INSURANCE

Agreements

Medicare catastrophic illness coverage (S. 1726), 23575 [5OC]

Reform Federal deposit insurance system (H.R. 1278), conference report, unanimous-consent agreement, 18839 [4AU]

Amendments

Banks and banking: reform Federal deposit insurance system (H.R. 1278), 10870 [6JN], 11038 [7JN], 12059, 12060, 12080, 12085-12093, 12102, 12109, 12113, 12120, 12127, 12138-12142 [15JN]

———reform Federal deposit insurance system (S. 774), 6750 [17AP], 6932, 6944, 6947, 7015-7017 [18AP]

Federal Crime Insurance Program: reauthorize (H.R. 2771), 21444, 21452 [25SE]

Medicare: catastrophic illness coverage (S. 1726), 23600 [5OC], 23759, 23768, 23778-23780, 23793, 23805, 23821, 23857, 23860, 23862, 23864, 23866 [6OC]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act: enact (H.R. 3607), 27870, 27905-27910 [8NO]

———enact (H.R. 3607), conference report, 30724, 30809-30813 [21NO], 31290, 31295-31300, 31607 [21NO]

National Flood Insurance Program: reauthorize (H.R. 2771), 21444, 21452 [25SE]

Analyses

Depositor Protection and Abuse Prevention Act (H.R. 3777), 30674 [21NO]

Federal Employees Government Contributions to Health Programs (H.R. 2705), 13551 [27JN]

OPIC Insurance, Reinsurance, and Financing to Eligible Projects in Poland (H.R. 1732), 5803 [6AP]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 1278, Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act, 12694 [21JN], 12925 [22JN], 18642, 18644, 18647 [3AU]

———H.R. 3607, Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act, 27870 [8NO], 27977 [8NO], 30203 [19NO]

Articles and editorials

Bad Medicine for the Elderly, 14983 [18JY]

Bush S&L Bailout Creates Illusion of Deficit Cut That Congress Questions but Wants To Believe, 2570 [22FE]

Catastrophic Care Is Essential—Save It, 23791 [6OC]

Catastrophic Health Care Act Has Many Costly Flaws, 23214 [4OC]

Catastrophic Health Law Unfamiliar to Elderly, 24879 [17OC]

Catastrophic Retreat, 23792 [6OC]

Catastrophic Surtax Spurs Hill Retreat, 20654 [18SE]

Clarifying a Controversy, 23790 [6OC]

Clean Up the S&L Mess, 1762 [7FE]

Congressional Crack, 9517 [17MY]

Do Not Allow Uproar to Blow Away Benefits, 23792 [6OC]

Elderly Forced To Make Fatal Choices, 23824 [6OC]

End Deposit Insurance Abuse, 7066 [19AP]

Farm Fiasco—Crop-Insurance Fraud and Bungling Cost U.S. Taxpayers Billions, 9518 [17MY]

FHA Loans for the Well-to-Do, 20810 [19SE]

FHA Suffers First Loss on Its Single-Family Home Insurance Fund, 9359 [16MY]

Insurance—A Real Fight in Washington, 11042 [7JN]

Insurers Refuse To Pay for Work Judged Needless, 13430 [23JN]

Keep Catastrophic Coverage Act, 23791 [6OC]

Let Consumers Pull the Health Care Purse Strings, 23630 [5OC]

Limited Government, Unlimited Liabilities, 4998 [20MR]

Limits Planned on Brokered Deposits' Use, 3160 [1MR]

Major Banks Have Paid Too Little for Full FDIC Coverage, 2033 [9FE], 6949 [18AP]

Many Elderly Seen Facing an Increase in Insurance Costs, 30155 [19NO]

Mean Mistake That Is Cold, Costly Comfort for Elderly, 8722 [9MY]

Medicare Flap—No Catastrophe, 23791 [6OC]

Medicine's Search for ``What Works''—What It Means to Employees, 13431 [23JN]

Money Funds Must Be Restrained To Fix the S&L Mess, 5647 [5AP]

Mortgage Support Gets Costly, 16948 [31JY]

Nancy Lampton Grew Up in the Insurance Business—American Life CEO Establishes Her Role, 9944 [18MY]

No Time To Waive Gramm-Rudman, 18569 [3AU]

No-Cost Solution to the Treasury—The Long-Term Health Care Financing Problem, 3044 [28FE]

Price for a Repeal of Catastrophic Insurance, 28037 [8NO]

Repeal a Bad Health Bill, 23102 [3OC]

Savings and Loan Victory, in Sight, 18331 [3AU]

Section 89—Tax Code Limits Workers' Choices, 22184 [27SE]

Seidman Backs Assessing Insurance Premiums on Foreign Deposits, 2033 [9FE]

Showdown in ``Sue City'', 19033 [4AU]

Simple Solution to a Problem That Shouldn't Exist, 3344 [2MR]

Study Assails Plan To Raise FHA Limit—Bill Would Do Little To Aid Shut-Out Home Buyers, 11595 [13JN]

Symms Was Right, 22355 [28SE]

Think of the Taxpayers, 18331 [3AU]

To Cut the Cost, Save the Core of Catastrophic Care, 23792 [6OC]

Vote-Fogging 101, 10893 [6JN]

What Are You Paying for Inappropriate Care?, 13433 [23JN]

Why Insure Richer Housing?, 16948 [31JY], 20810 [19SE]

Workers Shouldn't Pay New Costs of Health Plan, 15768 [21JY]

Bills and resolutions

Aged: clarify certain protections relative to employee benefit plans (see S. 1511; H.R. 3200)

———Federal minimum standards for health insurance (see H.R. 2603)

Antitrust policies: amend insurance industry's exemptions (see H.R. 1663)

Armed Forces: coverage of health care expenses under CHAMPUS Program (see S. 52)

Banks and banking: apply the deposit insurance limitation to deposits by brokers (see S. 398)

———deposit fee (see H. Con. Res. 41)

———insurance of the thrift industry (see H.R. 797, 1260)

———issuance of gold-backed bonds to accounts in federally insured, insolvent financial institutions (see H.R. 516)

———nondiscriminatory depository insurance relative to small- and medium-sized institutions (see H.R. 981)

———reform Federal deposit insurance system (see S. 774; H.R. 1278)

———reform Federal deposit insurance system (S. 774), returning to the Senate (see H. Res. 177)

———risk-based deposit insurance premiums (see S. 288)

Basic Health Benefits for All Americans Act: enact (see S. 768)

Black Lung Benefits Act: amend relative to hearings on certain claims (see H.R. 3606)

Catastrophic Premium Correction Act: enact (see H.R. 2907)

Comprehensive and Uniform Remedy for the Health Care System Act: enact (see S. 1274)

Comprehensive Health Care Improvement Act: enact (see H.R. 872)

Corporations: consolidation with noninsurance companies (see S. 1344)

Courts: availability and cost of liability insurance (see S. 1100; H.R. 3813)

Elections: exception for certain election officials from hospital insurance tax (see S. 1723; H.R. 691)

Equity for Rural Hospitals Act: enact (see S. 306)

Fair Deposit Insurance Assessment Act: enact (see S. 360)

FCIC: encourage the sale of crop insurance to producers of agricultural commodities (see H.R. 1388)

FDIC: relief of certain individuals to settle certain claims (see S. 420)

Federal Crime Insurance Program: reauthorization (see H.R. 2771, H.J. Res. 412)

Federal Crop Insurance Revitalization Act: enact (see S. 739)

Federal Depository Institutions Commission: establish (see H.R. 1531)

Federal employees: coverage of obstetrics and family-building procedures under health benefits (see H.R. 2860)

———extend health insurance and survivor annuity benefits to former spouses (see H.R. 1399)

———Government contributions to health programs (see S. 1276; H.R. 2705)

———health insurance (see H.R. 211)

———long-term care insurance (see S. 38)

———long-term care insurance available to civilians (see H.R. 820)

———payment processes relative to insurance (see H.R. 1805)

———permit certain individuals who are retired or receive workers' compensation to resume group life insurance coverage (see H.R. 726)

———repeal the reinsurance requirement under the life insurance program (see H.R. 1569)

———substance abuse treatment under health benefits program (see H.R. 210)

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: extension (see S. 1518)

Federal Employees' Health Benefits Reform Act: enact (see H.R. 216)

Federal hospital insurance trust fund: budget treatment (see H.R. 1302)

Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act (H.R. 1278): waiving certain enrollment requirements (see H.J. Res. 390)

Financial Modernization Act: enact (see S. 305)

Firefighters: extend benefits to those killed or disabled in line of duty while not employed by U.S. (see H.R. 223)

———lump-sum disability payment (see H.R. 2870)

Floods: extension of insurance programs (see H.R. 236)

General Aviation Standards Act: enact (see H.R. 1307)

Health care: access to coverage for self-employed individuals and simplify tax rules relative to benefits under discriminatory group plans (see S. 1168)

———catastrophic illness coverage (see H. Con. Res. 13)

———coverage for workers relative to collective bargaining situation (see H. Con. Res. 77)

———delay Catastrophic Coverage Act implementation (see H.R. 2069)

———develop access to affordable medical care for the uninsured (see H.R. 2996)

———individual medical accounts for long-term and catastrophic care (see S. 1944)

———limit the liability of individuals who transport human organs (see H.R. 2023)

———long-term care insurance coverage regulation and purchase (see H.R. 3491)

———medicare coverage of medically necessary jaw reconstruction (see S. 1670)

———minimum standards for health insurance coverage of drug and alcohol abuse treatment (see H.R. 2124)

———national health insurance program (see H.R. 16)

———national standards relative to individuals with pre-existing conditions (see H.R. 2649)

———private long-term care coverage (see H.R. 3621)

———special rules for costs of the self-employed (see S. 1507)

———States to require insurance providers to supply mammography coverage (see H. Con. Res. 197)

———tax incentives to encourage health insurance with a high deductible (see H.R. 3440)

Health benefit programs: coverage of full-time student dependent children between ages 22 and 23 (see H.R. 856)

Housing: expand insurance program of home equity conversion mortgages for elderly homeowners (see H.R. 3006)

———insurance for certain mortgages for first-time homebuyers (see H.R. 812)

———limit eligibility for mortgage insurance based on borrower income (see H.R. 3372)

———limit the amount of interest paid by a homebuyer upon the prepayment of certain mortgages (see H.R. 3234)

Housing Affordability Act: enact (see S. 1479)

Insurance companies: consolidation with noninsurance companies (see H.R. 2510)

Insurance Competition Improvement Act: enact (see S. 719)

Interstate commerce: standards of conduct for insurance (see H.R. 1093)

Law enforcement officers: extend benefits to those killed or disabled in line of duty while not employed by U.S. (see H.R. 223)

———lump-sum disability payment (see H.R. 2870)

Liability Risk Retention Act: amend (see S. 1936)

Medicaid: mammography coverage (see H.R. 3285)

Medicaid Home and Community Care Options Act: enact (see S. 785)

Medicare: catastrophic illness coverage (see S. 1726)

———concern over continuing reductions (see S. Con. Res. 10)

———coverage of extraordinary costly cases (see H.R. 1026)

———coverage of psychological services (see S. 100)

———elect to not pay premiums or receive certain benefits for tax purposes (see H.R. 558)

———improve health insurance for the elderly (see H.R. 355)

———long-term home care (see H.R. 2263)

———mammography coverage (see H.R. 3286)

———Prospective Payment Assessment Commission representation of rural areas (see S. Res. 126)

———repeal catastrophic illness coverage (see S. 1038; H.R. 3585)

———repeal certain catastrophic coverage and supplemental premiums (see S. 1219)

———supplemental premium and additional benefits (see H.R. 2770)

———supplemental premium and additional benefits (H.R. 2770), consideration (see H. Res. 191, 231)

———taxation of long-term care benefits (see H.R. 3047)

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act: application of benefits and premiums (see S. 1149)

———repeal (see H.R. 697, 864)

———sense of Congress (see S. Con. Res. 78)

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Delay Act: enact (see S. 1011)

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Refinancing Act: enact (see S. 660)

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act: enact (see H.R. 3607)

———enact (H.R. 3607), correct technical errors (see H. Con. Res. 241)

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Revision Act: enact (see S. 335)

Medicare/medicaid: repeal certain provisions (see S. 1453)

———use of payments as collateral for hospitals (see H.R. 3284)

Mortgages: authorize insurance of certain mortgages for first-time homebuyers (see S. 197)

Motor vehicles: limit the exemption relative to the business of personal policies (see H.R. 1144)

National Academy of Social Insurance: charter (see S. 218; H.R. 788)

National Flood Insurance Program: reauthorization (see H.R. 2771, H.J. Res. 412)

———revise to limit potential flood damages (see H.R. 3456)

National Service Life Insurance: waive payment of premiums for certain persons (see H.R. 341)

National Voluntary Health Insurance Act: enact (see H.R. 1625)

Older Americans Alternative Care Act: enact (see H.R. 1163)

OPIC: insurance, reinsurance, and financing to eligible projects in Poland (see H.R. 1732)

Partnership for Long-Term Care Act: enact (see H.R. 3632)

Patient Outcomes Research Act: enact (see S. 702)

Pensions: continuation of certain health insurance to individuals disabled at time of employment termination (see H.R. 2308, 2309, 2310)

Postal Service: free insurance up to value of $100 on mail items (see H.R. 2125)

Product Liability Reform Act: enact (see H.R. 2700)

Resolution Trust Corp.: disposing of assets (see H.R. 3627)

Retiree Health Benefits Preservation Act: enact (see S. 812)

Reverse Mortgage Insurance for Older Americans Act: enact (see S. 1826)

Small business: health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see S. 1547)

Social Security: benefit computation rules (see H.R. 2707)

———benefits to the spouse of an insured individual upon that individual's death (see H.R. 345)

———child insurance benefits of a disabled individual relative to marriage to an individual receiving SSI benefits (see H.R. 2080)

———child's insurance benefits (see H.R. 413)

———coverage of social worker services in rural health clinics (see H.R. 1176)

———exchange of credits between the old age, survivors, and disability insurance system and the civil service retirement system (see H.R. 351)

———expedite payment of claims (see S. 1562)

———extend compulsory OASDI and medicare coverage to State and local government employees hired after December 31, 1989, not subject to any retirement system (see S. 210)

———health care services for needy children (see H.R. 833)

———improve delivery and coverage of health services (see S. 600)

———improve family insurance benefits (see H.R. 2730)

———increases in primary insurance amounts (see H.R. 1806)

———limit reduction in widow's and widower's insurance benefits (see H.R. 2729, 2731)

———make health insurance widely available based on income and assets (see H.R. 2218)

———payment to hospitals based on national rate (see H.R. 1110)

———payments to fiscal intermediaries and carriers for administrative costs on other than a reasonable cost basis (see H.R. 3422)

———reduce effect of disability benefits offset (see S. 213)

———revise methods of financing the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program and medicare (see H.R. 349)

———supplying Dept. of HHS information relative to employee benefit plans (see H.R. 591)

———waive late enrollment penalty under medicare for any disabled individual who was covered under his own private-employment insurance (see S. 239)

Social Security Disabled Widow's and Widower's Equity Act: enact (see S. 1872)

Social Security Notch Act: enact (see H.R. 269)

State professional medical liability programs: Federal funds (see H.R. 2858)

Tax Reform Reform Act: enact (see S. 1516)

Taxation: benefits relative to the application of certain personal injury liability assignments (see H.R. 2180)

———computing taxable income for nonprofit hospital insurers (see H.R. 172)

———deduction of amounts paid for long-term care insurance premiums (see H.R. 2132)

———deduction of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see S. 494, 1381; H.R. 595, 694, 1422, 1535, 2121, 3301)

———deduction of premiums paid on life insurance contract the beneficiary of which is a trust established for the benefit of a disabled individual (see H.R. 3488)

———exclude amounts withdrawn from individual retirement plans for payment of health care insurance premiums (see H.R. 3414)

———floating Social Security tax rates for old-age, survivors, and disability insurance (see H.R. 302)

———incentives for coverage of older Americans by private long-term insurance (see H.R. 688)

———increase amount of group life insurance which may be provided by employer and excluded from income of employee (see H.R. 1479)

———life insurance contracts (see H.R. 3219)

———postretirement and long-term health care benefits provided by pension plans (see H.R. 1865, 1866)

———repeal certain provisions relative to rules for coverage and benefits under employee benefit plans (see S. 1687)

———repeal nondiscrimination rules relative to employee benefit plans (see S. 1774; H.R. 634)

———restore tax-exempt status of Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies which cover high-risk individuals (see H.R. 2191)

———rules for coverage and benefits under certain employee benefit plans (see S. 350)

———simplify health arrangements meeting part-time employee requirements (see S. 654)

———simplify rules on benefits provided under discriminatory group health plans and increase deduction for health insurance for self-employed (see H.R. 1846)

———treatment of health benefits for retirees (see H.R. 1213)

———treatment of long-term health care (see H.R. 1010)

———treatment of long-term health care insurance contracts (see H.R. 421)

———treatment of payments under life insurance contracts to terminally ill individuals (see H.R. 3734)

———use of individual retirement account funds for long-term health care insurance premiums, educational expenses, and first home acquisition costs (see H.R. 2626)

Thrift Institution Capital Enhancement Act: enact (see H.R. 1592)

Thrift institutions: regulate certain marketing activities (see H.R. 3777)

Transportation: liability for emergency medical care by licensed physicians on commercial aircraft (see H.R. 676)

Veterans: application period for coverage under the Service Disabled Veterans Insurance Program (see H.R. 3749)

———coverage under the military survivor benefit plan (see H.R. 2552)

———dependency and indemnity compensation of surviving spouses of certain persons who served before World War II (see H.R. 1258)

———eligibility to purchase national service life insurance (see H.R. 2826)

———eliminate the delimiting date for spouse eligibility for benefits (see H.R. 2833)

———extend time period between notice and effective date of reductions in certain benefits (see H.R. 2828)

———extend time period for application for national service life insurance (see H.R. 2819)

———increase amount of mortgage life insurance (see H.R. 2546)

———mortgage protection life insurance (see H.R. 2832)

———mortgage protection life insurance relative to service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 339)

———third party reimbursement for disabled health care (see S. 573)

Declarations

Goals: Family Health Plan of Wisconsin, 6752 [17AP]

Descriptions

Basic Health Benefits for All Americans Act (S. 768), 6185 [12AP]

Employee benefit plans: Dept. of the Treasury, 6104 [12AP]

Repeal of section 89 relative to employer-provided insurance benefits, 27656 [7NO]

Simplification of antidiscrimination rules applicable to certain employee benefit plans (S. 1129), 10980-10983 [6JN]

Explanations

Simplified health arrangements meeting part-time employee taxation requirements (S. 654), 4831 [17MR]

Letters

Catastrophic illness care coverage, 2687 [23FE]

———Boris Raynes and wife, 23226 [4OC]

———Catharine Dorothy, 23226 [4OC]

———George F. Hennrikus, Jr., 23250 [4OC]

———National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, 23799 [6OC]

———OMB, 23258 [4OC], 23750 [6OC]

———Representative Frenzel, 23259 [4OC]

———Robert Benedict and wife, 23226 [4OC]

———several Government officials, 23771 [6OC]

———Wayne F. Lauxman and wife, 23226 [4OC]

Employer-provided health insurance: D&J Foods, Inc., 10889 [6JN]

———Glen D. Dedow, 10889 [6JN]

———Howard C. Hansen, 10890 [6JN]

———Jean Lowell, 10890 [6JN]

———Jeffrey Rogers, 10888 [6JN]

———Kathleen and Daniel Nickolson, 10890 [6JN]

———N.H. Vlasek, 10889 [6JN]

———Richard H. Sommerfield, 10890 [6JN]

———Robert G. Alexander, 10890 [6JN]

———Wilfred J. Riopelle, 10890 [6JN]

———William R. Walker, 10890 [6JN]

Federal Deposit Insurance Assessment Equity Act: J.R. Nunn, 2034 [9FE]

Federal deposit insurance system: Alan Greenspan, 18569 [3AU]

———CBO, 19299 [4AU]

———Charles A. Bowsher, 18343 [3AU]

———Dept. of Labor, 12046, 12050 [15JN]

———Evelyn Dubrow, International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, 12050 [15JN]

———FDIC, 12052 [15JN]

———FRS, 19300 [4AU]

———Hallmark Cards, Inc., 12052 [15JN]

———James H. Williams, Seafirst, 12053 [15JN]

———John C. Rother, 12050 [15JN]

———L. William Seidman, 18355 [3AU]

———Michael J. Boskin, 18570 [3AU]

———National Coordinating Committee for Multiemployer Plans, 12053 [15JN]

———Nicholas F. Brady, Sec. of the Treasury, 18354 [3AU]

———President Bush, 12044 [15JN], 18568 [3AU], 19295 [4AU]

———Representative Roybal, 12052 [15JN]

———Richard G. Darman, 18570 [3AU]

———Robert M. McGlotten, AFL-CIO, 12050 [15JN]

———Senator Hollings, 18344 [3AU]

———Senator Riegle, 18354, 18355 [3AU]

———several senators, 18571 [3AU]

———several associations or labor unions, 12050 [15JN]

Foreign Service employees' hospital expenses: Perry Shankle, American Foreign Service Association, 14727 [14JY], 14789 [17JY]

Government contributions to Federal employees health programs: CBO, 13551 [27JN]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act: American Association of Retired Persons, 14978 [18JY]

———Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, 26607 [31OC]

———National Association of Retired Federal Employees, 29159 [15NO]

———National Association to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, 29159 [15NO]

———(sundry), 2918 [28FE]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act: Senator McCain, 30159 [19NO]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Surtax Repeal Act: President Bush, 16631 [27JY]

Repeal of section 89 of the Tax Reform Act: Citizens for a Sound Economy, 26426 [27OC]

———National Federation of Independent Business, 26425 [27OC]

———U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 26426 [27OC]

Savings and loan deposit fees: Charles Beach, Jr., 3042 [28FE]

Savings and loan legislation: Nicholas F. Brady, Sec. of the Treasury, 6937 [18AP]

Tax treatment of certain employer-provided benefits: Alan P. Cleveland, 10163 [24MY]

———Packaging Specialties, Inc., 13318 [23JN]

———William C. Nolan, Jr., 13318 [23JN]

Taxation of certain post-retirement income and benefits: Carolyn Zollar, 10772 [2JN]

———Coalition for Cooperative Education, 10771 [2JN]

———Green Thumb, Inc., 10771 [2JN]

Thrift industry crisis: Larry D. Wright, 5344 [3AP]

Lists

Coalition for Affordable Health Care members, 22350 [28SE]

Organizations opposing moratorium on Federal deposit insurance system reform, 12048 [15JN]

Organizations supporting Basic Health Benefits for All Americans Act, 6187 [12AP]

Organizations supporting Kasten/DeConcini amendment on health care coverage for part-time employees, 18771 [4AU]

Organizations supporting Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Revisions Act, 2919 [28FE]

Organizations supporting repeal of section 89 relative to employer-provided insurance benefits, 26425 [27OC]

Organizations supporting S. 350, employee benefits reform, 6127 [12AP]

Rural referral centers, 988 [25JA]

Memorandums

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act: Neil Newhouse, 10696 [1JN]

Memorials of legislature

California, 23414 [5OC]

Hawaii, 10789 [5JN], 11419 [9JN]

Louisiana, 13623 [27JN]

Maryland, 11418 [9JN]

Nebraska, 13623 [27JN]

Motions

Banks and banking: reform Federal deposit insurance system (H.R. 1278), 12924 [22JN]

———reform Federal deposit insurance system (H.R. 1278), conference report, 18590 [3AU]

———reform Federal deposit insurance system (H.R. 1278), recommit, 12159 [15JN], 23771 [6OC]

Petitions

Baton Rouge's Municipal Police Employees Retirement System: medicare, Social Security, and problems for State and local public employees, 2073 [9FE]

Older Iowans' Legislature: national health care program, 28706 [14NO]

———repeal surtax on the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act, 28705 [14NO]

Polls of opinion

Medicare catastrophic illness coverage, 16765 [27JY]

Press conferences

Health Care Systems Act: Senator Hatch, 13430 [23JN]

Press releases

Association of Private Pension and Welfare Plans lauds Hatch measure to expand health coverage, 13429 [23JN]

Health care access legislation proposed by Senator Hatch: Health Underwriters, 13430 [23JN]

Proposals

Reorganization of FSLIC: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1766 [7FE]

Questions and answers

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act, 5103, 14985 [18JY]

Universal Health Insurance Act, 8082 [3MY]

Remarks in House

Aged: clarify certain protections relative to employee benefit plans (H.R. 3200), 19481 [4AU]

———direct-mail solicitation campaigns under guise of medicare benefits, 5363 [4AP]

———funding for health care, 11749 [14JN]

———reverse mortgage insurance, 16438 [26JY]

Antitrust policies: amend insurance industry's exemptions (H.R. 1663), 5366 [4AP]

Banks and banking: deposit fee, 1196 [31JA], 3042 [28FE], 20170 [12SE]

———deposit fee (H. Con. Res. 41), 1195 [31JA]

———insurance of the thrift industry, 121 [3JA], 2029 [9FE], 2233 [21FE], 2569 [22FE], 2612 [23FE], 2793 [27FE], 2803 [27FE], 2822, 2825 [28FE], 3237-3241 [2MR], 3845 [9MR], 4455 [15MR], 4483 [16MR], 4998 [20MR], 5127 [22MR], 5365 [4AP], 5487 [5AP], 5668, 5677 [6AP], 6234 [12AP], 7066 [19AP], 7638 [1MY], 9329 [16MY], 9632-9637 [18MY], 9991 [18MY], 9994 [22MY], 10155 [24MY], 10861-10864 [6JN], 11282, 11283 [8JN], 11599 [13JN], 12174 [15JN], 16459 [27JY], 16831 [28JY], 17113 [31JY], 17175-17179 [1AU], 31746 [21NO]

———insurance of the thrift industry (H.R. 1260), 3406 [2MR], 3497 [6MR], 5787 [6AP]

———insurance of the thrift industry (H.R. 797), 1379 [2FE]

———nondiscriminatory depository insurance relative to small- and medium-sized institutions (H.R. 981), 2032 [9FE]

———prosecution of fraud and abuse in the thrift industry, 18542 [3AU]

———reform Federal deposit insurance system (H.R. 1278), 5344 [3AP], 5654 [5AP], 6362 [12AP], 8014 [3MY], 8200 [4MY], 9394-9397 [16MY], 9985 [18MY], 9994 [22MY], 10205 [25MY], 10737 [1JN], 11037 [7JN], 11281 [8JN], 11750-11752, 11755, 11777 [14JN], 11799-11804, 11813-11816 [14JN], 11840 [14JN], 11956, 11957, 12042 [15JN], 12072-12074, 12166 [15JN], 12211 [15JN], 12278 [19JN], 12620, 12623 [20JN], 12837 [21JN], 13227, 13236 [22JN], 16773 [28JY]

———reform Federal deposit insurance system (H.R. 1278), appointment of conferees, 18642, 18647 [3AU]

———reform Federal deposit insurance system (H.R. 1278), conference report, 17161 [1AU], 18541, 18542, 18543, 18548-18592, 18642, 18647, 18651 [3AU], 19076, 19119, 19294-19310 [4AU], 19454 [4AU], 19711 [7SE], 19971 [11SE], 21176 [20SE], 22474 [28SE]

———reform Federal deposit insurance system (H.R. 1278), conference report, waive points of order against consideration, 19092 [4AU]

———reform Federal deposit insurance system (H.R. 1278), conference report, waiving certain enrollment requirements (H.J. Res. 390), 19311 [4AU]

———reform Federal deposit insurance system (H.R. 1278), consideration (H. Res. 173), 7498 [26AP], 11756-11765 [14JN]

———reform Federal deposit insurance system (H.R. 1278), consideration of conference report, 18642 [3AU]

———reform Federal deposit insurance system (H.R. 1278), correction in appointment of conferees, 13666 [28JN]

———reform Federal deposit insurance system (H.R. 1278), corrections in engrossment, 12166 [15JN]

———reform Federal deposit insurance system (H.R. 1278), explanation of procedure, 10145 [24MY]

———reform Federal deposit insurance system (H.R. 1278), motion to instruct conferees, 12923 [22JN]

———reform Federal deposit insurance system (H.R. 1278), permission to file report, 11576 [13JN]

———reform Federal deposit insurance system (H.R. 1278), rule for committee amendments, 10169 [24MY]

———reform Federal deposit insurance system (S. 774), return bill to Senate (H. Res. 177), 12167 [15JN]

———supervision of deposit insurance funds, 23404 [5OC]

Catastrophic Premium Correction Act: enact (H.R. 2907), 14914 [17JY]

Courts: liability standards (H.R. 3813), 31773 [21NO]

Employee benefit plans: health insurance coverage, 1664 [2FE]

Employment: reconciliation of section 89 relative to employer-provided benefits, 15729 [21JY]

Families: legislative agenda, 9433-9437 [16MY]

FCIC: encourage the sale of crop insurance to producers of agricultural commodities (H.R. 1388), 5264 [23MR], 7463 [25AP]

FDIC: limit issuance of notes and obligations, 10205 [25MY]

Federal Crime Insurance Program: reauthorize (H.J. Res. 412), 22280-22283 [28SE], 23396 [5OC]

———reauthorize (H.R. 2771), 20747-20751 [19SE]

Federal Depository Institutions Commission: establish (H.R. 1531), 5042 [21MR], 5166-5168 [22MR]

Federal employees: coverage of obstetrics and family-building procedures under health benefits (H.R. 2860), 14030 [11JY]

———Government contributions to health programs (H.R. 2705), 13551-13554 [27JN], 17172 [1AU]

———health insurance (H.R. 211), 173 [3JA]

———long-term care insurance available to civilians (H.R. 820), 1375 [2FE], 1662 [2FE]

———payment processes relative to insurance (H.R. 1805), 27187-27189 [6NO]

———substance abuse treatment under health benefits program (H.R. 210), 169 [3JA]

Federal Employees' Health Benefits Reform Act: enact (H.R. 216), 132 [3JA]

Federal hospital insurance trust fund: budget treatment (H.R. 1302), 3824 [8MR]

Federal Housing Administration: loan limits, 11594 [13JN]

Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act: enact (H.R. 1278), conference report, 19683 [6SE]

———impact on budget, 18541-18543 [3AU]

Fire fighters: lump-sum disability payment (H.R. 2870), 14374 [12JY], 14500 [12JY]

Floods: extension of insurance programs (H.R. 236), 123 [3JA]

General Aviation Standards Act: enact (H.R. 1307), 3675, 3678 [8MR]

Government-sponsored enterprises: Dept. of the Treasury study, 23400 [5OC]

———oversight hearings, 23289 [4OC]

Handicapped: health insurance coverage at group rates (H.R. 2308-2310), 8865 [10MY]

Health care: assistance for low-income individuals (H.R. 872), 1698 [6FE]

———catastrophic care coverage, 2598 [22FE]

———develop access to affordable medical care for the uninsured (H.R. 2996), 16195 [25JY]

———financing long-term care, 3043 [28FE]

———Government involvement impact on costs, 23630 [5OC]

———long-term care insurance coverage regulation and purchase (H.R. 3491), 30687 [21NO]

———medical care savings accounts, 2502 [22FE]

———minimum standards for health insurance coverage of drug and alcohol abuse treatment (H.R. 2124), 30667 [20NO]

———national standards relative to individuals with pre-existing conditions (H.R. 2649), 11826 [14JN]

———States to require insurance providers to supply mammography coverage (H. Con. Res. 197), 20641 [18SE]

———tax incentives to encourage health insurance with a high deductible (H.R. 3440), 24119 [11OC], 24179 [12OC]

Health benefit programs: coverage of full-time student dependent children between ages 22 and 23 (H.R. 856), 1874 [7FE]

Health insurance: coverage of workers relative to collective bargaining situation (H. Con. Res. 77), 4155 [15MR]

———repeal section 89 of Internal Revenue Code, 6666 [13AP]

———tax deduction for self-employed, 7558 [26AP]

Hospital Indigent Assistance Care Act: funding for uncompensated care by hospitals (H.R. 754), 1359 [31JA]

Housing: insurance for certain mortgages for first-time homebuyers (H.R. 812), 1375 [2FE], 1662 [2FE], 10152 [24MY]

———limit the amount of interest paid by a homebuyer upon the prepayment of certain mortgages (H.R. 3234), 19689 [7SE]

Individual retirement accounts: use of funds for long-term health care insurance premiums, educational expenses, and first home acquisition costs (H.R. 2626), 14375 [12JY]

Insurance companies: antitrust exemption, 14707 [13JY]

———consolidation with noninsurance companies (H.R. 2510), 10259 [25MY]

Interstate commerce: standards of conduct for insurance (H.R. 1093), 4009 [9MR]

Law enforcement officers: lump-sum disability payment (H.R. 2870), 14500 [12JY]

Lincoln Savings and Loan of California: investigation, 28178 [9NO]

Medicaid: coverage of certain technology-dependent children (H.R. 832), 1633 [2FE]

———mammography coverage (H.R. 3285), 20641 [18SE]

Medicare: catastrophic illness coverage, 6835-6841 [18AP], 7402 [25AP], 7469, 7479 [25AP], 7637-7640 [1MY], 7723 [2MY], 8722 [9MY], 9035 [11MY], 9455 [17MY], 14622 [13JY], 15728 [21JY], 15964, 15971 [24JY], 19461, 19480, 19482 [4AU], 19514 [6SE], 20428 [14SE], 21546, 21550, 21551 [26SE], 22771-22773, 22775-22780, 22872 [3OC], 23101 [3OC], 23205 [4OC], 23255-23262 [4OC], 23308 [4OC], 23998 [10OC], 24769 [17OC], 25324 [19OC], 26517 [31OC], 26791 [1NO], 27722, 27723 [7NO]

———election to not pay premiums or receive certain benefits for tax purposes (H.R. 558), 16765 [27JY]

———fee schedule, 21559 [26SE]

———mammography coverage (H.R. 3286), 20641 [18SE]

———program reform, 31118 [21NO]

———provisions for disabled individuals, 31109 [21NO]

———repeal catastrophic illness coverage (H.R. 3585), 26905 [2NO], 27072 [2NO]

———supplemental premium and additional benefits (H.R. 2770), consideration (H. Res. 191), 14971-14990 [18JY], 21363 [21SE]

———supplemental premium and additional benefits (H.R. 2770), consideration (H. Res. 231), 20951 [20SE]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act: reexamine financing system, 3058 [28FE]

———repeal certain provisions (H.R. 3253), 20096 [12SE]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act: enact (H.R. 3607), 27932-27937, 27938 [8NO]

———enact (H.R. 3607), appointment of conferees, 27977 [8NO]

———enact (H.R. 3607), conference report, 30104-30113 [19NO], 30720, 30725-30729, 30809-30823, 31096 [21NO], 31819 [21NO]

———enact (H.R. 3607), correct technical errors (H. Con. Res. 241), 31192-31194 [21NO]

National Academy of Social Insurance: charter (H.R. 788), 1646 [2FE]

National Association of Insurance Women: tribute, 7440 [25AP]

National Flood Insurance Program: reauthorize (H.J. Res. 412), 22280-22283 [28SE], 23396 [5OC]

———reauthorize (H.R. 2771), 20747-20751 [19SE]

Nuclear energy: Dept. of Energy's financial liability, 2771 [23FE]

Older Americans Alternative Care Act: enact (H.R. 1163), 3031 [28FE]

OPIC: insurance, reinsurance, and financing to eligible projects in Poland (H.R. 1732), 5802 [6AP]

Partnership for Long-Term Care Act: enact (H.R. 3632), 28354 [9NO]

Product Liability Reform Act: enact (H.R. 2700), 12825, 12838 [21JN], 27073 [2NO]

Professional Medical Liability Reform Act: enact (H.R. 2858), 14242 [11JY]

Rates: setting process, 5920 [11AP]

Retirement Health Insurance: NBC News, 6647 [13AP]

Social Security: child insurance benefits of a disabled individual relative to marriage to an individual receiving SSI benefits (H.R. 2080), 7403 [25AP]

———child's insurance benefits (H.R. 413), 162 [3JA]

———coverage of social worker services in rural health clinics (H.R. 1176), 5287 [23MR]

———health care services for needy children (H.R. 833), 1633 [2FE]

———improve family insurance benefits (H.R. 2730), 13641 [27JN]

———limit reduction in widow's and widower's insurance benefits (H.R. 2729), 13641 [27JN]

———make health insurance widely available based on income and assets (H.R. 2218), 8009 [3MY]

Taxation: compliance relative to health care coverage for part-time employees, 20950 [20SE], 21548 [26SE]

———deduction of amounts paid to long-term care insurance premiums (H.R. 2132), 7485 [26AP]

———deduction for health insurance of self-employed individuals (H.R. 694), 1189 [27JA]

———employee benefit rules, 373 [24JA]

———family plan insurance benefits, 20712 [18SE]

———health care coverage for part-time employees, 16461 [27JY], 18197 [2AU], 20371 [13SE]

———life insurance contracts (H.R. 3219), 19665 [6SE]

———nondiscrimination rules relative to employee benefit plans, 22033-22044 [27SE], 22461, 22464, 22474 [28SE], 27721 [7NO]

———nondiscrimination rules relative to employee benefit plans (H.R. 634), 20950 [20SE]

———postretirement and long-term health care benefits provided by pension plans (H.R. 1865), 7887 [2MY]

———postretirement and long-term health care benefits provided by pension plans (H.R. 1866), 7887 [2MY]

———repeal nondiscrimination rules relative to employee benefit plans (H.R. 634), 4146 [14MR], 4995 [20MR], 6821 [17AP], 10731 [1JN], 16772 [28JY], 19680 [6SE]

———repeal section 89 relative to employer-provided benefits, 15154 [19JY], 19113 [4AU], 22184 [27SE]

———restore tax-exempt status of Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies which cover high-risk individuals (H.R. 2191), 7875 [2MY]

———simplify rules on benefits provided under discriminatory group health plans and increase deduction for health insurance for self-employed (H.R. 1846), 6349, 6350 [12AP]

———treatment of health benefits for retirees (H.R. 1213), 3080 [1MR], 3183 [1MR]

———treatment of long-term health care insurance contracts (H.R. 421), 168 [3JA]

———treatment of payments under life insurance contracts to terminally ill individuals (H.R. 3734), 30213 [19NO]

———use of individual retirement account funds for long-term health care insurance premiums, educational expenses, and first home acquisition costs (H.R. 2626), 11629 [13JN], 11956 [15JN]

Thrift Institution Capital Enhancement Act: enact (H.R. 1592), 5312 [23MR]

Thrift institutions: effects of FDIC appointment as conservator for savings and loan institutions, 12931 [22JN]

———infusion of private funds into federally insured institutions, 6761 [17AP]

———regulate certain marketing activities (H.R. 3777), 30674 [21NO]

Universal Health Insurance Act: enact (H.R. 2118), 8082 [3MY]

Veterans: extend time period between notice and effective date of reductions in certain benefits (H.R. 2828), 14062 [11JY]

Remarks in Senate

Age Discrimination in Employment Act: clarify protection relative to employee benefit plans (S. 1511), 18408-18410 [3AU]

Aged: taxation of post-retirement income and benefits (S. 1120), 10770 [2JN]

Agriculture: crop insurance, 9517-9519 [17MY]

Armed Forces: coverage of health care expenses under CHAMPUS Program (S. 52), 641 [25JA]

Atwater, Lee: Republican Party policy on catastrophic health insurance legislation, 27118 [3NO]

Banks and banking: apply the deposit insurance limitation to deposits by deposit brokers (S. 398), 2087, 2133 [9FE], 3160 [1MR]

———deposit fee, 2133 [9FE]

———insurance of the thrift industry, 1220 [31JA], 1896 [8FE], 3164 [1MR], 3344 [2MR], 4426 [15MR], 9517 [17MY]

———reform Federal deposit insurance system (H.R. 1278), 9236 [16MY], 12285 [19JN], 12508 [20JN], 12694 [21JN], 16948 [31JY], 18835 [4AU], 19069-19070 [15AU]

———reform Federal deposit insurance system (H.R. 1278), conference report, 18326, 18328-18357 [3AU], 18835, 18839, 18841-18874 [4AU]

———reform Federal deposit insurance system (S. 774), 6901, 6915-6955 [18AP]

———reform Federal deposit insurance system (S. 774), motion to waive Congressional Budget Act, 6946 [18AP]

———risk-based deposit insurance premiums (S. 288), 1760 [7FE]

Basic Health Benefits for All Americans Act: enact (S. 768), 6174 [12AP]

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Rhode Island: anniversary, 7351 [19AP]

Comprehensive and Uniform Remedy for the Health Care System Act: enact (S. 1274), 13422 [23JN]

Courts: availability and cost of liability insurance (S. 1100), 10636 [1JN]

Elections: exempt certain officials and workers from hospital insurance tax (S. 1723), 23184 [4OC]

Equity for Rural Hospitals Act: enact (S. 306), 1286-1292 [31JA], 2017 [8FE], 4417 [15MR]

Fair Deposit Insurance Assessment Act: enact (S. 360), 1811 [7FE]

Family Health Plan of Wisconsin: anniversary, 6752 [17AP]

Federal Crime Insurance Program: reauthorize (H.J. Res. 412), 22587 [29SE], 23044 [3OC]

———reauthorize (H.R. 2771), 21350 [21SE], 21452 [25SE]

Federal Crop Insurance Revitalization Act: enact (S. 739), 5999 [11AP]

Federal employees: Government contributions to health benefits program (S. 1276), 13435 [23JN], 16952 [31JY]

———Government contributions to health programs (H.R. 2705), 16953 [31JY]

———long-term care insurance (S. 38), 457, 603-607 [25JA]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: extension (S. 1518), 18418, 18420 [3AU]

Financial Modernization Act: enact (S. 305), 1264, 1285 [31JA]

FSLIC: policies and activities, 4235 [15MR]

Health care: access to coverage for self-employed individuals and simplify tax rules relative to benefits under discriminatory group plans (S. 1168), 11516 [13JN]

———catastrophic illness care, 10601 [1JN], 23768-23771 [6OC]

———individual medical accounts for long-term and catastrophic care (S. 1944), 30562 [20NO]

———special rules for costs of the self-employed (S. 1507), 18404 [3AU]

Housing: authorize insurance of certain mortgages for first-time homebuyers (S. 197), 861, 864, 865 [25JA]

Housing Affordability Act: enact (S. 1479), 17978 [2AU]

Indians: liability insurance for tribes, 16305 [26JY]

Insurance companies: consolidation with noninsurance companies (S. 1344), 15057 [18JY]

———State authority to regulate acquisition, 18876 [4AU]

Insurance Competition Improvement Act: enact (S. 719), 5738-5740 [6AP]

Insurance Service Office: policy change, 9950 [18MY], 15860 [24JY]

Liability Risk Retention Act: amend (S. 1936), 30542 [20NO]

Medicaid Home and Community Care Options Act: enact (S. 785), 6566-6572 [13AP]

Medicare: catastrophic health insurance surtax, 20592-20596 [15SE]

———catastrophic illness coverage, 16910 [31JY], 22348-22355 [28SE], 24879 [17OC], 25921, 25932 [25OC], 26607 [31OC], 29159 [15NO], 29736 [17NO], 30121, 30123, 30125, 30155 [19NO], 30440, 30441 [20NO]

———catastrophic illness coverage (S. 1726), 23163 [4OC], 23600 [5OC], 23746-23833 [6OC], 23886 [7OC], 27089 [3NO]

———catastrophic illness coverage (S. 1726), unanimous-consent agreement, 23573-23575 [5OC]

———concern over continuing reductions (S. Con. Res. 10), 1310, 1324-1327, 1332 [31JA]

———cost of prescription drugs, 16910 [31JY]

———coverage of catastrophic illness, 11314 [8JN]

———coverage of mammograms, 24709 [16OC]

———coverage of psychological services (S. 100), 714 [25JA]

———coverage for medically necessary jaw reconstruction (S. 1670), 21699 [26SE]

———part B reimbursements for physician assistants, 7355 [19AP]

———Prospective Payment Assessment Commission representation of rural areas (S. Res. 126), 8795 [10MY]

———regional referral center classification of certain hospitals and payment rates for such hospitals (S. 243), 987, 989 [25JA]

———respite care benefit, 23821 [6OC]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act: application of benefits and premiums (S. 1149), 11352, 11353 [8JN], 20653 [18SE]

———delay implementation, 16615-16623 [27JY]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Delay Act: enact (S. 1011), 9538 [17MY]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Refinancing Act: enact (S. 660), 4858-4860 [17MR]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act: enact (H.R. 3607), 27870 [8NO]

———enact (H.R. 3607), conference committee deliberations (S. Con. Res. 78), 26674 [31OC]

———enact (H.R. 3607), conference report, 30410 [20NO], 31290-31304, 31397-31402 [21NO]

———enact (H.R. 3607), correct technical errors (H. Con. Res. 241), 31723 [21NO]

———enact (H.R. 3607), unanimous-consent agreement, 30156-30161 [19NO]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Revision Act: enact (S. 335), 1532-1534 [2FE], 2917-2920 [28FE], 9941, 9947 [18MY]

Medicare/medicaid: repeal certain provisions (S. 1453), 17499 [1AU]

National Academy of Social Insurance: charter (S. 218), 932, 933 [25JA]

National Flood Insurance Program: reauthorize (H.J. Res. 412), 22587 [29SE], 23044 [3OC]

———reauthorize (H.R. 2771), 21350 [21SE], 21452 [25SE]

Patient Outcomes Research Act: enact (S. 702), 5582, 5586 [5AP], 5701, 5765 [6AP]

Product Liability Reform Act: enact (S. 1400), 19032 [4AU]

Rates: determination, 13465, 13476 [23JN]

Retiree Health Benefits Preservation Act: enact (S. 812), 6744 [17AP]

Reverse Mortgage Insurance for Older Americans Act: enact (S. 1826), 26773 [1NO]

Small business: health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (S. 1547), 18951 [4AU]

Social Security: expedite payment of claims (S. 1562), 18975 [4AU]

———extend compulsory OASDI and medicare coverage to State and local government employees hired after December 31, 1989, not subject to any retirement system (S. 210), 916 [25JA]

———improve delivery and coverage of health services (S. 600), 4398 [15MR]

———reduce effect of disability benefits offset (S. 213), 918 [25JA]

———waive late medicare enrollment penalty for disabled individual covered by private-employment insurance (S. 239), 980 [25JA]

Social Security Disabled Widow's and Widower's Equity Act: enact (S. 1872), 28398 [13NO]

Targeted Jobs Tax Credit: administration, 10743 [2JN]

Tax Reform Reform Act: enact (S. 1516), 18414 [3AU]

Taxation: benefits provided under certain employee benefit plans, 10888-10909, 10931, 10933, 10947, 10949 [6JN]

———health insurance deduction for self-employed individuals (S. 494), 3310 [2MR]

———health insurance deduction for self-employed individuals (S. 1381), 15913 [24JY]

———nondiscrimination rules relative to employee benefit plans (S. 1774), 25361 [20OC], 22560 [29SE], 26422-26426 [27OC], 27655-27659 [7NO]

———rules for coverage and benefits under certain employee benefit plans (S. 350), 4422 [15MR]

———simplified health arrangements meeting part-time employee requirements (S. 654), 4829, 4831 [17MR], 5520 [5AP]

———treatment of employer-provided benefits, 21159, 21160 [20SE], 27885 [8NO]

Thrift institutions: apply the deposit insurance limitation to deposits by deposit brokers (S. 398), 2133 [9FE]

———deposit fee, 2133 [9FE]

Veterans: third party reimbursement for disabled health care (S. 573), 4330 [15MR]

Reports

Failed Thrifts—Allegations at First-South Receivership in Little Rock, AR: GAO, 12508-12513 [20JN]

Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (excerpts), 6901-6915 [18AP]

Health Care Coverage for Part-Time Employees: Roy E. Cordato, Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation, 18768-18771 [4AU]

Insurance Industry: ABA, 5738, 5741 [6AP]

———National Commission for the Review of Antitrust Laws and Procedures, 5738, 5741 [6AP]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act: GAO, 6133 [12AP]

Reports by conference committees

Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act (H.R. 1278), 17198-17332 [1AU], 19162-19294 [4AU]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act (H.R. 3607) (H. Rept. 101-378), 30104-30110 [19NO]

Reports filed

Basic Health Benefits for All Americans Act: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 768) (S. Rept. 101-217), 30531 [20NO]

Extend Certain Expiring Provisions and Improve Certain Social Security Programs: Committee on Ways and Means (H.R. 3730) (H. Rept. 101-379), 30116 [19NO]

Federal Deposit Insurance System Reform: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 774) (S. Rept. 101-19), 6547 [13AP]

Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act: Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs (H.R. 1278) (H. Rept. 101-54), 11300 [8JN]

———Committee on Ways and Means (H.R. 1278), 9994 [22MY]

———Waiving Certain Points of Order Against Conference Report on H.R. 1278: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 222) (H. Rept. 101-210), 18187 [2AU]

General Aviation Standards Act: Committee on Public Works and Transportation (H.R. 1307) (H. Rept. 101-218), 19327 [4AU]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act: committee of conference (H.R. 3607) (H. Rept. 101-378), 30116 [19NO]

Reform of Federal Deposit Insurance System: committee of conference (H.R. 1278) (H. Rept. 101-222), 19327 [4AU]

Tax Credit for Health Insurance Premium Costs: Committee on Finance (S. 1185) (S. Rept. 101-51), 11701 [14JN]

Statements

Catastrophic Illness Insurance: Charles Osgood, 23215 [4OC]

———Ronald Reagan, 6132 [12AP]

———several Senators and Government officials, 27118 [3NO]

Coverage for Long-Term Illnesses: Claude Pepper, 10506 [1JN]

———Coalition for Affordable Health Care, 2919 [28FE]

Employer-Provided Health Insurance: Beussink, Hey, Martin, Naile & Roe, 10905 [6JN]

———Boone County Bank, 10904 [6JN]

———Charles McGraw, 10905 [6JN]

———Chris Straub, 10905 [6JN]

———Cochran, Oswald, Barton, McDonald & Grahan, 10904 [6JN]

———Gasket & Seal Fabricators, Inc., 10905 [6JN]

———Geo. C. Matteson Co., Inc., 10904 [6JN]

———Gunter Exterminating Co., 10904 [6JN]

———Jerry W. Kinder, 10905 [6JN]

———Missouri Restaurant Association, 10904 [6JN]

———Plaza Video, 10904 [6JN]

———Roland H. Tullberg, 10905 [6JN]

———Wilson-Turner-Gavin, Inc., 10904 [6JN]

Federal Deposit Insurance System Reform: Representative Parris (sundry), 12148-12159 [15JN]

Hatch Measure to Expand Health Coverage: Alexander B. Trowbridge, National Association of Manufacturers, 13430 [23JN]

Insurance Company Regulation: Franklin D. Roosevelt, 5738 [6AP]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act: Daniel Thursz, 3059 [28FE]

———Senator Domenici, 9947 [18MY]

———Senator McCain, 10694 [1JN]

———(sundry excerpts), 14972, 14979 [18JY]

President Bush's Savings and Loan Rescue Plan: James Davidson (several individuals), 5788 [6AP]

———Representative Annunzio, 2612 [23FE]

Repeal of Catastrophic Health Insurance: National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, 19113 [4AU]

Savings and Loan Legislation: Nicholas F. Brady, Sec. of the Treasury, 6937 [18AP]

———William Proxmire, 6948 [18AP]

Thrifts Adrift: Representative Dannemeyer, 4455 [15MR]

Summaries

Basic Health Benefits for All Americans Act (S. 768), 6186 [12AP]

Catastrophic Illness Care Coverage, 6837-6839 [18AP]

Ethics in Patient Referrals Act (H.R. 939), 2036-2038 [9FE]

Farm Credit Administration Provisions of Gonzalez Amendment to H.R. 1278, 12043 [15JN]

Hospital Indigent Assistance Care Act (H.R. 754), 1360 [31JA]

Medicaid Home and Community Care Options Act (S. 785), 6570 [13AP]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act, 16620 [27JY], 23222 [4OC]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act (McCain proposal), 30159 [19NO]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Revision Act, 2918 [28FE]

Medicare Coverage of Psychological Services (S. 100), 715 [25JA]

Medicare/Medicaid Coverage and Reimbursement for Nursing Services (H.R. 1140), 3066 [28FE]

1989 Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Disability Insurance Trust Funds: Employee Benefit Research Institute, 13658-13660 [27JN]

Private Health Insurance Promotion Act (H.R. 2191), 7876 [2MY]

Reform Federal Deposit Insurance System (H.R. 1278), 11757 [14JN]

Retiree Health Benefits and Pension Preservation Act (H.R. 1866), 7887 [2MY]

Retiree Health Benefits Preservation Act (H.R. 1865), 7888 [2MY]

Simplification of Antidiscrimination Rules Applicable to Certain Employee Benefit Plans (S. 1129), 10979 [6JN]

Simplify Tax Rules on Benefits Provided Under Discriminatory Group Health Plans and Increase Deduction for Health Insurance for Self-employed (H.R. 1846), 6349 [12AP]

Surveys

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act, 10696 [1JN]

Tables

Catastrophic spending proposal, 23766 [6OC]

Clearwater, FL, deposit market rates, 12931 [22JN]

Employer-provided health insurance: Dept. of the Treasury, 10906 [6JN]

———Library of Congress, 10906 [6JN]

Growth in insolvent and weak commercial banks insured by FDIC, 2032 [9FE]

Health insurance premium credit, 13302 [23JN]

Nondefense discretionary spending NDD-14—including foreign deposits of U.S. banks in FDIC insurance base, 2032 [9FE]

Postcatastrophic illness total costs for individuals, 2686, 2687 [23FE]

Reorganization of FSLIC (1956), 1766 [7FE]

Savings institutions with most foreign deposits, 2032 [9FE]

Thrift institutions funding needs, 12164 [15JN]

Testimonies

Employer-Provided Health Insurance: Dana Trier, 10888 [6JN]

Medicare Catastrophic Illness Insurance: Senator Durenberger, 10759-10763 [2JN]

Private Health Insurance: Representative Walgren, 26707 [31OC]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 241, correct technical errors in H.R. 3607, Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act, 31192, 31193 [21NO]

H. Res. 173, consideration of H.R. 1278, reform Federal deposit insurance system, 11756 [14JN]

H. Res. 222, consideration of H.R. 1278, Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act, 18548 [3AU]

H.J. Res. 390, waiving certain enrollment requirements for conference report on H.R. 1278, Federal deposit insurance system reform, 19311 [4AU]

H.R. 413, child's Social Security insurance benefits, 163 [3JA]

H.R. 797, Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Act, 1380 [2FE]

H.R. 981, Federal Deposit Insurance Assessment Equity Act, 2033 [9FE]

H.R. 1163, Older Americans Alternative Care Act, 3031 [28FE]

H.R. 1276, Federal employees Government contributions to health programs, 16952 [31JY]

H.R. 1278, reform Federal deposit insurance system, 11957-12042 [15JN]

H.R. 1592, Thrift Institution Capital Enhancement Act, 5313 [23MR]

H.R. 1732, OPIC insurance, reinsurance, and financing to eligible projects in Poland, 5803 [6AP]

H.R. 1805, payment processes relative to Federal employees' insurance, 27187 [6NO]

H.R. 2705, contributions to Federal employees' health benefits programs, 13551 [27JN], 16953 [31JY], 17172 [1AU]

H.R. 2771, reauthorize Federal Crime Insurance Program and National Flood Insurance Program, 20747 [19SE]

H.R. 2828, extend time period between notice and effective date of reductions in certain veterans benefits, 14062 [11JY]

H.R. 2996, Managed Health Care Access and Cost Containment Act, 16196 [25JY]

H.R. 3219, taxation of life insurance contracts, 19665 [6SE]

H.R. 3607, Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act, 27932-27934 [8NO], 31237-31239 [11DE]

S. 38, Federal employees' long-term health care insurance, 604 [25JA]

S. 52, coverage of Armed Forces personnel's health care expenses under CHAMPUS Program, 641 [25JA]

S. 100, medicare coverage of psychological services, 715 [25JA]

S. 197, Homeownership Assistance Act, 862 [25JA]

S. 210, extend compulsory OASDI and medicare coverage to State and local government employees hired after December 31, 1989, not subject to any retirement system, 916 [25JA]

S. 213, reduce effect of Social Security disability benefits offset, 918 [25JA]

S. 218, charter for National Academy of Social Insurance, 932 [25JA]

S. 239, waive late medicare enrollment penalty for disabled individual covered by private-employment insurance, 981 [25JA]

S. 243, regional referral center medicare classification of certain hospitals and payment rates for such hospitals, 988 [25JA]

S. 258, National Flood Insurance Act, 1010 [25JA]

S. 288, risk-based bank deposit insurance premiums, 1762 [7FE]

S. 305, Financial Modernization Act, 1265-1285 [31JA]

S. 306, Equity for Rural Hospitals Act, 1288 [31JA]

S. 335, Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Revision Act, 1534 [2FE]

S. 360, Fair Deposit Insurance Assessment Act, 1811 [7FE]

S. 445, Catastrophic Coverage Delay Act, 2688 [23FE]

S. 573, third party reimbursement for disabled veterans' health care, 4331 [15MR]

S. 654, simplified health arrangements meeting part-time employee taxation requirements, 4830 [17MR]

S. 660, Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Refinancing Act, 4860 [17MR]

S. 719, Insurance Competition Improvement Act, 5739 [6AP]

S. 739, Federal Crop Insurance Revitalization Act, 5999 [11AP]

S. 768, Basic Health Benefits for All Americans Act, 6176-6185 [12AP]

S. 785, Medicaid Home and Community Care Options Act, 6567-6570 [13AP]

S. 812, Retiree Health Benefits Preservation Act, 6744-6747 [17AP]

S. 1011, Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Delay Act, 9539 [17MY]

S. 1129, simplify antidiscrimination rules applicable to certain employee health benefit plans, 10975-10979 [6JN]

S. 1149, application of Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act benefits and premiums, 11352 [8JN]

S. 1274, Comprehensive and Uniform Remedy for the Health Care System Act, 13424-13429 [23JN]

S. 1276, Government contributions to Federal employees health benefits program, 13435 [23JN]

S. 1344, consolidation of insurance with noninsurance companies, 15058 [18JY]

S. 1453, repeal certain medicare/medicaid provisions, 17500 [1AU]

S. 1479, Housing Affordability Act, 17979-17981 [2AU]

S. 1516, Tax Reform Reform Act, 18415-18417 [3AU]

S. 1518, Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, 18419 [3AU]

S. 1547, health insurance costs of self-employed small business people, 18951 [4AU]

S. 1562, expedite payment of Social Security claims, 18976 [4AU]

S. 1670, medicare coverage for medically necessary jaw reconstruction, 21699 [26SE]

S. 1726, medicare catastrophic illness coverage, 23164-23166 [4OC], 23747-23749, 23829-23832 [6OC]

S. 1774, nondiscrimination rules relative to employee benefit plans, 25361 [20OC]

S. 1826, Reverse Mortgage Insurance for Older Americans Act, 26773 [1NO]

S. 1936, Liability Risk Retention Act amendments, 30543-30547 [20NO]

S. Con. Res. 10, concern over continuing medicare reductions, 1309 [31JA]

S. Con. Res. 27, eliminate differential in medicare payments between rural and urban hospitals, 9285 [16MY]

S. Con. Res. 78, conference committee deliberations for Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act, 26674 [31OC]

S. Res. 126, Medicare Prospective Payment Assessment Commission representation of rural areas, 8795 [10MY]