AGED

Agreements

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

Amendments

Domestic Volunteer Service Act: amend (S. 1426), 20614, 20629 [15SE]

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

———coverage and payment for services of psychologists (H.R. 774), 21150 [20SE]

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

———enact (H.R. 3607), conference report, 30720-30724, 30809-30813 [21NO], 31290, 31295-31300, 31607 [21NO]

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (S.J. Res. 16), 27769 [7NO]

National Osteoporosis Prevention Week: designate (S.J. Res. 37), 8687 [9MY]

National Senior Citizens Day: designate (H.J. Res. 225), 18644 [3AU]

Analyses

Amendment to the Budget Resolution To Begin a Phaseout of the Social Security Retirement Earnings Test, 8276 [4MY]

Medicare Trauma Care and Emergency Services Quality Assurance Act (H.R. 753), 1354 [31JA]

Roth-Armstrong-Wilson Social Security Benefits Amendment Relative to Day Care, 12666 [21JN]

Social Security Services Improvement Act (H.R. 1353), 3999 [9MR]

Appointments

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

Articles and editorials

Adults Health Development Program—Toward Developing a National Network To Promote Health and Wellness, 9604 [17MY]

After Four Decades in His Own Home, Elderly D.C. Man Among the Homeless, 25304 [19OC]

AHDP—Toward Developing a National Network To Promote Health and Wellness, 11143 [7JN]

Attracting Doctors Tough for Smaller Rural Clinics—Lake Region Clinic Said Competitive, 9948 [18MY]

Bad Medicine for the Elderly, 14983 [18JY]

Battle Over Health Care, 30052 [17NO]

Billions Blown on Health, 7065 [19AP]

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

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

Catastrophic Retreat, 23792 [6OC]

Catastrophic Surtax Spurs Hill Retreat, 20654 [18SE]

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

Clarifying a Controversy, 23790 [6OC]

Degradation of Health Care—U.S.A., 146 [3JA]

Despite Federal Law, Hospitals Still Reject Sick Who Can't Pay, 1646-1647 [2FE]

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

Elderly Americans Get a Raw Deal, 7061 [19AP]

Elderly Couple Struggle To Stay at Home Together—Care Campaign Tries To Help, 17518 [1AU]

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

Fair Is Fair for Medicare, 6065 [11AP]

Home Remedies, 4427 [15MR]

How Can We Deny Health Care to Poor While Others Get Face Lifts?, 8078 [3MY]

Illusion of Universal Health Care, 28947 [14NO]

Juggling Family, Job and Aged Dependent, 1555 [2FE]

Keep Catastrophic Coverage Act, 23791 [6OC]

Let's Stop Picking the Pockets of America's Elderly, 6100 [12AP]

Low-Cost Program Gives Independent Life to Elderly, 6631 [13AP]

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]

Medicare Tax, 4130 [14MR]

Pharmaceutical Industry's ``Me Too'' Drugs, 16837 [31JY]

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

Quick No-Cost Solution to the Long-Term Health Care Financing Problem, 6335 [12AP]

Repeal a Bad Health Bill, 23102 [3OC]

RSVP Members Contribute Much, 5902 [10AP]

Social Security Is a Life Saver, 3013 [28FE]

Social Security Monthly Earnings Test Limits, 6099 [12AP]

Social Security Retirement Test, 13007 [22JN]

Social Security—A Father's Worry, 9424 [16MY]

Spending Limits Imperil Service Program, 14489 [12JY]

Squeezing the Young, 30582 [20NO]

Stop Gouging the Elderly, 6100 [12AP]

Symms Was Right, 22355 [28SE]

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

Westporter Creates Coloring Book on Alzheimer's Disease, 13222 [22JN]

What's Wrong and Right With Elders' New Health Plan, 277 [19JA]

Why the Elderly Lose by Earning More, 9585 [17MY]

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

Ballot

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act, 11730 [14JN]

Bills and resolutions

Advisory Committee on the Development and Maintenance of Nursing Resources: establish (see H.R. 2410)

Age Discrimination in Apprenticeship Programs Act: enact (see S. 516)

Age Discrimination in Employment Act: amend (see S. 1293; H.R. 1432)

———clarify protection relative to employee benefit plans (see S. 1511)

———protection of appointed judges (see H.R. 2839)

———waiver of rights under (see S. 54)

Alzheimer's disease: improve education and programs (see H.R. 1490)

———improved research, services, and training (see H.R. 2781)

Alzheimer's Disease Research and Training Act: enact (see S. 1255)

Basic Banking Services Access Act: enact (see S. 907)

Budget: exclude Social Security trust fund from calculations of deficit and study redirection of FICA and SECA taxes to retirement accounts (see H.R. 3083)

Bureau of the Census: exclude wages from temporary positions from Social Security earnings test determinations (see H.R. 2857)

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

Centers of Excellence in Geriatric Research and Training Act: enact (see S. 1544)

Civil liberties: protect rights and equal protection of persons under guardianship proceedings (see S. 235)

Collective bargaining: apply to retirement benefits also (see H.R. 450)

Comprehensive Alzheimer's Assistance, Research, and Education Act: enact (see S. 1321)

Courts: due process and equal protection of the laws in guardianship proceedings (see H.R. 1702)

Crime and criminals: assaults resulting in U.S.-paid medical expenses (see H.R. 127)

———mandatory sentences for certain felonies against elderly (see H.R. 381)

———mandatory sentences for felonies committed against individuals over age 65 (see S. 1720)

Dept. of HHS: clearinghouse for information on home health programs for aged (see H.R. 35)

Developments in Aging—1988: authorizing printing of additional copies of Senate report (see S. Res. 53)

Domestic Volunteer Service Act: amend (see S. 1426)

———reauthorizing (see S. 1298)

Elderly Home Care Tax Credit Act: enact (see H.R. 453)

Employment: allow tax credit for employing certain older individuals (see H.R. 452)

———clarify certain protections relative to employee benefit plans (see H.R. 3200)

———prohibit discrimination in the legislative and judicial branches (see H.R. 3276)

Equal Access To Voting Act: enact (see S. 675)

FAA: limit age restrictions imposed upon aircraft pilots (see H.R. 3498)

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

Health care: collection of data on nursing home aides and home health care aides (see H.R. 2772)

———counseling assistance for the elderly, sick, and disabled (see H.R. 334)

———establish commission to assess needs relative to catastrophic illness (see S. 445)

———grants for training projects in geriatrics (see S. 61, 66)

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

———long-term care coverage under medicare and coverage for individuals in poverty under medicaid (see H.R. 3140)

———tribute to long-term care aides (see S. Res. 161)

Health insurance: catastrophic illness coverage (see H. Con. Res. 13)

———Federal minimum standards (see H.R. 2603)

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

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

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

Housing: assistance for purchase and installation of elder cottage housing opportunity units (see H.R. 1006)

———elderly and handicapped (see H.R. 2376)

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

———grants for certain charitable, local, and Indian organizations for home repairs for the elderly and disabled (see H.R. 3497)

———qualification requirements for older persons (see H.R. 3686)

———security features for elderly and handicapped families (see H.R. 3494)

———tax credits for the elderly for purchasing locks and other security devices (see H.R. 3495)

———transition period relative to qualifying as suitable for older persons (see H.R. 646, 2224)

Indians: ensure area representative agencies receive adequate funding (see S. 1402)

Libraries: grants for literacy projects (see H.R. 957)

Medicaid: adoption and enforcement of certain guardianship laws (see H.R. 372)

———clarify definition of room and board relative to home and community-based waivers (see H.R. 2878)

———daytime habilitation services (see S. 1339)

———financing of daytime habilitation services in certain States (see H.R. 2694)

———option of providing community care to the elderly (see H.R. 1453)

———participation of intermediate care and skilled nursing facilities (see H.R. 179)

———permit States to include certain long-term care services (see H.R. 2499)

———preserve payment for daytime habilitation services (see S. 1386)

———supervision of nursing facility residents by certain nursing professionals along with physicians (see H.R. 2877)

———use of tax-exempt bonds for inpatient health care facilities (see H.R. 157)

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

Medicaid Home and Community Quality Services Act: enact (see S. 384)

Medicaid Long-Term Demonstration Project Waiver Act: enact (see S. 1998)

Medicare: access to quality health care for all U.S. citizens (see H.R. 2980)

———adult day care (see H.R. 990)

———allow certain individuals to refuse benefits and payment of premiums (see H.R. 1809)

———amend catastrophic coverage provisions relative to the Bipartisan Commission on Comprehensive Health Care (see H.R. 1359)

———amend provisions relative to physician payment programs (see H.R. 1811)

———amend provisions relative to terminology used in notices of nonpayment to certain physicians (see H.R. 3272)

———analyze operating costs of certain rural and urban hospitals (see H.R. 3747)

———apply area wage factor for Shelby County, TN, to Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, TN (see H.R. 1367)

———benefits relative to deductions, premiums, railroad retirement annuities, and cost of living increases (see H.R. 2226)

———catastrophic illness coverage (see S. 1726)

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

———coverage and payment for services of psychologists (see H.R. 774)

———coverage for hospital-based comprehensive care programs (see H.R. 208)

———coverage of adult day health care (see S. 524)

———coverage of certain chiropractor services (see H.R. 708)

———coverage of certain vision, hearing, and dental services (see H.R. 207)

———coverage of nurse practitioner services (see H.R. 2673)

———coverage of screening mammography for women (see H.R. 209, 1471, 3286, 3701)

———delay certain premiums and benefits (see H.R. 1564)

———delay certain premiums and establish a review commission for the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act (see H.R. 63)

———distribution of recommended preventive health care practices to beneficiaries (see H.R. 2879)

———drug utilization review system to prevent adverse drug reactions (see H.R. 2677)

———efficient administration of benefits (see S. 1362)

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

———eliminate mandated caps on physicians' fees and the reimbursement differential between hospitals in different areas (see H.R. 148)

———eliminate the urban/rural differential in payment rates (see H.R. 804)

———financing of certain benefit improvements (see H.R. 974)

———funding for research and education into effectiveness of treatments (see H.R. 1692)

———geographical variations in the physician reimbursement system (see H. Con. Res. 116)

———improve access to extended care and home health services after hospitalization (see H.R. 2851)

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

———improve protection against transfers from certain hospitals (see H.R. 821)

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

———more equitable tax treatment for married individuals filing separate returns (see H.R. 2758)

———notification of payment denial to practitioner (see H.R. 2141)

———nutritional counseling (see H.R. 357)

———patient rights in certain medical facilities (see H.R. 356)

———payment for capital-related costs for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 712)

———payments made to hospitals in rural areas (see H.R. 2246)

———payment for physician services relative to a resource-based relative value scale (see H.R. 2629)

———premiums and benefits (see H.R. 2212)

———protect the rights of and improve services to end stage renal disease patients (see H.R. 2678)

———reconsideration of a payment denial (see S. 1239)

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

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

———repeal supplemental premium and fund catastrophic benefits (see S. 1125; H.R. 2547)

———require residency training and fellowship programs in geriatric medicine as a condition for payment of direct medical education costs (see H.R. 2093)

———seat-lift chairs and durable medical equipment (see H.R. 2276)

———separate election of certain benefits (see S. 608)

———standards for certification of long-term care insurance policies (see H.R. 1288)

———study feasibility of coverage for personal emergency response systems (see H.R. 2094)

———supplemental premium and added benefits (see H.R. 2055, 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)

———delay effective date (see S. 445)

———limit application of benefits and premiums to those voluntarily enrolled in part B of medicare (see H.R. 267)

———repeal (see H.R. 332, 557, 697, 3262)

———repeal certain provisions (see H.R. 3253)

———restore provisions in effect before enactment (see S. 43; H.R. 169)

———review by Congress (see H. Res. 169)

———revising benefits and financing (see H.R. 3230)

———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 Financing and Benefit Review Commission: establish (see H.R. 2483)

Medicare/medicaid: alternatives to the institutionalization of patients (see H.R. 1435)

———coverage of clinical social worker services (see H.R. 2391)

———participation of recipients of services in health care decisions (see S. 1766)

———repeal certain provisions (see S. 1453)

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

Mental health (see H.R. 111)

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 16; S. Res. 31; H.J. Res. 185)

National and Community Service Act: enact (see S. 1430)

National Center on Elder Abuse: establish (see H.R. 220)

National Commission on Medicare Reform: establish (see H.R. 2520)

National Guard: permit deferral of age-related officer discharges (see H.R. 859)

National Nursing Home Residents' Rights Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 115; H.J. Res. 370)

National Older American Volunteer Programs Expansion Act: enact (see S. 1465)

National Older Americans Abuse Prevention Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 24; H.J. Res. 197)

National Osteoporosis Prevention Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 37)

National Respect for the Elderly Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 115)

National Senior Citizens Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 225)

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

Nursing homes: extend the case-managed medical care demonstration project (see H.R. 1941)

———permit unlicensed video viewing (see S. 1557)

Oakwood Child Development Center, Inc.: Community Services Block Grant funds (see S. 546)

Older Americans Act: amend daily meal provision (see S. 1997)

———authorize flexibility in approving projects (see H.R. 3795)

———authorize innovative volunteer worker programs and nursing aide services (see H.R. 2238)

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

Older Americans Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 45; H.J. Res. 60)

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

Pensions: amend provisions relative to integration participation and vesting requirements (see H.R. 3306)

———amend rules on fiduciary duties relative to assets of terminated plans (see H.R. 1661)

———cost of living adjustments for individuals receiving certain military benefits (see H.R. 1491)

———disclosure of information to participants (see S. 985)

———early delivery of benefit payments when there is no mail delivered on regular date (see H.R. 2225)

———inflation adjustment of income limitations in retirement savings plans (see H.R. 3141)

———maintenance of participation and rights of beneficiaries under merged and consolidated plans (see H.R. 3249)

———protect the benefit levels of individuals becoming eligible for benefits in or after 1979 (see S. 184)

Postal Service: reduced rates for nonprofit senior citizens organizations (see H.R. 313)

Presidential Commission on the Medicare Program: establish (see H.R. 169)

Public welfare: Dept. of Agriculture: assistance for two meals served daily per person (see H.R. 2756)

Railroads: extension of the transfer of revenues within the retirement account (see S. 1677)

———tax treatment of benefits (see H.R. 394)

Real property: age limitation for one-time tax exclusion (see H.R. 3090)

———eliminate age requirement for eligibility for one-time exclusion of gain from sale of principal residence (see H.R. 686)

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

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

Roanoke, VA: convey certain land for use as veterans' nursing home (see S. 284)

Rural Hospital Improvements Act: enact (see S. 1466)

Rural Nursing Incentive Act: enact (see S. 1384)

Senior Biomedical Research Service: establish (see H.R. 3752)

Smithsonian Senior Service: establish (see H.R. 3661)

Social Security: annual report to reflect future income and disbursements from old age and disability trust funds (see H.R. 1747)

———assure benefit payments are not made to deceased individuals (see H.R. 251)

———benefit computation formula (see H.R. 164, 1298, 2707)

———claimant representation fee in administrative proceedings (see S. 1570)

———combined earnings of a husband and wife shared for benefit purposes (see H.R. 203)

———computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 181, 350, 917, 1060, 1152, 2368, H. Con. Res. 7, 820)

———cost of living increases (see H.J. Res. 32)

———dental services under medicare (see H.R. 139)

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see S. 9; H.R. 190, 420, 884, 2328, 445, 2460, 2616)

———eliminate mandated caps on physicians' fees and the reimbursement differential between hospitals in different areas (see H.R. 148)

———eliminate reductions in benefits of spouses and surviving spouses who are receiving certain Government pensions (see H.R. 201)

———establish minimum national standards to protect elderly of board and care facilities (see H.R. 2219)

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

———exclude tax-exempt interest from determination of taxable benefits (see H.R. 260)

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

———extend certain expiring provisions and make miscellaneous improvements to certain programs (see H.R. 3730)

———health care needs for the elderly (see H.R. 2600)

———hospital wage level adjustment factor (see H.R. 2049)

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

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

———improve procedures for disability determinations and review (see S. 200)

———improve services under medicare and medicaid programs to individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders (see S. 1321)

———improve supplemental security income benefits (see H.R. 866)

———improvements in services to under the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program and the SSI Program (see H.R. 1353)

———inclusion of years a child was in an individuals care in computing special minimum benefit (see H.R. 206)

———increase personal allowance provided for eligible individuals in medical institutions (see H.R. 3075)

———increase retirement test exempt amount (see S. 1192)

———investment policies for trust fund (see H.R. 790)

———lessen the amount of certain benefit reductions (see H.R. 1252)

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

———limitation on outside income for recipients (see H.R. 253, 935, 955, 2849)

———medicare payment for nurses as surgery assistants (see H.R. 143)

———monthly insurance benefit paid for the month in which the recipient dies (see H.R. 893)

———payment of benefits by Dept. of the Treasury in case of congressional failure to increase public debt limit (see H.R. 3547)

———payment of benefits upon death of recipient (see H.R. 455, 936)

———payment reductions to hospitals under medicare part A (see H. Con. Res. 40)

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

———pension equity (see H.R. 159)

———phase out earnings test for retirees (see H.R. 841, 853, 3526)

———program improvements (see H.R. 2349)

———prohibit payment of Federal retirement benefits to those not retired as defined under the act (see H.R. 234)

———prompt payment of insurance benefits (see H.R. 3575)

———protect title II benefit levels (see S. 37)

———protection of beneficiaries under representative payee program (see H.R. 2422)

———reduce rate of payroll taxes and resulting surplus in the trust fund relative to reducing the budget (see S. 922)

———remove limitation on outside income (see H.R. 393, 862, 2081)

———restore minimum benefits for future beneficiaries (see H.R. 202)

———restrict payments to aliens (see H.R. 442)

———restrictions on payment following death of recipient (see H.R. 252)

———retirement test benefits reduction (see S. 1995; H.R. 2348)

———retirement test earnings exemption amount (see S. 1823)

———return State and local taxes collected on benefits to appropriate trust fund (see H.R. 847)

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

———room or rent provided by family member (see H.R. 1642)

———tax treatment of benefits (see H.R. 394)

———technical amendments to SSI programs (see H.R. 867)

———trust fund benefits (see S. 1674)

Social Security Administration Services Preservation Act: enact (see S. 1428)

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

Social Security Notch Act: enact (see S. 1917; H.R. 269)

Social Security Notch Adjustment Act: enact (see S. 1212)

Social Security Services Improvement Act: enact (see S. 562)

Social Security Solvency Protection Act: enact (see H.R. 3505)

Social Security Work Incentives Act: enact (see S. 1358)

SSI: exclude income from public housing agencies for supervisory services at housing facilities by elderly residents (see H.R. 2713)

———raise level of benefits (see H.R. 361)

———raise resource limits (see H.R. 360)

SSI Reform Act: enact (see S. 665)

States: grants for dependent care programs (see H.R. 2220)

———require that persons 85 or older be taken into consideration when planning or disbursing funds for services under the Older Americans Act (see H.R. 1879)

———requirement of notices of evictions or forced sale of residences of the elderly as condition for funding under certain Federal aid programs (see H.R. 1062)

———strengthen dependent care programs (see S. 268)

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

Taxation: basic $10,000 exemption for amounts received as annuities, pensions, or other retirement benefits (see H.R. 255)

———credit for health insurance premium costs and refundable credit for dependent care (see S. 1185)

———deduction for contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 956, 1077)

———deduction of medical expenses for aged and handicapped (see H.R. 257)

———deduction for retirement savings of nonworking spouse (see H.R. 682)

———deductions relative to expenses for certain adult dependents requiring home care (see H.R. 550)

———encourage the extended family unit by increasing certain exemptions (see H.R. 517)

———exclusion of a portion of governmental pensions relative to certain Social Security benefits (see H.R. 727)

———exclusion from gross income of certain retirement benefits (see H.R. 396, 710)

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

———increase excise tax on tobacco products and use revenue raised to reduce medicare premiums (see H.R. 1808)

——increase the amount of the earned income tax credit and make the credit for dependent care expenses refundable (see H.R. 882)

———medicare supplemental premium (see H.R. 741)

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

———post-retirement income and benefits (see S. 1120)

———refundable tax credit for households with elderly disabled (see H.R. 323)

———repeal penalty for early withdrawal from retirement plans (see H.R. 663)

———repeal restrictions on the deduction for retirement savings (see H.R. 1273)

———restore deductions for certain retirement savings (see H.R. 1499)

———Social Security and certain railroad retirement benefits (see H.R. 300)

———study redirection of FICA and SECA taxes to retirement accounts (see H.R. 3083)

———treatment of amounts received as annuities or pensions by person age 65 (see H.R. 1202)

———treatment of early distributions from qualified retirement plans (see H.R. 2385)

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

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

Veterans: benefits for surviving spouses relative to remarriage (see S. 505)

VISTA: anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 57)

Volunteer workers: expand programs involving the elderly (see S. 1465)

———priority funding for certain programs (see H.R. 1272)

———projects providing opportunities as aides in nursing homes (see S. 1457)

Comparisons

Medicare's capital payment system (present and proposed reform), 6352, 6353 [12AP]

U.S. Health Act and current health care plans, 15967 [24JY]

Court documents

Older Workers' Benefits: Thurgood Marshall, 19454 [4AU]

Descriptions

Medicare reimbursement of seat-lift chairs and durable medical equipment (H.R. 2276), 8740 [9MY]

Documents

Rehabilitation Act (excerpt), 868 [25JA]

Essays

Thank You, Nurse—Thank You, Patient: Marcia L. Musgrove, 31824 [11DE]

Explanations

Amendments to tax-exempt bond rules under H.R. 157, 110 [3JA]

Factsheets

Arkansas Abilities Based on Long Experience, 23193 [4OC]

Increasing Social Security Retirement Test Exempt Amount (S. 1192), 11914 [15JN]

Long-Term Home Care Act (H.R. 2263), 8715 [9MY]

Social Security Retirement Test Earnings Exemption Amount (S. 1823), 26669 [31OC]

Form

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act: National Tax Limitation Committee (sundry), 24239 [12OC]

Social Security benefits threatened, 24237 [12OC]

Letters

Abuse of physician-owned physical therapy services (several excerpts), 21354, 21355 [21SE]

Age Discrimination in Employment Waiver Protection Act: various organizations, 645 [25JA]

Alzheimer's disease, 22409 [28SE]

Catastrophic health care coverage, 2687 [23FE]

———Boris Raynes and wife, 23226 [4OC]

———Catharine Dorothy, 23226 [4OC]

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

———Harold Taylor, 5346 [3AP]

———Lewis K. Uhler, 24239 [12OC]

———Mark D. Siljander, 24240 [12OC]

———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]

Delay Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act provisions: George D. Waldron, 10923 [6JN]

Drug utilization review: Senator Heinz, 19045 [4AU]

———Senators Heinz, Pryor, and Wilson, 19045, 19046 [4AU]

———several Members of Congress, 19046 [4AU]

Ethics in patient referrals, 12832 [21JN]

Impact of congressional policies on elderly: Delbert Patterson, 6352 [12AP]

Mailings by investment advisers to elderly relative to medicare surtax: Representative Stark, 5186 [22MR]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act: American Association of Retired Persons, 14978 [18JY], 15627 [20JY]

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

———Coalition for Affordable Health Care, 30441 [20NO]

———Daniel Thursz, 30441 [20NO]

———National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, 30441 [20NO]

———National Taxpayers Union, 15627 [20JY]

———(sundry), 2918 [28FE]

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

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Surtax Repeal Act: Dick Warden, 15923 [24JY]

———Jay Mazur and Evelyn Dubrow, 15923 [24JY]

———Lawrence T. Smedley, 15923 [24JY]

———Martha A. McSteen, 15923 [24JY]

———Moe Biller, 15924 [24JY]

———President Bush, 16631 [27JY]

———Vincent R. Sombrotto, 15924 [24JY]

National and Community Service Act: several signatories, 16717 [27JY]

Prescription drug prices: Gerald J. Mossinghoff, Pharmaceutical Manufactures Association, 16839 [31JY]

Reconsideration of medicare payment denial: Louis W. Sullivan, Sec. of HHS, 13124 [22JN]

———Senator Wallop, 13124 [22JN]

Social Security benefits: J.C. Pennington, 24238 [12OC]

———James Roosevelt, 24240 [12OC]

———Ralph Galliano, 24237 [12OC]

Social Security earnings test: American Association of Retired Persons, 8277 [4MY]

———Dorcas R. Hardy, 16211 [25JY]

———Faye C. Wells, 13998 [29JN]

———John Rother, 5993 [11AP]

———Martha McSteen, 5993 [11AP]

Social Security income restrictions on handicapped: Rita Jolly, 15286 [19JY]

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

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

———Green Thumb, Inc., 10771 [2JN]

———John C. Rother, 13007 [22JN]

Lists

Coalition for Affordable Health Care, 22350 [28SE], 23933 [7OC]

Hercules retirees: pension information, 16065 [25JY]

Organizations supporting the National Osteoporosis Prevention Week, 1303 [31JA]

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

Organizations supporting Social Security Disability Insurance Program reform, 866 [25JA]

Senior Companion Volunteers in Erie County, NY, 7565 [26AP]

Sites where American Association of Retired Persons' Senior Community Service Employment Programs are active, 27048 [2NO]

Memorandums

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act: Lewis K. Uhler, 24238 [12OC]

———Neil Newhouse, 10696 [1JN]

Memorials of legislature

California, 12248 [16JN], 12283 [19JN], 14906 [17JY], 27666, 27668, 27669 [7NO]

Florida, 14017 [10JY], 14572 [13JY]

Hawaii, 10242 [25MY], 10789 [5JN], 10961 [6JN], 11419 [9JN], 11899 [15JN], 12248 [16JN]

Idaho, 3244 [2MR], 5895 [10AP]

Illinois, 13845 [28JN], 14571 [13JY], 20052 [12SE]

Louisiana, 13623 [27JN], 14814, 14816 [17JY]

Maryland, 9482 [17MY], 11418 [9JN]

Michigan, 5338 [3AP]

Nebraska, 13623 [27JN]

Nevada, 11899 [15JN], 14813 [17JY], 19782 [7SE], 20052 [12SE]

Pennsylvania, 14813 [17JY]

Texas, 10789 [5JN], 14075 [11JY], 15621 [20JY]

Messages

Federal Council on the Aging Report: President Bush, 7802 [2MY]

Motions

Medicare: catastrophic illness coverage (S. 1726), commit, 23771 [6OC]

Papers

And Now Medicare Notch Babies: Robert J. Myers, 3181 [1MR]

Life-Sustaining Treatment: John C. Fletcher, 24885-24887 [17OC]

Medicare Reimbursement to Iowa Physicians: Iowa Medical Society, 5852 [10AP]

Prescription Drug Prices—Are We Getting Our Money's Worth? Committee on Aging (Special), 16839 [31JY]

Petitions

Boca Raton, FL, Century Village West Democratic Club, 14476 [12JY]

Honolulu, HI, City Council, 19783 [7SE], 20052 [12SE]

Hyattsville, MD, 16204 [25JY]

Lauderhill, FL, City Council, 5339 [3AP], 5996 [11AP]

Older Iowans' Legislature, 28705 [14NO]

Press releases

Medicare practice guidelines and standards, Physician Payment Review Commission, 13435 [23JN]

Programs

Elderly caregiver's equity, 7063 [19AP]

Proposals

Caring for homebound elderly: Association of Elderly Caregivers, 1630 [2FE]

Public opinion polls

Medicare catastrophic illness coverage, 16765 [27JY], 20992 [20SE]

———Wirthlin Group, 9941 [18MY]

Questions and answers

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act, 5103 [21MR], 14985 [18JY]

Remarks in House

Age Discrimination in Employment Act: amend (H.R. 1432), 4461 [15MR], 5909 [10AP]

Allied Council of Senior Citizens of Wisconsin: tribute, 24533 [12OC]

Alzheimer's disease initiatives, 8012 [3MY]

———improve education and assistance programs (H.R. 1490), 5000 [20MR]

———improved research, services, and training (H.R. 2781), 13856 [28JN]

Alzheimer's Disease Crisis Intervention Center: tribute, 13222 [22JN]

Amarillo, TX: tribute to Senior Citizens Association, 26353 [26OC]

American Centenarian Day: observance, 5465 [4AP]

Anne Arundel County, MD: Community Action Senior Opportunities and Services Program, 20591 [14SE]

Catastrophic Coverage Election Act: enact (H.R. 558), 285 [19JA]

Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act: enact (H.R. 332), 14990 [19JY]

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

Congress: tribute to senior interns, 10088 [24MY]

Courts: due process and equal protection of the laws in guardianship proceedings (H.R. 1702), 5638 [5AP]

Dallas, TX: Visiting Nurses Association's Independence Plus Program, 6631 [13AP]

Dept. of the Treasury: payment of benefits in case of congressional failure to increase public debt limit (H.R. 3547), 26587 [31OC]

Elderly Home Care Tax Credit Act: enact, 228 [4JA]

Employment: clarify certain protections and benefit plans (H.R. 3200), 19481 [4AU]

Erie County, NY: tribute to Senior Companion Volunteers, 7565 [26AP]

Fair Housing Act: transition period relative to elderly exemption from certain provisions (H.R. 2224), 8012 [3MY]

Florida: Older Americans Act funding, 6645 [13AP]

Foster Grandparent and Senior Companion Programs: tribute, 24915 [17OC]

Handicapped Adults Association: tribute, 24162 [11OC]

Health care: certification of long-term care policies (H.R. 1325), 3677 [8MR]

———cost of medical care, 11754 [14JN]

———degradation of U.S. medical care, 146 [3JA]

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

———funding for care, 11749 [14JN]

———homebound elderly, 1630 [2FE]

———legislative agenda for keeping family together, 8110-8113 [3MY]

———long-term care coverage under medicare and coverage for individuals in poverty under medicaid (H.R. 3140), 19487-19489 [4AU]

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

Housing: grants for certain charitable, local, and Indian organizations for home repairs for the elderly and disabled (H.R. 3497), 25304, 25326 [19OC]

———improved services for elderly and handicapped individuals (H.R. 2376), 9397 [16MY]

———prevent evictions, 2029 [9FE], 2502 [22FE]

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

Housing Association of Delaware Valley: tribute, 24166 [11OC]

Individual retirement accounts: tax treatment, 21520, 21522 [26SE]

Labor: taxation of income, 9585 [17MY]

Larimer County, CO: tribute to Retired Senior Volunteer Program, 5902 [10AP]

Letter carriers: tending to the elderly, 7046 [18AP]

Meals on Wheels America: tribute, 12184 [15JN]

Medicaid: admission to long-term care facilities, 116 [3JA]

———adopt and enforce adult guardianship laws (H.R. 372), 138 [3JA]

———quality of services in community and institutional settings, 1693 [6FE]

———requiring hospitals to be qualified providers (H.R. 157), 110 [3JA]

———State option of providing community care to the elderly (H.R. 1453), 4703 [16MR]

Medicare: American Medical Asssociation's advertising, 14683 [13JY]

———analyze operating costs of certain rural and urban hospitals (H.R. 3747), 30694, 30698 [21NO]

———benefits relative to deductions, premiums, railroad retirement annuities, cost of living increases (H.R. 2226), 8109 [3MY]

———budget cuts, 11954, 11955 [15JN], 12422, 12425 [20JN], 12736, 12796 [21JN], 12846, 12849 [22JN], 13498 [27JN]

———catastrophic illness coverage, 5187 [22MR], 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]

———coverage and payment for services of psychologists (H.R. 774), 1654 [2FE]

———coverage of nurse practitioner services (H.R. 2673), 12208 [15JN]

———direct-mail solicitation campaigns, 5363 [4AP]

———drug utilization review system to prevent adverse drug reactions (H.R. 2677), 12206 [15JN]

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

———eligibility for persons with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (H.R. 417), 118 [3JA]

———exclude physicians who have violated regulations for new drugs (H.R. 3348), 22470 [28SE]

———expenditure targets for payments to physicians, 12424 [20JN], 12737 [21JN], 13230 [22JN], 13866 [28JN]

———fee schedule, 21559 [26SE]

———financing of certain benefit improvements (H.R. 974), 5180 [22MR]

———funding for research and education into effectiveness of treatments (H.R. 1692), 5650 [5AP]

———geographical variations in the physician reimbursement system (H. Con. Res. 116), 8826 [10MY]

———geriatric training funds, 7451 [25AP]

———improve access to extended care and home health services after hospitalization (H.R. 2851), 14238 [11JY]

———improve and extend long-term coverage, 6665 [13AP], 150 [3JA], 23634 [5OC]

———improve protection against transfers from certain hospitals (H.R. 821), 1646 [2FE]

———long-term home care (H.R. 2263), 8715, 8735 [9MY]

———mailings by investment advisers relative Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act, 5186 [22MR]

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

———mammography screening (H.R. 1471), 4481 [16MR], 4711 [16MR]

———outlier payments for inpatient hospital services, 2355 [21FE]

———payment for capital-related costs for inpatient hospital services (H.R. 712), 1192-1194 [27JA]

———payments to rural hospitals, 3809 [8MR]

———payment of rural hospitals for inpatient hospital services (H.R. 1270), 9417 [16MY]

———payments made to hospitals in rural areas (H.R. 2246), 8418 [4MY]

———penalties for improper referral arrangements (H.R. 939), 12832 [21JN]

———Physician Payment Review Commission proposals, 12413 [19JN]

———premiums and benefits (H.R. 2212), 8110 [3MY], 8196 [4MY]

———President Bush' proposed budget, 3563 [7MR]

———private activity bond volume cap (H.R. 1801), 21184 [20SE]

———protect the rights of and improve services to end stage renal disease patients (H.R. 2678), 12177 [15JN]

———provisions of budget reconciliation (H.R. 3299), 23646, 23649 [5OC]

———reform capital payment system, 6352 [12AP]

———reimbursement for ambulance services (H.R. 1586), 10067 [23MY]

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

———rising health care costs, 5298 [23MR]

———supplemental premium and added benefits (H.R. 2055), 6843 [18AP]

———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]

———targets for payments to physicians, 19457 [4AU]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act: extend Advisory Committee on Medicare Home Health Claims (H.R. 2195), 7856 [2MY]

———limit application of benefits and premiums to those voluntarily enrolled in part B of medicare (H.R. 267), 7076 [19AP]

———reexamine financing system, 3058 [28FE]

———reform, 16350 [26JY]

———repeal certain provisions (H.R. 3253), 20096 [12SE], 20985-20994 [20SE]

———repeal (H.R. 332), 126 [3JA]

———repeal (H.R. 557), 273 [19JA]

———revising benefits and financing (H.R. 3230), 19712 [7SE]

———spousal impoverishment provisions, 31120 [11DE]

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]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Surtax Repeal Act: enact, 11248 [7JN]

Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act: corrections, 341 [24JA]

———enact (H.R. 1801), 6071 [11AP]

Medicare Financing and Benefit Review Commission: establish (H.R. 2483), 10168 [24MY]

Medicare Trauma Care and Emergency Services Quality Assurance Act: enact (H.R. 753), 1354 [31JA]

Medicare/medicaid: committee markup of budget reconciliation package, 14497 [12JY]

Mental Health and Aging Act: enact (H.R. 46), 142 [3JA]

Michigan: tribute to Senior Softball League, 18689 [4AU]

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (H.J. Res. 185), 3832 [8MR], 27768 [8NO], 28358 [9NO]

———designate (S.J. Res. 16), 27767 [7NO]

———observance, 28020 [8NO]

National Congregate and Home Delivered Meals Week: observance, 8416 [4MY]

National Home Care Week: designate (S.J. Res. 184), 30070 [17NO]

National Nursing Home Week: observance, 10004 [22MY]

National objectives, 14068-14070 [11JY]

National Older Americans Abuse Prevention Week: designate (S.J. Res. 24), 4147 [14MR]

National Osteoporosis Prevention Week: designate (S.J. Res. 37), 8686 [9MY]

National Senior Citizens Day: designate (H.J. Res. 225), 18643 [3AU]

Nursing homes: certification of aides, 11278 [8JN]

———medicaid/medicare benefits for terminally ill, 31120 [11DE]

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

Older Americans Month: designate (H.J. Res. 60), 3670 [7MR]

———designate (S.J. Res. 45), 6795 [17AP]

———observance, 8397 [4MY], 10178, 10188 [24MY]

Older Workers Benefit Protection Act: enact, 19453 [4AU]

Oregon: free telephone services for low-income individuals, 7708 [1MY]

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

Pensions: amend provisions relative to integration participation and vesting requirements (H.R. 3306), 21171 [20SE]

———early delivery of benefit payments when there is no mail delivered on regular date (H.R. 2225), 8109 [3MY]

———maintenance of participation and rights of beneficiaries under merged and consolidated plans (H.R. 3249), 20229 [12SE]

Philadelphia, PA: Protestant Home anniversary, 6080 [11AP]

Physician-owned physical therapy services: medicare reimbursement, 21354 [21SE]

Public welfare: Dept. of Agriculture assistance for two meals served daily per person (H.R. 2756), 13851 [28JN]

Regional Aid for Interim Needs Inc., New York, NY: tribute, 23101 [3OC]

Retired Senior Volunteer Program: tribute, 14238 [11JY]

Retired Senior Volunteer Program Day: observance, 6347 [12AP]

Rockland County, NY: tribute to foster grandparent program, 30701 [21NO]

Rossmoor/Walnut Creek, CA: adult community anniversary, 20712 [18SE], 20933 [19SE]

Rural areas: medicare budget cuts, 4157 [15MR]

Sacramento, CA: tribute to Community Cable Foundation, 10452 [31MY]

———tribute to SSI Outreach project, 29285 [16NO]

Senior Biomedical Research Service: establish (H.R. 3752), 30704 [21NO]

Senior Citizens Day: observance, 8456 [8MY]

Senior Employment Service: hiring of experienced senior workforce, 1889 [7FE]

Service organizations: funding, 14489 [12JY]

Social Security: annual report to reflect future income and disbursements from old age and disability trust funds (H.R. 1747), 5906 [10AP]

———benefit computation rules (H.R. 2707), 12792 [21JN]

———computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982, 6233 [12AP]

———computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (H.R. 181), 124 [3JA], 20420 [13SE]

———computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (H.R. 917), 13220 [22JN]

———earnings test, 11584-11593 [13JN], 11594 [14JN]

———earnings test (H.R. 420), 159 [3JA]

———earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 2328), 9016 [11MY], 16211 [25JY]

———earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 2460), 10087 [24MY], 10249 [25MY], 10420 [31MY], 11584 [13JN], 16964 [31JY]

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 190), 10262 [25MY]

———health care needs for the elderly (H.R. 2600), 11584 [13JN]

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

———income limitations relative to benefits received (H.R. 58), 9969 [18MY]

———increase personal allowance provided for eligible individuals in medical institutions (H.R. 3075), 18222 [3AU]

———individual retirement accounts, 24768 [17OC], 25168 [19OC]

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

———limitation on outside earnings, 21751 [26SE], 21772, 22054 [27SE]

———limitation on outside income (H.R. 2849), 14244 [11JY]

———payroll tax, 20096 [12SE]

———pension equity (H.R. 159), 181 [3JA]

———phase out the retirement earnings test (H.R. 3526), 26106 [25OC]

———program improvements (H.R. 2349), 9424 [16MY]

———prompt mailing of benefit checks (H.R. 3575), 26897 [1NO]

———proration of benefits in month of death, 230 [4JA]

———protection of beneficiaries under representative payee program (H.R. 2422), 9581 [17MY], 9985 [18MY]

———repeal outside income limitations (H.R. 862), 2198 [9FE]

———repeal outside income limitation (H.R. 955), 2167 [9FE]

———repeal earnings test, 281 [19JA]

———retirement benefits (H.R. 2348), 9423, 9428 [16MY]

———taxing of benefits, 1883 [7FE]

Social Security Lump-Sum Death Benefits Act: enact (H.R. 411), 162 [3JA]

Social Security Services Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 1353), 3999 [9MR]

Social Security Solvency Protection Act: enact (H.R. 3505), 25509 [23OC]

SSI: exclude income from public housing agencies for supervisory services at housing facilities by elderly residents (H.R. 2713), 12818 [21JN]

———improve benefits (H.R. 866), 2208 [9FE], 2574, 2587 [22FE]

——improve programs (H.R. 867), 2208 [9FE], 2574 [22FE]

St. Louis, MO: Older Adult Service and Information System, 30703 [21NO]

Taxation: deduction for individual retirement accounts (H.R. 956), 2175 [9FE]

———encourage the extended family unit by increasing certain exemptions (H.R. 517), 289 [19JA]

———extend targeted jobs tax credit to certain elderly employees, 232 [4JA]

———increase the amount of earned income tax credit and refundable credit for dependent care expenses (H.R. 882), 3035 [28FE]

———individual retirement accounts, 3412 [2MR]

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

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

———simplified tax returns for senior citizens, 19114 [4AU]

———social security, 28178 [9NO]

———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]

University of Maryland: Adults Health Development Program, 9604 [17MY]

Volunteer workers: priority funding for certain programs (H.R. 1272), 3398 [2MR]

Westmoreland County Area Agency on Aging: tribute, 5472 [4AP]

White House Conference on Aging: Bush administration position, 26501 [30OC]

Woonsocket, RI: tribute to officers of St. Germain Manor, 27815 [7NO]

World War I Veterans' Service Pension Act: enact, 193 [4JA]

Remarks in Senate

Age Discrimination in Apprenticeship Programs Act: enact (S. 516), 3526 [6MR]

Age Discrimination in Employment Act: amend (S. 1293), 14180 [11JY]

———clarify protection relative to employee benefit plans (S. 1511), 18408-18410 [3AU]

———waiver of rights under (S. 54), 644-648 [25JA]

Allied Council of Senior Citizens of Wisconsin: tribute, 7703 [1MY]

Alzheimer's Disease Research and Training Act: enact (S. 1255), 13156 [22JN]

American Association of Retired Persons: anniversary of Senior Community Service Employment Program, 27047 [2NO]

———tribute to Tax-Aide Program, 13466 [23JN]

Arkansas Abilities Based on Long Experience: tribute, 23193 [4OC]

Basic Banking Services Access Act: enact (S. 907), 7963 [3MY]

Broward County, FL: tribute to senior volunteers, 9000 [11MY]

Catastrophic illness care, 10601 [1JN]

———establish commission to assess health care needs (S. 445), 2685-2687 [23FE]

Centers of Excellence in Geriatric Research and Training Act: enact (S. 1544), 18946 [4AU]

Chicago, IL: anniversary of Little Brothers—Friends of the Elderly, 30574 [20NO]

Coalition for Affordable Health Care: activities to improve catastrophic health care, 23932 [7OC]

Comprehensive Alzheimer's Assistance, Research, and Education Act: enact (S. 1321), 14743, 14747, 14750 [14JY]

Congressional Senior Citizen Intern Program: tribute, 18386 [3AU]

Crime and criminals: mandatory sentences for felonies committed against individuals over age 65 (S. 1720), 22990 [3OC]

Domestic Volunteer Service Act: amend (S. 1426), 16691 [27JY], 20594, 20609-20617 [15SE]

———reauthorizing, 30581 [20NO]

———reauthorizing (S. 1298), 14323 [12JY]

Drugs: prescription pricing, 16837-16841 [31JY]

———review system to prevent adverse reactions (S. 859), 19045 [4AU]

Employment: discrimination, 18462 [3AU]

EPA: Senior Environmental Employment Program, 18925 [4AU]

Equal Access To Voting Act: enact (S. 675), 4886-4890, 4892, 4948 [17MR]

Federal aid programs: assistance for heating and cooling cost, 21387 [22SE]

Health care: grants for training projects in geriatrics (S. 61), 670 [25JA]

———home care, 4427 [15MR]

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

———long-term care, 7029 [18AP]

———schools of nursing training projets in geriatrics (S. 66), 672 [25JA]

———tribute to long-term care aides (S. Res. 161), 17518 [1AU]

Health insurance: private coverage for catastrophic illness care, 23768-23771 [6OC]

Housing: funding for elderly and handicapped, 20862 [19SE]

Huron, SD: tribute to Senior Citizens Center, 16308 [26JY]

Indians: adequate financing to area representative agencies (S. 1402), 16056 [25JY]

Medicaid: daytime habilitation services (S. 1339), 15048 [18JY]

———daytime habilitation services (S. 1386), 15917 [24JY]

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

Medicaid Home and Community Quality Services Act: enact (S. 384), 2075 [9FE]

Medicaid Long-Term Demonstration Project Waiver Act: enact (S. 1998), 31442 [21NO]

Medicare: amend catastrophic coverage provisions relative to the Bipartisan Commission on Comprehensive Health Care (H.R. 1359), 6133 [13AP]

———catastrophic illness insurance surtax, 20592-20596 [15SE]

———catastrophic illness coverage, 11314 [8JN], 13194 [22JN], 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 adult day health care (S. 524), 3634, 3651 [7MR]

———efficient administration of benefits (S. 1362), 15626 [20JY]

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

———physician reimbursement system (S. Con. Res. 36), 8794 [10MY]

———reconsideration of a payment denial (S. 1239), 13123 [22JN]

———reduce premiums and review catastrophic coverage program, 8754 [10MY]

———regional disparities in physician reimbursement, 5851 [10AP]

———repeal supplemental premium and fund catastrophic benefits (S. 1125), 10968, 10970 [6JN], 15856 [24JY]

———respite care benefit, 23821 [6OC]

———rural referral centers classification, 31694 [21NO]

———separate election of certain benefits (S. 608), 4574 [16MR]

———termination of payment safeguard positions, 21272-21274 [21SE]

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

———delay effective date (S. 445), 2685-2687 [23FE]

———delay implementation, 10910, 10930 [6JN], 11077 [7JN], 16615-16623 [27JY]

———repeal of certain provisions, 23932 [7OC]

———repeal supplemental premium and modify benefits (S. 1187), 15856 [24JY]

———review coverage and funding, 6133 [13AP]

———seniors opinion, 9941 [18MY]

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 Catastrophic Coverage Surtax Repeal Act: enact (S. 1388), 15921, 15924 [24JY]

Medicare/medicaid: participation of recipients of services in health care decisions (S. 1766), 24883 [17OC]

———repeal certain provisions (S. 1453), 17499 [1AU]

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (S.J. Res. 16), 456 [25JA], 18528 [3AU], 22409 [28SE], 27849 [8NO]

———designate (S.J. Res. 16), House amendment, 31349 [21NO]

National and Community Service Act: enact (S. 1430), 16699-16717 [27JY], 23745 [6OC]

———enact (S. 1430), star print, 27169 [3NO]

National Nursing Home Residents' Rights Week: designate (S.J. Res. 115), 7845 [2MY]

National Older American Volunteer Programs Expansion Act: enact (S. 1465), 17514 [1AU]

National Older Americans Abuse Prevention Week: designate (S.J. Res. 24), 1058 [25JA], 2722 [23FE]

National Osteoporosis Prevention Week: designate (S.J. Res. 37), 1303 [31JA], 8806 [10MY]

National Senior Citizens Day: designate (H.J. Res. 225), 18529 [3AU]

Nursing homes: permit unlicensed video viewing (S. 1557), 18969-18971 [4AU]

Oakwood Child Development Center, Inc.: Community Services Block Grant funds (S. 546), 3805 [8MR]

Older Americans Act: amend daily meal provision (S. 1997), 31589 [21NO]

Older Americans Month: designate (S.J. Res. 45), 1307, 1345 [31JA]

———observance, 9950 [18MY], 10385 [31MY]

Pensions: disclosure of information to participants (S. 985), 9089 [12MY]

———ensure early delivery of certain benefit checks (S. 1806), 26437 [27OC]

———protect the benefit levels of individuals becoming eligible for benefits in or after 1979 (S. 184), 834 [25JA]

Railroads: extension of the transfer of revenues within the retirement account (S. 1677), 22152 [27SE]

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

Retired Senior Volunteer Program: tribute, 7032 [18AP]

Retiree Health Benefits Preservation Act: enact (S. 812), 6726 [17AP]

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

Roanoke, VA: convey certain land for use as veterans' nursing home (S. 284), 1249 [31JA]

Rockland County, NY: tribute to Foster Grandparent Program, 10380 [31MY]

Rural Hospital Improvements Act: enact (S. 1466), 17959 [2AU], 27109 [3NO]

Rural Nursing Incentive Act: enact (S. 1384), 15915 [24JY]

Senior Companion Program: anniversary, 9738 [18MY]

Social Security: alarming mailings to senior citizens, 24236, 24242 [12OC]

———budget treatment, 7254 [19AP]

———claimant representation fee in administrative proceedings (S. 1570), 18982-18985 [4AU]

———expedite payment of claims (S. 1562), 18975 [4AU]

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

———improve procedures to disability determinations and review (S. 200), 866-868 [25JA]

———improve services under medicare and medicaid programs to individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders (S. 1321), 14743, 14747, 14750 [14JY]

———increase retirement test exemption amount (S. 1192), 11912 [15JN]

———phase out earnings test for individuals who have attained retirement age (S. 9), 502-505 [25JA]

———protect title II benefit levels (S. 37), 414 [25JA]

———reduce rate of payroll taxes and resulting surplus in the trust fund relative to reducing the budget (S. 922), 7986 [3MY]

———retirement test, 8275-8280 [4MY], 13007-13012 [22JN]

———retirement test benefits reduction (S. 1995), 31584-31588 [21NO]

———retirement test earnings exemption amount (S. 1823), 26668, 26670 [31OC], 26989 [2NO]

———trust fund benefits (S. 1674), 21702 [26SE]

Social Security Administration Services Preservation Act: enact (S. 1428), 16697 [27JY]

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

Social Security Notch Act: enact (S. 1917), 29774 [17NO]

Social Security Notch Adjustment Act: enact (S. 1212), 12701-12704 [21JN]

Social Security Services Improvement Act: enact (S. 562), 3971 [9MR]

Social Security Trust Funds: exclude from deficit calculation (S. 219), 934 [25JA]

Social Security Work Incentives Act: enact (S. 1358), 15281-15287, 15316 [19JY], 15670 [20JY]

South Dakota: survey of elderly on medicare catastrophic coverage, 15856 [24JY]

SSI Reform Act: enact (S. 665), 4866 [17MR]

States: strengthen dependent care programs (S. 268), 1022 [25JA]

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

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

University of Maryland: tribute to Adult Health and Development Program, 11142 [7JN]

Veterans: benefits for surviving spouses relative to remarriage (S. 505), 3483 [3MR]

VISTA: anniversary (S. Con. Res. 57), 20617 [15SE]

Volunteer workers: projects providing opportunities as aides in nursing homes (S. 1457), 17504 [1AU]

Reports

Congressional Senior Citizen Intern Program: Lucille Stafford, 18386 [3AU]

Erie County, NY, Senior Companion Volunteers, 7565 [26AP]

Far More Seniors Than Expected Will Pay Medicare Catastrophic Surtax: National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, 7076 [19AP]

Management Review of Superfund Program: William K. Reilly, Administrator of EPA, 18925 [4AU]

Reestimate of Medicare Outlays for Skilled Nursing Facility Benefits: CBO, 23996 [10OC]

Subsidy Values Under Medicare: CBO, 10755-10758 [2JN]

Tax Havens and Manufacturing Strategy for New Drugs: Warner Lambert Drug Co., 16840 [31JY]

Reports by conference committees

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

Reports filed

Activities: Committee on Aging (Select) (H. Rept. 100-1116), 102 [3JA]

Age Discrimination in Employment Act Amendments: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 1432) (H. Rept. 101-221), 19327 [4AU]

———Waiver of Rights: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 54) (S. Rept. 101-79), 15047 [18JY]

Amend Rules on Fiduciary Duties Relative To Assets of Terminated Pension Plans: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 1661) (H. Rept. 101-169), 15849 [24JY]

Developments in Aging: Committee on Aging (Special) (S. Rept. 101-4), 2958 [28FE]

———Printing Additional Copies of Senate Report: Committee on Rules and Administration (S. Res. 53), 2646 [23FE]

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

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

National Nursing Home Residents' Rights Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 115), 13058 [22JN]

National Osteoporosis Prevention Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 37), 2646 [23FE]

Older Americans Month: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 45), 2646 [23FE]

Quicker and Sicker—Substandard Treatment of Medicare Patients: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 101-387), 31241 [11DE]

Statements

Coverage for Long-Term Illnesses: Coalition for Affordable Health Care, 2919 [28FE]

———Claude Pepper, 10506 [1JN]

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

———Daniel Thursz, 3059 [28FE]

———Ronald Reagan, 6132 [12AP]

———Gladys C. Clark, 5180 [22MR]

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

———Senator Domenici, 9947 [18MY], 11730 [14JN]

———Senator McCain, 10694 [1JN]

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

Patient Self-Determination Act, 24890 [17OC]

———Barbara Mishkin, 24891 [17OC]

———Bernard M. Zlotowitz, 24890 [17OC]

———Dayle A. Friedman, 24889 [17OC]

———Dennis Brodeur, 24888 [17OC]

———John C. Fletcher, 24885 [17OC]

———Myra J. Christopher, 24891 [17OC]

———Rav A. Soloff, 24889 [17OC]

President Bush's Failure To Call a White House Conference on Aging: Representative Downey, 26501 [30OC]

Profitability for Pharmaceutical Industry: Rothchild, Unterberg, and Towbin, 16837 [31JY]

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

Retirement Earnings Test (excerpts from several newspapers), 5992, 5993 [11AP]

———National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, 5978 [11AP]

Summaries

Comprehensive Alzheimer's Assistance, Research, and Education Act (S. 1321), 14748, 14749 [14JY]

Delay Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act Provisions, 10931 [6JN]

IRA Exclusion for Long-Term Health Care Insurance (H.R. 3414), 23634 [5OC]

McCain Catastrophic Health Care Proposal, 23932 [7OC]

Medicaid Frail Elderly Community Care Act: Representative Waxman, 4704 [16MR]

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

Medical Care Quality Research and Improvement Act (H.R. 1692), 5651 [5AP]

Medicare Catastrophic Illness Coverage Act, 6837-6839 [18AP], 16620 [27JY], 23222 [4OC]

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

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Revision Act, 2918 [28FE]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Surtax Repeal Act (S. 1125), 10971 [6JN]

Medicare Payment for Capital-Related Costs for Inpatient Hospital Services (H.R. 712), 1194 [27JA]

Mental Health and Aging Act (H.R. 46), 143 [3JA]

Protection Against Transfers From Certain Hospitals (H.R. 821), 1648 [2FE]

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

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

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]

Rural Nursing Incentive Act (S. 1384), 15916 [24JY]

Social Security Notch Adjustment Act (S. 1212), 12702 [21JN]

SSI Program Improvements (H.R. 866, 867, 868), 2209 [9FE], 2587 [22FE]

U.S. Health Act (H.R. 2980), 15967 [24JY]

Surveys

Health Care for Elderly: Alliance for Aging Research, 7444 [25AP]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act, 10696 [1JN]

Tables

Budget effect of medicare payments to psychologists, 1654 [2FE]

Catastrophic illness care spending proposal, 23766 [6OC]

Elderly out-of-pocket health care costs, 5299 [23MR]

Elimination of Social Security retirement earnings test at normal retirement age, 9428 [16MY]

Federal health care budget, by function, 7514 [26AP]

Funding for development and reform of mental health services, 145 [3JA]

Maximum employer-employee contributions to health insurance (part A) and cumulative totals, 1966-88, 5346 [3AP]

Per capita health care costs for people age 65 and older, 5298, 5299 [23MR]

Post-catastrophic illness total costs for individuals, 2686, 2687 [23FE]

Range of market prices paid for brand name prescription drugs, spring 1989, 16838 [31JY]

Social Security benefits lost in 1991, 26670 [31OC]

Social Security budget, 8158 [4MY]

Testimonies

Housing for Frail Elderly: Richard C. Ladd, 9013 [11MY]

Medicare Catastrophic Illness Coverage Act: Robert Ball, 2566 [22FE]

———Senator Durenberger, 10759-10763 [2JN]

Texts of

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

H.J. Res. 225, National Senior Citizens Day, 18644 [3AU]

H.R. 372, Guardianship Rights and Responsibilities Act, 139 [3JA]

H.R. 411, Social Security Lump-Sum Death Benefits Act, 162 [3JA]

H.R. 417, medicare eligibility for persons with acquired immune deficiency syndrome, 118 [3JA]

H.R. 990, Medicare Adult Day Care Act, 2044 [9FE]

H.R. 1026, outlier payments for inpatient hospital services under medicare, 2355 [21FE]

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

H.R. 1272, priority funding for certain volunteer workers' programs, 3398 [2MR]

H.R. 1801, Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act, 6071 [11AP]

H.R. 2707, Social Security Notch Adjustment Act, 12792 [21JN]

H.R. 3140, health long-term care coverage under medicare and coverage for individuals in poverty under medicaid, 19489 [4AU]

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

S. 9, phase out Social Security earnings test for individuals who have attained retirement age, 503 [25JA]

S. 37, protect title II Social Security benefit levels, 415 [25JA]

S. 54, waiver of rights under Age Discrimination in Employment Waiver Protection Act, 645 [25JA]

S. 61, grants for training projects in geriatrics, 670 [25JA]

S. 184, protect Social Security benefit levels for certain individuals, 835 [25JA]

S. 200, improve Social Security disability determination reviews, 869-871 [25JA]

S. 216, establish Social Security Administration as independent agency, 924-930 [25JA]

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

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

S. 505, veterans' benefits for surviving spouses relative to remarriage, 3483 [3MR]

S. 516, Age Discrimination in Apprenticeship Programs Act, 3527 [6MR]

S. 562, Social Security Services Improvement Act, 3972-3975 [9MR]

S. 608, separate election of medicare benefits, 4574 [16MR]

S. 655, SSI Reform Act, 4866 [17MR]

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

S. 675, Equal Access To Voting Act, 4890-4892 [17MR]

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

S. 812, Retiree Health Benefits Preservation Act, 6726-6729 [17AP]

S. 907, Basic Banking Services Access Act, 7965 [3MY]

S. 985, pension information disclosure to participants, 9089 [12MY]

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

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

S. 1192, Social Security earnings test modifications, 11913 [15JN]

S. 1212, Social Security Notch Adjustment Act, 12702 [21JN]

S. 1239, reconsideration of medicare payment denial, 13124 [22JN]

S. 1255, Alzheimer's Disease Research and Training Act, 13156 [22JN]

S. 1298, reauthorizing the Domestic Volunteer Service Act, 14323 [12JY]

S. 1321, Comprehensive Alzheimer's Assistance, Research, and Education Act, 14744-14747 [14JY]

S. 1358, Social Security Work Incentives Act, 15282-15284 [19JY]

S. 1388, Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Surtax Repeal Act, 15921 [24JY]

S. 1402, ensure area agencies under the Older Americans Act representing Indians receive adequate funding, 16057 [25JY]

S. 1426, amend Domestic Volunteer Service Act, 16692-16697 [27JY], 20609-20614 [15SE]

S. 1428, Social Security Administration Services Preservation Act, 16698 [27JY]

S. 1430, National and Community Service Act, 16699-16712 [27JY]

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

S. 1457, projects providing volunteer opportunities for the elderly as aides in nursing homes, 17505 [1AU]

S. 1465, National Older American Volunteer Programs Expansion Act, 17515 [1AU]

S. 1466, Rural Hospital Improvements Act, 17960 [2AU]

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

S. 1544, Centers of Excellence in Geriatric Research and Training Act, 18947 [4AU]

S. 1557, permit unlicensed video viewing in nursing homes, 18970 [4AU]

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

S. 1570, claimant representation fee in administrative Social Security proceedings, 18985 [4AU]

S. 1674, Social Security trust fund benefits, 21702 [26SE]

S. 1720, mandatory sentences for felonies committed against individuals over age 65, 22990 [3OC]

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

S. 1823, Social Security retirement test earnings exemption amount, 26668 [31OC]

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

S. 1995, increase amount of earnings exemption under Social Security retirement benefits, 31585-31588 [21NO]

S. 1998, Medicaid Long-Term Demonstration Project Waiver Act, 31443 [21NO]

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

S. Con. Res. 36, medicare physician reimbursement system, 8793 [10MY]

S. Con. Res. 57, VISTA anniversary recognition, 16720 [27JY]

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

S. Res. 53, print additional copies of Senate report titled Developments in Aging—1988, 1845 [7FE], 2949 [28FE]

S. Res. 161, tribute to long-term care aides, 17518 [1AU]

S.J. Res. 16, National Alzheimer's Disease Month, 18528 [3AU], 27768 [7NO]

S.J. Res. 24, National Older Americans Abuse Prevention Week, 1058 [25JA], 3346 [2MR]

S.J. Res. 37, National Osteoporosis Prevention Week, 8687 [9MY], 8806 [10MY]

S.J. Res. 45, Older Americans Month, 2951 [28FE], 6796 [17AP]

S.J. Res. 115, National Nursing Home Residents' Rights Week, 13029 [22JN]