benefits and services (H.R. 5955), 20374 [29JN]

Alzheimer's disease: research, 17644 [21JN]

Amend: provisions discriminatory to women, 2804 [21FE]

Benefits: alleged discrepancies, 1377 [1FE]

———continuation of certain, for recipients who are able to work, 1415 [2FE]

———cost-of-living adjustment, 21430 [27JY], 21646 [31JY], 23581 [9AU], 25820 [18SE], 28452 [2OC]

———cost-of-living adjustments (H.R. 6019), 21230 [26JY], 21369 [26JY], 24114, 24178 [10AU], 26638, 26641 [24SE]

———cost-of-living adjustments (H.R. 6299), 28453 [2OC], 28461 [9OC]-28462 [2OC], 30754 [5OC]

———equity (H.R. 4093), 25514 [14SE]

———overpayment provision (H.R. 5411), 8483 [10AP]

———prohibit State or local government taxation (H.R. 5501), 9708 [24AP], 15783 [11JN]

———proposed conversion from a universal to a limited coverage program, 12039 [14MY]

———prorate (H.R. 5110), 5871 [19MR]

———question of credibility concerning projected cuts, 31342 [10OC]

———repayment policies of SSA in cases of alleged overpayment (H.R. 5072), 5074 [8MR]

———status, 31424 [10OC]

———taxation (H.R. 6128), 24156 [10AU]

Budget: except from the Federal budget, 24791 [11SE]

———history, 32550 [12OC]

Cancer: medicare coverage for routine cancer screening (H.R. 6042), 21506 [30JY]

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists: reform the medicare reimbursement system, 948-949 [30JA]

Child health care assurance program: funding, 9393, 9409 [12AP]

Child support enforcement amendments: enact (H.R. 4325), 22540 [6AU]

———enact (H.R. 4325), conference report, 22540 [6AU], 23039 [8AU]

Churches: taxation, 323 [24JA]

Cigarette tax: earmark to medicare (H.R. 3513), 3321 [23FE]

Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare: mailings to senior citizens, 9635 [12AP]

Community Nursing Centers Act: enact (H.R. 4865), 2812 [21FE], 4830 [7MR]

Cost-of-living raise: guarantee, 23191 [8AU]

Deficit Reduction Act: provision clarification, 24130 [10AU]

Democractic Party: campaign rhetoric, 31423 [10OC]

———comparison, 24662 [10SE]

Disability: reforms in determination process (H.R. 3755), 5567 [14MR]

Disability benefits: eligibility review procedure, 3552 [28FE], 25819 [18SE]

———implement moratorium on review process, 12982 [21MY]

———reform, 23955 [10AU]

———reform review process prior to termination of certain, 3273-3285 [23FE]

Disability insurance payments: extension of certain, 1415 [2FE]

Disability program, 2285 [8FE], 7956 [5AP]

———reform, 353, 356 [25JA], 2444 [22FE]

Disabled and older persons: health care, 5244 [13MR]

Financing: increases in primary insurance amounts (H.R. 4351), 3996 [1MR]

Foster child care: extend program provisions (H.R. 6130), 24116 [10AU]

———provide (H.R. 6266), 28021, 28030 [1OC]

Generic drugs: reform marketing procedures, 24577 [6SE]

Handicapped: administration record, 24723 [10SE]

———continue SSI benefits to working (H.R. 6263), 25951 [18SE]

Health care: cost, 9414 [12AP]

———alternative liability system for malpractice claims (H.R. 5400), 8517 [10AP]

Hetrick, Effie: tribute, 25519 [14SE]

Homeless deinstitutionalized people: housing program (H.R. 5752), 14570 [30MY]

Hospice care: medicare reimbursement (H.R. 5386), 13971 [23MY]

———payment rates (H.R. 5386), 8000 [5AP], 28031 [1OC]

———payment rates (H.R. 5386), Senate amendments, 32303 [11OC]

———social security payment levels (H.R. 5141), 5565 [14MR]

Hospitals: resolve inequities in medicare reimbursements, 1060 [31JA]

Independent agency: establish, 15882 [12JN], 16298 [13JN], 17619 [20JN]

Medicaid: cost-of-living increase, 7583 [3AP]

———program changes, 9405 [12AP]

Medicare: ambulette services (H.R. 6274), 26193 [19SE]

———amend definition of term ``physician'' (H.R. 5641), 11956 [10MY]

———anniversary of legislation enactment, 24089 [10AU]

———beneficiary law, 20396 [29JN]

———coverage for routine cancer screening (H.R. 6042), 21506 [30JY]

———benefits to those living and traveling abroad (H.R. 4767), 2175 [7FE]

———extend waiver of 24-hour nursing requirement for certain hospitals (H.R. 5274), 7651 [3AP]

———financial stability, 31340 [10OC]

———health maintenance organizations (H.R. 4040), 16440 [14JN]

———improve and extend prospective payment system (H.R. 4903), 3065, 3067 [22FE]

———improve (H.R. 4040), 16440 [14JN]

———improving efficacy of program, 22364 [3AU]

———make permanent waiver of 24-hour nursing requirement for certain hospitals (H.R. 5273), 7651 [3AP]

———payment rates for hospice care (H.R. 5386), 8000 [5AP]

———physician fees for inpatient services, 9386-9393, 9414, 9441-9451 [12AP]

———physician's copy of request for reimbursement to patient (H.R. 4856), 2401 [9FE]

———program changes, 9405 [12AP]

———prohibit reevalutation of hospital facilities and equipment for depreciation and interest purposes (H.R. 5195), 6327 [21MR]

———single prospective reimbursement rate for hospitals (H.R. 5255), 6902 [28MR]

———reimbursements, 19463 [27JN]

———rural hospital status under prospective payment system, 6578 [27MR]

———solvency, 2024 [7FE], 23607 [9AU]

Medicare Benefit Improvement and Cost Containment Act: enact (H.R. 4040), 16440 [14JN]

Medicare Long-Term Care Act: enact (H.R. 5726), 14354 [24MY]

Medicare payment guidelines: treatment of certain hospitals (H.R. 5006), 4037 [1MR]

Medicare Physicians Fair Payment Act: enact, 5797 [15MR]

Medicare/Medicaid Patient and Program Protection Act: enact, 15975 [12JN], 20184 [29JN]

Mobile Meals and Meals on Wheels: tribute, 25409 [13SE]

Mondale, Walter F.: policy, 30925 [9OC], 31424, 31431 [10OC]

National Commission on the Civil Service Retirement System: establish, 20428 [29JN]

National Commission to Preserve Social Security and Medicare: fundraising activities, 6350 [22MR], 6988 [29MR], 7879 [4AP], 8464 [9AP], 10923 [3MY], 12579-12589 [16MY], 13982 [23MY], 21068 [25JY], 26521 [24SE], 29313 [3OC]

Notch problem, 25514 [14SE]

Obstetric Care Information Act: enact (H.R. 6129), 24109 [10AU]

Older Americans Act: reauthorization, 6789 [27MR]

Physicians: solo practice billing and payment agreements (H.R. 6357), 28805 [2OC]

Primary insurance amounts: increases (H.R. 4351), 3996 [1MR]

Puerto Rico: increase Federal share of Medicaid programs, 9405 [12AP]

Reagan, President: budgetary recommendations, 11965 [10MY]

———economic recovery program, 30923 [9OC]

———policies, 7572-7579 [3AP], 20929, 20931 [25JY], 21646 [31JY], 21830 [1AU], 24503 [6SE], 30923 [9OC], 31340, 31343, 31344, 31345, 31423 [10OC]

———proposed reforms, 7248 [30MR], 7635 [3AP], 31424 [10OC]

Regan, Sec. of the Treasury: remarks on social security, 11954 [10MY]

Religious organizations: delay mandatory coverage of employees (H.R. 4587), 100 [23JA]

———repeal mandatory coverage (H.R. 5016), 4690 [6MR]

———repeal mandatory coverage of employees (H.R. 4898), 3030 [22FE]

———repeal mandatory coverage of members (H.R. 4788), 2288 [8FE]

Republican Party: impact of policies, 24503 [6SE]

———comparison, 24662 [10SE]

Social Security Administration: establish as independent agency (H.R. 5904), 23188 [8AU], 24180 [10AU]

———need for an independent, 12615 [16MY]

Social Security Disability Benefits Reform Act: enact (H.R. 3755), 6335, 6346 [22MR], 6576-6581, 6583 [27MR], 6610, 6611, 6612 [28MR], 6613 [2AP]-6622 [27MR], 7425 [2AP], 7890, 7891 [4AP], 10787 [2MY], 15692 [11JN], 17636 [20JN], 24337 [5SE], 26920, 26924 [25SE]

———enact (H.R. 3755), appointment of conferees, 15692 [11JN]

———enact (H.R. 3755), conference deliberations, 25523 [17SE]

———enact (H.R. 3755), conference report, 25871 [18SE], 26140-26146 [19SE]

———enact (H.R. 3755), delay in conference, 20180 [29JN]

Social security disability insurance: terminations due to budget cuts, 3285 [27FE]

Social Security Freedom of Choice Act: introduction (H.R. 5016), 4690 [6MR]

Social services: budgeting priorities, 7147 [29MR]

Solvency, 23607 [9AU], 24906 [11SE], 31343, 31344 [10OC]

———investigate circulation of letter concerning, 11906 [10MY]

———secure, 11904 [10MY]

SSI: cost-of-living adjustments, 28453 [2OC]

———cost-of-living adjustments (H.R. 6019), 21230 [26JY], 24114, 24178 [10AU], 26638, 26641 [24SE]

———improve, 9413 [12AP]

———improve program (H.R. 5341), 7618 [3AP], 12097 [14MY]

———overpayment provision (H.R. 5411), 8483 [10AP]

———special benefits program, 1775 [2FE]

SSI Equitable Improvements and Reform Act: enact (H.R. 5341), 11936 [10MY]

SSI program: amendments, 7583 [3AP]

———asset limit, 7583 [3AP]

State and local governments: prohibit taxation of benefits (H.R. 5501), 9708 [24AP], 15783 [11JN]

States: assure mandatory income withholding incentive payments (H.R. 4325), 22540 [6AU]

———assure mandatory income withholding incentive payments (H.R. 4325), appointment of conferees, 15692 [11JN]

Swing bed program: maintain quality level (H.R. 6367), 28797 [2OC]

Tax Reform Act: guarantee right of Guardsmen and Reservists to remain under civil service retirement (H.R. 4170), 1979 [7FE]

Transition period: eliminate ``notch'' problem (H.R. 4093), 22060 [1AU]

Trust fund: financial solvency, 8794 [11AP]

Unemployed: proposed skilled training program (H.R. 6345), 28173 [1OC]

WIC program: funding, 1413 [2FE]

William A. Barrett Social Security Building, Philadelphia, PA: designate (H.R. 4665), 7282 [2AP]

World War II: prohibit payment of benefits to those deported from U.S. due to activities in association with the Nazi government (H.R. 4986), 3971 [29FE]

World War II U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps: extend social security wage credits (H.R. 5171), 5599 [15MR]

Remarks in Senate

Abortion: funding in cases of rape or incest, 29060, 29061-29064 [3OC]

AFDC: child support payments, 30634 [5OC]

Benefits: cost-of-living adjustment (H.R. 1428), 21163-21165 [26JY], 21380 [27JY], 21817 [1AU], 22714 [8AU]

———cost-of-living adjustment (H.R. 1428), withdrawal of motion for reconsideration, 21644 [31JY]

———cost-of-living adjustment (S. 2873), 21189 [26JY]

———cost-of-living increases (H.R. 6299), 31949-31951 [11OC]

———eliminate disparity resulting from changes made in 1977 and affecting individuals who retired in, or after, 1979 (S. 2644), 16028 [13JN], 17193 [19JN]

———issuance of certificate of guaranteed tax-exemption (S. 2970), 24394 [6SE]

———taxation, 8724, 8726 [11AP], 9087-9096, 9225 [12AP], 17192 [19JN]

Budget: President Reagan's deficit reduction policy, 31134 [10OC]

CHAMPUS: study issue of allowing utilization of medicare payment methods, 16683 [15JN]

Child support: improve enforcement program (S. 4325), appointment of conferees, 16655 [15JN]

Child Support Enforcement Amendments: enact (H.R. 4325), 9833, 9841-9853 [25AP], 10119 [26AP], 21776 [1AU]

Children: funding for foster care, 31939, 31942, 31944 [11OC]

Cigarettes: increase excise tax to offset health care costs of smoking-related illness, 16012 [13JN]

Cost-of-living adjustments: cap, 11238-11247 [8MY]

———disregard 3 percent threshold (S. 2923), 22845 [8AU]

Dept. of HHS: testing of home emergency response systems (S. 2941), 23334 [9AU]

Disability Act: amend (S. 476), 5753 [15MR]

Disability benefits: eligibility reform, 7170 [30MR], 9141 [12AP], 11737 [10MY], 25804 [18SE]

———eligibility reform (H.R. 3755), appointment of conferees, 13247 [22MY]

———eligibility reform (S. 476; H.R. 3755), 13205-13247 [22MY]

———eligibility reform (S. 476; H.R. 3755), S. 476 indefinitely postponed, 13247 [22MY]

———eligibility reform (S. 476; H.R. 3755), pass H.R. 3755 in lieu, 13247 [22MY]

———eligibility reform (S. 2002), 25807 [18SE]

———eligibility reform (H.R. 3755), 25662 [17SE], 26287, 26292 [20SE]

———eligibility reform (H.R. 3755), conference report, 25567 [17SE], 25975-25993, 26000 [19SE], 30889 [9OC]

———eligibility reform (S. 476; H.R. 3755), 14109 [24MY], 23761 [10AU], 24697 [10SE], 24959 [12SE]

———eligibility reform (S. 2002), 8438 [9AP]

Elderly: health care, 26291 [20SE]

Federal Boat Safety Act: amend (H.R. 2163), 11287 [8MY]

Federal pension system: redevelopment process, 7663 [4AP]

Food stamps: tax credit for hiring recipients (S. 2431), 5740 [15MR]

Foster care: extend conditional ceiling on Federal matching funds (S. 2928), 23325 [9AU]

Handicapped: prohibiting reduction of benefits during review of disability cases (H.R. 3755), 31235 [10OC]

Health care: fixed grants to States for graduate medical education and other clinical training programs (S. 3073), 30577 [5OC]

Health Care Coordination Act: enact (S. 1614), 11311 [8MY]

Health maintenance organizations: medicare coverage of clinical psychologist services, 9127 [12AP]

Home Care Protection Act: introduction (S. 2338), 3152-3154 [23FE]

Hospice care: maintain current payment methodology, 28363 [2OC]

———payment rates (H.R. 5386), 31937-31944 [11OC]

———payment rates (H.R. 5386), unanimous-consent request, 28840 [3OC]

———public pension offset provisions, 31938 [11OC]

Indians: demonstration program for direct billing of medicare and medicaid payments, 25077 [12SE]

Maternal and child health block grants: funding, 9101-9108 [12AP]

Medicaid: modify provisions, 12677, 12680-12694 [17MY]

Medicare: alternative liability system for medical malpractice (S. 2690), 12732 [17MY]

———benefits eligibility, 11527-11529 [9MY]

———coverage of catastrophic illnesses (S. 2895), 21625-21627 [31JY]

———coverage of posthospital home health services, 9216 [12AP]

———coverage for services of mental health professionals (S. 2339), 3155 [23FE]

———financial reform, 2476 [9FE], 12005 [11MY], 12461 [16MY], 14152 [24MY], 15564 [8JN]

———Health Care Financing Administration reimbursement formula, 26655 [25SE]

———health maintenance organizations, 13302 [22MY]

———modify provisions, 11232 [8MY], 12419-12422 [16MY], 12650-12657, 12662 [17MY]

———payment rates for hospice care (S. 2725), 14948 [5JN]

———premium deductibles, 11248 [8MY], 11511-11527 [9MY], 12652-12657 [17MY]

———prospective payment system, 13299 [22MY]

———recertification of need for certain services by nurse practitioners (S. 2938), 23331 [9AU]

———State reimbursement formula, 5157 [12MR]

Medicare Incentives Reform Act: introduction (S. 2752), 16012 [13JN]

Medicare Preferred Provider Arrangement Act: introduction (S. 2502), 7109 [29MR]

Medicare Solvency and Health Care Financing Reform Act: enact (S. 2424), 21540 [30JY]

———enact (S. 2424), referred to committee, 5381 [13MR]

———introduction (S. 2424), 5356-5367 [13MR]

Medicare/medicaid: protection of patients from treatment by incompetent or dangerous practitioners (S. 2744), 15535-15537, 15546 [8JN]

National Commission on Social Security Reform: implementation of recommendations, 5945 [20MR]

National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare: activities, 15620 [11JN]

Old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program: delegation of authority for administration by independent agency (S. 2778), 17576, 17584 [20JN]

———delegation of authority for administration by independent agency (S. 2922), 22840 [8AU]

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act: enact (H.R. 5394), place on calendar, 9861 [25AP]

Reagan, President: impact of budget on social programs, 7883 [4AP]

Religious organizations: delay mandatory social security coverage for employees (S. 2099), 189 [24JA], 4934 [8MR]

———employee participation, 56 [23JA]

Rural hospitals: revision of prospective payment classification, 9108, 9225 [12AP]

Social Security Administration: appointments to Board of Trustees, 20785-20787, 20792 [25JY]

Social Security Administrative Reorganization Act: introduction (S. 2922), 22840 [8AU]

Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act: introduction (S. 2923), 22845 [8AU]

Social Security Disability Benefits Reform Act: enact (H.R. 3755), 6866 [28MR], 7170 [30MR], 9642 [24AP]

———enact (H.R. 3755), debate procedure, 9642 [24AP]

Social Security Disability Determination Reform Act: introduction (S. 2369), 3804 [29FE]

Social security trust fund: financial solvency, 1881 [6FE], 5945 [20MR], 6437 [22MR], 7506 [3AP], 7897 [4AP], 8254 [5AP], 20785-20787 [25JY]

Social services: funding under block grant program (S. 2492), 7095 [29MR]

SSI: reform (S. 2569), 9275, 9281 [12AP]

States: reimbursement of back claims, 8702 [11AP]

Teenage pregnancy: grants to States for assistance programs (S. 3084), 31245 [10OC]

U.S. Code: eliminate gender-based distinctions (S. 501), 10092 [26AP]

Unemployed: health care benefits, 8661-8673, 8728 [11AP]

WIC: program evaluation, 10061 [26AP]

Work Incentive Block Grant Act: introduction (S. 2405), 4916 [8MR]

Reports

Alleviate Hunger in U.S. by Strengthening Federal Nutrition Programs: Committee on Rules (H.R. 5151; H. Res. 517) (S. Rept. 98-825), 15194 [6JN]

Amend Programs for Persons With Developmental Disabilities: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 2573) (S. Rept. 98-493), 14832 [4JN]

Amendment Providing for Reform in Disability Determination Process: committee of conference (H.R. 3755) (H. Rept. 98-1039), 26170 [19SE]

Authorize Appropriations for Government Intelligence-Related Activities: Committee on Armed Services (H.R. 5399) (H. Rept. 98-743), 13961 [23MY]

Authorize Appropriations To Implement Indian Health Care Improvement Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Select) (S. 2166) (S. Rept. 98-471), 13257 [22MY]

Child Support Enforcement Program Act Amendment: Committee of Conference (H.R. 4325) (H. Rept. 98-925), 21913-21929, 21979 [1AU]

Collection of Cost of Medical Care From Third Party Payers Provided Through Facilities of Uniformed Services: Committee on Armed Services (H.R. 5372) (H. Rept. 98-751), 12321 [15MY]

Conference on H.R. 3755, Social Security Disability Benefits Reform Act, 26127-26140 [19SE]

Congressional Budget Act Waiver Regarding Disabled Veterans, Disability Rate and Spouse Dependency Compensation Rate Increase: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (S. 2736; S. Res. 441), 25617 [17SE]

Cost-of-Living Program Increases: Committee on Ways and Means (H.R. 6299) (H. Rept. 98-1099), 27652 [28SE]

Disability Benefits: Committee on Finance (S. 476) (S. Rept. 98-466), 12923 [18MY]

Disability Determination Process: Committee on Rules (H. Rept. 98-627), 6292 [21MR]

———Committee on Ways and Means (H. Rept. 98-618), 5533 [14MR]

Disabled Veterans, Disability Rate and Spouse Dependency Compensation Rate Increase: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (S. 2736) (S. Rept. 98-604), 25617 [17SE]

EEOC Handling of Sex-Biased Wage Discrimination Complaints: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 98-796), 13446 [22MY]

Establish an Independent Social Security Administration Governed by a Bipartisan Board, 17620 [20JN]

Establishment of Home and Community Based Health Program (S. 2301) (S. Rept. 98-933), 9252 [12AP]

Expanded Federal Authority Needed To Protect Medicare and Medicaid Patients: GAO, 15536 [8JN]

Extend Programs of Assistance for Training of Health Professions Personnel and Community Health Centers Under National Health Service Corps Program: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 5602) (H. Rept. 98-817), 14826 [4JN]

Extension of Protection for Employees in Communications Industry Transferring Between Telephone Companies: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 5391) (H. Rept. 98-746), 12321 [15MY]

Extension Regarding Foster Care and Child Welfare Resource Centers Establishment: Committee on Ways and Means (H.R. 6266) (H. Rept. 98-1048), 26589 [24SE]

Financial Assistance for Organ Procurement Organizations: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 5580) (H. Rept. 98-769), 12321 [15MY]

Health Care Fraud: Committee on Ways and Means (H.R. 5989) (H. Rept. 98-1102), 27652 [28SE]

Improve Administration of Earnings Test: Committee on Ways and Means (H.R. 5356) (H. Rept. 98-660), 8347 [9AP]

Improve Assets Verification for Benefits Under Supplemental Security Income: Committee on Ways and Means (H.R. 5362) (H. Rept. 98-664), 8347 [9AP]

Improve VA Health Programs: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 5618) (H. Rept. 98-779), 12322 [15MY]

Income Withholding for the Child Support Enforcement Program: Committee on Finance (S. Rept. 98-387), 8425 [9AP]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendment and Reauthorization: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 4567) (H. Rept. 98-763), 13047 [21MY]

———Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 4567) (H. Rept. 98-763), 12321 [15MY]

Litigation Management Project Statement: Social Security Administration, 25805-25807 [18SE]

Long-Range Projections of Social Security Trust Fund Operations in Dollars: Social Security Administration, 7507-7511 [3AP]

National Health Services Corps: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 2281) (S. Rept. 98-392), 9252 [12AP]

Occupational Therapy Services Under Medicare Program: Committee on Ways and Means (H.R. 2116) (H. Rept. 98-1101), 27652 [28SE]

Policies Contributing to Poverty Among Families and Children, 22246 [2AU]

Recovery of Hospital and Medical Care Costs for Treatment Furnished by Government: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 4666) (H. Rept. 98-681), 9537 [12AP]

Routine Home Care Payment Rates: Committee on Ways and Means (H.R. 5386) (H. Rept. 98-1100), 27652 [28SE]

Social Security Disability Benefits Eligibility Reform (S. 476; H.R. 3755): Senator Long (additional views), 13214-13217 [22MY]

William A. Barrett Social Security Building, Philadelphia, PA: Committee on Public Works and Transportation (H. Rept. 98-624), 6013 [20MR]

Statements

Churches and Social Security: Senator Eagleton, 56 [23JA]

Establish the Social Security Administration as an Independent Agency: Ainsworth Brown, 23188 [8AU]

———GAO, 23188 [8AU]

———Kenneth Blaylock, 23188 [8AU]

Health and Long-Term Care: American Association of Retired Persons, 1667-1670 [2FE]

Health Care for the Elderly: John Fontaine, 26291 [20SE]

Home Health Services: New Jersey home health administrator, 3153 [23FE]

Social Security: President Reagan (sundry excerpts), 7573, 7575 [3AP]

Social Security and the COLA: Robert M. Ball, 1881-1883 [6FE]

Social Security Costs: Walter F. Mondale (excerpt), 31433 [10OC]

Social Security Disability Benefits Eligibility: Stephen H. Sachs, 6600 [27MR]

SSI Equitable Improvements and Reform: Older Women's League, 12097 [14MY]

Summaries

Alternative Liability System for Public Health Care Malpractice Claims (H.R. 5400), 8517 [10AP]

Child Support Enforcement Amendments Conference Report (H.R. 4325), 21777 [1AU]

Child Support Enforcement Amendments (H.R. 4325), 9845 [25AP]

Health Care Benefits for Unemployed Under H.R. 2163, 8729 [11AP]

Health Care Legislation (S. 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504), 7113 [29MR]

Medicare and Medicaid Patient and Program Protection Act (S. 2744), 15541-15546 [8JN]

Medicare Incentives Reform Act (S. 2752), 16013 [13JN]

Medicare Long-Term Care Act (H.R. 5726), 14355 [24MY]

Medicare Reform Proposals, 16441 [14JN]

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (H.R. 5394), 9420 [12AP]

Social Security Disability Benefits Eligibility Reform (S. 476), 13224-13228 [22MY]

Social Security Disability Benefits Reform Act (H.R. 3755), Conference Report, 25871 [18SE], 25977 [19SE]

SSI Equitable Improvement and Reform Amendments (H.R. 5341), 7620 [3AP]

Tables

Budget for fiscal 1984 (excerpt), 31134 [10OC]

Budget reduction proposals: sundry, 10449-10452 [1MY]

Budget savings plan (excerpt from ``A Program for Economic Recovery''), 31135 [10OC]

Impact of the national reimbursement rate for medicare for certain States, 5154 [12MR]

Medicare payments for laboratory tests-U.S. and Canadian branches, 2025 [7FE]

Medicare reimbursements for hospice care, 14948 [5JN]

Testimonies

Disability Benefits: Bill Malleris, 1416 [2FE]

Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustments: Representative C. W. Bill Young, 25200 [12SE]

Texts of

H.R. 3755, Social Security Disability Benefits Reform Act, 6613-6621 [27MR]

H.R. 4325, Child Support Enforcement Amendments, 9834-9841 [25AP]

H.R. 4665, designate the William A. Barrett Social Security Building, 7282 [2AP]

H.R. 4767, providing medicare benefits to those living and traveling abroad, 2176 [7FE]

H.R. 4865, Community Nursing Centers Act, 2812 [21FE]

H.R. 4986, prohibit payment of benefits to those deported from U.S. due to activities in association with the Nazi government in World War II, 3971 [29FE]

H.R. 5016, Social Security Freedom of Choice Act, 4690 [6MR]

H.R. 5072, repayment policies of SSA in cases of alleged overpayment of benefits, 5074 [8MR]

H.R. 5093, prohibit AFDC payment to unmarried minor parents who are living away from hme, 5178 [12MR]

H.R. 5141, social security payment levels for hospice care, 5565 [14MR]

H.R. 5255, single prospective medicare reimbursement rate for hospitals, 6903 [28MR]

H.R. 5386, payment rates for hospice home care, 8000 [5AP], 28031 [1OC]

H.R. 5955, reduce paperwork required of the aged for benefits and services, 20375 [29JN]

H.R. 5977, optional pharmaceutical assistance program to the aged under medicaid program, 20413 [29JN]

H.R. 6129, Obstetric Care Information Act, 24109 [10AU]

H.R. 6266, child welfare, foster care, and adoption assistance programs, 28021 [1OC]

H.R. 6299, cost-of-living adjustments, 28453 [2OC]

S. 476, disability benefits eligibility reform, 13205-13210 [22MY]

S. 501, elimination of gender-based distinctions in U.S. Code, 10093-10101 [26AP]

S. 2339, medicare coverage for services of mental health professionals, 3155 [23FE]

S. 2369, Social Security Disability Determination Reform Act, 3807-3809 [29FE]

S. 2405, Work Incentive Block Grant Act, 4917 [8MR]

S. 2424, Medicare Solvency and Health Care Financing Reform Act, 5357-5366 [13MR]

S. 2492, increase in funding of social services block grant program, 7096 [29MR]

S. 2502, Medicare Preferred Provider Arrangement Act, 7111 [29MR]

S. 2569, SSI reform, 9276-9281 [12AP]

S. 2725, medicare payment rate for hospice care, 14948 [5JN]

S. 2744, Medicare and Medicaid Patient and Program Protection Act, 15537-15541 [8JN]

S. 2752, Medicare Incentives Reform Act, 16015-16025 [13JN]

S. 2778, old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program administration by independent agency, 17578-17583 [20JN]

S. 2895, medicare coverage of catastrophic illnesses, 21627-21629 [31JY]

S. 2922, Social Security Administrative Reorganization Act, 22841-22845 [8AU]

S. 2923, Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act, 22846 [8AU]

S. 2928, extend conditional ceiling on Federal matching funds for foster care, 23325 [9AU]

S. 2938, recertification of need for certain medicare services by nurse practitioners, 23331 [9AU]

S. 2941, Dept. of HHS testing of home emergency response systems, 23334 [9AU]

S. 2970, issuance of certificate of guaranteed tax-exempt social security benefits, 24395 [6SE]

S. 3073, fixed grants to States for graduate medical education and other clinical training programs, 30579 [5OC]

S. 3084, grants to States' teenage pregnancy assistance programs, 31247 [10OC]

Transcripts

Debate Between President Reagan and Walter F. Mondale, 31048-31057 [9OC]