SOCIAL SECURITY ACT related term(s) Public Welfare

Addresses

How Great Was the Great Society: Joseph A. Califano, Jr., 9574-9576 [26AP]

State of the Union: President Reagan (excerpt), 7368 [3AP]

Amendments

Medicare: extend certain reimbursement provisions (H.R. 3722), 37707 [18DE]

Physician payment provisions: extend (H.R. 4006), 38425 [19DE], 38728 [20DE]

Trust fund: prevent disinvestment (H.R. 3669), 30290, 30315 [1NO]

Trust funds: disinvestment (H.R. 3721), 31774 [13NO], 31831 [14NO]

Analyses

Additional Coverage for Years a Child Is Cared For (S. 943), 8353 [18AP]

Family Economic Security Act (H.R. 2585), 14812 [6JN]

Health Care Savings Account Act (H.R. 3505), 26097 [3OC]

Optional Social Security Coverage for Employees of Religious Organizations (S. 1229), 14159 [4JN]

Restrictions on Benefits Paid to Certain Aliens (S. 944), 8354 [18AP]

Social Security Act Amendments (H.R. 556): Representative Oberstar, 15241 [11JN]

Articles and editorials

After 50 Years, Social Security Here to Stay, 10380 [2MY]

After 50 Years, Social Security Seen as One of Nation's ``Most Significant'' Laws, 9363 [24AP]

After 50 Years Social Security Seen as One of Nation's Most Significant Laws, 3637 [26FE]

Bad Budget Compromise, 8087 [16AP]

Budget Package (sundry), 10041, 10043 [1MY]

Comparable Worth? Looney Tunes or Long Overdue?, 12650-12653 [20MY]

Cost Controls Raise Concerns on Health Care, 21657 [31JY]

Debate Over Social Security Cuts Are Example of Federal Deception, 6113 [25MR]

Disinvestment of Social Security of the Trust Fund (excerpt), 30291 [1NO]

Enactment (excerpt), 16183 [19JN]

50 Years Ago, 6670 [28MR]

Forging Employee Benefits Consensus, 9398 [24AP]

From Foster Homes to Life on New York Streets—3 Case Studies in Failure, 19983-19985 [23JY]

Government Needs to Listen, 19375 [17JY]

Health Care Checks Out of the Hospital, 4713 [6MR]

How U.S. Manipulated Social Security Funds, 30378 [4NO]

How We Subsidize ``Offshore'' Medical Schools, 34025 [3DE]

Hurting Those Who Need Help the Most, 9739 [29AP]

``I Wasn't Ready To Go''—The Conflict Over Forcing Professors To Retire, 941 [24JA]

It Turns Out Medicine Isn't Going Broke, 10215 [2MY]

Medicare Funding (excerpt), 30508 [5NO]

Medicare Rules, Fewer Patients Force Clinic To Phase Out Physician's Assistants, 23761 [13SE]

Medicare's Broken Promise, 17643-17645 [27JN]

New York Judge Curbs Discharge of Foster Youths With No Homes, 19982 [23JY]

No Freeze for Social Security, 13845 [24MY]

``Notch Babies'' March, 27756 [16OC]

Report Outlines Policy on Long-Term Home Care, 6863 [28MR]

Retreat From Medicare Must Be Halted, 4714 [6MR]

Seniors Rallying for Their Rights, 15755 [13JN]

Social Security and the Budget, 23822-23826 [16SE]

Social Security Benefit Tax, 17511 [26JN]

Social Security COLA (excerpt), 10052 [1MY]

Social Security—Battle Goes On, 13959 [3JN]

Social Security—Leave the COLA Alone, 2605 [19FE]

Transcript of Remarks by Presidents Truman and Johnson at the Signing of the Medicare Legislation, 21358-21359 [30JY]

Universal Health Care—Canada Has It, Why Can't We?, 22045 [31JY]

Verdict—Elderly Deserve Cost-of-Living Raise, 5905 [20MR]

Who, How and When To Pay for Physicians' Training, 12326-12328 [16MY]

Bills and resolutions

Abortion: funding restrictions (see S. 504)

Administration: bipartisan board (see S. 17)

———independent agency (see S. 122)

AFDC: automated statewide management information systems (see S. 1491)

———community work experience program requirement for unemployed parents (see H.R. 2549)

———community work experience requirement (see S. 924)

———demonstration programs for securing long-term employment at sufficient earnings levels (see H.R. 880)

———eliminate 100-hour rule and require acceptance of job offers by parents while preserving eligibility for benefits (see H.R. 3110)

———fiscal improvements (see H.R. 2944)

———improving quality control standards and procedures (see H.R. 1279)

———income of a stepparent living with a dependent child (see H.R. 1998)

———moratorium on imposition of penalties for erroneous payments (see S. 1362)

———program improvements (see S. 1081)

———study of quality control standards and procedures (see S. 1362)

Aged: additional home health services (see H.R. 1192)

———tax exemption for continued employment if application for retirement benefits has not been filed (see H.R. 140)

Aliens: benefit eligibility verification system (see H.R. 2626)

———conditions for SSI benefits (see H.R. 3250)

———prohibit payment of benefits to certain (see S. 944)

———prohibit payment of benefits to certain individuals deported for reason of association with Nazi government (see H.R. 933)

———restrict payment of benefits (see H.R. 3161)

Alzheimer's disease: demonstration projects for alternative medicare benefits (see H.R. 67)

———demonstration projects for medicare alternative (see S. 751)

Amend: improvements and technical changes (see H.R. 2005)

Benefits: actual dependency as a condition of stepchild's eligibility (see H.R. 137)

———actuarial disability reduction formula (see H.R. 557)

———ambulette service for wheelchair-bound individuals (see H.R. 598)

———amount and timing of annual cost-of-living adjustment (see H. Res. 130)

———annual cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Res. 152)

———application of 1-year dependency test to adopted children (see H.R. 657)

———application of delayed retirement credit (see H.R. 1822)

———authorize payment for optometric and medical vision care (see H.R. 342)

———automatic semiannual cost-of-living increase (see H.R. 403)

———block grants for social services (see H.R. 798)

———certificate of guaranteed tax-exempt, to retirees (see S. 48)

———child age for termination of certain (see H.R. 59)

———child insurance eligibility for postsecondary students (see H.R. 222)

———child's insurance to postsecondary students (see H.R. 1522)

———chiropractor services (see H.R. 214)

———chronically mentally ill (see S. 1745)

———computation (see S. 545; H.R. 1573)

———computation of years of coverage for special minimum (see H.R. 157)

———correct disparity known as notch problem (see H.R. 1916, 1917, 3359)

———cost-of-living adjustments (see S. 1720; S.J. Res. 116; S. Res. 134, 137; H.R. 1386, 3528; H. Con. Res. 73, 116; H. Res. 31)

———cost-of-living increase (see H.R. 846)

———credit for additional years spent in providing child care (see S. 943)

———deceased's credits to surviving spouse or surviving divorced spouse (see H.R. 190)

———delayed retirement credit (see H.R. 563)

———dental services (see H.R. 304)

———disability for individuals suffering from terminal illness (see H.R. 580)

———disabled widows or widowers (see H.R. 159)

———disregard tax-exempt interest in computation (see H.R. 1738)

———disregard tax-exempt interest in computing income (see H.R. 980, 1478)

———distribution of lump-sum death benefit (see H.R. 1115)

———divorced spouse qualification (see H.R. 207)

———divorced spouses or surviving divorced spouses (see H.R. 1363)

———eliminate 3% trigger for cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 3195)

———eliminate 5-month waiting period for disabled (see H.R. 574)

———eliminate certain disparities by increasing primary insurance amounts (see H.R. 1118)

———eliminate disparity between pre-1979 and post-1979 levels (see H.R. 732)

———eliminate disparity for pre-1979 retirees (see S. 1060; S. Con. Res. 24; H.R. 920, 921, 1744, 2426; H. Con. Res. 42)

———eliminate disparity for pre-1979 retirees known as notch problem (see S. 1473)

———eliminate disparity known as notch problem (see H.R. 3503)

———eliminate insurance disparities (see H.R. 401)

———eliminate reduction for recipients receiving other Government pensions (see H.R. 155)

———emergency assistance to medicare-participating hospitals (see H.R. 302)

———entitlement after death (see H.R. 402)

———equal division for spouses (see S. 3; H.R. 158, 191)

———equal division so as to recognize contribution of each spouse to the marriage (see S. 546)

———extend SSI provisions (see H.R. 337)

———extension of delayed retirement credit to surviving spouses or surviving divorced spouses (see S. 548)

———fair and adequate financing of Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program (see H.R. 2471)

———group-living arrangement allotment eligibility (see H.R. 387)

———guaranteeing certificate (see H.R. 1049)

———home health service nutrition counseling (see H.R. 215)

———improve coverage and administration of retirement, survivors, disability insurance, and SSI programs (see H.R. 3941)

———inclusion of tax-exempt interest shall not apply to obligations held before date of enactment of amendments (see H.R. 452)

———increase amount of outside income authorized before penalty (see H.R. 2877)

———increases in primary insurance amounts to account for depressed replacement rates (see H.R. 65)

———influenza vaccine (see H.R. 482)

———inheritance of deceased spouse's earnings credits (see S. 547)

———liberalize eligibility for disabled (see H.R. 558, 559, 560, 561, 562, 576)

———limitation of outside income (see H.R. 239)

———lump-sum death payment (see H.R. 58)

———medical treatment of certain sensory and communication aids (see H.R. 1432)

———minimum, for future recipients (see H.R. 154)

———national catastrophic illness insurance program (see H.R. 165)

———offset applicable to annuities paid to surviving spouses of members of Armed Forces (see H.R. 597)

———outside earnings limitation (see H.R. 1062)

———outside income limitation (see H.R. 2618)

———parent income not attributed to children where home care possible in lieu of institutionalization (see H.R. 205)

———payment to certain individuals in dual marriage cases (see H.R. 3715)

———postsecondary students (see H.R. 57)

———prohibit in hearings, adversarial involvement of Dept. of HHS and Social Security Administration (see S. 1944; H.R. 3854)

———prohibit pension and compensation reductions (see H.R. 334)

———proportional payment during month of recipient's death (see H.R. 12, 1115)

———proportionate payment for month of death (see H.R. 871)

———provide exchange of credits between old-age, survivors, and disability insurance system and civil service retirement system (see H.R. 204)

———provide Federal old-age, survivors, and disability insurance for U.S. officers and employees (see H.R. 336)

———psychologist services provided by arrangement with a hospital (see S. 155)

———recovery of overpayments made to surviving beneficiary (see S. 1350; H.R. 2860)

———remove limitation on outside income (see H.R. 198, 335, 404, 575, 1317)

———remove outside income limitation (see H.R. 1592, 1741)

———remove outside income limitations (see H.R. 3279)

———repeal separate definition of disability presently applicable to widows and widowers (see S. 549)

———repeal taxation (see H.R. 2438)

———restriction on payment of pensions (see H.R. 138)

———routine Papanicolaou cancer tests (see H.R. 303)

———study the notch problem (see H. Con. Res. 18)

———tax exemption (see H.R. 806)

———tax rates (see H. Con. Res. 173)

———tax treatment (see S. 210)

———taxation by State and local governments (see H.R. 90)

———tax-exempt interest (see H.R. 554)

———transition payment for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 160, 192)

———treat adopted children same as natural children (see H.R. 367)

———waiting period for disabled with terminal illness (see H.R. 809)

———working spouse (see H.R. 802)

Black Lung Benefits Act: prohibiting reduction of benefits (see H.R. 1323)

Blind: eligibility for disability benefits (see H.R. 1172)

Board of trustees: additional members (see H.R. 2792)

Budget: reconciliation on certain medical care programs (see H.R. 3290)

———separation of trust funds from unified (see H.R. 2599)

———set out disbursements and receipts as separate functional categories (see H.R. 3528)

Business Transfer Tax Act: enact (see S. 1102)

Child Welfare and Adoption Assistance Act: reauthorize (see S. 1329; H.R. 2810)

Children: benefits eligibility for adopted child (see S. 1351)

———benefits eligibility for stepchild (see H.R. 3527)

———conditional assistance to States for care services (see H.R. 2116)

———improve quality of child care services (see S. 810)

———modify terminology relative to certain disabled (see S. 472)

Cigarettes: additional tax revenues deposited in Federal hospital insurance trust fund (see H.R. 1969)

———cost-of-living adjustments to amount of tax and partial allocation of tax receipts to medicare trust fund (see H.R. 3039)

———excise tax (see S. 1732)

Conscientious objectors: exemption from coverage (see H.R. 1138)

Cost-of-living: exemption from freeze for certain beneficiaries (see H. Con. Res. 96)

Courts: treatment of pensions for retired judges reassigned to active duty (see S. 869)

Dentists: payment for services (see H.R. 224)

Disability: lessen amount of benefit reduction by taking in account certain noncovered earnings (see H.R. 1820)

———repeal special limitation on total family benefits (see H.R. 1821)

———special advisory council to study medical and vocational aspects (see H.R. 3359)

Disability Advisory Council: establish (see S. 1626)

Disability and hospital insurance programs: consolidate trust funds (see H.R. 3528)

———general revenue financing (see H.R. 3528)

Disability benefits: workmen's compensation offset (see H.R. 1078)

Disabled: determinations and procedures (see S. 1721)

Employees of religious organizations: optional coverage (see S. 1229)

Employment: remove limitation on amount of outside income (see H.R. 2820)

Federal employees: equitable and portable retirement structure for post-1983 employees (see H.R. 2869)

———medicare tax exemption for certain (see S. 1348)

———repeal coverage (see H.R. 1336)

———supplemental retirement plan for Social Security participants (see H.R. 3660)

Finger Lakes Area Hospitals' Corp.: medicare's hospital prospective reimbursement program (see S. 1460)

Fish and fisheries: pension coverage of certain self-employed (see H.R. 690)

———pension coverage of certain self-employed fishermen (see H.R. 975)

Food Stamp Act: group-living arrangement allotment eligibility (see H.R. 387)

Fraud: improve protection of beneficiaries (see S. 837; H.R. 1868)

Handicapped: independence and capacity to participate in community and family life (see S. 873; H.R. 2902, 3774)

———medicaid funds for community and family life assistance (see H.R. 2523)

———quality of services in residential facilities receiving medicare/medicaid funds (see S. 1948)

Handicapped children: modify terminology (see H.R. 359)

Health Care Financing Administration: inpatient deductible and extended care coinsurance (see S. 1729)

Health care savings account: protection (see H.R. 3505)

Health insurance: availability, based on income and assets, under competitive system (see H.R. 2284)

———employer extension of plan coverage at group rates for family members of deceased, divorced, or medicare-eligible workers (see S. 1632)

———improve Federal minimum standards for elderly (see H.R. 213)

Housing: benefit increases not considered in determining eligibility for certain Federal aid programs (see H.R. 649)

Improvements and technical changes: provide (see H.R. 1641)

Infant mortality: reduction (see H.R. 1382)

Lotteries: financing medicare program and budget deficit (see H.R. 1878)

———financing retirement, disability, and hospital insurance programs (see H.R. 772)

———proceeds used to finance programs (see H.R. 2748)

Lottery: financing medicare program (see H.R. 49)

Maternal and Child Health Preventive Care Act: amend (see S. 505)

Medicaid: assist handicapped to participate in community and family life (see H.R. 2902)

———community and family life assistance for severely disabled (see H.R. 2523)

———coverage of adoption expenses (see S. 1266; H.R. 2894)

———coverage of certain low-income pregnant women (see S. 7)

———coverage of hospice care (see S. 867)

———educational and training activities of peer review organizations (see H.R. 3783)

———eligibility of special needs children placed for adoption (see S. 1628)

———home- or community-based services authority for States without waiver (see H.R. 2863, 2875)

———hospice care as optional service (see S. 1648)

———increase activities of State's fraud and abuse units in eliminating patient neglect (see H.R. 2829)

———optional program of pharmaceutical assistance (see H.R. 1542)

———provider appeals of adverse determinations by peer review organizations (see H.R. 3782)

———service of acupuncturists (see H.R. 1031)

———State flexibility to provide home or community-based services (see S. 1277)

Medical care: increase personal allowance for eligible individuals in medical institutions (see H.R. 2173)

———protect beneficiaries from unfit practitioners (see S. 837; H.R. 1370, 1868)

———revenues from additional tax on cigarettes deposited in Federal hospital insurance trust fund (see S. 820)

———standards for long-term care insurance (see H.R. 2293)

———State laws requiring physicians to inform patients on alternative method of treating breast cancer (see H.R. 1579)

Medicare: 50% freeze on hospital payments under diagnosis-related group's prospective payment system (see H.R. 2168)

———accurate and timely information on available benefits (see H. Con. Res. 221)

———accurate and timely information to patients relative to benefits (see S. Con. Res. 58)

———acupuncture treatment (see H.R. 1032)

———additional benefits (see S. 569)

———additional members for Prospective Payment Assessment Commission (see S. 984)

———additional payment for hospitals which serve a disproportionate share of low-income patients (see S. 1606)

———adjust diagnostic-related group's prospective payment rates to hospitals to take into account the relative severity of illness involved (see H.R. 3781)

———administration through independent agency (see S. 17)

———administrative and judicial review of determinations (see H.R. 2864)

———administrative appeals and judicial review under part B (see S. 1551)

———allow hospices to subcontract for nursing services (see S. 322)

———allow physicians to charge beneficiaries without regard to fee freeze if patient chooses to pay from private sources (see S. 989)

———alternative liability system for medical malpractice in case of injuries (see S. 1960; H.R. 3084)

———anniversary commendation (see S. Con. Res. 9; H. Con. Res. 88)

———annual report from OTA on changes in payment amounts for certain surgical transplantation procedures (see H.R. 3119)

———area wage index for reimbursement to hospitals (see S. 1478)

———benefits to certain widows and surviving divorced wives (see H.R. 1254)

———clinical trial to determine efficiency and economic feasibility of coverage of personal emergency response systems (see S. 127)

———commission to study short- and long-term financial solvency and appropriateness of benefit structure (see H.R. 3105)

———condition for reimbursement of physicians (see S. 266)

———consideration of H.R. 3722, extend certain reimbursement provisions (see H. Res. 317)

———continuation of benefits coverage for certain uninsured individuals (see H.R. 3210)

———coverage for hospice care (see H.R. 3027)

———coverage of antibiotics administered intravenously at home to certain patients (see H.R. 1215)

———coverage of home health services on daily basis (see H.R. 2371)

———coverage of home health services on provided daily basis (see S. 778)

———coverage of services performed by physician assistant (see S. 1640; H.R. 3260)

———coverage of wigs and hairpieces for individuals suffering from alopecia (see H.R. 993)

———demonstration in health promotion and disease prevention (see S. 359)

———demonstration projects for alternative benefits to individuals with Alzheimer's disease (see H.R. 67)

———deny, revoke, or suspend registration to manufacture, distribute, or dispense a controlled substance by certain entities (see H.R. 1369)

———determining efficiency and economic feasibility of coverage for personal emergency response systems (see H.R. 1223)

———diagnostic or therapeutic services by psychologist under arrangement with a hospital (see S. 130)

———direct payment for services of registered nurse anesthetists (see S. 1154; H.R. 2504, 3022)

———educational and training activities of peer review organizations (see H.R. 3783)

———effective date of disenrollments of beneficiaries in health maintenance organizations and competitive medical plans (see H.R. 2307)

———effective date of enrollments and disenrollments of beneficiaries in competitive medical plans (see H.R. 2010)

———eligibility for disability beneficiaries (see H.R. 578)

———eliminate penalty for late enrollments (see H.R. 3844)

———eliminate sunset for hospice benefits (see H.R. 2973)

———emergency inpatient hospital services outside U.S. (see H.R. 1077)

———enhance authority of peer review organizations to review the quality of services (see S. 1623)

———enrollments and disenrollments from health maintenance organizations and competitive medical plans (see H.R. 3089)

———establish a bipartisan Commission to study program (see H.R. 523)

———establishing month of entitlement to benefits for certain widows and widowers (see S. 549)

———exemption from employment taxes imposed for hospital insurance (see H.R. 1543)

———extend certain reimbursement provisions (see H.R. 3722, 3918, 3982, 3993, 3994, 3996, 4006)

———extend hospice benefits (see S. 777)

———extend prospective payment transition period (see S. 1127; H.R. 1953)

———extension of hospice benefits (see H.R. 1316)

———financing from general revenues (see H.R. 186)

———flexible billing and payment arrangements for substitute physicians (see H.R. 2167)

———health care outside U.S. (see H.R. 3512)

———hospice benefits (see H.R. 2070)

———hospice care as permanent benefit (see S. 1648)

———hospital-based comprehensive care programs (see H.R. 1401)

———hospitals' swing-bed program (see H.R. 3000)

———implement revised prospective payment wage index for hospitals (see S. 1096)

———improve insurance program (see H.R. 1970)

———income-based premium (see H.R. 1194)

———increase payment for inpatient hospital services in certain rural areas (see H.R. 3767)

———increase reimbursement rates for hospice care (see S. 1648)

———inpatient deductible and extended care coinsurance (see S. 1729)

———limit increase in inpatient hospital deductible and extended services coinsurance amount (see H.R. 3630, 3631, 3635)

———limit increases of part B premium (see S. 916)

———limit reimbursement for legal fees to hospitals and other providers of services (see H.R. 3589)

———maxillofacial services and prostheses needed in certain reconstructive surgery (see H.R. 3412)

———mental health services (see H.R. 2491)

———miscellaneous amendments (see S. 1613)

———nurse-midwife services (see S. 146)

———occupational therapy services (see S. 723)

———optional coverage of certain vision, hearing, dental services, and prescription drugs (see H.R. 1403)

———partial allocation of receipts from tax on cigarettes (see H.R. 3039)

———payment amount for ambulatory surgical procedures (see S. 1489)

———payment for direct education costs of health care professionals (see S. 1158)

———payment for occupational therapy services (see H.R. 1985)

———payment for outpatient lens implantation procedures (see H.R. 3061)

———payment reform (see S. 1614)

———payment to freestanding radiation therapy centers for services to hospital inpatients (see S. 1683)

———payments of hospital under diagnosis-related group prospective payment system (see H.R. 1682)

———permanent 50% regional-national prospective payment rates (see S. 1400)

———permit hospital to exempt certain prolonged respiratory care unit from prospective payment system (see H.R. 2572)

———preventive health services (see H.R. 2368)

———program solvency (see S. 1346)

———prohibit Sec. of HHS from requiring physician certifications relative to inpatient hospital services (see S. 988)

———prospective application and periodic updating of revised wage index (see S. 1401)

———provider appeals of adverse determinations by peer review organizations (see H.R. 3782)

———providers' participation in CHAMPUS Program (see S. 156)

———raising part B deductible for smokers (see S. 358)

———raising part B premiums for smokers (see S. 357)

———reform payments under part A (see H.R. 3210)

———reform reimbursement for medical education (see H.R. 2501)

———reimbursement levels or methodologies for home health services (see S. 1450; H.R. 3202)

———reimbursement limits for home health agencies (see S. 1402)

———reimbursement waivers for certain hospitals (see S. 1460)

———requirement for service provided by clinical psychologist in rural health clinic (see S. 1244)

———residency training and fellowship programs in geriatric medicine as condition for payment of direct medical education costs (see H.R. 2831)

———restrict time period within which a penalty for late enrollment can be imposed (see H.R. 2450)

———revenue from tax on smokeless tobacco used to assist in financing program (see H.R. 3064)

———revise method of payment to hospitals for capital costs (see S. 1559)

———revise methodology for computing additional payment to hospitals for indirect costs of medical education (see S. 1606)

———revise requirements relative to nursing care provided by certain hospice programs (see H.R. 1742)

———service to VA beneficiaries by non-Federal providers of hospital care and services (see H.R. 3191)

———services of certain interns in psychology (see S. 145)

———solvency of program (see H.R. 1801)

———State payment for reservation of nursing home beds (see H.R. 3062)

———strengthen assignment program for durable medical equipment (see H.R. 658)

———tax exemption for certain Federal employees (see S. 1348)

———temporary extension of certain reimbursement provisions (see H.R. 3451, 3452)

———terminally ill patients (see H.R. 3474)

———therapeutic shoes for certain diabetics (see H.R. 2543)

———treatment of rural osteopathic hospitals under prospective payment system (see S. 1317; H.R. 2680)

———vision care (see H.R. 2342)

———voluntary partial insurance option for beneficiaries (see H.R. 1402)

———waive late enrollment penalty under part B for certain handicapped (see S. 1604)

———waive waiting period for disability benefits in case of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (see H.R. 3602)

Medicare Voucher Act: enact (see S. 1985)

Medicare/medicaid: alternatives to institutionalization of patients (see H.R. 1168)

———budget reconciliation (see H.R. 3101, 3290)

———clinical social worker services (see S. 78, 83)

———cost reduction (see S. 1550)

———coverage of respiratory care services for ventilator-dependent individuals (see S. 1249; H.R. 2703)

———coverage of services provided by clinical psychologist in rural health clinic (see H.R. 3281)

———deduction of past-due amounts owed by certain physicians under National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program (see H.R. 2852)

———definition of term physician (see H.R. 1990)

———eligibility for aged and poor (see H. Con. Res. 39)

———gerontological clinical nurse practitioner services (see S. 77)

———mental health counselor services (see S. 72)

———mental health specialist services (see S. 50)

———nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist to recertify need for certain services originally certified by physicians (see S. 131)

———payment for direct and indirect medical education costs (see H.R. 2699)

———payments for heart transplants (see S. 733)

———penalty for individual's misrepresentation as a physician (see H.R. 1091)

———professional nurse services (see S. 135)

———psychiatric nurse practitioner services (see S. 74, 76)

———psychologist services (see S. 123)

———require second opinion for certain surgical procedures as condition for payment (see S. 1325; H.R. 2807)

———requirements for hospitals to provide swing-bed services (see H.R. 1745)

———revenues from additional tax on cigarettes (see H.R. 1969)

———security of patients' funds maintained by skilled nursing facilities (see H.R. 2832)

———State coordinated programs of acute and long-term care (see S. 780)

———strengthen law provisions intended to deter and sanction fraud and abuse (see S. 1323)

Members of Congress: supplemental retirement plan for Social Security participants (see H.R. 3660)

Mental health specialists: coverage under supplemental benefits program (see H.R. 435)

Mentally ill: quality of services in residential facilities receiving medicare/medicaid funds (see S. 1948)

National Council on Access to Health Care: establish (see S. 1620; H.R. 3253)

National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program: deduction of past-due amounts owed by certain physicians (see H.R. 2852)

Notch problem: study (see H. Con. Res. 18)

Nurses: coverage of services (see H.R. 420, 421)

Nursing homes: use of certain toxic materials in construction (see H.R. 1199)

Nutrition: dietitian counseling provided with home health service (see H.R. 1173)

Older Americans Food Stamp Reform Act: enact (see H.R. 2778)

Outside income: limitation (see H.R. 239)

Passports: require applicants to furnish Social Security account number (see H.R. 3563)

Patient rights: enforcement of standards (see H.R. 216)

Payroll taxes: adjust (see H.R. 3528)

Pensions: annual information on contributions and potential benefit rights to covered workers (see H.R. 3103)

———correct benefits disparity known as notch problem (see H.R. 3359)

———cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 1089)

———eliminate benefits disparity known as notch problem (see H.R. 3254)

———off-budget treatment of trust fund (see H.R. 2289)

———proportional benefits for divorced couples (see S. 1170)

———restriction on payment of benefits (see H.R. 138)

Podiatrists (see H.R. 3437)

Postal Service: supplemental retirement plan for Social Security participants (see H.R. 3660)

Poverty: reverse trend toward children and elderly (see S. 1194)

Programs: off-budget treatment (see H.R. 3908)

Prospective Payment Assessment Commission: additional members (see S. 984; H.R. 2709)

Psychologists: coverage of services (see H.R. 419)

Railroad retirement benefits: waive requirement that unemployment compensation be reduced by certain (see H.R. 409)

Retirement pay for members and former members of uniformed services: recomputation of (see H.R. 328)

Retirement plans: correct benefit disparity (see H. Con. Res. 41)

Retirement Trust Funds Protection Act: enact (see H.R. 3775)

Rochester Area Hospitals' Corp.: medicare's hospital prospective reimbursement program (see S. 1460)

Sec. of HHS: time limit for final decision after certain hearings before Appeals Council (see H.R. 2716)

Smokeless tobacco products: revenue from excise tax used to assist in financing medicare program (see H.R. 3064)

Social Security Administration: establish as independent agency (see H.R. 3470, 3908)

———office construction in Wilkes-Barre, PA (see H.R. 3318)

Social Security Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 300)

Social Security Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 300)

Social services: funds for block grants to promote economic self-support and self-sufficiency (see S. 803)

SSI: administration through independent agency (see S. 17)

———benefits to certain working handicapped (see H.R. 2030)

———improve coverage and administration of benefits (see H.R. 3941)

———repeal separate definition of disability applicable to widows and widowers (see H.R. 556)

———restrictions for aliens (see H.R. 3250)

———special increase in Federal benefit standard (see H.R. 2046)

———treatment of benefits for disabled working in sheltered workshops (see H.R. 793)

States: flexible income contribution and resource standards for couples in which one spouse is in nursing home (see H.R. 166)

———special grants for programs to assist mothers of young children achieve self sufficiency (see H.R. 1081)

Supplementary insurance program: administrative and judicial reviews of claims (see H.R. 579)

Taxation: $16,000 threshold for determining taxability of benefits for married couples filing separate income tax returns (see H.R. 3293)

———exclude from coverage, service performed by certain election officials or workers (see H.R. 3294)

———floating rates (see H.R. 3195)

———inclusion of benefits in gross income (see H.R. 722)

———inflation adjustments (see H.R. 708)

———partial exclusion from governmental pensions based on services not covered under Social Security (see H.R. 1885)

———partial exclusion of annuities or pensions for certain elderly (see H.R. 146)

———reduce rates on all wages and self-employment income (see H.R. 2471)

———repeal (see H.R. 709, 716)

———treatment of interest used in determining retirement benefits (see H.R. 1186)

Tax-exempt organizations: insured status requirements (see H.R. 564)

Teenage pregnancy: grants and contracts to provide services (see S. 938)

———grants for State assistance programs (see S. 19)

Tobacco industry: revenue from additional tax on cigarettes transfered to Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund (see H.R. 1508)

———revenue from additional tax on cigarettes transferred to Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund (see H.R. 1561, 1594)

Trust funds: congressional approval of disinvestment (see H.R. 3689)

———consideration of H.R. 3669, prevent disinvestment (see H. Res. 306)

———consideration of H.R. 3721, restore investments (see H. Res. 318)

———exclude certain from unified budget process (see S. 1600; H.R. 3195)

———exclusion of certain from budget process (see S. 724)

———fiscal integrity (see H.R. 3744)

———notify Congress of investment of assets (see S. 1909)

———off-budget treatment (see H.R. 1457, 1477; H.J. Res. 78)

———payment of interest by Dept. of the Treasury on amounts borrowed from certain (see H.R. 3634)

———prevent actions designed to avoid statutory limit on public debt (see S. 1826; H.R. 3694)

———prevent disinvestment (see H.R. 3669)

———protect from disinvestment relative to public debt limit (see H.R. 3738)

———removal from unified budget (see H.R. 2154, 2164, 2299)

———removal from unified Federal budget (see H.R. 1376, 1385)

———remove from budget process (see H.R. 3398)

———remove from unified budget (see H.R. 2792)

———remove operation from unified budget and appoint additional trustees (see H.R. 161)

———restore and protect investment (see H.R. 3891)

———restore investments (see H.R. 3721)

———restore losses resulting from noninvestment and redemptions (see H.R. 3713)

———restore losses resulting from noninvestment and redemptions relative to statutory public debt limit (see H.R. 3688, 3689, 3694)

———restriction on premature disinvestment of obligations (see H.R. 3727)

VA: prohibit use of per diem subsidies paid to State homes to offset payments under medicaid (see S. 1536)

———prohibit use of per diem subsidies paid to State homes to offset payments under medicare (see H.R. 3142)

Women: economic equity (see S. 1169)

———working spouse's benefits (see H.R. 802)

Workfare program: participation (see H.R. 471)

Workshop automation: studies relating to unemployment rate (see H.R. 312)

World War II: prohibit benefits to individuals deported because of activities associated with Nazi regime (see S. 1930)

Year of Social Security: designate (see S.J. Res. 23; H.J. Res. 1)

Broadcasts

Representative Wright's response to President Reagan's June 22, radio broadcast, 16940 [24JN]

Communications from

Computer matching program: report, 1311 (EC447) [30JA]

Court decisions

Helvering v. Davis: Supreme Court (excerpt), 6668 [28MR]

Descriptions

Budget deficit reduction legislation, H.R. 3128, 29822 [31OC]

Direct payment for medicare services of registered nurse anesthetists (S. 1154), 12319 [16MY]

Examples

Calculation of actuarial equivalence for medicare voucher, 37664 [18DE]

Explanations

Extend application of certain excise taxes, trade adjustment assistance, certain medicare reimbursement provisions, and borrowing authority under the railroad unemployment insurance program (H.R. 3722), 31565 [13NO]

Medical Offer and Recovery Act (S. 1960), 36875 [17DE]

Social Security Administration status as independent agency (H.R. 825), 1279 [30JA]

Factsheets

Is It True What They Say About Social Security?—Open Letter to Young Workers, 38778-38780 [20DE]

Letters

Administration policy relative to poverty: Geneva Warley, 27737 [16OC]

AFDC: Marguerite W. Sallee, 17346 [26JN]

Budget deficit reduction: Margaret M. Heckler, Sec. of HHS, 29810 [31OC]

Cost estimate on S. 7, medicaid coverage for low-income, pregnant women: James Blum, 19966 [23JY]

Cost-of-living adjustment: Ozona, FL, citizen, 10037 [1MY]

Mandatory Social Security coverage for teachers and public employees: Charles and Elizabeth Hartley, 29056 [24OC]

———Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System, 26513 [7OC]

Medicaid coverage for low-income, pregnant women (S. 7): Senator Cranston, 19966 [23JY]

Medicaid eligibility of certain children: Senator Cranston, 23337 [11SE]

Medicare and medicaid coverage of physician assistant services: Roger G. Penner, 23761 [13SE]

Medicare assistance for disabled: Paul S. Kendall, 30490 [5NO]

———West Bloomfield, MI, citizen, 32645 [20NO]

Medicare coverage of mental health services in rural health clinics: Carolyne K. Davis, 14413 [5JN]

Medicare funding: American Hospital Association, 11423 [9MY]

———Leadership Council of Aging Organizations, 11422 [9MY]

———National Association of Counties, 11423 [9MY]

———Senator Chiles (Dear Colleague), 11421 [9MY]

Medicare home care benefits: Gayla M. Sasser, 19332 [17JY]

———Tom Gardner, 19332 [17JY]

Medicare inpatient hospital deductible: Senator Baucus, 35375 [9DE]

Medicare reimbursement for nursing homes: American Association of Retired Persons (excerpt), 31948, 31949 [14NO]

Medicare reimbursement formula: Harlan Heald (excerpt), 19906 [22JY]

Politicians, promises have taught the populace to expect more than they deserve: Jean Mills, 23491 [12SE]

Politicians promises have taught the populace to expect more then they deserve: Jean Mills, 23491 [12SE]

Reimbursement payment system to rural hospitals under medicare (sundry), 6578, 6581 [28MR]

Social Security: Robert M. Ball, 9738, 9739 [29AP]

Social Security administrative expenses: Dept. of HHS, 34147 [4DE]

Social Security and medicare benefits: James Roosevelt, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, 35144 [6DE]

Social Security benefits: several Members of Congress, 17892 [27JN]

Social Security cost-of-living adjustments: Representatives Pepper and Ken Gray, 18448 [10JY]

———sundry, 18440 [10JY]

Social Security disability determination procedures: National Mental Health Association, 25377 [1OC]

Social Security earnings-sharing: Senator Cranston, 948 [24JA]

Social Security reform: Angela Miller, 30614 [5NO]

Social Security Trust Fund Protection Act, 35254 [9DE]

Targeted Jobs Tax Credit Program funding (H.R. 983): Harold Washington, 32201 [14NO]

Tax exemption for ex-Federal employees temporarily working with tribal organization (sundry), 36939 [17DE]

Underpayments to Social Security beneficiaries: Social Security Administration, 850 [22JA]

Use of per diem subsidies to veterans' homes to offset payment: Eric Hanushek, 21729 [31JY]

Lists

Cosponsors: H.R. 1985, to authorize medicare coverage of occupational therapy services, 7584 [4AP]

Dade County, FL, Social Security office staff, 30115 [31OC]

Health organizations supporting transfer of cigarette excise taxes to medicare, 11437 [9MY]

Low-income and handicapped assistance programs funds, 13402 [23MY]

Memorandums

Effect of Current Debt-Limit Problems on Interest Earnings of the Social Security Trust Funds: Social Security Administration, 30328 [1NO]

Second Medical Opinion Program for Medicare and Medicaid: Health Care Financing Administration, 16266 [19JN]

Trust Fund: Harry C. Ballantyne, 31305 [12NO]

———Paul Cullinan, 31305 [12NO]

Memorials of legislature

California, 3419 [25FE], 21278 [29JY], 29480 [29OC]

Delaware, 20138 [23JY]

Florida, 20138 [23JY], 20476 [25JY], 32888 [20NO]

Georgia, 7612 [4AP], 7813 [15AP]

Guam, 12305 [16MY], 22898 [4SE], 23847 [16SE]

Louisiana, 20680 [25JY], 20937 [29JY]

Massachusetts, 8568 [22AP], 29479 [29OC]

Nebraska, 15500 [12JN]

New Mexico, 6366 [26MR], 7026 [2AP], 7612 [4AP], 8568 [22AP]

North Dakota, 7803 [15AP]

Messages

Agreement With Sweden: President Reagan, 33671 [2DE]

Supplementary Agreement With Italy: President Reagan, 4450 [5MR]

Pamphlets

Security in Your Old Age: Social Security Administration, 6669 [28MR]

Papers

Freedom-of-Choice HMO's at Risk—a New Alternative for Medicare: Jeffrey A. Prussin, 11680 [13MY]

Senior Citizen Update, May, 1985: Representative Stenholm, 13378 [23MY]

Petitions

Commendation to Social Security Administration district office: Montebello, CA, 22832 [14AU]

Cost-of-living adjustments for Social Security benefits: Retirees' Club of Westinghouse Workers, New York, 5049 [7MR]

Doctor and hospital medicare assignment acceptance: Commission on the Aging of the State of Iowa, 4454 [5MR]

Federal cuts in veterans' programs and retirement benefits: Pennsylvania State Veterans' Commission, 5815 [20MR]

Government benefits: Atilano R. Pablo, 21278 [29JY]

Hospital cost containment: Philadelphia Council of AFL-CIO, 20936 [29JY]

Medicaid expenditures: Joe F. Harris, Governor of Georgia, 5587 [19MR]

Medicare: citizen of Concord, NH, 13897 [3JN]

———Monroe County, NY, Legislature, 27962 [17OC]

———Somerville, MA, City Council, 7803 [15AP]

Pentagon spending and Social Security: United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America, 18516 [10JY]

Proclaim Social Security Day: Shelby, OH, City Council, 23846 [16SE]

Public welfare: Arvada, CO, City Council, 22899 [4SE]

Reimburse for certain sensory aid devices under medicare and medicaid: Jackson, MS, Dept. of Rehabilitation Services, 32465 [19NO]

Social Security: citizen of Concord, NH, 13897 [3JN]

———Monroe County, NY, Legislature, 27962 [17OC]

Social Security and the budget: Church Women United, Southern California-Southern Nevada, 15880 [17JN]

Social Security Day: Shelby, OH, City Council, 23846 [16SE]

Social services programs: Dutchess County, NY, Legislature, 11293 [9MY]

Support for scheduled medicare prospective payment system transition: several State hospital associations, 19746 [18JY]

Press releases

Representative John G. Rowland introduces bill to curb welfare fraud and help truly needy, 5899 [20MR]

Tax exemption of certain retirement benefits: IRS, 803 [22JA]

Programs

Ceremony to commemorate anniversary of the passage of the Social Security Act, 21920 [31JY]

Provisions

Senate budget proposals to committee of conference on S. Con. Res. 32, 16319 [19JN]

Questionnaires

Alabama—6th District: Representative Erdreich, 11987 [15MY]

Remarks in House

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome: provide medicare benefits for victims (H.R. 3602), 28472 [22OC]

AFDC: eliminate 100-hour rule and require acceptance of job offers by parents while preserving eligibility for benefits (H.R. 3110), 21495 [30JY]

———make certain program and fiscal improvements (H.R. 2944), 18521 [10JY]

———provide education and training to parents (H.R. 880), 1647 [31JA]

———require unemployed parents to participate in a community work experience program (H.R. 2549), 12684 [20MY]

———treatment for stepparents (H.R. 1998), 7769 [4AP]

Aged: collection of overpayments made to deceased beneficiary and recieved by surviving beneficiary (H.R. 2860), 17256 [25JN]

———index income threholds of benefits (H.R. 708), 1164 [28JA]

———limit increase in inpatient hospital deductible (H.R. 3631), 30614 [5NO]

———long-term home health care, 6862 [28MR]

———opposition to Social Security benefit cuts (H. Con. Res. 39), 1134 [24JA]

———overview of survey of rural services, 8789 [22AP]

———repeal taxation of benefits (H.R. 709), 1164 [28JA]

———repeal the limitation on earned outside income while receiving Social Security benefits (H.R. 2820), 16892 [21JN]

———simplify forms, 1317 [30JA]

———tax credit for households maintaining dependent (H.R. 955), 2026 [6FE]

Aliens: prohibit payment of benefits to certain individuals deported because of association with Nazi government of Germany, 1709 [4FE]

———provide that certain not qualify for SSI benefits (H.R. 3250), 23128 [9SE]

Anniversary, 20151, 20169 [23JY], 20393 [24JY], 20712 [25JY], 21647 [30JY], 22050 [31JY], 22753, 22799, 22803 [1AU], 22827, 22832 [14AU], 26508 [7OC]

———commemorate, 21920 [31JY]

———observance, 3681 [26FE]

Benefits: adjust income level at which taxed (H.R. 709), 1137 [24JA]

———correct disparity known as notch problem (H.R. 1916), 7482 [3AP]

———correct inequities, 32888 [20NO]

———cost-of-living adjustment, 5510 [19MR], 6406 [27MR]

———cost-of-living adjustments, 7112 [2AP], 10215 [2MY], 10612 [7MY], 11655 [13MY], 11704, 11706 [14MY], 12002 [15MY], 13003, 13008 [22MY], 16811 [21JN], 17392, 17396, 17397 [26JN], 17543, 17562 [26JN], 17891 [27JN], 17916, 17989, 17991, 17994 [27JN], 18392, 18440-18451 [10JY], 19138 [16JY], 19397 [17JY]

———cost-of-living adjustments (H. Con. Res. 116), 10247 [2MY], 11225 [8MY], 18933, 18947 [11JY]

———cost-of-living adjustments proposed, 9351 [24AP]

———cost-of-living adjustments proposed reductions, 9368 [24AP]

———cost-of-living freeze, 10211 [2MY]

———freeze, 23491 [12SE]

———increase amount of outside income authorized before penalty (H.R. 2877), 17502 [26JN]

———make consistent with tax policy (H.R. 1186), 3102 [21FE]

———notch effect, 870 [24JA]

———prohibit use of Government adversaries in disability hearings (H.R. 3854), 34250 [4DE]

———projected reductions, 8396 [18AP]

———provide that certain judicial annunities for surviving spouses not terminate (H.R. 1472), 5105 [7MR]

———reduction, 9735-9739 [29AP]

———reductions, 17394, 17397 [26JN], 18081 [9JY]

———restore from age 16 to age 18 (H.R. 59), 463 [3JA]

———retain cost-of-living adjustments (H. Con. Res. 116), 9563 [25AP], 9742 [1MY], 9948, 9966, 9968 [30AP], 10195 [1MY]

———retirement transition formula adjustment (H.R. 1917), 7535, 7545 [3AP]

———sense of the Congress that taxes should not be increased (H. Con. Res. 173), 17966 [27JN]

———taxation, 17511 [26JN], 17891 [27JN]

———underpayment, 34042 [3DE]

Breast Cancer Treatment Informed Consent Act: enact (H.R. 1579), 5645 [19MR]

Budget: accelerate removal of trust funds from unified (H.R. 1376), 4240 [28FE]

———impact of implementation, 22839 [4SE]

———issues, 14546 [5JN]

———make independent trust fund (H.R. 1477), 5090 [7MR]

———proposals, 2823 [20FE]

———removal of trust funds (H.R. 1385), 22815 [1AU]

———remove trust funds from the unified (H.R. 3470), 27350 [10OC], 29320 [29OC]

Burns, Evelyn R.: tribute, 30962 [6NO]

Cataract surgery: proposals to reduce medicare fraud and abuse (H.R. 3061), 22661 [1AU]

Catastrophic Health Care Expenses Assistance Act: enact (H.R. 2695), 14787 [6JN]

Children: restore insurance benefits for postsecondary school students (H.R. 57), 463 [3JA]

Cigarettes: use revenue from excise tax to finance research of smoking related diseases (H.R. 1508), 6884 [28MR]

Civil service: reform retirement system (H.R. 3053), 19923 [22JY]

Community and Family Living Amendments: enact (H.R. 2902), 17957 [27JN]

Comprehensive Health Care Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 2696), 14787 [6JN]

Cost of living: flat rate adjustment (H.R. 846), 1280 [30JA]

Cost-of-living adjustments: freeze, 2605 [19FE], 4655 [6MR]

———freeze certain (H. Con. Res. 96), 6015 [21MR]

———freeze (H. Res. 31), 1114 [24JA]

———retain (H. Con. Res. 116), 8086, 8104 [16AP], 11692 [13MY], 11909 [14MY], 13287, 13351 [22MY], 14258 [4JN], 16163 [18JN]

———retain (H. Res. 130), 8075 [16AP]

Dade County, FL.: tribute to Social Security office, 30114 [31OC]

Day care centers: standards (H.R. 2116), 8527 [18AP]

Death benefits: lump-sum (H.R. 58), 463 [3JA]

Deficit Reduction Act: prospective application and periodic updating of revised wage index (H.R. 2819), 16465 [20JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: require interest payments on amounts borrowed from Government trust funds, 29307 [28OC]

Disability benefits: workers' compensation offset (H.R. 1078), 2319 [7FE]

Disability Program: reform, 9982 [1MY]

———regulations for review of beneficiaries, 10238 [2MY]

Divorced spouses: qualifications for benefits (H.R. 1363), 4243 [28FE]

Driver, William R.: tribute, 17992 [27JN]

Earnings limit: repeal (H.R. 1062), 2350 [7FE]

Economic Equity Act: enact (H.R. 158), 13853 [24MY]

Emergency response systems: prevent premature institutionalization, 3098 [21FE]

Employment: mandatory coverage for State and local employees, 23134 [10SE]

Employment Opportunities for Disabled Americans Act: enact (H.R. 2030), 7779 [15AP], 7859-7861 [15AP]

Enactment: anniversary, 16411 [19JN]

ERISA: amend (H.R. 1375), 4244 [28FE]

Family Economic Security Act: enact (H.R. 2585), 14811 [6JN]

Family planning services: reauthorization (H.R. 2369), 15836 [18JN]

Federal budget: remove trust funds, 11654 [13MY]

———remove trust funds (H.R. 2299), 9992 [1MY]

Federal disability and health insurance trust fund: establish (H.R. 3528), 26672 [8OC]

Field offices: halt closings, 19468 [17JY]

Foster Care, Adoption Assistance, and Child Welfare Amendments: enact (H.R. 2810), 16441 [19JN]

Foster care and adoption assistance programs: amend (H.R. 2894), 17944 [27JN]

Handicapped: support for community based services for mentally retarded and severely disabled (H.R. 2523), 12200 [15MY]

Handicapped Independence Assistance Act: enact (H.R. 1432), 4706 [6MR]

Health: long-term home care, 6862 [28MR]

Health Care Savings Account Act: enact (H.R. 3505), 26097 [3OC], 26675 [8OC], 29891 [31OC]

Health Maintenance Organization/Medicare Program: administration of enrollments and disenrollments, 20701 [25JY]

Health maintenance organizations: freedom of choice enrollment (H.R. 2285), 10246 [2MY]

———freedom-of-choice enrollment (H.R. 2285), 11680 [13MY]

———partnership with medicare program, 10397 [2MY]

Home health services: remove homebound requirement (H.R. 1192), 2933 [21FE]

Home maintenance organizations: enrollment and disenrollment procedures for medicare beneficiaries (H.R. 2010), 7755 [4AP]

Hospice benefits: extend (H.R. 2070), 8240 [17AP]

Hospice program: provide medicaid coverage (H.R. 3027), 19471 [17JY]

Hospices: nursing care (H.R. 1742), 16162 [18JN]

Income limitations: revise (H.R. 2618), 13709 [23MY]

Income Maintenance Integrity Act: enact (H.R. 1443), 5897 [20MR]

Indexing: prospective application and periodic updating of revised wage index (H.R. 2819), 16465 [20JN]

Medicaid: anniversary, 22025 [31JY]

———coverage of home- or community-based health care (H.R. 2875), 17542 [26JN]

———dental coverage (H.R. 224), 540 [3JA]

———SSI income requirements, 7504 [3AP]

Medicaid Infant Mortality Reduction Amendments: enact (H.R. 1382), 4235 [28FE]

Medical education: payment for direct and indirect costs (H.R. 2699), 14797-14799 [6JN]

———proposed medicare support of graduate (H.R. 2831), 16764 [20JN]

Medical Impostors Act: enact (H.R. 1091), 2301 [7FE]

Medical malpractice: liability (H.R. 3084), 20662 [25JY]

Medical Offer and Recovery Act: enact (H.R. 3084), 20662 [25JY]

Medicare: alternative liability system for medical malpractice in case of injuries (H.R. 3084), 20662 [25JY]

———anniversary, 22025, 22034 [31JY]

———anniversary (H. Con. Res. 88), 5645 [19MR]

———authorize payment for occupational therapy services (H.R. 1985), 7584 [4AP]

———commend for success in protecting older persons against high cost of health care (S. Con. Res. 9), 22529 [1AU]

———coverage of hospitalization of terminally ill (H.R. 3474), 25522 [1OC]

———dental, vision and hearing care, and prescription drugs (H.R. 1403), 22034 [31JY]

———emergency medical expenses reimbursement for those incurred outside the U.S. (H.R. 1077), 2311 [7FE]

———establish bipartisian commission to study (H.R. 523), 626 [7JA]

———extend certain reimbursement provisions (H.R. 3722), 31563 [13NO]

———extend certain reimbursement provisions (H.R. 3918), 36196 [12DE]

———extend coverage to aged traveling outside U.S., 26135 [3OC]

———extend prospective payment system transition, 7690 [4AP]

———funding, 19831 [22JY]

———home health care benefits, 4551 [5MR]

———hospice benefit (H.R. 1316), 4709 [6MR]

———hospice nursing care coverage (H.R. 1742), 17543 [26JN]

———hospital reimbursement plan, 6577 [28MR]

———implementation of revised area wage index (H.R. 2819), 16465 [20JN]

———improve financial stability by permitting contributions to a health care savings account (H.R. 3505), 26097 [3OC], 26675 [8OC], 29891 [31OC]

———long-term health care programs (H.R. 1401), 22034 [31JY]

———mailings from House Members, 4563 [5MR]

———mandatory coverage of State and local government employees, 27055 [10OC]

———method of hospital reimbursement, 36541 [16DE]

———national hospital-specific blend for inpatient services, 29801 [31OC]

———payment formula, 6407 [27MR]

———permit hospital to exempt respiratory care unit from prospective payment system (H.R. 2572), 12985 [21MY]

———preventive health care screening option for elderly (H.R. 1402), 22034 [31JY]

———projected reductions, 8396 [18AP]

———proposals to reduce fraud and abuse (H.R. 3061), 22661 [1AU]

———proposed reforms, 4365 [5MR]

———prospective rural hospitals payment rates, 6997 [1AP]

———provide coverage of cost for therapeutic shoes for diabetics (H.R. 2543), 12246 [16MY]

———provide for demonstration projects to test feasibility of reimbursement for preventive health services (H.R. 2368), 10497 [6MY]

———reimbursement for physician assistants, 23148 [10SE]

———reimbursement for therapeutic shoes, 25736 [2OC]

———reimbursements to rural hospitals (H.R. 3767), 32204 [14NO]

———repeal penalty fee for late enrollees (H.R. 3844), 34816 [5DE]

———rural hospital reimbursement, 5010-5042 [7MR]

———solvency, 6903 [28MR], 7581 [4AP]

———temporary extension of certain reimbursement provisions (H.R. 3452), 25268 [30SE]

———transition of prospective payment system, 19744-19746 [18JY]

———trust fund solvency, 6406 [27MR]

———wage indexes, 6445 [27MR]

Medicare and medicaid: anniversary, 38845 [30DE]

Medicare and Medicaid Patient and Program Protection Act: enact, 14635 [6JN]

———enact (H.R. 1370), 4160, 4161 [28FE], 7539 [3AP]

———enact (H.R. 1868), 13976-13983 [4JN]

Medicare and Medicaid Second Opinion Act: enact (H.R. 2807), 16443 [19JN]

Medicare Fair Hospital Deductible Act: enact (H.R. 3630), 29312 [28OC]

Medicare Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 3105), 21636 [30JY]

Medicare Mental Illness Non-Discrimination Act: enact (H.R. 2491), 11895 [14MY]

Medicare Program: extend hospice benefits (H.R. 2070), 8240 [17AP]

Medicare Vision Reform Act: enact (H.R. 2342), 10393 [2MY]

Merrill, Faye: retirement tribute, 31560 [13NO]

Modified Retirement Test Act: enact (H.R. 2877), 17502 [26JN]

Mount Holly, NJ: anniversary of Social Security office, 34053 [3DE]

National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare: activities, 34468 [5DE]

———fundraising ethics, 35175 [9DE]

Occupational therapy services: authorize payment (H.R. 1985), 7584 [4AP]

Old-Age, Surviviors, and Disability Insurance Program: insure cost-of-living benefit increases (H.R. 1386), 4241 [28FE]

Older Americans Act: anniversary, 38845 [30DE]

Older Americans Alternative Care Act: enact (H.R. 1192), 2933 [21FE]

Older Americans Food Stamp Reform Act: enact (H.R. 2778), 15994 [17JN]

Osteopathic rural hospitals: enable certain to qualify for status as rural referral centers under medicare (H.R. 2680), 14537 [5JN]

Outside earnings: repeal limitation (H.R. 3279), 23475 [11SE]

Physician assistants: reimbursement, 23148 [10SE]

Physician payment provisions: extend (H.R. 4006), 38354 [19DE], 38728 [20DE]

Physician's: require repayment of loans in default through deductions from amounts due them under medicare and medicaid, 21492 [30JY]

Physician's Education Loan Collection Act: enact, 21492 [30JY]

Plan Termination and Reversion Control Act: enact (H.R. 2701), 14804-14809 [6JN], 16450 [19JN], 22016 [31JY]

Poverty: administration policies, 27736 [16OC]

Preferred Provider Health Care Act: enact (H.R. 733), 1115 [24JA]

Prospective Payment Assessment Commission: expand membership by 2 (H.R. 2709), 15220 [11JN]

Psychologist's services: availability in rural areas (H.R. 3281), 23534 [12SE]

Public debt: assure reimbursement of interest lost as result of Treasury Dept. actions (H.R. 3688), 30942 [6NO], 35254 [9DE]

———protect trust funds, 30965 [6NO]

———protect trust funds from actions designed to avoid (H.R. 3738), 31547 [12NO], 32191, 32207 [14NO], 33198 [20NO]

Quality Assurance Reform Act: enact, 7704 [4AP]

Reagan, President: budget proposal, 3508 [26FE]

———policy, 7969, 7973 [16AP], 8215 [17AP], 9735-9739 [29AP], 10612 [7MY], 11655 [13MY], 17399 [26JN], 18081 [9JY], 29800 [31OC], 30458 [5NO]

Reform: proposals (H.R. 3528), 26672 [8OC]

———sundry legislative proposals, 491 [3JA]

Regan, President: policy, 11706 [14MY]

Retirement Income Policy Act: enact (H.R. 3597), 28456-28458 [22OC]

Retirement Income Security Act: enact, 30941 [6NO]

Retirement Trust Funds Protection Act: enact (H.R. 3775), 32209 [18NO]

Rural areas: psychologists's services (H.R. 3281), 23534 [12SE]

Smoking, Medicare and Medicaid, and Alternative Revenue Tax Act: enact, 7707 [4AP]

Social Security Act: anniversary, 38845 [30DE]

Social Security Administration: establish as independent agency (H.R. 825), 22503 [1AU]

———establish independent agency (H.R. 825), 1277 [30JA]

Social Security Administration offices: tribute, 19720 [18JY]

Social Security COLA Trigger Reduction Act: enact (H.R. 1089), 2327 [7FE]

Social Security Day: designate (H.J. Res. 300), 16411 [19JN], 22531 [1AU]

Social Security Minor and Technical Changes Act: enact, 6012 [21MR]

———enact (H.R. 2005), 7584 [4AP], 11708 [14MY], 24194 [18SE]

Social Security Protection Act: enact, 10398 [2MY]

Social Security Week: designate (H.J. Res. 300), 16411 [19JN], 22531 [1AU]

SSI: benefits to certain working handicapped (H.R. 2030), 7779 [15AP]

———eligibility for benefits: disabled in workshop programs, 1335 [30JA]

State and local employees: mandatory coverage, 24228 [19SE]

State and local government employees: medicare coverage, 32405 [19NO]

State veterans' homes: VA payments shall not be treated as liability payments for medicaid purposes (H.R. 3142), 22055 [31JY]

Stepchildren: coverage (H.R. 3527), 26826 [8OC]

Targeted Jobs Tax Credit Program: funding (H.R. 983), 32201 [14NO]

Taxation: treatment of tax-exempt interest (H.R. 1478), 5110 [7MR]

Tax-free securities: exclusion of income from benefits determination formula, 581 [3JA]

Therapeutic shoes: provide medicare coverage for cost for diabetics (H.R. 2543), 12246 [16MY]

Tobacco industry: transfer revenue from excise tax on cigarettes to Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund (H.R. 1508), 6884 [28MR]

Trust fund: financial solvency, 29076 [24OC]

Trust funds: disinvestment, 29317 [29OC], 29796, 29797, 29798, 29799, 29800, 29801, 29802, 29804, 29807 [31OC], 30169 [1NO], 30455, 30458 [5NO], 31222 [7NO], 34468 [5DE]

———disinvestment (H.R. 3669), request for consideration, 30168 [1NO]

———disinvestment (H.R. 3721), 31586-31597, 31625-31634 [13NO], 31831 [14NO]

———payment of interest by Dept. of the Treasury on amounts borrowed from certain (H.R. 3634), 29207 [28OC]

———prevent disinvestment (H.R. 3669), 30184-30193 [1NO], 30364, 30365, 30381 [4NO], 30456, 30459 [5NO], 30730 [6NO]

———remove from Federal budget, 11654 [13MY]

———remove from Federal budget (H.R. 2299), 9992 [1MY]

———solvency, 30365, 30377, 30378 [4NO]

———status of lawsuit on disinvestment, 32513 [20NO]

VA: continue regional offices, 2049 [6FE]

Veterans: retention of tax-exempt status on disability benefits (H. Res. 47), 2040 [6FE]

Year of Social Security: designate (H.J. Res. 1), 514, 580 [3JA]

Remarks in Senate

Adoption assistance program: coverage of certain children, 38536 [19DE]

AFDC: automated statewide management information systems (S. 1491), 20323 [24JY]

———moratorium on imposition of penalties for erroneous payments (S. 1362), 19910 [22JY]

———study of quality control standards and procedures (S. 1362), 17342-17345 [26JN], 19910 [22JY]

Agency: establish independent (S. 122), 205 [3JA]

Aliens: restrict benefits, 10949 [8MY]

———restrict benefits (S. 944), 8353 [18AP]

———verification of immigration status as prerequisite for benefits (S. 1215), 13630 [23MY]

Alzheimer's disease: demonstration projects for alternative medicare benefits (H.R. 67), 7507 [3AP]

———establish family support groups (H.R. 66), 7507 [3AP]

———medicare demonstration project (S. 751), 6195 [26MR]

Anniversary: achievements, 16198 [8JY]

———tribute, 22824 [14AU]

Appalachian Development Act: anniversary of enactment, 14759 [6JN]

Benefits: additional coverage for years under which child age 6 or under is cared for (S. 545), 4048 [28FE]

———additional coverage for years under which child age 6 or under is cared for (S. 943), 8352 [18AP]

———chronically mentally ill (S. 1745), 26765-26767 [8OC]

———cost-of-living adjustments (S. Res. 134), 8340 [18AP]

———cost-of-living adjustments (S. Res. 137), 8378 [18AP]

———cost-of-living adjustments (S.J. Res. 116), 8387 [18AP]

———eliminate disparity (S. 1060), 10343 [2MY]

———eliminate disparity (S. Con. Res. 24), 4494 [5MR]

———equal division of combined earnings of husband and wife following a divorce (S. 546), 4048 [28FE]

———extend delayed retirement credit to surviving spouse (S. 548), 4048 [28FE]

———inheritance of credits by surviving spouse (S. 547), 4048 [28FE]

———issuance of certificate guaranteeing, 22 [3JA]

———prohibit in hearings, adversarial involvement of Dept. of HHS and Social Security Administration (S. 1944), 36430 [13DE]

———recovery of overpayments made to surviving beneficiary (S. 1350), 17041 [25JN]

———relative to disparity, 8348 [18AP]

———relative to notch provisions (S. 1473), 19604 [18JY]

———repeal separate definition of disability for surviving spouse (S. 549), 4048 [28FE]

———tax treatment (S. 210), 672 [21JA], 929 [24JA]

Budget: cost-of-living adjustment, 10956, 10972, 10977, 10978, 10981, 10986, 10987 [8MY], 11476 [9MY]

———cost-of-living adjustments, 9856 [30AP], 10033-10075 [1MY], 10302 [2MY]

———establish procedure for sequencing consideration of the trust fund, 24299-24305 [19SE]

———exclude trust fund from Federal process (S. 1600), 22398-22399 [1AU]

———exclude trust fund (S. 724), 5846 [20MR]

———funding, 18238 [9JY]

———separation of trust fund, 23713 [13SE], 23820-23830 [16SE], 24053, 24092-24102 [18SE], 24297 [19SE]

Business Transfer Tax: enact (S. 1102), 11017 [8MY], 22471 [1AU]

CHAMPUS: medicare eligibility (S. 132), 223 [3JA]

Children: benefits eligibility for adopted child (S. 1351), 17042 [25JN]

———improve foster care and adoption assistance (S. 1329), 16284 [19JN], 19982 [23JY]

Cigarettes: excise (S. 1732), 25851 [3OC]

———excise tax revenues to medicare, 11436-11440 [9MY]

Community-based long-term care services: demonstration projects, 38512 [19DE]

———inclusion, 38512 [19DE]

Comptroller General: investigation into reducing counterfeiting of account number cards, 23743-23746 [13SE]

Connecticut: allow coverage of certain State police, 31929 [14NO]

Cost-of-living adjustment: provide (S.J. Res. 116), 13893 [3JN]

Cost-of-living adjustments: ensure payment (S. 1720), 25367 [1OC]

———protect for low-income recipients, 26852 [9OC]

———provide, 10414 [3MY]

———reduce if other automatic increases in spending are reduced, 27193-27199 [10OC]

Dept. of HHS: implement prospective payment wage index for hospitals under medicare (S. 1096), 11008 [8MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: borrowing needs, 27253 [10OC]

Disability Advisory Council: establish (S. 1626), 23332 [11SE]

Enactment: anniversary, 16183-16198 [19JN]

Federal aid programs: improve Aid to Families With Dependent Children Program (S. 1081), 10833 [7MY]

———percentage of budget, 26837 [9OC]

Federal employees: medicare tax exemption for certain (S. 1348), 17040 [25JN]

Federal Medical Assistance Percentage: recalculation, 38540 [19DE]

Food stamp plan: extend authority for cash payments to elderly, 25292 [30SE]

Fraud: improve protection of beneficiaries (S. 837)-7055 [2AP]

Handicapped: modify use of certain language relating to disabled persons (S. 472), 2494 [19FE]

———procedure for disability determinations (S. 1721), 25371-25373 [1OC]

———quality of services in residential facilities receiving medicare/medicaid funds (S. 1948), 36433 [13DE]

———study of medical and vocational aspects of disability (S. 1626), 23332 [11SE]

Health: funding for medical care, 31309, 31316-31318 [12NO]

Health care: impact of rising costs, 1207 [29JA]

Health Care Financing Administration: inpatient deductible and extended care coinsurance (S. 1729)

Hospice care: benefit, rates, and optional service (S. 1648), 23848 [16SE]

Hospices: revise nursing care requirements (S. 322), 1519 [31JA]

Immigration: extend eligibility verification system for aliens applying for benefits, 23615 [12SE], 23709, 23713, 23714 [13SE]

———extend eligibility verifiction system for aliens applying for benefits, 23615 [12SE]

Immigration Reform and Control Act: protections against incorporation of implementation of national identity card, 23728 [13SE]

Insurance: continuation of coverage for family members of deceased, divorced, or medicare-eligible workers (S. 1632), 23627 [12SE]

———promote long-term medical care coverage (S. 1378), 17641 [27JN]

Johnson, Lyndon B.: success of social programs, 9574 [26AP]

Medicaid: coverage for low-income, pregnant women (S. 7), 987-990 [24JA], 19964-19966 [23JY]

———coverage of adoption expenses (S. 1266), 15021 [10JN]

———coverage of physician assistant services (S. 1640), 23760 [13SE]

———eligibility of special needs children placed for adoption (S. 1628), 23334-23337 [11SE]

———funding, 10414 [3MY]-10421 [6MY]-10423 [3MY], 10576 [6MY], 10798 [7MY], 10993 [8MY], 11478-11480 [9MY]

———gerontological care coverage (S. 77), 184 [3JA]

———mental health care coverage (S. 72), 181 [3JA]

———mental health care coverage (S. 76), 184 [3JA]

———nurse practitioner coverage (S. 131), 223 [3JA]

———nurse services coverage (S. 135), 225 [3JA]

———pediatric care coverage (S. 74), 182 [3JA]

———prevention of fraud and abuse (S. 1323), 16259 [19JN]

———psychologist services coverage (S. 123), 213 [3JA]

———require second medical opinion as prerequisite for payment (S. 1325), 16265 [19JN]

———social worker coverage (S. 78), 185 [3JA]

———State flexibility to provide home or community-based services (S. 1277), 15128 [11JN]

Medicaid Waivers Program: application process, 38512 [19DE]

Medical care: protect beneficiaries from unfit practitioners (S. 837), 7053 [2AP]

———revenues from additional tax on cigarettes deposited in Federal hospital insurance trust fund (S. 820), 6951 [1AP]

Medical Offer and Recovery Act: enact (S. 1960), 36870 [17DE]

Medicare: administrative appeals and judicial review under part B (S. 1551), 22274-22276 [1AU]

———allow home health coverage on daily basis (S. 778), 6707, 6711 [28MR], 7944 [16AP]

———allow State implementation of coordinated programs for acute and long-term home health care (S. 780), 6707 [28MR]

———amend eligibility requirements for certain transplant procedures, 31939-31943 [14NO]

———anniversary, 21358-21365 [30JY], 21670, 21757 [31JY]

———appeal process under part B, 21763 [31JY]

———assistance for disabled (S. 873), 7368 [3AP], 27166 [10OC], 32120 [14NO], 32645 [20NO], 34990 [6DE]

———authorize payments to freestanding radiation therapy centers (S. 1683), 24487 [20SE]

———CHAMPUS entitlement eligibility (S. 132), 223 [3JA]

———commend (S. Con. Res. 9), 6681 [28MR]

———commending (S. Con. Res. 9), 1798 [5FE]

———condition for reimbursement of physicians (S. 266), 1000 [24JA]

———consider as an automatic spending increase program, 30507 [5NO]

———coverage for hospice care (S. 867), 7360 [3AP]

———coverage for loss of benefits due to catastrophic illness (S. 569), 4459 [5MR]

———coverage of heart transplants (S. 733), 6128 [26MR]

———coverage of physician assistant services (S. 1640), 23760 [13SE]

———coverage of services of a nurse-midwife (S. 146), 233 [3JA]

———coverage of services of certain interns in psychology (S. 145), 233 [3JA]

———deadline for publication of changes in inpatient hospital deductible, 28564 [23OC]

———deduct from payments to health professionals the amounts they owe to Federal scholarship program (S. 1202), 13602-13605 [23MY]

———delay coverage for State and local employees, 28409-28415 [22OC]

———delay inpatient hospital deductible, 35325-35327, 35328, 35329, 35370, 35374 [9DE], 35506-35507 [10DE]

———direct payment for services of registered nurse anesthetists (S. 1154), 12317 [16MY]

———eliminate late enrollment penalty (S. 1604), 22401 [1AU]

———expand health services for women and children (S. 505), 3431-3432 [25FE]

———extend certain reimbursement provisions (H.R. 3722), 38382 [19DE]

———extend certain reimbursement provisions (H.R. 3918), 36261 [12DE]

———extend certain reimbursement provisions (H.R. 3981), 37627 [18DE]

———extend hospice program (S. 777), 6706 [28MR], 23656 [12SE]

———extend prospective payment transition period (S. 1127), 11838 [14MY]

———funding, 10414 [3MY]-10421 [6MY]-10423 [3MY], 10576 [6MY], 10798 [7MY], 11420-11431, 11478-11480 [9MY]

———gerontological care coverage (S. 77), 184 [3JA]

———health maintenance organization coverage (S. 83), 187 [3JA]

———home emergency response systems coverage (S. 127), 221 [3JA]

———hospice care benefit, rates, and optional service (S. 1648), 23848 [16SE]

———hospital deductible, 31292 [12NO]

———incentives for health promotion and disease prevention (S. 357), 1546 [31JA]

———incentives for health promotion and disease prevention (S. 358), 1546 [31JA]

———incentives for health promotion and disease prevention (S. 359), 1546 [31JA]

———increase cigarette excise tax relative to program funding (S. 874), 7370 [3AP]

———increase membership of the Prospective Payment Assessment Commission (S. 984), 9151-9153 [24AP]

———inpatient deductible and extended care coinsurance (S. 1729)

———insure benefits (S. 916), 7916 [16AP]

———long-term home care demonstration project (S. 788), 6718 [28MR]

———mental health care coverage (S. 72), 181 [3JA]

———mental health care coverage (S. 76), 184 [3JA]

———nurse practitioner coverage (S. 131), 223 [3JA]

———payment amount for ambulatory surgical procedures (S. 1489), 20321 [24JY]

———payment for direct education costs of health care professionals (S. 1158), 12323-12330 [16MY], 34024 [3DE]

———payment for psychological services provided in rural health clinics (S. 1244), 14413 [5JN]

———payment for services by psychologist participating in hospice program (S. 155), 256 [3JA]

———payments to sole community hospitals, 31733-31735 [13NO]

———pediatric care coverage (S. 74), 182 [3JA]

———permanent 50% regional-national diagnostic related group rates (S. 1400), 18148 [9JY]

———prevention of fraud and abuse (S. 1323), 16259 [19JN]

———prohibit changes in reimbursement levels for home health services (S. 1450), 19331 [17JY]

———prospective application and periodic updating of revised wage index (S. 1401), 18149 [9JY]

———prospective payment system for hospitals, 21655 [31JY]

———provide payment for occupational therapy services under (S. 723), 5844 [20MR]

———psychologist services coverage (S. 123), 213 [3JA]

———psychologist services coverage (S. 130), 222 [3JA]

———reform program (S. 1613), 23050 [9SE]

———reform program (S. 1614), 23050 [9SE]

———reimbursement limits for home health agencies (S. 1402), 18150 [9JY]

———reimbursements to nursing homes, 31947-31951 [14NO]

———repeal, under certain circumstances, ceiling on payments to physicians (S. 989), 9157 [24AP]

———repeal requirement for penalty statement from physicians (S. 988), 9157 [24AP]

———require participating hospitals to accept certain rates established by the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services, 28976 [24OC]

———require participating hospitals to provide emergency services regardless of ability to pay, 28567-28571 [23OC]

———require second medical opinion as prerequisite for payment (S. 1325), 16265 [19JN]

———revise formula for reimbursement to hospitals (S. 1478), 19905 [22JY]

———revise method of payment to hospitals for capital costs (S. 1559), 22316-22318 [1AU]

———revise payment methodology for medical education and for hospitals that care for disproportional numbers of low-income individuals (S. 1606), 22403-22407 [1AU]

———rights of patients, 29091 [25OC]

———social worker coverage (S. 78), 185 [3JA]

———solvency of program (S. 1346), 16963, 16974 [24JN]

———tax exemption for certain Federal employees (S. 1348), 17040 [25JN]

———treatment of rural osteopathic hospitals under prospective payment system (S. 1317), 16028 [18JN]

Medicare Voucher Act: enact (S. 1985), 37660 [18DE]

Medicare/medicaid: coverage for respirator-dependent patients (S. 1249), 15029 [10JN]

———President Reagan's cost reduction program (S. 1550), 22267 [1AU]

———require second opinion for certain surgical procedures as condition for payment (S. 1325), 21475 [30JY]

———State coordinated programs of acute and long-term care (S. 780), 6974 [1AP]

Mental health services: coverage under medicare (S. 50), 110 [3JA]

Mentally ill: quality of services in residential facilities receiving medicare/medicaid funds (S. 1948), 36433 [13DE]

National Council on Access to Health Care: establish (S. 1620), 23237-23240 [10SE]

Older Americans Employment Opportunities Act: enact (S. 2), 936-940 [24JA]

Physician payment provisions: extend (H.R. 4006), 38658 [19DE], 38753 [20DE]

Poverty: reverse trend toward children and elderly (S. 1194), 13246 [22MY]

Prenatal care: coverage of low-income pregnant women, 38537 [19DE]

Public welfare: work requirement for benefit recipients (S. 924), 8119 [17AP]

Religion: optional coverage for employees of churches and affiliated organizations (S. 1229), 14158 [4JN]

S. 943, provide additional coverage for years under which child age 6 or under is cared for (S. 943), 8353 [18AP]

S. 1473, relative to notch provisions, 19604 [18JY]

Sex discrimination: prohibit (S. 86), 1069 [24JA], 33939, 33947 [3DE]

Social Security: participation of medicare practitioners in Dept. of Defense Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (S. 156), 257 [3JA]

———separation of trust fund from budget, 23713 [13SE]

———trust fund financial solvency, 30086 [31OC], 30327 [1NO], 31783 [13NO]

———trust fund solvency, 28598 [23OC]

Social Security Administration: maintain staff level, 28157-28159 [21OC]

———reorganize as independent agency (S. 17), 62 [3JA]

Social Security Minor and Technical Changes Act: enact (H.R. 2005), S. 51 language passed in lieu, 24756 [24SE]

Social Services and Child Care Assistance Act: enact (S. 803), 6751 [28MR]

SSA: replacement of Martha McSteen as Acting Commissioner, 1460 [31JA]

Taxation: exemption of certain retirement benefits, 803 [22JA]

———treatment of compensation received by retired Federal judges (S. 869), 7363 [3AP]

Trust fund: disinvestment, 31749 [13NO], 36827 [17DE]

———financial solvency, 31005-31007, 31018 [7NO], 31304-31309 [12NO], 31783 [13NO]

———prevent disinvestment (H.R. 3669), 30289-30292 [1NO]

———prevent disinvestment (H.R. 3669), unanimous-consent request, 30288 [1NO]

———protect from disinvestment, 30413 [4NO]

———protect from disinvestment (S. 1826), 30412 [4NO]

———remove from reconciliation process, 26735-26739 [8OC]

Trust funds: notify Congress of investment of assets (S. 1909), 35100 [6DE]

VA: prohibit use of per diem subsidies to State homes to offset payments under medicaid (S. 1536), 21728-21730 [31JY]

Williams, Arthur L., Jr.: commended for ``Common Sense'', 2763 [20FE]

Women: economic equity (S. 1169), 12626-12628, 12653-12656 [20MY]

Year of Social Security: designate (S.J. Res. 23), 792-793 [22JA], 3637 [26FE], 6668 [28MR]

Youth: grants to States to assist pregnant teenagers (S. 19), 68 [3JA]

Reports

Appropriations for Health Care: Committee on Appropriations (H.R. 2577) (S. Rept. 99-142), 13126 [22MY]

Awards of Expenses of Agency and Court Proceedings: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 2378) (H. Rept. 99-170), 15591 [13JN]

Budget Reconciliation (H.R. 3101): Committee on Energy and Commerce (H. Rept. 99-265), 23442 [11SE]

Compensation in Last Week of Program: Committee on Finance (S. 840), 7029 [2AP]

Disinvestment of Social Security Trust Funds: Committee on Rules (H.R. 3669; H. Res. 306) (H. Rept. 99-353), 30198 [1NO]

Economic Status of the Elderly—A Response to the Report of the Council of Economic Advisers: National Council of Senior Citizens, 6891 [28MR]

Effect of Maximum Taxable Wage Cap on Taxes, Social Security, and the Deficit, 11692 [13MY]

Federal Response to the Homeless Crisis: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 99-47), 8471 [18AP]

Issues Surrounding Pension Terminations for Reversion: Richard Ippolito (excerpt), 22017 [31JY]

Legislation to Improve: Committee on Ways and Means (H.R. 2005) (H. Rept. 99-69), 10693 [7MY]

Medicare Anniversary: Committee on the Judiciary (S. Con. Res. 9), 6171 [26MR]

Older Americans Act Appropriations: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 2453) (H. Rept. 99-286), 24614 [23SE]

Older Americans and Poverty: Bureau of the Census (excerpt), 10060 [1MY]

1985 Report to the President: Council of Economic Advisers (excerpt), 6668 [28MR]

Prohibit Sex Discrimination: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 86) (S. Rept. 99-194), 33116 [21NO]

Protect Beneficiaries Under Health Care Programs From Unfit Practitioners: Committee on Ways and Means (H.R. 1868) (H. Rept. 99-80), 11685 [13MY]

Protect Health Care Program Beneficiaries from Unfit Health Care Practitioners: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 1868) (H. Rept. 99-80), 13435 [23MY]

Public Debt Limit Increase: Committee on Rules (H.R. 3721; H. Res. 318) (H. Rept. 99-369), 31514 [12NO]

Railroad Unemployment Insurance Program Extension: Committee on Rules (H.R. 3722; H. Res. 317) (H. Rept. 99-368), 31514 [12NO]

Social Security and the Budget: David Koitz, 10049 [1MY]

Social Security and the Changing Roles of Men and Women: Dept. of HHS (1979 excerpt), 944 [24JA]

Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustments, 25368-25371 [1OC]

Violation by Disinvestment of Trust Funds: Library of Congress (excerpt), 36827 [17DE]

Year of Social Security: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 23), 6170 [26MR]

Reports to constituents

Hamilton, Lee H.: Social Security and the Deficit, 2042 [6FE]

Statements

Budget Deficit: President Reagan (excerpt), 10040, 10041 [1MY]

Children Advocacy Organization Heralds 50th Anniversary of Passage of Social Security Legislation, 26508 [7OC]

Civil Service Retirement System Reform (H.R. 3053)—Purpose and Justification, 19923-19924 [22JY]

Contributions of Huey P. Long to Establishment of Social Security: Lyndon B. Johnson, 23222 [10SE]

Economic Stability Relative to Payment of Physicians' Medicare Fees: AMA, 11240 [9MY]

Enactment: Alben Barkley, 16184 [19JN]

———Franklin D. Roosevelt, 16185 [19JN]

———Pat Harrison, 16184 [19JN]

———Robert Wagner, 16184 [19JN]

———Wilbur Cohen, 16185 [19JN]

Funding: Larry Speakes, 10062 [1MY]

———President Reagan, 10050, 10062, 10074 [1MY]

Home Health Care: John P. Marosy, 6712 [28MR]

Income Maintenance Integrity Act (H.R. 1443): Representative John G. Rowland, 5899 [20MR]

Medicare Funding: Senator Durenberger, 11426-11429 [9MY]

Medicare Payment for Therapeutic Shoes Could Save Amputations: American Diabetes Association, 25737 [2OC]

Medicare's Prospective Payment System (excerpt), 21656 [31JY]

President Reagan's Social Security Policy: Representative Frank, 9738 [29AP]

Retiring With High Incomes: Representative O'Neill, 17511 [26JN]

Social Security: President Reagan (excerpt), 17501 [26JN]

Social Security Administration Management Issues (sundry excerpts), 1278 [30JA]

Social Security and the Young: Peter G. Peterson, 14546 [5JN]

Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment: Senator Pressler, 10302 [2MY]

Social Security Trust Fund: President Reagan, 28828 [24OC]

Studies

Financial Burden of Out-of-Pocket Spending by the Elderly: Center for Health Policy Studies, 11425 [9MY]

Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustments: Robert M. Ball, 9739 [29AP]

Summaries

AFDC Program and Fiscal Improvements (H.R. 2944), 18522 [10JY]

Assistance for Disabled Under Medicare (S. 873), 7369 [3AP]

Catastrophic Health Care Expenses Assistance Act (H.R. 2695), 14787 [6JN]

Comprehensive Health Care Improvement Act (H.R. 2696), 14787 [6JN]

Family Economic Security Act (S. 1194), 13255-13260 [22MY]

Foster Care, Adoption Assistance, and Child Welfare Amendments (H.R. 2810), 16442 [19JN]

Foster Care and Adoption Assistance Programs Amendments (H.R. 2894), 17944 [27JN]

Major Provisions of H.R. 3128 That Would Increase Health and Social Services Spending, 29810 [31OC]

Medicaid Coverage of Adoption Expenses (S. 1266), 15023 [10JN]

Medicare and Medicaid Patient and Program Protection Act (H.R. 1370), 4161-4162 [28FE]

Medicare and Medicaid Second Opinion Act (S. 1325), 16268 [19JN]

Senior Citizens Independent Community Care Act (S. 788), 6723 [28MR]

Social Security Administration Status as Independent Agency (H.R. 825), 1277 [30JA]

Tables

Medicare beneficiary out-of-pocket expenses, 11424 [9MY]

Social Security trust funds—estimated operations, 28598 [23OC]

Votes taken on Social Security, 16189-16192 [19JN]

Testimonies

Hospice Care: Bill Luckock, 23849 [16SE]

Remove Social Security Trust Funds From the Unified Federal Budget: Representative Young, 9333 [24AP]

Social Security Administrative Expenses (excerpt), 34146 [4DE]

Texts of

Administration of Health Maintenance Organization/Medicare Program enrollments and disenrollments, 20702 [25JY]

Extend medicare coverage to aged traveling outside U.S., 26135 [3OC]

H. Con. Res. 88, anniversary of medicare, 5645 [19MR]

H. Con. Res. 116, cost-of-living adjustments, 10247 [2MY]

H. Con. Res. 116, retain cost-of-living adjustments, 8086 [16AP]

H. Res. 130, retain cost-of-living adjustments, 8076 [16AP]

H.J. Res. 300, Social Security Day and Week, 22532 [1AU]

H.R. 57, restore insurance benefits for postsecondary school students, 464 [3JA]

H.R. 58, lump-sum death benefits, 464 [3JA]

H.R. 59, restore benefits from age 16 to age 18, 464 [3JA]

H.R. 933, prohibit benefit payments to certain aliens deported because of association with Nazi government of Germany, 1710 [4FE]

H.R. 1089, Social Security COLA Trigger Reduction Act, 2328 [7FE]

H.R. 1192, Older Americans Alternative Care Act, 2934 [21FE]

H.R. 1382, Medicaid Infant Mortality Reduction Amendments, 4236 [28FE]

H.R. 1432, Handicapped Independence Assistance Act, 4707 [6MR]

H.R. 1443, Income Maintenance Integrity Act, 5898 [20MR]

H.R. 1868, Medicare and Medicaid Patient and Program Protection Act, 13976, 13980 [4JN]

H.R. 1985, medicare coverage of occupational therapy services, 7584 [4AP]

H.R. 2005, Social Security Minor and Technical Changes Act, 11708 [14MY]

H.R. 2070, extend hospice benefits under the Medicare Program, 8240 [17AP]

H.R. 2285, enrollment in health maintenance organizations, 10246 [2MY]

H.R. 2368, demonstration of preventive health services under medicare, 10498 [6MY]

H.R. 2491, Medicare Mental Illness Non-Discrimination Act, 11895 [14MY], 26520 [7OC]

H.R. 2549, require unemployed parents receiving AFDC benefits to participate in a community work experience program, 12685 [20MY]

H.R. 2572, permit hospital to exempt respiratory care unit charges from medicare prospective payment system, 12986 [21MY]

H.R. 2618, revise income limitations, 13709 [23MY]

H.R. 2831, proposed medicare support of graduate medical education, 16765 [20JN]

H.R. 2877, Modified Retirement Test Act, 17502 [26JN]

H.R. 3027, provide coverage for hospice care under medicaid, 19472 [17JY]

H.R. 3105, Medicare Improvement Act, 21636 [30JY]

H.R. 3281, clinical psychologist's services in rural areas under medicare and medicaid, 23534 [12SE]

H.R. 3452, Emergency Extension Act, 25268 [30SE]

H.R. 3527, Social Security coverage for stepchildren, 26827 [8OC]

H.R. 3528, reform proposals, 26673 [8OC]

H.R. 3602, provide medicare benefits for victims of acquired immune deficiency syndrome, 28473 [22OC]

H.R. 3630, Medicare Fair Hospital Deductible Act, 29312 [28OC]

H.R. 3631, limit increase in inpatient hospital deductible, 30615 [5NO]

H.R. 3669, Social Security trust fund disinvestment, 30188 [1NO]

H.R. 3721, to increase the public debt limit and to restore trust funds, 31592 [13NO]

H.R. 3722, extend application of certain excise taxes, trade adjustment assistance, certain medicare reimbursement provisions, and borrowing authority under the railroad unemployment insurance program, 31564 [13NO]

H.R. 3918, to extend application of certain tobacco excise taxes, trade adjustment assistance, certain medicare reimbursement provisions, and borrowing authority under railroad unemployment insurance program, 36196 [12DE]

H.R. 4006, physician payment provisions, 38355 [19DE]

S. 2, Older Americans Employment Opportunities Act, 940 [24JA]

S. 7, medicaid coverage for low-income, pregnant women, 990 [24JA]

S. 17, reorganize Social Security Administration as independent agency, 62-67 [3JA]

S. 19, grants to States to assist pregnant teenagers, 69 [3JA]

S. 48, issuance of certificate guaranteeing tax-exempt Social Security benefits, 22 [3JA]

S. 50, medicare coverage of mental health services, 110 [3JA]

S. 72, mental health care coverage under medicare and medicaid, 181 [3JA]

S. 74, pediatric care coverage under medicare and medicaid, 182 [3JA]

S. 77, gerontological care coverage under medicare and medicaid, 184 [3JA]

S. 78, social worker coverage under medicare and medicaid, 185 [3JA]

S. 86, Sex Discrimination in the U.S. Code Reform Act, 33939-33947 [3DE]

S. 122, establish independent agency, 206-213 [3JA]

S. 123, psychologist services coverage under medicare and medicaid, 213 [3JA]

S. 127, home emergency response systems coverage under medicare, 221 [3JA]

S. 130, psychologist services coverage under medicare, 223 [3JA]

S. 132, CHAMPUS/medicare entitlement, 223 [3JA]

S. 135, nurse services coverage under medicare and medicaid, 225 [3JA]

S. 145, medicare coverage of services of certain interns in psychology, 233 [3JA]

S. 146, medicare coverage of services of a nurse-midwife, 234 [3JA]

S. 155, medicare payment for services by psychologist participating in hospice program, 257 [3JA]

S. 156, participation of medicare practitioners in Dept. of Defense Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services, 257 [3JA]

S. 210, tax treatment of benefits, 673 [21JA]

S. 357, incentives under medicare for health promotion and disease prevention, 1548 [31JA]

S. 358, incentives under medicare for health promotion and disease prevention, 1548 [31JA]

S. 359, incentives under medicare for health promotion and disease prevention, 1548 [31JA]

S. 545, provide additional coverage for years under which child age 6 or under is cared for, 4051 [28FE]

S. 546, equal division of combined earnings of husband and wife following a divorce, 4051 [28FE]

S. 547, inheritance of credits by surviving spouse, 4052 [28FE]

S. 548, extend delayed retirement credit to surviving spouse, 4053 [28FE]

S. 549, repeal separate definition of disability for surviving spouse, 4053 [28FE]

S. 569, Health Care Catastrophic Loss Prevention Act, 4462-4463 [5MR]

S. 723, medicare payments for occupational therapy services, 5845 [20MR]

S. 724, exclude trust fund from budget process, 5847 [20MR]

S. 751, Alzheimer's disease medicare demonstration project, 6196 [26MR]

S. 777, Hospice Extension Act, 6706 [28MR]

S. 778, allow medicare home health coverage on daily basis, 6709 [28MR]

S. 780, allow State implementation of coordinated medicare programs for acute and long-term home health care, 6710 [28MR]

S. 788, Senior Citizens Independent Community Care Act, 6720-6722 [28MR]

S. 803, Social Services and Child Care Assistance Act, 6752 [28MR]

S. 837, protect medicare/medicaid patients from unfit practitioners, 7055-7058 [2AP]

S. 874, increase cigarette excise tax relative to funding of medicare, 7370 [3AP]

S. 924, work requirements for welfare recipients, 8120 [17AP]

S. 944, restrict benefits paid to certain aliens, 8354 [18AP]

S. 984, increase membership of the Social Security Administration's Prospective Payment Assessment Commission, 9151 [24AP]

S. 988, repeal medicare requirement for penalty statement from attending physicians, 9157 [24AP]

S. 989, repeal, under certain circumstances, ceiling on medicare payments to physicians, 9158 [24AP]

S. 1060, eliminate disparity in benefits, 10343 [2MY]

S. 1102, Business Transfer Tax, 11018-11021 [8MY]

S. 1127, extend prospective medicare payment transition period, 11839 [14MY]

S. 1154, direct payment for medicare services of registered nurse anesthetists, 12319 [16MY]

S. 1158, direct payment by medicare of direct education costs of health care professionals, 12324 [16MY]

S. 1169, Economic Equity Act, 12629-12650 [20MY]

S. 1194, Family Economic Security Act, 13247-13255 [22MY]

S. 1202, deduct from medicare payments to health professionals the amounts they owe to Federal scholarship program, 13604 [23MY]

S. 1229, optional Social Security coverage for employees of religious organizations, 14158 [4JN]

S. 1244, medicare payments for psychological services provided in rural health clinics, 14413 [5JN]

S. 1249, medicare/medicaid coverage for respirator-dependent patients, 15030 [10JN]

S. 1266, medicaid coverage of adoption expenses, 15022 [10JN]

S. 1277, Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Improvement Act, 16044 [18JN]

S. 1323, prevention of fraud and abuses in Medicare and Medicaid Programs, 16260-16264 [19JN]

S. 1325, Medicare and Medicaid Second Opinion Act, 16266-16268 [19JN]

S. 1329, improve foster care and adoption assistance, 16285 [19JN]

S. 1346, Medicare Solvency and Health Care Financing Reform Act, 16964-16974 [24JN]

S. 1348, medicare tax exemption for certain Federal employees, 17040 [25JN]

S. 1362, AFDC Quality Control Improvements Act, 17344 [26JN]

S. 1378, Long Term Care Insurance Promotion and Protection Act, 17643 [27JN]

S. 1400, medicare's permanent 50% regional-national diagnostic related group rates, 18149 [9JY]

S. 1401, medicare's prospective application and periodic updating of revised wage index, 18150 [9JY]

S. 1402, medicare reimbursement limits for home health agencies, 18151 [9JY]

S. 1450, prohibit changes in medicare reimbursement levels for home health services, 19331 [17JY]

S. 1489, Medicare Outpatient Surgery Savings, Access, and Quality Act, 20321 [24JY]

S. 1491, improvement to AFDC payment system, 20323 [24JY]

S. 1536, prohibit use of per diem subsidies to veterans' homes to offset payments under medicaid, 21729 [31JY]

S. 1550, medicare/medicaid cost reduction program, 22267-22274 [1AU]

S. 1551, administrative appeals and judicial review under part B of medicare, 22275 [1AU]

S. 1559, Medicare Capital Payment Reform Act, 22318 [1AU]

S. 1600, exclude Social Security trust fund from budget process, 22399 [1AU]

S. 1606, revise medicare payment methodology for medical education and for hospitals that care for disproportional numbers of low-income individuals, ***** [9SE]

S. 1606, revise payment methodology for medical education and for hospitals that care for disproportional numbers of low-income individuals, 22404 [1AU]

S. 1613, improve medicare program, 23051 [9SE]

S. 1614, improve medicare program, 23051 [9SE]

S. 1620, establish the National Council on Access to Health Care, 23238 [10SE]

S. 1626, Disability Advisory Council, 23333 [11SE]

S. 1628, medicaid eligibility of special needs children placed for adoption, 23336 [11SE]

S. 1632, continuation of health insurance coverage for family members of deceased, divorced, or medicare-eligible workers, 23628 [12SE]

S. 1640, medicare and medicaid coverage of physician assistant services, 23761 [13SE]

S. 1648, hospice care benefit, rates, and optional service, 23849 [16SE]

S. 1648, hospice care benefit, rates, and optional service under the Medicaid Program, 23849 [16SE]

S. 1720, ensure Social Security cost-of-living adjustments, 25368 [1OC]

S. 1721, Social Security disability determination procedures, 25373-25376 [1OC]

S. 1728, Cherokee Nation's authority to lease lands held in trust, 36939 [17DE]

S. 1729, Medicare Beneficiary Fairness Act, 25632 [2OC]

S. 1732, excise tax on cigarettes to benefit Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, 25852 [3OC]

S. 1745, Social Security services and benefits for the chronically mentally ill, 26771 [8OC]

S. 1826, protect trust fund from disinvestment, 30412 [4NO]

S. 1948, Quality Services for Disabled Individuals Act, 36434-36438 [13DE]

S. 1960, Medical Offer and Recovery Act, 36871-36875 [17DE]

S. 1985, Medicare Voucher Act, 37661-37663 [18DE]

S. Con. Res. 9, commend medicare for success in protecting older persons against high cost of health care, 6681 [28MR]

S. Con. Res. 9, commend medicare on anniversary, 22529 [1AU]

S. Con. Res. 9, commending medicare program, 1798 [5FE]

S. Con. Res. 58, medicare's prospective payment system for hospitals, 21658, 21752 [31JY]

S. Res. 134, cost-of-living adjustments, 8377 [18AP]

S. Res. 137, cost-of-living adjustments, 8378 [18AP]

S.J. Res. 23, Year of Social Security, 6671 [28MR]

SSI income requirements for medicaid, 7505 [3AP]

Tamper-Resistant Social Security Cards, 23745 [13SE]

Tamper-resistant Social Security cards, 23745 [13SE]