AGED

Addresses

RSVP in Cumberland, Goldie Wulderk, 15626 [11JN]

Advertisements

Senior Citizens—Call Senator Exon Today or Get Stuck With the Bill Tomorrow: Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association, 26129 [1OC]

Amendments

Medicare Catastrophic Loss Prevention Act: enact (S. 1127), 26919 [7OC], 27359 [13OC], 29133, 29180 [23OC], 29314, 29316, 29321, 29350, 29355, 29358, 29362, 29368, 29370, 29373, 29380, 29384, 29385, 29386, 29387, 29388, 29389, 29390, 29392, 29393, 29394, 29396, 29457, 29458, 29471, 29474, 29475, 29476, 29477, 29478, 29479, 29480 [27OC]

Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act: enact (H.R. 2941), 20732, 20737-20744 [22JY]

Older Americans Act: appropriations for fiscal years 1988-91 (H.R. 1451), 13996, 13997, 13998, 13999, 14002, 14004, 14005, 14007, 14013, 14016, 14018, 14020 [28MY]

———authorizing appropriations (S. 887), 22860, 22861, 22864, 22865, 22866, 22958, 22959 [6AU]

———skilled nursing and intermediate care facilities (H.R. 395), 33776 [2DE]

Pensions: treatment of claims for certain benefits (H.R. 2969), 30353 [30OC]

Retired Benefits Security Act: enact (S. 548), 21095, 21096, 21143, 21144 [24JY]

Social Security: skilled nursing and intermediate care facilities (H.R. 395), 33776 [2DE]

Veterans: improve benefits (S. 9), 33849-33851, 33869, 33895, 33896, 33909, 33912, 33913, 33914, 33916, 33919, 33957, 33958, 33959 [3DE], 34153, 34154, 34229 [4DE]

Analyses

Catastrophic Illness Aid for Children: Senator Weicker, 29382 [27OC]

Health Care for the Uninsured Act (S. 177), 616 [6JA]

Long-Term Care Amendments, 30262 [29OC]

Medicare and Medicaid Patient and Program Protection Act (H.R. 1444), 4964 [5MR]

Medicare Part A Catastrophic Protection Act (H.R. 1280), 4148 [26FE]

Medicare Part B Catastrophic Protection Act (H.R. 1281), 4149 [26FE]

Older Americans Act Amendments (S. 1094), 9743 [24AP]

Pension to Steel Industry Retirees (S. 1811), 28984 [22OC]

Retiree Benefits Protection Act (H.R. 2969), 20288 [20JY]

Social Security Periodic Competency Certification of Physicians (H.R. 3231), 23062 [7AU]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 2470, Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act, 34573 [9DE]

Federal Council on the Aging, 4410 [26FE]

———Mary Burdge, 19133 [9JY]

Articles and editorials

Age-Old Problem of Insurance for Infirmed Elderly, 28350 [19OC]

Almost Poor—Holding Jobs, Seeking Careers—A Fifth of America Living on the Margin, 30477 [2NO]

Almost Poor—Retiring on Fixed Income, 30940 [4NO]

Almost Poor—Working Hard, Staying in Place—Two Families' Common Ground in Hardship, Hope, 30478, 30479 [2NO]

Bite the Deficit, Not Social Security, 35808 [16DE], 35945 [17DE], 36691 [20DE]

Book Lists Michigan Areas in the Best Places To Retire, 26593 [6OC]

Catastrophic Illness Health Insurance, 29399 [27OC]

Caught in the MediGap, 17623 [25JN]

Cholinergic Drugs in Alzheimer's Disease, 8801 [9AP]

Civil Rights Restoration Act—A Matter of Simple Justice, 23466 [7AU]

Continuing Disinterest Among Physicians, 10354 [29AP]

Crisis Is Predicted in Care of Elderly—U.S. Panel Warns of Expense of Long-Term Treatment, 24556 [18SE]

Cut Social Security—Forget It—It's a Fair, Humane, Solvent Program, and It Works, 35766, 35788, 35807 [16DE]

Cutting Social Security, 31529 [10NO]

Dallas Tries Real Desegregation, 24856 [22SE]

Earl E. Jones Receives the John K. Sterrett Award, 26345 [2OC]

Elderly Care—A Case of Catastrophic Confusion?, 24047 [15SE], 29376-29378 [27OC]

Fooling Ourselves, 21509 [29JY]

Health Care 1988, 24035 [15SE]

Hidden Crisis in American Health Care, 9658 [23AP]

Insurance Plan Would Assure Health Care for Life, 1359 [14JA]

Just Too Lavish, 29406 [27OC]

Letter Carriers Deliver in More Ways Than One, 18717 [1JY]

Lifting the Medical-Cost Cloud From the Elderly, 10285 [28AP]

McDonald's Woos Older Workers, 3865 [19FE]

New Reagan Policy To Cut Benefits for the Aged, Blind and Disabled, 28406 [20OC]

``Notch Babies'' and ``Bonanza Babies'' a $300 Billion Misunderstanding, 11355 [6MY]

Nursing Costs Force Elderly To Sue Spouses, 29357 [27OC]

Old and Young Aren't Foes, 9185 [21AP]

Program Allows Elderly To Barter for Services, 4029 [24FE]

Public Housing, 24856 [22SE]

Resource Allocation in Health Care—The Allocation of Lifestyles to Providers, 24691-24693 [21SE]

Shameless Roosevelt Connection, 5293 [11MR]

Social Security Lobby Group Is Said To Mislead Aged, 5294 [11MR]

Tax Reform May Cause Pension Underfunding, 15396 [10JN]

To Elderly, a Pet Can Be the Best Medicine, 32565 [18NO]

U.S., Facing Criticism, Drops Plan To Cut Benefits for Poor, 28407 [20OC]

Who Says the Race Is Over at 70?, 20093 [15JY]

Why Restructuring Medicare Will Not Work, 29376 [27OC]

Winning Combination—Elderly Take in Their Visitors Homeless Pets, 4936 [5MR]

Bills and resolutions

AFDC: uniform eligibility and benefit levels (see H.R. 1831)

Alzheimer's disease: coordination of services available to victims and families of victims (see H.R. 2075)

———designation of treatment centers (see H.R. 397)

Armed Forces: survivor annuities to spouses of certain Reservists (see H.R. 125)

———survivors' benefit plan for military retirees (see S. 479)

Benefits formula (see S. 1917)

Centers of Excellence in Geriatric Research and Training Act: enact (see S. 1112)

Civil rights: clarify amended Education Act, Rehabilitation Act, Age Discrimination Act, and Civil Rights Act (see H.R. 1214)

Civil Service Retirement Spousal Benefits Act: enact (see S. 1284)

Civilian Conservation Corps: credit service toward civil service retirement (see H.R. 689)

Congregate Housing Services Program: reauthorize (see H.R. 2158)

Consumer price index: study relative to elderly (see H.R. 2561)

Courts: retirement and survivors' annuities for bankruptcy judges and magistrates (see S. 1630)

Crime and criminals: mandatory sentences for violent felonies against elderly (see H.R. 696)

———penalties for assaults (see H.R. 326)

Crimes against elderly: statistical data (see H.R. 2019)

Dependent care: tax credit (see H.R. 542)

Dept. of HHS: establish Home Health Clearinghouse (see H.R. 407)

Discrimination: clarify provisions of public laws (see S. 557)

Domestic Volunteer Service Act: amend (see H.R. 1837)

Employment: prohibit discrimination (see S. 5)

———targeted jobs tax credit (see H.R. 1480)

ERISA: continuation of health insurance coverage (see H.R. 1072)

Family Caregivers Advocacy, Resource, and Education Demonstration Program: funding (see S. 449)

Federal aid programs: increase day care services (see H.R. 2074)

———publication of consumer price index to determine cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 2729)

Federal employees: exclude civil service retirement and disability fund from the budget (see H.R. 182)

———forfeiture of retirement benefits upon conviction for revealing identity of covert agent (see H.R. 32)

———permit certain retirees to resume coverage under Federal employees' group life insurance (see H.R. 2125)

Fire fighters: exclusion under Age Discrimination in Employment Act (see H.R. 1200)

FTC: conduct a study and prepare reports relative to insurance sales to the elderly (see H.R. 2764)

Health: care (see H.R. 2989)

———caregiver referral (see H.R. 2078)

———community care preventive services (see S. 1241)

———designation of treatment centers for Alzheimer's disease (see H.R. 397)

———mental health services (see H.R. 2079)

———stabilize rural care provisions (see H.R. 1829, 1830)

Home and Preventive Health Services for Older Americans Act: enact (see S. 1115)

Home health services: include additional services (see H.R. 1837)

Homecare Quality Assurance Act: enact (see S. 1166)

Housing: exclude from income calculation of elderly residents in public projects (see H.R. 2407)

———insurance of home equity conversion mortgages for elderly (see H.R. 1020)

Indians: revise and extend grant program (see S. 1069)

Individual retirement accounts: age for distributions (see H.R. 741)

———allow tax-free distributions for purchase of long-term care insurance coverage at age 59\1/2\ (see H.R. 1933)

Insurance: encourage coverage by private long-term (see H.R. 3686)

———encourage coverage by private long-term care (see H.R. 3501)

Iowa: Social Security coverage for certain law enforcement officers and fire fighters (see H.R. 2691)

Law enforcement officers: exclusion under Age Discrimination in Employment Act (see H.R. 1200)

Local governments: taxation of Social Security benefits (see H.R. 115)

Lotteries: establish national to assist aged and disability insurance programs (see H.R. 330)

Medicaid: quality nursing care (see S. 1108)

———services for medically uninsured (see H.R. 1182)

———State payment for reservation of nursing home beds (see H.R. 2153)

———treatment of couple's income and resources relative to eligibility of an institutionalized spouse (see H.R. 2131)

———uniform eligibility and benefit levels (see H.R. 1831)

Medicaid Community Spouse Safety Net Act: enact (see S. 776)

Medical care: catastrophic insurance for aged and handicapped (see S. 210)

———establish program for home services (see H.R. 1626)

———nursing school grants for training in geriatrics (see S. 731)

———tax deduction for contributions to long-term care savings accounts (see H.R. 699)

Medicare: adult day care (see H.R. 550)

———amend provision relative to entitlement of widows and widowers (see H.R. 203)

———assist beneficiaries in understanding enrollment in various medical plans (see H.R. 2833)

———assistance to elderly in evaluating supplemental medical insurance policies (see H.R. 2072)

———catastrophic coverage of prescription drugs and insulin (see H.R. 2592)

———catastrophic illness coverage (see H.R. 1245, 1280, 1281, 2941, 2970)

———change requirements for skilled nursing facilities (see H.R. 2770)

———community nursing and ambulatory care on a prepaid, capitated basis (see S. 1003, 1010; H.R. 1161)

———costs of inpatient services to rural hospitals (see H.R. 2708)

———coverage for daily home health services (see S. 961)

———coverage for hospital-based comprehensive care program (see H.R. 679)

———coverage for routine mammograms (see S. 1161)

———coverage of annual pap smears and mammograms (see H.R. 2482)

———coverage of therapeutic shoes due to diabetic foot disease (see S. 618)

———delay implementation of restrictions on use of periodic interim payment system (see H.R. 2066)

———evaluation of reports on physician payment prior to changes in procedure (see H. Con. Res. 53)

———exemption of certain hospital units from prospective payment system

———Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund grants to small rural hospitals for cost-effective services (see S. 1207)

———GAO study of including different levels of extended care (see S. 283)

———home care benefits (see S. 1616; H.R. 2070)

———home health care (see S. 1076)

———hospitals classified as being located in an urban area for purposes of determining payments (see H.R. 3021)

———improve program (see H.R. 2864)

———limit denials of inpatient hospital services by peer review organizations (see H.R. 1519)

———limit penalty for late enrollment (see H.R. 2055)

———limitations imposed upon entitlement to extended care services (see S. 775)

———option for catastrophic illness (see H.R. 1182)

———optional insurance for coverage of certain gaps (see H.R. 784)

———part B benefits (see H.R. 3291)

———payment for service of registered nurses as surgery assistants (see H.R. 2918)

———payment methodology for physicians' services (see S. Con. Res. 56)

———payment to hospitals relative to capital-related costs (see H.R. 2510)

———payments for mental health services (see H.R. 2886)

———physician and hospital capitation demonstration project (see H.R. 520)

———protect beneficiaries with risk-sharing contract (see S. 1582)

———quality nursing care (see S. 1108)

———services furnished by a clinical social worker in a health maintenance organization (see H.R. 2738)

———special educational program for beneficiaries (see H.R. 977)

———supplemental policy warning (see S. 921), 8041 [6AP]

———tax exemption for certain State and local government employees (see H.R. 1071)

———training and fellowship programs in geriatric medicine (see H.R. 398)

———voluntary insurance option to cover certain gaps in coverage (see H.R. 680)

———voluntary private alternative coverage (see H.R. 3548), 29209 [26OC]

———welfare of spouses of institutionalized individuals (see S. 598)

Medicare Catastrophic Illness Coverage Act: enact (see S. 592)

Medicare Catastrophic Loss Prevention Act: enact (see S. 1127)

Medicare HMO/CMP Quality Improvement Act: enact (see H.R. 2675)

Medicare Private Health Plan Capitation Improvement Act: enact (see S. 1734)

Medicare Rural Hospital Payment Equity Act: enact (see S. 1438)

Medicare/medicaid: study alternatives to institutionalization (see H.R. 989)

National Adult Day Care Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 268)

National Adult Day Care Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 147)

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 15; H.J. Res. 52)

National Centenarians Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 159; H.J. Res. 319)

National Center on Crimes Against Older Americans: establish (see H.R. 3336)

National Clearinghouse on Elder Abuse: establish (see H.R. 628)

National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 41)

National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 257)

National Home Health Care Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 98)

National Institute on Aging: appropriations (see S. 1045)

National Nursing Home Residents' Rights Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 158)

National Older Americans Abuse Prevention Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 57, 222; H.J. Res. 215, 422)

National Senior Citizens Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 138)

National Service Life Insurance: waive payment of premiums by certain veterans (see H.R. 411)

Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program: financing (see H.R. 423)

Older Americans Act: amend (see S. 1133; H.R. 2086)

———authorizing appropriations (see S. 887), 7530 [31MR]

———authorizing appropriations for fiscal years 1988-91 (see H.R. 1451)

———authorizing appropriations for fiscal years 1988-91, consideration of H.R. 1451 (see H. Res. 171, 175)

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3436), technical corrections (H. Res 314), 32683 [18NO]

———counseling assistance for elderly, sick, and disabled (see H.R. 405)

———establish program for home health services (see H.R. 1626)

———extend programs (see S. 1094)

———grants to States for demonstration projects (see H.R. 907)

———outreach and application assistance activities requirements (see H.R. 1996)

———prevention of abuse (see S. 1499)

———skilled nursing and intermediate care facilities (see H.R. 395)

———State long-term care ombudsman programs (see S. 959; H.R. 2042)

———technical corrections (see H.R. 3436)

Older Americans Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 64; H.J. Res. 173)

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: coverage of early retirement pension benefits (see H.R. 2987)

Pension funds: procedure for business waiver of minimum funding standards in hardship (see H.R. 129)

Pensions: payments to steel industry retirees (see S. 1811)

———permit withdrawal of excess assets from single employer plan (see H.R. 2781)

———private sector efforts to alleviate losses suffered by retirees and employees as a result of plan termination (see S. Con. Res. 58), 12300 [13MY]

———railroad retirement benefits are exempt from sequestration (see H. Con. Res. 227)

———tax exemption on first $10,000 (see H.R. 700)

———treatment of claims for certain benefits (see H.R. 2969)

———treatment of terminated plans (see H.R. 3067)

———welfare plans restrictions relative to mergers (see H.R. 3086)

Postal Service: designate as nonmailable matter, solicitations of certain products and services (see H.R. 1550)

———reduced rates for certain tax-exempt organizations (see H.R. 220)

Public Health Service Act: counseling assistance for elderly, sick, and disabled (see H.R. 405)

———establish academic centers of excellence in geriatric research and training (see H.R. 3225)

Puerto Rico: increase Social Security funds for families with dependent children, blind, aged, and disabled (see H.R. 1402)

Railroad Retirement Act: eliminate the last person service rule (see H.R. 184)

Railroads: credit for military service relative to pensions (see H.R. 2824)

———disability benefits (see H.R. 2823, 2829, 2830)

———last employer rule relative to annuities (see H.R. 2831)

———retirement benefits for certain nonrailroad employment (see H.R. 1148)

———survivor's annuities (see H.R. 2822)

———survivor's annuities for divorced wives (see H.R. 2825)

———treat similarly all tier 1 retirement benefits for income tax purposes (see S. 1155)

Religious organizations: optional Social Security coverage for employees (see H.R. 114)

Retiree Health Protection and Long-Term Care Insurance Act: enact (see S. 1739)

Retirement: taxation of annuities, pensions, and other benefits (see H.R. 146)

Rural areas: displacement of low-income or elderly rentors (see H.R. 1070)

———increase services (see H.R. 2073)

San Juan County Nursing Home, UT relief (see S. 1828)

Sec. of HHS: Federal minimum standards for health insurance (see H.R. 426)

Senior Center Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 118; H.J. Res. 196)

Silver Haired Congress: facilitate convening (see S. Con. Res. 88)

Social Security: accelerate inclusion of medicare trust fund (see H.R. 1370)

———address benefit disparity problem (see H. Con. Res. 72)

———aged and disabled individuals in congregate housing facilities (see S. 599)

———amend portion relative to individuals achieving self-sufficiency (see S. 636)

———amend provision relative to amount of outside income earned while receiving benefits (see H.R. 230)

———amend provision relative to cost of living increases (see H.R. 229)

———benefit computation formula (see H.R. 1721)

———benefits for 1979 retirees (see H.R. 1357, 1358, 1359)

———benefits for divorced spouses (see H.R. 419)

———benefits for surviving spouses (see H.R. 422)

———benefits for workers born after 1916 but before 1930 (see H.R. 3788)

———benefits to disabled widows and widowers (see H.R. 676)

———budget reconciliation relative to medicaid and part B of medicare (see H.R. 3188)

———catastrophic expenses for prescription drugs under medicare (see H.R. 2485)

———clarify required income and resources for noninstitutionalized spouse (see S. 773)

———combined earnings of husband and wife divided equally (see H.R. 674)

———combined earnings of husband and wife for benefit purposes (see H.R. 420)

———condition of participation applicable to hospitals (see S. 689)

———continue disability benefits during appeal (see S. 1937)

———continued payment of disability insurance benefits during appeal (see H.R. 3725)

———correct benefit disparity (see S. 225; H. Con. Res. 11, 15)

———cost of living adjustments (see H.R. 2396)

———cost of living adjustments for medicaid eligible individuals residing in long-term care facilities (see S. 1744)

———coverage for psychologist services under medicare (see S. 140)

———coverage for years of caring for children (see H.R. 677)

———coverage of therapeutic shoes due to diabetic foot disease (see S. 618)

———determining authenticity of cards (see S. 72)

———disability benefits (see H.R. 643)

———division of earnings of married couple during period of marriage (see S. 174)

———earnings test (see S. 1777)

———eliminate certain benefit reductions (see H.R. 2946)

———eliminate earnings test for retiring individuals (see H.R. 1204)

———eliminate reductions in benefits in cases of spouses and surviving spouses receiving certain pensions (see H.R. 672)

———eliminate rounding of cost of living increases (see H.R. 2377)

———ensure physicians' hearing and judicial review rights before exclusion from the medicare program (see H.R. 1445)

———establish independent agency to administer programs (see S. 34)

———exchange of credits between old-age, survivors, and disability insurance system and civil service retirement system (see H.R. 417)

———exclude trust funds from budget deficit (see H.R. 1965)

———exemption from coverage for members of faiths opposed to participation (see S. 1884)

———extend benefits of delayed retirement credit to surviving and divorced spouses (see S. 171)

———extend benefits of delayed retirement credit to surviving and divorced spouses who work (see S. 172)

———extend coverage, correct anomalies in payment provisions, make adjustments in disability offset, and make management improvements (see H.R. 2660)

———improve system (see S. 1635, 1648; H.R. 2795)

———improved benefit computation formula for certain retirees (see H.R. 121)

———increase amount of personal allowance for medical institutions (see H.R. 2053)

———increase amount of social services block grants and require States to submit annual reports (see H.R. 1365)

———increases in benefits with regard to cost of living adjustments (see H.J. Res. 41)

———inheritance of earnings credits by surviving spouse (see S. 173)

———limitation upon amount of earned outside income (see H.R. 2612)

———make permanent provisions which permit or require disregarding of in-kind assistance to AFDC and SSI recipients (see H.R. 3512)

———medicare coverage of certain preventive care (see S. 1240)

———medicare rates for health plans (see S. 1734)

———medigap insurance policies (see H.R. 3490)

———monthly insurance benefit payment for month in which recipient dies (see H.R. 669)

———more gradual changes in 1977 computation rules as they apply to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 1917)

———off-budget treatment of Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund (see H.R. 703)

———outside income (see H.R. 421)

———payment of more than one monthly benefit to same individual (see H.R. 601)

———payment of survivors' benefits (see H.R. 1025)

———period of transition and formula with respect to workers born in years after 1916 and before 1930 (see S. 1830)

———phase out earnings test for individuals at age 65 (see H.R. 1555)

———prevent disinvestment of trust funds (see H.R. 702)

———proportional benefits paid for month of death (see H.R. 1127, 1166)

———protect benefit levels (see S. 1119)

———protection from unfit medical practitioners (see H.R. 704, 1444)

———provisions for determining order of payment of survivors' benefits (see H.R. 1977)

———provisions for payment of insurance benefits upon death (see H.R. 124)

———reduce taxes (see H.R. 423)

———remove limitation on income allowed to be earned while receiving benefits (see H.R. 1643)

———remove limitation on outside income (see S. 1953)

———require payments for physicians' services under medicare be made on an assignment-related basis (see H.R. 1923)

———require periodic competency certification of physicians (see H.R. 3231)

———restore benefit levels of workers reaching 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 416)

———restore minimum benefits (see H.R. 673)

———retirement earnings test (see H.R. 3794)

———retirement transition benefits formula adjustment (see H.R. 1057)

———safeguard trust funds by ensuring prudent investments (see H.R. 1369)

———skilled nursing and intermediate care facilities (see H.R. 395)

———taxation of benefits (see H.R. 115)

———taxation of in-kind assistance (see H.R. 3505)

———tax-exempt benefits (see H.R. 697)

———training and fellowship programs in geriatric medicine (see H.R. 398)

———transfer of railroad retirement system functions (see H. Con. Res. 133)

———transition benefit to surviving spouse (see H.R. 675)

———transition benefits for spouses of insured individuals aged 50 (see H.R. 418)

———vision, hearing, and dental services and prescription drugs (see H.R. 678)

———welfare of spouses of institutionalized individuals under medicaid (see S. 598)

Social Security Act: amend title II (see H.R. 2471)

———amend title XVIII (see H.R. 2470)

———increase authorization for social services (see S. 1070)

Social Security Administration: beneficiary ombudsman (see H.R. 2087)

———determination of attorney's fees (see S. 1401)

———establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 1036, 1291, 2469)

Social Security Reorganization Act: enact (see S. 765)

Sports: fishing licenses (see H. Con. Res. 203)

———pension plans for associations of football coaches (see S. 1188)

States: services in return for volunteer work (see S. 1198)

———taxation of Social Security benefits (see H.R. 115)

Tax Reform Act: retirement annuities (see H.R. 24)

Taxation: acquisition of certain coins by individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 2247)

———care expenses for dependent with Alzheimer's disease (see H.R. 2979)

———computation procedure for employee annuities (see H.R. 130)

———credit for care of aged (see H.R. 631)

———credit for contributions to long-term health care savings accounts (see S. 1922)

———credit for expenses incurred for maintaining an aged dependent (see H.R. 3754)

———credit for expenses incurred in care of elderly family members (see S. 962)

———deduction for dependent care services (see H.R. 232)

———exemptions for certain persons taking early retirements (see H.R. 2702)

———inclusion of Social Security or railroad retirement benefits in gross income for nonresident aliens (see H.R. 698)

———medical expenses of handicapped and senior citizens (see H.R. 368)

———property designed for handicapped and elderly individuals (see S. 1806)

———refund for households with disabled aged persons (see H.R. 231)

———repeal restrictions added by the Tax Reform Act on the deduction for retirement savings (see H.R. 1273)

———status of long-term care expenses (see H.R. 2039)

———targeted job credit relative to certain wages (see H.R. 1534)

———treatment of interest in determining whether Social Security or railroad retirement benefits are to be included in gross income (see H.R. 668)

———uniform treatment of employer-provided health care benefits for retired (see H.R. 2860)

Telephone: uniform listing of area agencies on aging (see H.R. 2077)

U.S. Bipartisan Commission on Comprehensive Health Care: establish (see H.R. 2654)

VA: geriatric research (see H.R. 68)

———improve health care programs (see S. 6)

Veterans: dependency and indemnity compensation for remarried surviving spouses after age 60 (see H.R. 412)

———improve benefits (see S. 9)

———improve pension benefits for World War I veterans and surviving spouses (see H.R. 3722)

———increase monthly pension in nursing situation (see H.R. 2447)

———promote care and treatment in State nursing homes (see H.R. 413)

———tax credit for care of elderly (see H.R. 616)

Victims of Crime Act: assistance to elderly (see H.R. 2018)

Books

``Retirement Places Rated,'' Rand McNally, 30956 [5NO]

Chart

Social Security improved benefit computation formula for certain retirees, 910 [7JA]

Colloquies

Catastrophic illness care: Representatives Dreier, Lungren, D. French Slaughter, and Ballenger, 19566 [13JY]

Descriptions

National Pastoral Care Week: Arne K. Jessen, 25899 [30SE]

Documents

Retiree Benefits Bankruptcy Protection Act, 27675 [13OC]

Explanations

Social Security benefits (H.R. 203-214), 876-878 [7JA]

Factsheets

Catastrophic Illness and Long-Term Care—Issues for Children and Families: Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, 20664 [22JY]

Catastrophic Illness Coverage: President Reagan, 2097 [28JA]

Social Security Reorganization Act (S. 765), 6013 [18MR]

Hearings

Committee on Aging (Select): catastrophic illness care costs (joint hearings) (testimony from Sec. of HHS Bowen), D35 [28JA]

———catastrophic illness care costs (testimony from Eleanor Chelimsky and public witnesses), D35 [28JA]

———Catastrophic Insurance—How the Bowen Plan Fails (testimony from public witnesses), D63 [17FE]

———direct mail solicitations to the elderly (testimony from Dorcas R. Hardy, J.E. Swaggerty, and David Ormstead), D53 [4FE]

———legal services for the elderly, D32 [27JA]

———Older Americans Act, D195 [25MR]

Committee on Aging (Special): catastrophic illness care costs (testimony from Joan Yelineck, Edith Rieger, Helen Fish, and Robert Shapland, D30 [26JA]

———impact of President's budget on programs for the aged, D151 [13MR]

———role of Older Americans Act in assuring access to quality home care (testimony), D284 [27AP]

Committee on Appropriations (House): National Institute on Aging and John E. Fogarty International Center (testimony), D153 [16MR]

———Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, NLRB, National Council on the Handicapped, and Railroad Retirement Board (testimony), D239 [7AP]

———Older Americans Act reauthorization (testimony from public witnesses), D126 [9MR]

Committee on Education and Labor: Older Americans Act reauthorization (testimony), D235 [6AP]

———(testimony), D184 [23MR]

Committee on Finance: catastrophic illness care costs (testimony), D172 [19MR]

———examine role and performance of utilization and quality control peer review organizations under medicare (testimony), D205 [27MR]

———quality of long-term health care (testimony), D288 [28AP]

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: antidiscrimination provisions of Federal assistance programs (S. 557) (testimony), D173 [19MR]

———catastrophic illness care costs (testimony), D245 [8AP]

———Older Americans Act authorization (S. 887) (testimony), D212 [31MR], D275 [23AP], D301 [30AP]

Committee on the Judiciary (Senate): Retiree Benefits Security Act (S. 548) (testimony), D218 [1AP]

Committee on Ways and Means: catastrophic illness care costs: (testimony from Otis R. Bowen, Sec. of the Dept. of HHS), D39 [29JA]

———catastrophic illness care costs coverage under medicare (testimony from Representatives Bonker and Regula, Michael Zimmerman, and public witnesses), D134 [10MR]

———misleading and deceptive mailings to Social Security beneficiaries (testimony from Members of Congress, Dorcas R. Hardy, Donald D. Davis, James Roosevelt, and public witnesses), D134 [10MR]

———Social Security Administration staffing reductions, service delivery, and management (testimony), D230 [2AP]

Letters

Adult care program participants: Jack Ossofsky, Leadership Council of Aging Organizations, 22867 [6AU]

Banking regulation: Cyril F. Brickfield, American Association of Retired Persons, 12450 [14MY]

Catastrophic illness expenses: Michael Zimmerman, GAO, 19059 [8JY]

Catastrophic illness health insurance: Eleanor Chelimsky, GAO, 29900 [29OC]

———Laurence E. Ide, 29315 [27OC]

———Senators Pryor and Domenici, 29363 [27OC]

Counting noncash assistance when calculating public assistance: Representative Wyden and several Representatives, 28532 [20OC]

Federal health plan costs, 29365 [27OC]

Financial care for spouses with catastrophic illnesses, 22138 [3AU]

Home care services: Mrs. Corrodo, 12497 [14MY]

———Mrs. Thomas, 12497 [14MY]

Illinois' health insurance plan: Neil Hartigan, 2373 [29JA]

Long-term care insurance: John Rother, 26739 [6OC]

Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program: Senator Melcher, 27785 [14OC]

———several Senators, 27786 [14OC]

MedAmerica proposal: several organizations, 11523 [6MY]

Medicare and eligibility of acquired immune deficiency syndrome patients: CBO, 17683-17685 [26JN]

———Roger Mentz, Dept. of the Treasury, 17685-17688 [26JN]

Medicare capital reimbursement for depreciation to hospital occupancy rates: Edward M. Gramlich, CBO, 13672 [21MY]

———Jack W. Owen, American Hospital Association, 13673 [21MY]

———John Rother, American Association of Retired Persons, 13673 [21MY]

Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act: National Council on the Aging, Inc., 20692 [22JY]

Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act (H.R. 2470): Representative Gilman, et al., 33197 [20NO]

Medicare coverage for orthopedic shoes: David R. Knighton, 4344 [26FE]

Medicare denial rate: Odessa, TX, health agency, 7739 [1AP]

Medicare hospital payment policies: Michael L. Graue, 24245 [16SE]

National Home Health Care Week: Val J. Halamandaris, 6117 [18MR]

Retired Benefits Security Act: Kent W. Clapp, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Ohio, 21098 [24JY]

———William E. Brock III, Sec. of Labor, 21097 [24JY]

Retiree Benefits Bankruptcy Protection Act: Dick Warden, UAW, 27670 [13OC]

———John J. Sheehan, United Steelworkers of America, 27669 [13OC]

Social Security attorney's fees: William Housman, 22702 [5AU]

Social Security disinvestment: Bruce Thompson, 467 [6JA]

Social Security penalties (sundry), 4034 [24FE]

Lists

Cosponsors of Pryor-Domenici amendment to Catastrophic Health Loss Prevention Act, 29364 [27OC]

Groups endorsing Social Security Disability Insurance Program reform, 617 [6JA]

Iowa cities affected by Social Security legislation, 16158 [16JN]

National Academy of Social Insurance Organizing Committee, 475 [6JA]

Programs impacted by Gramm-Rudman budget cuts, 28172 [15OC]

Rural hospitals affected by medicare reimbursement policy, 21130 [24JY]

Supporters of Senate amendment on medicare administrative law judge hearings, 27804 [14OC]

Mailgrams

Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act: National Association of Retired Federal Employees, 20697 [22JY]

Meetings

Committee on Aging (Select): organization, D87 [25FE]

Committee on Education and Labor: Older Americans Act amendments (H.R. 1451), D279 [23AP]

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Medicare and Medicaid Patient and Program Protection Act (H.R. 1444), D248 [8AP]

Memorandums

Background on the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare: Committee on Ways and Means, 6685 [24MR]

Financial Effect of a Proposal To Liberalize the Earnings Test, 2194 [28JA]

Medicare Catastrophic Illness Coverage: Dept. of the Treasury, 14797 [4JN]

Memorials of legislature

Hawaii, 9324 [22AP], 14260 [2JN]

Illinois, 22019, 22020 [3AU], 22127 [3AU]

Maine, 18948 [8JY], 29306 [27OC]

Massachusetts, 14327 [2JN]

Michigan, 19900 [15JY], 20986 [23JY]

New Mexico, 16191 [16JN]

Ohio, 22589 [5AU], 25418 [28SE]

Oklahoma, 12727 [18MY]

Pennsylvania, 35741 [15DE]

Texas, 10600 [29AP], 12827 [19MY]

Messages

Council on Aging Annual Report: President Reagan, 12643 [18MY]

Federal Commission on Aging Annual Report: President Reagan, 12955 [19MY]

Medicare Catastrophic Illness Coverage Act: President Reagan, 4254 [26FE]

Motions offered by

Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act: enact (H.R. 2470), recommit, 20759 [22JY]

Papers

Legal Services Under the Older Americans Act: ABA, 2665 [3FE]

Petitions

Catastrophic illness insurance: New York, NY, City Council, 35742 [15DE]

Notch effect in Social Security Act: Lauderdale Lakes, FL, City Council, 16642 [18JN]

Older Americans Act: R.B. Lagaspi, 15646 [12JN]

Poverty: Commonwealth Fund Commission on Elderly People Living Alone, 14060 [28MY]

Social Security: Tamarac, FL, City Council, 14060 [28MY]

Social Security cost of living adjustments: Iowa Commission on Aging, 1230 [13JA]

Social Security trust fund: Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Co. retired employees, 9734 [24AP]

Polls of opinion

Medicare, April 1987, 20753 [23JY]

Press conferences

Expanded mental health benefits: John C. Rother, American Association of Retired Persons, 12586 [15MY]

Press releases

Illinois breakthrough in elder care: Senator Simon, 6411 [19MR]

Kentucky eye physicians help elderly residents with eye problems related to diabetes: American Academy of Opthamology, 17331 [24JN]

Proposals

Medicare catastrophic illness coverage: White House, 14798 [4JN]

Questions

Dept. of Labor study of older workers reentering the workforce, 27762 [14OC]

Questions and answers

Catastrophic Health Insurance Act (H.R. 65), 1817 [21JA]

Remarks in House

Advertising: consumer information, 885 [7JA]

———protection from deceptive mailing practices, 5983 [17MR]

Aged: coordination of services available to victims and families of victims of Alzheimer's disease (H.R. 2075), 10856 [30AP]

Alameda County, CA: geriatric dental care, 25054 [23SE]

Alzheimer's disease: research, 23387 [7AU]

American Academy of Dermatology: National conference on skin cancer, 6252 [18MR]

Attard, Adelaide: tribute, 943 [7JA]

Bankruptcy: amend code relative to benefits of retired employees (H.R. 1186), 5533 [11MR]

Baypath Senior Citizen Services: anniversary, 27947 [14OC]

Blue Ridge Haven East Convalescent Center: anniversary, 34650 [9DE]

Budget: cost of living adjustments for Social Security recipients, retired and Federal and military employees, 32687 [18NO]

———deficit reduction, 7705 [1AP]

———impact on elderly, 22309-22311 [4AU]

———spending priorities, 7759 [2AP]

———taxation, 6617 [24MR]

Catastrophic diseases: insurance coverage for aged and handicapped (H.R. 1281), 4147 [26FE]

Catastrophic Health Insurance Act: enact (H.R. 65), 1815 [21JA]

Catholic Commission on Aging of Los Angeles, CA: tribute, 11022 [4MY]

City of Hope, FL: tribute, 9008 [10AP]

Civil rights: restore scope of coverage and clarify application of antidiscrimination provisions of certain laws (H.R. 1214), 23466 [7AU]

Collective bargaining: benefits for retirees (H.R. 548), 1097 [8JA]

Colony South Brooklyn Houses: tribute, 4440 [27FE]

Combined Communities in Action, Prince Georges County, MD: annual awards dinner, 15118 [9JN]

Coming of Age, 13668-13670 [21MY]

Commission on National Service Opportunities (Select): establish, 4967 [5MR]

Crimes against elderly: prevention and treatment (H.R. 628), 1911 [22JA]

———statistical data on incidence (H.R. 2019), 11869 [8MY]

Discrimination: clarify provisions of public laws, 7402 [31MR]

———clarify provisions of public laws (S. 557), 35581 [14DE]

Domestic Volunteer Service Act: amend (H.R. 1837), 6961 [26MR]

Elder abuse: statistical data on incidence (H.R. 2019), 10593 [29AP]

Elderly Earnings Opportunity Act: enact (H.R. 620), 2193 [28JA]

Elder-Tot Centers: tribute, 7570 [31MR]

Elsie Malley Senior Recreations Center, Englewood, CO: tribute on anniversary, 34092 [4DE]

ERISA: supplemental Social Security benefits (H.R. 1961), 11284 [5MY]

Federal aid programs: coordination of services available to victims and families of victims of Alzheimer's disease (H.R. 2075), 10856 [30AP]

———increase day care services (H.R. 2074), 10856 [30AP]

———publication of consumer price index to determine cost of living adjustments (H.R. 2729), 16551 [17JN]

Federal employees: reform tax treatment of pensions, 2695 [4FE]

Friendship Center of the Jamaica Service Program for Older Adults: anniversary, 939 [7JA]

FTC: conduct a study and prepare reports relative to insurance sales to the elderly (H.R. 2764), 17604 [25JN]

Galilee Village: tribute, 21559 [29JY]

Gray Panthers, Rochester, NY: tribute, 13857 [27MY]

Hands of Shared Time (organization): tribute, 24053 [15SE]

Health: alcoholism among aged, 6714 [24MR]

———care, 24034, 24047 [15SE]

———caregiver referral (H.R. 2078), 10856 [30AP]

———catastrophic illness insurance coverage, 11248 [5MY]

———long-term care, 19094 [8JY], 35438 [11DE]

———mental health services (H.R. 2079), 10856 [30AP]

———nursing shortage, 23493 [7AU]

———stabilize rural care provisions (H.R. 1829), 6959 [26MR]

———stabilize rural care provisions (H.R. 1830), 6959 [26MR]

Health Care Savings Account Act: enact (H.R. 955), 3166 [5FE]

Hi-Rise Club, De Kalb County, IL: tribute, 33203 [20NO]

Home Health and Hospice Care Waiver Extension Act: enact (H.R. 1909), 10591 [29AP]

Home Health Communications Act: enact (H.R. 1908), 10591 [29AP]

Home Health Informed Consumers Act: enact (H.R. 1910), 10591 [29AP]

Home Health Medical Necessity Standards Act: enact (H.R. 1911), 10591 [29AP]

Home Health Prompt Reconsideration Act: enact (H.R. 1907), 10591 [29AP]

Home health services: include additional services (H.R. 1837), 6961 [26MR]

Homecare Quality Assurance Act: enact (H.R. 1700), 6188 [18MR]

Homeless: provision of overnight shelter, 941 [7JA]

Homeless Persons Survival Act: enact (H.R. 180), 941 [7JA]

Housing: converting home equity into monthly cash payments (H.R. 1020), 3185 [5FE]

———eligibility for tax-exempt capital gains (H.R. 352), 871 [7JA]

Illinois: catastrophic illness insurance legislation, 2373 [29JA]

Immigration: reduction in numbers available to assist with child care and the elderly, 4440 [27FE]

Individual retirement accounts: allow tax-free distributions for purchase of long-term health-care insurance coverage at age 59\1/2\ (H.R. 1933), 7760 [2AP]

Insurance: catastrophic illness, 3186, 3190, 3206 [5FE], 3447 [18FE], 4479 [3MR], 9658 [23AP], 19058 [8JY], 28349 [19OC]

———coverage for uninsured and underinsured, 33194 [20NO]

———deceptive marketing techniques in sales, 23427 [7AU]

———encourage coverage by private long-term care (H.R. 3501), 30261 [29OC]

Jewish Community Campus of Greater Los Angeles, CA: opening, 24030 [15SE]

Los Angeles, CA: Jewish Homes for the Aging anniversary, 17890 [26JN]

LTV Corp.: bankruptcy, 5194 [10MR]

———discontinuation of retirement benefits, 4042 [24FE]

Maryland Physical Fitness Commission: commemorate, 13831 [27MY]

McDonald's Restaurants Corp.: recruitment of retirees and elderly, 3865 [19FE]

Meals on Wheels of the Monterey Peninsula, Inc.: relief (H.R. 1539), 5218 [10MR]

Medicaid: catastrophic protections for low-income elderly (H.R. 1711, 1760, 1761, 1762), 6592 [23MR]

———State payment for reservation of nursing home beds (H.R. 2153), 9684 [23AP]

———uniform eligibility and benefit levels (H.R. 1831), 7086 [26MR]

Medical care: catastrophic illness insurance for aged and handicapped (H.R. 1280), 4147 [26FE]

———deduction for contributions to certain services savings accounts (H.R. 1182), 3467 [18FE]

———establish program for home services (H.R. 1626), 5731 [16MR]

Medicare: adult day care (H.R. 550), 1063 [8JA]

———adult day care (H.R. 550), 6961 [26MR]

———assistance to elderly in evaluating supplemental medical insurance policies (H.R. 2072), 10856 [30AP]

———benefits (H.R. 3291), 29920 [29OC]

———catastrophic illness coverage, 25436 [29SE]

———catastrophic illness coverage (H.R. 1245), 4118, 4131 [25FE], 4443 [27FE], 5514 [11MR]

———catastrophic illness coverage (H.R. 1280), 4443 [27FE]

———catastrophic medical expenses, 20658 [22JY]

———catastrophic medical expenses (H.R. 2941), 20658 [22JY], 20714, 21193 [27JY], 21560 [29JY], 27163 [9OC]

———catastrophic medical expenses (H.R. 2970), 20657 [22JY]

———change requirements for skilled nursing facilities (H.R. 2770), 17612 [25JN]

———community nursing and ambulatory care on a prepaid, capitated basis (H.R. 1161), 3894 [19FE]

———delay implementation of restrictions on use of periodic interim payment system (H.R. 2066), 8922 [9AP]

———demonstration projects for personal emergency response systems (H.R. 1038), 3204 [5FE]

———establish commission to study home health care benefits (H.R. 3787), 36079 [17DE]

———hearings for individuals appealing a denial of benefits, 25688 [30SE]

———improve program (H.R. 2864), 19286 [9JY]

———information program to beneficiaries of certain coverages (H.R. 977), 3189 [5FE]

———optional catastrophic illness coverage (H.R. 1182), 3467 [18FE]

———payment to hospitals relative to capital-related costs (H.R. 2510), 13672 [21MY]

———payments for mental health services (H.R. 2886), 18718 [1JY]

———premium increase, 24058 [16SE], 24681, 24691 [21SE], 26607 [6OC]

———reform (H.R. 678-680), 1801 [21JA]

———reform prospective payment system in rural hospitals, 17050 [23JN]

———require payments for physicians' services be made on an assignment-related basis (H.R. 1923), 7758 [2AP]

———services furnished by a clinical social worker in a health maintenance organization (H.R. 2738), 16970 [22JN]

———special educational program for beneficiaries (H.R. 977), 23665 [9SE]

———supplemental insurance, 17623 [25JN]

———supplementary insurance options (H.R. 784), 2187 [28JA]

———victims of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (H.R. 276), 872 [7JA]

———voluntary private alternative coverage (H.R. 3548), 29213 [26OC]

Medicare and Medicaid Patient and Program Protection Act: enact (H.R. 1444), 4960, 4962 [5MR], 14170 [1JN], 14178 [2JN], 14179 [1JN], 14222 [2JN]

Medicare Catastrophic Illness Coverage Act: enact (H.R. 2970), 20737-20759 [22JY]

Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act: enact (H.R. 2470), 14797 [4JN], 17676-17690 [26JN], 18978 [8JY], 20714 [27JY], 20715, 20716, 20717, 20747, 20752 -20761 [22JY], 20794, 20823 [22JY], 21054 [23JY], 21201 [27JY], 21568 [29JY], 22138 [3AU], 22344 [4AU], 23455 [7AU], 23886 [14SE], 25043 [23SE], 33197 [20NO], 36655 [19DE]

———enact (H.R. 2470), appointment of conferees, 34572 [9DE]

———enact (H.R. 2470), debate procedure, 17625 [25JN]

———enact (H.R. 2470), H.R. 2941 language passed in lieu, 20759 [22JY]

———enact (H.R. 2470), motion to recommit, 20759 [22JY]

———enact (H.R. 2941), 20717, 20732-20759 [22JY]

Medicare HMO/CMP Quality Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 2675), 15632 [11JN]

Medicare Mental Illness Nondiscrimination Act: enact (H.R. 1067), 3264 [10FE]

Medicare Part A Catastrophic Protection Act: enact (H.R. 1280), 4147 [26FE], 4433, 4436 [27FE]

Medicare Part B Catastrophic Protection Act: enact (H.R. 1281), 4147 [26FE], 4433, 4436 [27FE]

Medicare/medicaid: catastrophic insurance for aged and handicapped, 4932 [5MR]

Mississippi: Natchez-Adams County Senior Citizens Center, 36684 [19DE]

Mobile Meal Service of Spartanburg County, SC: anniversary, 27847 [14OC]

Murray, KY: tribute, 30956 [5NO]

National Adult Day Care Center Week: designate (H.J. Res. 268), 22761 [6AU]

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (S.J. Res. 15), 18090 [29JN]

National Association of Senior Citizen Softball: tribute, 29212 [26OC]

National Caucus and Center on Black Aged: tribute, 31972 [16NO]

National Center for Biotechnology Information: establish (H.R. 393), 1766 [21JA]

National Center on Crimes Against Older Americans: establish (H.R. 3336), 25343 [25SE]

National Clearinghouse on Elder Abuse: establish (H.R. 628), 1911 [22JA]

National Family Caregivers Week: designate (H.J. Res. 130), 2653 [3FE]

National Home Care Week: designate (H.J. Res. 257), 32141 [17NO]

National Home Health Care Week: designate (S.J. Res. 98), 32140 [17NO]

National Nursing Home Residents Day: observance, 9673 [23AP]

National Older Americans Abuse Prevention Week: designate (H.J. Res. 422), 34986 [10DE]

———designate (S.J. Res. 57), 9811 [27AP], 11869 [8MY]

National Senior Center Week: designate (H.J. Res. 196), 6923 [25MR]

National Senior Citizens Day: designate (H.J. Res. 138), 2681 [4FE]

Newfane Health Facility, NY: fundraiser for Arthritis Foundation, 2026 [27JA]

Older American Indian Grant Program: revise and extend (H.R. 2163), 9691, 9695 [23AP]

Older American Indian Services Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 2163), 9691, 9695 [23AP]

Older Americans Act: amend (H.R. 2086), 9006 [10AP]

———appropriations for fiscal years 1988-91 (H.R. 1451), 4946 [5MR], 10870 [30AP], 13030 [19MY], 13768, 13769, 13801-13813 [27MY], 13982, 13983, 13987 [28MY], 14021, 14027 [1JN]-14030, 14043 [28MY], 14067, 14074 [28MY]

———appropriations for fiscal years 1988-91 (H.R. 1451), appointment of conferees, 25688 [30SE]

———appropriations for fiscal years 1988-91 (H.R. 1451), conference report, 31283 [9NO], 32077, 32110 [17NO], 32122 [18NO], 32123 [17NO], 33289 [30NO]

———appropriations for fiscal years 1988-91 (H.R. 1451), permission to file conference report, 30964 [5NO]

———appropriations for fiscal years 1988-91, consideration of H.R. 1451 (H. Res. 171), 13799-13801 [27MY]

———appropriations for fiscal years 1988-91, consideration of H.R. 1451 (H. Res. 175), 13984-13986 [28MY]

———establish program for home health services (H.R. 1626), 5731 [16MR]

———health care services in the home, 22861-22864 [6AU]

———legal services, 2665 [3FE]

———outreach and application assistance activities requirements (H.R. 1996), 8382 [8AP]

———State long-term care ombudsman programs (H.R. 2042), 8914, 8915 [9AP]

———technical corrections (H.R. 3436), 32972 [19NO]

Older Americans Month: designate (S.J. Res. 64), 7396 [31MR]

———observance, 10609 [29AP], 10870 [30AP], 12393 [13MY], 12551 [14MY], 13685 [21MY]

Oregon: free community telephone service, 34351 [8DE]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: crisis, 16208 [16JN]

Pensions: continuation of health insurance (H.R. 1072), 5271 [10MR]

———correct benefit inequity known as notch problem (H.R. 121), 4053 [25FE]

———cost of living adjustments for Social Security recipients, retired and Federal and military employees, 32687 [18NO]

———permit withdrawal of excess assets from single employer plan (H.R. 2781), 17628 [25JN]

———railroad retirement benefits are exempt from sequestration (H. Con. Res. 227), 34652 [9DE]

———repeal penalty on underpayments of income tax (H.R. 1048), 15396 [10JN]

———treatment of claims for certain benefits (H.R. 2969), 20287 [20JY], 27667-27676 [13OC]

———welfare plans restrictions relative to mergers (H.R. 3086), 22331 [4AU]

Postal Service: carrier alert program, 18717 [1JY]

———unsolicited mailings to elderly, 10843 [30AP]

Poverty: fixed income, 30939 [4NO]

———incidence among certain groups, 30477 [2NO]

Public Health Service Act: establish academic centers of excellence in geriatric research and training (H.R. 3225), 23441, 23494 [7AU]

Public interest groups: misinformation, 3889 [19FE]

Retired Senior Volunteer Program: tribute, 15626 [11JN]

Retirement: earnings test (H.R. 3794), 36653 [19DE]

Rural areas: hospital care, 9681 [23AP]

———increase services (H.R. 2073), 10856 [30AP]

———Social Security payment for inpatient hospital services (H.R. 2114), 9670 [23AP]

Sacramento Foster Grandparent and Senior Companion Program: tribute, 27729 [13OC]

Senior Care Action Network: tribute, 3467 [18FE]

Senior Center Week: designate, 6446 [19MR]

Senior Opportunities Services, Inc.: tribute, 28992 [22OC]

Social Security: benefits transition formula (H.R. 1917), 7744 [1AP]

———budget reconciliation relative to medicaid and part B of medicare (H.R. 3188), 23416 [7AU]

———comprehensive catastrophic illness benefits through prepaid plans (H.R. 65), 10285 [28AP]

———computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (H.R. 1917), 8080 [7AP], 9660 [23AP], 14394 [2JN], 24939, 24940, 24941 [23SE], 25041, 25053 [23SE], 25345 [25SE], 25688-25693, 25695-25701, 25719 [30SE], 25917, 25919, 25928, 25931, 25933 [30SE], 26214 [1OC], 26745, 26746, 26747, 26748 [7OC], 27160 [8OC], 29227 [27OC]

———correct benefit disparity (H.R. 2107), 9192 [21AP]

———cost of living adjustments, 31404 [9NO], 32876 [19NO]

———earnings penalty, 12049 [12MY]

———extend coverage, correct anomalies in payment provisions, make adjustments in disability offset, and make management improvements (H.R. 2660), 15653 [12JN]

———extended care through swing-beds in certain rural hospitals (H.R. 2115), 9670 [23AP]

———home health services (H.R. 2070), 9007 [10AP]

———improved benefit computation formula for certain retirees (H.R. 121), 910 [7JA]

———income limitations, 922 [7JA]

———increase outside income limitation (H.R. 351), 1901 [22JA]

———increases in primary insurance amounts (H.R. 1026), 26247 [1OC]

———limitation on outside income (H.R. 248), 927 [7JA]

———limitation upon amount of earned outside income (H.R. 2612), 14802 [4JN]

———make as independent agency, 4730 [4MR]

———medicare and medicaid coverage, 4790 [4MR]

———medicare appeal hearings, 26745 [7OC]

———medicare catastrophic illness coverage (H.R. 1245), 4443 [27FE]

———medigap insurance policies (H.R. 3490), 29677 [28OC]

———more gradual changes in 1977 computation rules as they apply to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (H.R. 1917), 7876 [2AP]

———notch problem, 25683 [29SE], 25916 [30SE]

———outside earnings, 4034 [24FE]

———payment for inpatient services in rural hospitals (H.R. 2114), 9670 [23AP]

———phase out earnings test for individuals at age 65 (H.R. 1555), 5509 [11MR]

———provisions for determining order of payment of survivors' benefits (H.R. 1977), 8288 [7AP]

———reduction of benefits, 35586 [14DE]

———reform (H.R. 671-677), 1798 [21JA]

———repeal earnings test, 35651 [15DE]

———require periodic competency certification of physicians (H.R. 3231), 23062 [7AU]

———rounding of benefits in cases of multiple checks, 1079 [8JA]

———services for medically uninsured (H.R. 1182), 3467 [18FE]

———solvency of trust funds, 11354 [6MY]

———transfer of railroad retirement system functions (H. Con. Res. 133), 14599 [3JN]

Social Security Act: amend title XVIII (H.R. 2470), 14554 [3JN]

———amend title XVIII (H.R. 2470), 13832 [27MY]

Social Security Administration: office of beneficiary ombudsman (H.R. 2087), 8911 [9AP]

Sports: Ventura County, CA, Senior Olympics, 23672 [9SE]

SSI: reductions in welfare benefits for aged and disabled citizens, 28531 [20OC]

State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program Advocacy Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 2042), 8914, 8915 [9AP]

Taxation: acquisition of certain coins by individual retirement accounts, 10868 [30AP]

———allow credit for dependent home care (H.R. 542), 1084 [8JA]

———care expenses for dependent with Alzheimer's disease (H.R. 2979), 20604 [21JY]

———credit for expenses incurred for maintaining an aged dependent (H.R. 3754), 35451 [11DE]

———targeted job credit relative to certain wages (H.R. 1534), 5269 [10MR]

———targeted jobs tax credit for employers who hire older persons, 5102 [9MR]

———uniform treatment of employer-provided health care benefits for retired (H.R. 2860), 18684, 18686 [1JY]

Telephone: uniform listing of area agencies on aging (H.R. 2077), 10856 [30AP]

Ventura County, CA: Senior Olympics, 23672 [9SE]

Victims of Crime Act: assistance to elderly (H.R. 2018), 10593 [29AP], 11869 [8MY], 26721 [6OC]

Volunteer Service Promotion Act: enact (H.R. 907), 2379 [29JA], 4029 [24FE], 4078 [25FE]

Volunteer workers: visitation programs for the aged, 4935 [5MR]

Wayne County, NY, Agency on Aging: tribute, 23381 [7AU]

Weiss, Anne: tribute, 6942 [25MR]

Wesley Homes, Inc.: tribute, 2494 [2FE]

Remarks in Senate

Alzheimer's disease: clinical trials on use of certain drugs (S. 997), 8800 [9AP]

Animals: therapeutic value of pets for elderly and disabled, 32565 [18NO]

Atlantic City, NJ: dedication of Cosmopolitan Club of Seashore Gardens, 25902 [30SE]

Bankruptcy: protection of health and life insurance benefits for retirees (S. 548), 3730-3732 [19FE]

Budget: catastrophic illness care funding, 11445 [6MY]

Centers of Excellence in Geriatric Research and Training Act: enact (S. 1112), 10353 [29AP]

Civil Rights Restoration Act: clarify antidiscrimination provisions, 6412 [19MR]

Civil Service Retirement Spousal Benefits Act: enact (S. 1284), 13943 [28MY]

Cleveland, OH: Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association activities, 30569 [3NO]

Committee on Aging (Special): hearing in Alabama, 8403 [8AP]

Congressional Senior Citizen Intern Program: meeting, 15222 [10JN]

Consumer Price Index: develop, 17867 [26JN]

Contributions, 11513 [6MY]

Cosmopolitan Club of Seashore Gardens, Atlantic City, NJ: dedication, 25902 [30SE]

Cost of living: adjustments for senior citizens, 32033 [17NO]

Courts: retirement and survivors' annuities for bankruptcy judges and magistrates (S. 1630), 23212 [7AU]

Dept. of Labor: develop a consumer price index relative to aged, 18494-18497 [1JY]

———portability of pensions, 35240 [11DE]

Discrimination: clarify provisions of certain public laws (S. 557), 3744-3750 [19FE], 22964 [6AU]

Employment: community service employment, 13442-13444 [21MY]

Family Caregivers Advocacy, Resource, and Education Demonstration Program: funding (S. 449), 2629, 2630 [3FE]

Health: access to care, 20590 [21JY]

———catastrophic illness insurance, 29794 [29OC]

———community care preventive health services (S. 1241), 13238 [20MY]

———financing of long-term care for elderly, 24555 [18SE]

———insure continued access to quality care, 6503 [20MR]

———long-term care, 23164 [7AU]

Health Care Services in the Home Act: enact (S. 1206), 12497-12499 [14MY]

Health insurance: catastrophic coverage (S. 210), 637 [6JA]

Home and Preventive Health Services for Older Americans Act: enact (S. 1115), 10645 [30AP]

Home Health Care Training Extension Act: enact (S. 1205), 12497-12499 [14MY]

Home Health Services Demonstration Grants Act: enact (S. 1204), 12497-12499 [14MY]

Homecare Quality Assurance Act: enact (S. 1166), 11622 [7MY]

Housing and Community Development Act: congregate housing service program, 7452 [31MR]

———reduce for senior citizens in low-income housing the rental contribution required under section 8, 7437-7439 [31MR]

Indians: revise and extend grant program for aged (S. 1069), 9246-9249 [22AP]

Iowa: Social Security coverage for certain law enforcement officers and fire fighters (S. 1363), 16157 [16JN]

Jewish Community Center, FL: tribute, 5642 [12MR]

Kentucky: blindness prevention project, 17331 [24JN]

Medicaid: clarify income and resources for institutionalized and noninstitutionalized spouses (S. 773), 6112 [18MR]

———quality nursing care (S. 1108), 10345 [29AP]

———welfare of spouses of institutionalized persons (S. 598), 6015 [18MR]

———welfare of spouses of institutionalized persons (S. 776), 6112 [18MR]

Medicaid Community Spouse Protection Act: enact (S. 598), 4321, 4323 [26FE], 6015 [18MR], 7072 [26MR]

Medicaid Community Spouse Safety Net Act: enact (S. 776), 14348 [2JN]

Medical care: : nursing school grants for training in geriatrics (S. 731), 5612 [12MR]

———coverage of catastrophic illness, 2525 [3FE]

———Dept. of HHS's catastrophic health insurance proposal, 1359 [14JA]

———insurance for catastrophic diseases, 2081 [28JA]

Medicare: community nursing and ambulatory care on prepaid, capitated basis (S. 1003), 8820 [9AP]

———community nursing and ambulatory care on prepaid, capitated basis (S. 1010), 8967 [10AP]

———coverage for extended care services (S. 775), 6112 [18MR]

———coverage for routine mammograms (S. 1161), 11620 [7MY]

———extended care coverage (S. 283), 750 [6JA]

———Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund grants for small rural hospitals to provide cost-effective services (S. 1207), 12499 [14MY]

———home care benefits (S. 1616), 22946 [6AU]

———inpatient payments (S. Con. Res. 15), 3134 [5FE]

———long-term care for elderly, 25648 [29SE]

———payment methodology for physicians' services (S. Con. Res. 56), 10929 [1MY]

———peer review organizations, 7998 [3AP]

———prospective payment system for hospital-based physicians, 3921 [23FE]

———quality nursing care (S. 1108), 10345 [29AP]

———supplemental policy warning (S. 921), 8025 [6AP]

———waive late enrollment penalty for disabled individuals covered under spouses's private employment-related health insurance (S. 176), 611 [6JA]

———welfare of spouses of institutionalized persons (S. 598), 7072 [26MR]

Medicare and Medicaid Patient and Program Protection Act: enact (H.R. 1444), S. 661 passed in lieu, 20923 [23JY]

Medicare Catastrophic Illness Coverage Act: enact (S. 592), 4164, 4297-4302, 4404, 4406 [26FE], 5138 [10MR], 8053 [6AP]

Medicare Catastrophic Loss Prevention Act: enact (S. 1127), 11078-11080, 11088-11094 [5MY], 21957 [3AU], 22181 [4AU], 22418 [5AU], 23189 [7AU], 26300 [2OC], 26817 [7OC], 27259, 27260 [9OC], 27347-27361 [13OC], 28182 [16OC], 29132-29134 [23OC], 29314-29340, 29343-29435 [27OC], 29634, 29636, 29639-29641 [28OC], 29899-29901 [29OC]

Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act: enact (H.R. 2470), 29414 [27OC], 30805 [4NO]

Medicare Home Health Services Improvement Act: enact (S. 1076), 9267 [22AP]

Medicare Part C—Catastrophic Health Insurance Act: enact (S. 454), 2751 [4FE]

Medicare Private Health Plan Capitation Improvement Act: enact (S. 1734), 25815, 25869 [30SE]

Medicare Rural Hospital Payment Equity Act: enact (S. 1438), 17830-17835 [26JN], 22975 [6AU]

Michigan: Home Meals for Seniors Program, 2354 [29JA]

———retirement-friendly communities, 26593 [6OC]

Missouri Baptist Hospital of Sullivan: urban status, 35258 [11DE]

National Academy of Social Insurance: charter (S. 35), 474 [6JA]

National Adult Day Care Week: designate (S.J. Res. 147), 14155 [29MY]

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (S.J. Res. 15), 14831 [5JN]

National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare: fundraising practices, 5293 [11MR]

———tactics, 6684 [24MR]

National Family Caregivers Week: designate (S.J. Res. 41), 2629, 2630 [3FE]

National Home Health Care Week: designate (S.J. Res. 98), 6117 [18MR], 30320 [30OC], 32860 [19NO]

———designate (S.J. Res. 98), star print, 9118 [21AP]

National Institute on Aging: appropriations (S. 1045), 9133 [21AP]

National Nursing Home Residents Day: observance, 9719 [24AP]

National Nursing Home Residents' Rights Day: designate (S.J. Res. 158), 15468 [11JN]

National Nursing Home Week: observance, 13977 [28MY]

National Older Americans Abuse Prevention Week: designate (S.J. Res. 222), 32838 [19NO]

———designate (S.J. Res. 57), 3800 [19FE], 3945 [23FE]

National Pastoral Care Week: commemorate, 25899 [30SE]

New Mexico: memorials of legislature, 16189 [16JN]

Oakland County, MI: Senior Power Day, 23584 [9SE]

Older American Indian Services Improvement Act: enact (S. 1069), 9246-9249 [22AP]

Older Americans Act: adult care program participants, 22866 [6AU]

———amend (S. 1133), 11100 [5MY]

———appropriations for fiscal years 1988-91 (H.R. 1451), 14441 [3JN], 17555 [25JN], 22875 [6AU], 23122, 23342 [7AU], 25852 [30SE]

———appropriations for fiscal years 1988-91 (H.R. 1451), conference report, 31499, 31513-31516 [10NO], 31756, 31758 [12NO]

———authorizing appropriations, 8997 [10AP]

———authorizing appropriations (S. 887), 7533 [31MR], 22895 [6AU]

———authorizing appropriations (S. 887), H.R. 1451 passed in lieu, 22875 [6AU]

———authorizing appropriations (S. 887), unanimous-consent agreement, 22846 [6AU]

———Consumer Price Index, 22865 [6AU]

———counseling assistance for elderly, sick, and disabled (H.R. 405), 4573 [3MR]

———extend programs (S. 1094), 9741 [24AP]

———funding, 13698, 13699, 13701, 13703, 13730 [27MY]

———funding for Meals-on-Wheels program, 14128, 14129 [29MY]

———prevention of abuse (S. 1499), 20042 [15JY]

Older Americans Month: designate (S.J. Res. 64), 3939, 3945 [23FE], 13269 [20MY]

———observance, 10938 [1MY], 12316 [13MY], 13977 [28MY]

Pensions: payments to steel industry retirees (S. 1811), 28981 [22OC], 29184 [23OC], 33611 [2DE]

———private sector efforts to alleviate losses suffered by retirees and employees as a result of plan termination (S. Con. Res. 58), 12309 [13MY]

———repeal basis recovery rule (S. 69), 532 [6JA]

———treatment of claims for certain benefits (H.R. 2969), 30334 [30OC]

Public Health Service Act: counseling assistance for elderly, sick, and disabled (H.R. 405), 4573 [3MR]

Railroad Retirement Act: amend (S. 346), 1559, 1560 [21JA]

Railroads: treat similarly all tier 1 retirement benefits for income tax purposes (S. 1155), 11529 [6MY]

Retiree Benefits Security Act: enact (S. 548), 21094 [24JY], 3730-3732 [19FE]

Retiree Health Protection and Long-Term Care Insurance Act: enact (S. 1739), 26161-26168 [1OC]

Salem, IL: alternative care to nursing homes, 6411 [19MR]

San Juan County Nursing Home, UT: relief (S. 1828), 29647 [28OC]

Senior Center Week: designate (S.J. Res. 118), 10126 [28AP]

Social Security: ambulatory mental health services for those in supplementary medical insurance program (S. 1209), 12585 [15MY]

———benefits, 31983, 31997 [17NO]

———benefits formula (S. 1917), 33953 [3DE]

———condition of participation applicable to hospitals (S. 689), 5056 [6MR]

———congregate housing (S. 599), 4321 [26FE]

———continue disability benefits during appeal (S. 1937), 34562-34565 [9DE]

———cost of living adjustments, 35765, 35787 [16DE], 36689-36691 [20DE]

———cost of living adjustments for medicaid eligible individuals residing in long-term care facilities (S. 1744), 26331 [2OC]

———cost of living increase, 31195, 31196 [6NO]

———earnings test (S. 1777), 27112 [8OC]

———eliminate disparity in benefits paid to persons born between 1917 and 1921 (S. 225), 665 [6JA]

———improve system (S. 1635), 23218 [7AU]

———improve system (S. 1648), 23241, 23242 [7AU]

———increase authorization for social services (S. 1070), 9249-9251 [22AP], 14350, 14363 [2JN]

———medicare and medicaid coverage of gerontological clinical nurse specialist services (S. 126), 570 [6JA]

———medicare and medicaid patient and program protection, 4983-4986 [6MR]

———medicare coverage for daily home health services (S. 961), 8494, 8495 [8AP], 8953 [10AP]

———medicare rates for health plans (S. 1734), 25815, 25869 [30SE]

———period of transition and formula with respect to workers born in years after 1916 and before 1930 (S. 1830), 29787-29790 [29OC]

———protect benefit levels (S. 1119), 10907 [1MY]

———reduction in benefits, 30483 [3NO]

———remove limitation on outside income (S. 1953), 35801 [16DE]

———supplemental medicare premiums for elderly taxpayers, 27359 [13OC]

———trust fund, 21508-21510 [29JY], 21837-21839 [31JY]

———welfare of spouses of institutionalized persons under medicaid (S. 598), 6015 [18MR], 7072 [26MR]

Social Security Act: exemption from coverage for members of faiths opposed to participation (S. 1884), 32819 [19NO]

Social Security Administration: determination of attorney's fees (S. 1401), 16853 [19JN]

Social Security Administrative Reorganization Act: enact (S. 34), 469 [6JA]

Social Security Disability Beneficiary Rehabilitation Act: enact (S. 178), 617-619 [6JA]

Social Security Reorganization Act: enact (S. 765), 6006, 6013-6015 [18MR]

Social Security Trust Funds Management Act: enact (S. 33), 466, 467 [6JA]

Sports: pension plans for associations of football coaches (S. 1188), 12008 [12MY]

State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Advocacy Improvement Act: enact (S. 959), 8487 [8AP]

States: services in return for volunteer work (S. 1189), 12008 [12MY]

Statistics: aging research policy, 6301 [19MR]

Steel industry: retirees (S. 1811), 33611 [2DE]

Taxation: credit for contributions to long-term health care savings accounts (S. 1922), 34226 [4DE]

———credit for expenses incurred in care of elderly family members (S. 962), 8494, 8495 [8AP]

———property designed for handicapped and elderly individuals (S. 1806), 28751 [21OC]

———reinstating 3-year basis recovery rule (S. 99), 564 [6JA]

Veterans: improve benefits (S. 9), 33810-33937 [3DE], 34153, 34169-34206 [4DE], 34345 [8DE]

———improve benefits (S. 9), pass H.R. 2616 in lieu, 34184 [4DE]

Warren, MI: mall walking for seniors, 36242 [18DE]

Reports

Caring for the Older Veterans: VA, 33829 [3DE]

Catastrophic Illness Health Insurance, 29374 [27OC]

Nursing Home Care: Institute of Medicine, 10346 [29AP]

Sedalia, MO, Center for Human Services, 6927 [25MR]

Social Security Disinvestment, 467 [6JA]

Trust Fund Status: Medicare System Board of Trustees, 14207 [2JN]

Reports by conference committees

Older Americans Act Appropriations (H.R. 1451), 31283-31308 [9NO]

Reports filed

Clarify Antidiscrimination Provisions: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 557) (S. Rept. 100-64), 15068 [9JN]

FEMA Emergency Food and Shelter Program: Committee on Appropriations (H.J. Res. 102) (H. Rept. 100-4), 1835 [22JA]

Investigation of Office of Civil Rights: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 100-56), 9081 [21AP]

Investigation of Offices of Human Development Services: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 100-57), 9081 [21AP]

Medicare and Medicaid Patient and Program Protection Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 1444) (H. Rept. 100-85), 11719 [7MY]

———Committee on Ways and Means (H.R. 1444) (H. Rept. 100-85), 13431 [21MY]

Medicare Catastrophic Loss Prevention Act: Committee on Finance (S. 1127) (S. Rept. 100-126), 21249 [28JY]

Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 2470) (H. Rept. 100-105), 18680 [1JY]

———Committee on Rules (H.R. 2470; H. Res. 227) (H. Rept. 100-226), 20359 [21JY]

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 15), 14684 [4JN]

National Older Americans Abuse Prevention Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 57), 6357 [19MR]

Older Americans Act Appropriations: committee of conference (H.R. 1451) (H. Rept. 100-427), 31423 [9NO]

———Committee on Labor and Human Resources (H.R. 1451), 21518 [29JY]

———Committee on Rules (H. Res. 171) (H.R. 1451) (H. Rept. 100-99), 12815 [19MY]

———Committee on Rules (H. Res. 175) (H.R. 1451) (H. Rept. 100-109), 13813 , 13825 [27MY]

———Committee on Rules (H.R. 1451), Waiving Certain Points of Order Against Conference Report (H. Res. 308) (H. Rept. 100-430), 31634 [10NO]

Older Americans Act Extension: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 887), 21518 [29JY]

———Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 887) (S. Rept. 100-136), 21902 [31JY]

Older Americans Act Technical Corrections: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 3436) (H. Rept. 100-409), 29737 [28OC]

———Committee on Rules (H.R. 3436) (H. Rept. 100-449), Consideration (H. Res. 314), 32662, 32683 [18NO]

Older Americans Month: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 64), 6357 [19MR]

Retired Benefits Security Act: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 548), 20240 [17JY]

Social Security Act Amendment: Committee on Ways and Means (H.R. 2470) (H. Rept. 100-105), 10023 [27AP]

Reports to constituents

Hamilton Lee H.: Meeting Veterans Needs, 15392 [10JN]

Rollcalls

Housing and Community Development Act: Reid amendment (reduce for senior citizens in low-income housing the rental contribution required under section 8), 7446 [31MR]

Statements

Adult Day Care: National Council on Aging, 29384 [27OC]

Bankruptcy: President Reagan, 27674 [13OC]

———Susan Van Gelder, Health Insurance Association of America, 19094 [8JY]

Catastrophic Illness: American Association of Retired Persons, 20666 [22JY]

———Harley Tabak, 19574 [13JY]

———Linda Schofield, Travelers Insurance Co., 19095 [8JY]

———President Reagan, 3447 [18FE]

Catastrophic Illness Health Insurance: Senator Wallop, 29335 [27OC]

Costs and Equities of Health Care for Employees: Robert L. Crandall, American Airlines, Inc., 13832 [27MY]

Federal Health Plan Costs: Blue Cross and Blue Shield, 29367 [27OC]

Financing Long-Term Health Care: Representative Crane, 16332 [16JN]

———Representative Saxton, 16332 [16JN]

———Representative Shumway, 16331 [16JN]

———Representative Tom Lewis, 16332 [16JN]

God's Work Must Truly Be Our Own: Joan Kennedy, 23585 [9SE]

Home Health Care Services: Reva Rasmussen, 9264 [22AP]

LeClaire Courts Resident Management Corp.: Irene Johnson, 2948 [4FE]

Legal Services Under the Older Americans Act: Representative Biaggi, 2665 [3FE]

Medicare Appeals Rights: Melford O. Cleveland, 31230, 31231 [6NO]

Medicare Catastrophic Loss Prevention Act (S. 1127): Committee on Finance, 29410 [27OC]

Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act: American Association of Retired Persons, 20744 [22JY]

Medicare Costs: Senator Armstrong, 29325 [27OC]

Medicare Payroll Taxes: Senator Durenberger, 29325 [27OC]

Medicare Private Health Plan Capitation Improvement Act: Senator Durenberger, 25869 [30SE]

Older Americans Act: Joyce Ryder, 32112 [17NO]

Older Persons and Children: Hubert H. Humphrey, 14026 [28MY]

Public Housing: (sundry), 24856 [22SE]

Seniors Surtax, State Law Problems, and the Role of Private Insurance: Senator Karnes, 26817 [7OC]

Treasury Practices Regarding Social Security, 467 [6JA]

VA Nursing Home Facilities: VA Chief Medical Director's task force, 21742 [30JY]

Studies

Long-Term Care and Personal Impoverishment—7 in 10 Elderly Alone Are at Risk, 35438 [11DE]

Views of the Elderly: Eagleview Middle School, Colorado Springs, CO, 13020 [19MY]

Summaries

Health Care for the Uninsured Act (S. 177), 614 [6JA]

Homecare Quality Assurance Act (H.R. 1700), 6188 [18MR]

Medicare and Medicaid Catastrophic Acute and Transitional Care Act (H.R. 1938), 7869 [2AP]

Medicare and Medicaid Patient and Program Protection Act, 4985 [6MR]

Medicare Catastrophic Illness Coverage Act (S. 592), 4299 [26FE]

Medicare Catastrophic Loss Prevention Act (S. 1127), 29899 [29OC]

Medicare Home Health Services Improvement Act (S. 1076), 9266 [22AP]

Medicare Private Health Plan Capitation Improvement Act (S. 1734), 25873 [30SE]

Medicare Rural Hospital Payment Equity Act (S. 1438), 17832 [26JN]

Older Americans Act Amendments (H.R. 2086), 9006 [10AP]

Quality Nursing Care Under Medicare/Medicaid (S. 1108), 10347 [29AP]

Retiree Health Protection Act (H.R. 2860), 18685 [1JY]

Tables

Comparison of Social Security benefits for retirees with career Federal minimum earnings under present law, 910 [7JA]

Comparison of Social Security benefits for retirees with career average earnings under present law, 911 [7JA]

Distribution of the Crime Victim Assistance Program funds, 26721 [6OC]

Distributional effect of Medicare Catastrophic Loss Protection Act (S. 1127), 27359 [13OC]

Estimated operations of OASI and DI trust funds (alternative 11-B assumption), 467 [6JA]

Federal funds deficit with and without summit agreement, 36692 [20DE]

Impact of H.R. 2470 and S. 1127 on medicare enrollees, 1990, 28182 [16OC]

Initial Social Security benefit amounts, 10907 [1MY]

Medicaid disallowances, 17841 [26JN]

Medicaid payment error rates, 17841 [26JN]

Premium comparisons under various proposals for medicare catastrophic illness coverage, 20754 [22JY]

Projected medicare part B monthly premium increases, 29315 [27OC]

Retirement places rated, 26594 [6OC]

Social Security benefits, 7877 [2AP]

Supplemental premiums under S. 1127, the Catastrophic Health Loss Prevention Act, 29363 [27OC]

Trust fund impact on budget results and investment holdings, 36692 [20DE]

Testimonies

Catastrophic Illness Care: Paul Willging, 2751 [4FE]

Concerns for Medical Needs of the Elderly in Brown County and Surrounding Area, Ann C. Vogel, 7998 [3AP]

Illegal Activities in the Senior Citizens Insurance Market: Patricia R. Petersen, 23428-23430 [7AU]

Long-Term Health Care: Elaine Donnelly, 21560-21562 [29JY]

Medicare Long-Term Home Care Catastrophic Protection Act: Representative George Miller, 32972 [19NO]

Nutrition Programs for the Elderly: Jean Beatty, 22072 [3AU]

Protecting Our Pensions: Representative Ritter, 11295 [5MY]

Retirees Protection: Jean Bush, 37703 [21DE]

———William E. Brock III, 37704 [21DE]

Texts of

H. Res. 171, consideration of H.R. 1451, Older Americans Act appropriations for fiscal years 1988-91, 13799 [27MY]

H.J. Res. 130, National Family Caregivers Week, 2653 [3FE]

H.J. Res. 268, National Adult Day Care Center Week, 22761 [6AU]

H.R. 276, medicare benefits to victims of acquired immune deficiency syndrome, 873 [7JA]

H.R. 351, increase outside income limitation, 1901 [22JA]

H.R. 352, eligibility for tax-exempt capital gains on sale of housing, 872 [7JA]

H.R. 550, adult day care under medicare, 6962 [26MR]

H.R. 1067, Medicare Mental Illness Nondiscrimination Act, 3265 [10FE]

H.R. 1280, Medicare Part A Catastrophic Protection Act, 4433 [27FE]

H.R. 1281, Medicare Part B Catastrophic Protection Act, 4436 [27FE]

H.R. 1444, Medicare and Medicaid Patient and Program Protection Act, 14170-14176 [1JN]

H.R. 1451, Older Americans Act appropriations authorization, 22876-22892 [6AU]

H.R. 1539, relief for Meals on Wheels of the Monterey Peninsula, Inc., 5219 [10MR]

H.R. 1917, Social Security computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982, 29227 [27OC]

H.R. 1977, provisions for determining order of payment of Social Security lump-sum survivors' benefits, 8289 [7AP]

H.R. 1996, Older Americans Act amendment, 8383 [8AP]

H.R. 2066, delay implementation of restrictions on use of periodic interim medicare payment system, 8922 [9AP]

H.R. 2163, Older American Indian Services Improvement Act, 9696, 9697 [23AP]

H.R. 2470, Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act, 29414-29880 [29OC]

H.R. 2729, publication of consumer price index to determine cost of living adjustments in Federal aid programs for elderly, 16551 [17JN]

H.R. 2764, FTC study relative to insurance sales to the elderly, 17605 [25JN]

H.R. 2941, Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act, 20717-20732 [22JY]

H.R. 2969, treatment of claims for certain pension benefits, 27667 [13OC]

H.R. 3336, establish National Center on Crimes Against Older Americans, 25343 [25SE]

H.R. 3802, improve access of medicare beneficiaries to extended care services, 36672 [19DE]

S. 33, Social Security Trust Funds Management Act, 468 [6JA]

S. 34, Social Security Administrative Reorganization Act, 470-474 [6JA]

S. 35, charter National Academy of Social Insurance, 475 [6JA]

S. 126, medicare and medicaid coverage of gerontological clinical nurse specialist services, 570 [6JA]

S. 177, Health Care for the Uninsured Act, 615 [6JA]

S. 178, Social Security Disability Beneficiary Rehabilitation Act, 619-622 [6JA]

S. 210, catastrophic health insurance coverage, 638 [6JA]

S. 225, eliminate disparity in Social Security benefits paid to persons born between 1917 and 1921, 666 [6JA]

S. 283, medicare extended care coverage, 750 [6JA]

S. 346, Railroad Retirement Act amendment, 1560 [21JA]

S. 454, Medicare Part C—Catastrophic Health Insurance Act, 2752-2757 [4FE]

S. 548, Retiree Benefits Security Act, 3730 [19FE]

S. 557, clarify discrimination provisions of certain public laws, 3745 [19FE]

S. 592, Medicare Catastrophic Illness Coverage Act, 4298 [26FE]

S. 689, condition of Social Security participation applicable to hospitals, 5056 [6MR]

S. 731, nursing school grants for training in geriatrics, 5612 [12MR]

S. 765, Social Security Reorganization Act, 6007-6013 [18MR]

S. 887, authorizing Older Americans Act appropriations, 22846, 22860 [6AU]

S. 959, State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Advocacy Improvement Act, 8488-8491 [8AP]

S. 961, Home Care Protection Act, 8495 [8AP]

S. 962, Family Care Act, 8495 [8AP]

S. 997, Alzheimer's Disease Research Act, 8801 [9AP]

S. 1003, Medicare Community Nursing and Ambulatory Care Act, 8820 [9AP]

S. 1010, community nursing and ambulatory care to medicare beneficiaries on prepaid, capitated basis, 8967 [10AP]

S. 1045, appropriations for National Institute on Aging, 9134 [21AP]

S. 1069, Older American Indian Services Improvement Act, 9247 [22AP]

S. 1094, extend Older Americans Act programs, 9741-9743 [24AP]

S. 1112, Centers of Excellence in Geriatric Research and Training Act, 10354 [29AP]

S. 1115, Home and Preventive Health Services for Older Americans Act, 10647 [30AP]

S. 1119, Social Security benefit levels, 10908 [1MY]

S. 1127, Medicare Catastrophic Loss Prevention Act, 11080-11088 [5MY], 27347-27355 [13OC]

S. 1133, Older Americans Act amendments, 11100-11104 [5MY]

S. 1204, Home Health Services Demonstration Grants Act, 12498 [14MY]

S. 1205, Home Health Care Training Extension Act, 12498 [14MY]

S. 1206, Health Care Services in the Home Act, 12498, 12499 [14MY]

S. 1207, Medicare Rural Health Services Transition Act, 12501 [14MY]

S. 1209, Medicare Ambulatory Mental Health Services Access Act, 12586 [15MY]

S. 1241, community care preventive health services for the aged, 13239 [20MY]

S. 1284, Civil Service Retirement Spousal Benefits Act, 13945 [28MY]

S. 1363, Social Security coverage for certain law enforcement officers and fire fighters in Iowa, 16158 [16JN]

S. 1401, determination of attorney's fees by the Social Security Administration, 16854 [19JN]

S. 1438, Medicare Rural Hospital Payment Equity Act, 17831 [26JN]

S. 1548, medicare's hospital reimbursement policy, 21131 [24JY]

S. 1635, improve Social Security system, 23219, 23225 [7AU]

S. 1734, Medicare Private Health Plan Capitation Improvement Act, 25873 [30SE]

S. 1739, Retiree Health Protection and Long-Term Care Insurance Act, 26163-26168 [1OC]

S. 1744, cost of living adjustments for medicaid eligible individuals residing in long-term care facilities, 26331 [2OC]

S. 1777, phase out Social Security earnings test, 27113 [8OC]

S. 1811, pension payments to steel industry retirees, 28982 [22OC]

S. 1828, relief for San Juan County Nursing Home, UT, 29647 [28OC]

S. 1830, period of transition and formula with respect to workers born in years after 1916 and before 1930, 29788 [29OC]

S. 1922, credit for contributions to long-term health care savings, 34226-34228 [4DE]

S. Con. Res. 15, inpatient medicare payments, 3134 [5FE]

S. Con. Res. 56, medicare payment methodology for physicians' services, 10929 [1MY]

S. Con. Res. 58, private sector efforts to alleviate losses suffered by retirees and employees as a result of pension plan termination, 12309 [13MY]

S. Con. Res. 88, facilitate convening of Silver Haired Congress, 31903 [13NO]

S.J. Res. 15, National Alzheimer's Disease Month, 14831 [5JN], 18091 [29JN]

S.J. Res. 57, National Older Americans Abuse Prevention Week, 3800 [19FE], 6505 [20MR], 9812 [27AP]

S.J. Res. 64, Older Americans Month, 3939 [23FE], 6506 [20MR]

S.J. Res. 98, National Home Health Care Week, 6117 [18MR], 32141 [17NO]

S.J. Res. 147, National Adult Day Care Week, 14155 [29MY]

S.J. Res. 222, National Older Americans Abuse Prevention Week, 32838 [19NO]