SOCIAL SECURITY ACT related term(s) Public Welfare

Amendments

Income: cut contribution rates and return to pay-as-you-go financing (S. 3167), 28103, 28116, 28143 [9OC], 36598 [27OC]

Medicaid: reimbursement of treatment services for crack cocaine addiction (S. 3118), 27842, 27849 [5OC]

Analyses

Medicaid Anti-Discriminatory Drug Price and Patient Benefit Restoration Act (S. 3029), 24151-24154 [12SE]

Medicare Community Health Center and Rural Health Clinic Amendments (H.R. 4167), 4043 [8MR]

Articles and editorials

AIDS—An Expanding Emergency, 9568 [8MY]

Applying Brakes to the Runaway American Health Care System—A Proposed Agenda, 812-814 [30JA]

Big Lie That Caused the Budget Catastrophe, 28080 [8OC]

Bush Aides' Tactics Irritate the House, 27886 [6OC]

Consolation Prize—Tax Shelters for Rich Could Return in Plan To Aid Small Business, 27177 [3OC]

Covering Physicians Must Bill in Their Own Name, HCFA Orders, 1069 [1FE]

Cut the Social Security Payroll Tax, 6801-6805 [4AP]

Fairer Medicare Tax Plan, 4951 [21MR]

Frenzy of Cuts in Medicare Plugs Deficit, 27869 [5OC]

Get the Books Off the Burner, 28195 [10OC]

GOP's Social Security Tax Cut Phobia, 28101 [9OC]

Graham Plan Deserves Try, 28195 [10OC]

Graham's Goal Wise—End Tricks Take Social Security Off-Budget, 28193 [10OC]

Graham's Plan Deserves Support, 28193 [10OC]

Graham's Plan Would Protect the Social Security System, 28194 [10OC]

Hospital Bills Sickening in Content and Length, 15351 [22JN]

House Republicans Push Anew for Privatization of Social Security, 301 [24JA]

If Health Care Is Killing You, Whom Should We Blame?, 24194 [12SE]

Innovative Proposal, 28193 [10OC]

Is It Time To Lower the Social Security Levy? Yes—Return to Pay-as-You-Go, 197 [23JA]

Medicare To Take Big Hit Under Budget Plan, 24393 [13SE]

Misuse of Trust Funds Makes Warriors of Moynihan and McEwen, 3420 [5MR]

Moynihan and the Conservatives, 28100 [9OC]

No Candle Burns Without a ``WIC'', 19478 [25JY]

Not Catastrophic but Bad Enough, 976 [31JA]

One Hospital Tells the Cost of Regulation, 16632 [28JN]

Outlook—If Social Security Steps Out of Bounds, 14145 [14JN]

Paying People Not To Work—Economic Cost of Social Security Retirement Earnings Limit, 14890 [20JN]

Paying People Not To Work—Uncle Sam Is Destroying Your Work Force, 14889 [20JN]

Public Pension Surpluses and National Saving—Foreign Experience, 14502-14506 [19JN]

Real Deficit Debate? It's Already Over, 34033 [25OC]

Repeal of the Earnings Test Is Indeed Possible, 28109 [9OC]

Rival Operations—Competitive Anomaly—Consumers Pay More in Two-Hospital Towns, 13998 [13JN]

Saving Social Security, 28194 [10OC]

Senator Graham—Protect Social Security; Separate From Budget, 28194 [10OC]

Senator Seeks to Stem Rise in Medicaid Drug Costs, 10070 [10MY]

Senator's Right on Drug Treatment, 23331 [4AU], 25932 [26SE]

Seniors' Cry—Productive Lives After 65, 2907 [28FE]

Seniors—Stand Up and Be Counted, 13283 [7JN]

Social Security Bill on Target, 28194 [10OC]

Social Security Lotto—Win Without a Ticket, 19771 [26JY]

Social Security Needs Cure, 28196 [10OC]

Social Security Safeguard, 28196 [10OC]

Stalking Rosty, 13448 [7JN], 13581 [11JN], 19771 [26JY]

Surplus Value, 13545 [11JN]

Tax Instruments of Trauma, 2845 [27FE]

Tax Rises Seen Hitting Hard at People of Moderate Means, 27176 [3OC]

Taxes—Hidden Treasure, 301 [24JA]

Telling the Truth About Rising Health Care Costs, 13434 [7JN]

Time to Strip the Camouflage, 28195 [10OC]

Tinkering With Social Security, 7353 [18AP]

Too Much for the Rich, 27176 [3OC]

Up Against the Earnings Cap—Social Security Test Seen Having Little Impact on Work Decisions, 13448 [7JN]

Warning Signs at Social Security, 7725 [20AP]

We Don't Need Any More Radiation Therapy Centers, 650 [25JA]

Yes, Cut Social Security Taxes, 28100 [9OC]

Bills and resolutions

AFDC: alternative methods for delivering services under the Jobs Program (see H.R. 5860)

———purchase of capital equipment for small businesses by certain recipients (see H.R. 5792)

Aged: authorizing appropriations for counseling on medicare benefits and health insurance (see H.R. 4994)

———earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 4241)

———remove limitations on outside income earned by certain beneficiaries and additional financing of certain trust funds (see H.R. 4036)

Armed Forces: repeal the Social Security offset applicable to certain annuities for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 5221)

Benefits: computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 5142)

———conditions in which additional years may be disregarded in determining average annual earnings relative to benefit amounts (see H.R. 5104)

———earnings test for recipients working for schools (see H.R. 5217)

———eligibility status for widow's or widower's benefits (see H.R. 5105)

Blind: eliminate Social Security work disincentives (see H.R. 4972)

Breast Cancer Screening Act: enact (see S. 2971)

Budget: exclude receipts and disbursements of the Social Security trust funds when calculating deficit amounts (see S. 2868)

———exclude Social Security trust funds from deficit calculation (see H.R. 5437)

———exclude trust fund receipts and disbursements from Federal deficit calculation (see H.R. 3872)

———exclude trust funds from deficit calculation (see S. 2999)

———exclusion of Social Security, highway, and airport and airway trust funds from deficit calculation (see H.R. 3974)

———modification of the deficit reduction agreement (see H. Con. Res. 379)

Children: extend and improve child care services and programs (see H.R. 4294)

———insurance benefits (see H.R. 4938)

———plans for cases where placement of certain children in foster care is not immediate (see S. 3236)

———prevent abandoned babies from experiencing prolonged foster care when permanent families are available (see H.R. 4850)

Children's Health Access and Prevention Act: enact (see S. 2989)

Community Mental Health Center Service Act: enact (see S. 2819)

Courts: ensure compliance with decisions on medical improvement claims (see H.R. 4797)

———State and local use of account numbers for jury selection (see H.R. 5840)

Dept. of HHS: enforcement of sanctions under hospital anti-dumping provisions (see H.R. 4495)

Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act: amend (see S. 2704)

Disabled Work Incentives Equity Act: enact (see H.R. 4517)

Disasters: permit certain hospitals located in relief areas to qualify as medicare dependent (see H.R. 4086)

Diseases: establish lifecare long-term care program (see H.R. 4093)

Economic Opportunity Act: enact (see S. 2866)

Education: eligibility for certain benefits of children relative to their status as a full-time student (see H.R. 4626)

Fairness in Rural Health Care Act: enact (see S. 2438)

Families: divorced spouse's benefits (see H.R. 4422)

———entitlement to benefits of deemed spouse and legal spouse (see S. 3151)

———improve the foster care maintenance payments program (see S. 2899)

Federal aid programs: improve old age, survivors, disability insurance, and SSI benefits (see S. 2574)

Germany, Federal Republic of: disregard reparation payments relative to individuals who are institutionalized or receiving home or community-based services (see H.R. 4516)

Government trust funds: off-budget treatment (see H.R. 5315)

Health: health insurance, information, counseling, and assistance to individuals receiving benefits under Title XVIII (see H.R. 4835)

———liability of hospitals denying services to individuals with an emergency medical condition (see H.R. 4005)

Health Insurance Counseling and Assistance Act: enact (see S. 2189)

High Medicare Hospital Relief Act: enact (see S. 2972)

Home Dialysis Equity Act: enact (see S. 2098)

Hospitals: eliminate reimbursement differential in different areas (see S. 2019)

Human resources programs: miscellaneous amendments (see H.R. 4229)

Income: adjustments to levels at which benefits are subject to income tax (see H.R. 4601)

———cut contribution rates and return to pay-as-you-go financing (see S. 3167)

———determination of average annual income for benefit eligibility (see H.R. 5751)

———exclude certain rental payments from self-employment income for earnings test (see S. 2267)

Insurance: health insurance for children under 23 years of age and mothers (see H.R. 4280)

———limit investment of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund in State and local obligations (see H.R. 5305)

Married couples: benefits relative to combined earnings (see H.R. 5103)

Medicaid: alcoholism and drug dependency treatment for pregnant women (see H.R. 5536)

———better health protection for mothers and children (see S. 3081)

———clarify the coverage of personal care services (see H.R. 4507)

———continuous eligibility for infants of eligible women (see S. 3116)

———control drug prices, assure quality medical care, and protect physician's right to prescribe (see S. 3029; H.R. 5589)

———coverage for personal care services outside the home (see S. 2686)

———coverage of hospice care (see H.R. 3935)

———coverage of personal care services (see H.R. 4603)

———drug dependency residential treatment services for pregnant women and certain family members (see H.R. 5750)

———funding of abortion in case of rape or incest (see H. Res. 314)

———illegal and inappropriate prescription drug distribution (see H.R. 5529)

———improve access to health care services to needy children (see H.R. 3932)

———improve the quality of physicians' services (see H.R. 5565)

———improve the quality of services to mentally retarded individuals (see H.R. 3934)

———increase enrollment of eligible pregnant women and children (see H.R. 5480)

———nursing home requirements (see H.R. 5234)

———payment adjustments relative to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (see H.R. 4413)

———permit State matching payments through voluntary contributions and State taxes (see H.R. 4181)

———promote access to services through outreach and improvement in payment adjustments for certain hospitals (see H.R. 5890)

———provider improvements (see S. 3265)

———reduce infant mortality rate through improved coverage of services to pregnant women and infants (see H.R. 3931)

———reduction of infant mortality (see S. 2198)

———reimbursement of treatment services for crack cocaine addiction (see S. 3118)

———State options relative to coverage for HIV-related services (see S. 2536)

———State options to provide community care to the elderly (see H.R. 3933)

———studies to extend coverage to certain otherwise ineligible low-income families (see S. 2950; H.R. 5424)

Medicaid Child Health Act: enact (see S. 2459)

Medicaid Drug Treatment for Families Act: enact (see S. 3002)

Medicaid Home Respiratory Care Act: enact (see H.R. 4518)

Medicaid Medically Needy Eligibility Clarification Act: enact (see S. 2843)

Medicaid respite demonstration project: extension (see S. 2478)

Medicare: amend certain provisions relative to federally qualified health center services and rural health clinic services (see H.R. 4233)

———arbitration of medical malpractice claims brought by beneficiaries (see H.R. 4566)

———area wage index adjustments for inpatient hospital discharges (see S. 2801)

———assessment and adjustment of the coinsurance amount for post-hospital extended care services (see S. 3014)

———assist beneficiaries in receiving health insurance services (see H.R. 5517)

———billing arrangements relative to physician coverage of another colleague's practice on an occasional basis (see H.R. 3980)

———billing arrangements relative to physician coverage of another colleague's practice on occasional basis (see S. 2051)

———carriers to publish medical review screens and associated screening parameters before applying for such screen and parameter (see H.R. 4572)

———collection of information on secondary payer situations from entities associated with employee group health plans (see S. 3074)

———coverage for air fluidized bead bed therapy in nursing facilities (see S. 3149)

———coverage for annual screening mammography (see S. 2033; H.R. 3864)

———coverage of bone mass measurements for certain individuals (see H.R. 4865)

———coverage of certain chiropractic services (see S. 2616)

———coverage of eyeglasses provided with intraocular lenses following cataract surgery (see S. 3178; H.R. 5736)

———coverage of in-home care (see H.R. 4173)

———coverage of nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist services in rural areas (see H.R. 4483)

———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 5054)

———coverage of screening mammography and colon-rectal screening examinations (see H.R. 4109)

———coverage of self-administered erythropoietin (see H.R. 4247)

———coverage under for air fluidized bead bed therapy in nursing facilities (see H.R. 5851)

———determination of amount of payments made to rehabilitation and long-term hospitals (see H.R. 4262)

———eligibility rules for State and local government employees covered by optional State agreements (see S. 2421)

———eliminate reimbursement differential between rural and urban hospitals (see S. 2214)

———eliminate reimbursement differential between rural and urban hospitals (H.R. 4274) (see H.R. 4274)

———equalize the standardized amounts paid to hospitals in rural and urban areas (see H.R. 4481)

———establish the Comprehensive Preventive Health Program (see H.R. 4269)

———exempt home health services from budget sequestration order (see H.R. 5516)

———extend hospice benefits (see H.R. 3890)

———extend the income ceiling for qualified beneficiaries (see H.R. 4034)

———extend the period of continuous home health services (see H.R. 3891)

———extensions of expiring health related waiver of liability provisions (see S. 3076)

———filing claims of beneficiaries by nonparticipating physicians (see S. 3044)

———home dialysis expenses (see H.R. 5213)

———home dialysis treatment (see H.R. 4951)

———hospital eligibility for payment for inpatient services relative to inpatient psychiatric treatment (see H.R. 4643)

———illegal and inappropriate prescription drug distribution (see H.R. 5531)

———impose an excise tax relative to the issuance of certain supplement insurance policies (see H.R. 4242)

———improve hospice care, screening mammography, and certain home health services (see H.R. 3880)

———improve limitations on physician's charges for unassigned claims (see S. 3015)

———improve services relative to in-home respite care and home health services (see H.R. 4682)

———improve spousal protection and impoverishment benefits (see S. 3106)

———improve standards applying to supplemental health insurance policies (see S. 3020)

———inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 5348)

———nonparticipating physicians filing of patients' beneficiary claims (see H.R. 4772)

———nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist services in rural areas (see H.R. 4041)

———offering of supplemental policies that incorporate managed care (see H.R. 5177)

———payment for certified registered nurse anesthetists (see H.R. 3899, 4485)

———payment for end-stage disease services (see H.R. 4644)

———payment for home dialysis aides (see H.R. 5047)

———payment for services of physician assistants (see H.R. 4486)

———payment of interest on excess premiums collected (see H.R. 3881)

———periodic certification of the qualification of physicians as a condition of payment (see H.R. 4464)

———permit beneficiaries to obtain upgraded items of equipment (see H.R. 5961)

———protect beneficiaries purchasing a supplemental health insurance policy (see S. 2293)

———protect elderly and disabled beneficiaries from unwarranted increases in cost of supplemental insurance (see H.R. 3959)

———recognition of costs of certain nursing and allied health education programs (see S. 3142)

———reduce waiting period for eligibility for disabled individuals (see H.R. 4154)

———reform physician reimbursement regulations (see H.R. 4600)

———reform regulation of supplemental policies (see H.R. 5626)

———reimbursement of veterans facilities (see H.R. 5463)

———relief from certain regulations relative to physicians' services (see S. 2591)

———requirements for extended care service (see H.R. 4627)

———respiratory therapy (see H.R. 4095)

———respite care services for hospice care beneficiaries (see H.R. 5259)

———resumption of certain case management demonstration projects (see S. 2958)

———State coverage of services for persons diagnosed as being HIV-positive (see H.R. 4080)

———supplemental insurance policy standards (see H.R. 4840)

———toll-free telephone hotline to provide information on supplemental insurance (see H.R. 5845)

———uniform national conversion factors for services of certified registered nurse anesthetists (see S. 2041)

———update the area wage index used to determine payments to hospitals for certain inpatient services (see H.R. 5097)

———voluntary agreements for coverage of State and local employees under medicare (see H.R. 4742)

Medicare Bone Mass Measurement Coverage Act: enact (see S. 2619)

Medicare Buy-In Prescription Drug Coverage Act: enact (see H.R. 4727)

Medicare Enhanced Benefits Act: enact (see S. 2766)

Medicare Home Benefits Improvement Act: enact (see S. 2246)

Medicare Home Hemodialysis Improvement Act: enact (see S. 2689)

Medicare Managed Care Act: enact (see S. 2931)

Medicare Managed Care Incentive Act: enact (see S. 2767)

Medicare Tax Fairness Act: enact (see H.R. 4349)

Medicare/medicaid: coverage of obstetrical and gynecological services by nurse practitioners (see H.R. 5396)

———dissemination of information to State medical boards (see H.R. 5451)

———funding for long-term health care services (see S. Con. Res. 125; H. Con. Res. 246)

———improve the delivery of services at federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics (see S. 2538)

———nursing home reform provisions (see S. 3175)

———participation by beneficiaries in health care decisions affecting themselves (see H.R. 5067)

Medigap Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act: enact (see S. 2050, 2640; H.R. 4344)

Medigap Simplification Act: enact (see S. 2641)

Miscellaneous and technical changes (see H.R. 5828)

Nurses: Social Security and unemployment taxes for student (see H.R. 4974)

Older Americans' Freedom To Work Act: enact (see S. 2159)

Patient Self-Determination Act: enact (see H.R. 4449)

Pharmaceutical Access and Prudent Purchasing Act: enact (see S. 2605)

Physician Regulatory Relief and Improvement Act: enact (see H.R. 4475)

Physicians: immunity from malpractice liability (see H.R. 5830)

Privatization: proposals (see H. Res. 306)

Public welfare: exclusion of certain income for benefit determination for certain food stamp and housing programs (see H.R. 5941)

———funds for innovative child welfare and family support services (see S. 3174)

Social Security Administration: establish as independent agency (see S. 2453)

———Presidential nominees for the Board of Trustees (see S. Res. 267, 269)

Social Security Integrity and Tax Reduction Act: enact (see S. 2052)

Social Security Transition Benefit Computation Act: enact (see S. 2975)

SSI: eligibility standards (see S. 2290)

———extend benefits to residents of Guam (see H.R. 4846)

———improve procedures for the determination of disability for eligibility purposes (see S. 3131)

———inclusion of American Samoa (see H.R. 3981)

———permit disabled and elderly people to maximize their independence (see S. 3102)

———work incentives relative to disability benefits (see H.R. 4755)

SSI Technical Amendments Act: enact (see S. 2794)

States: work supplementation programs (see H.R. 4916)

Tax Reform and Competitiveness Act: enact (see S. 2084)

Taxation: incentives relative to long-term care (see H.R. 5090)

———reduction of the OASDI tax rate and increase of the hospital insurance tax rate (see S. 2249)

———repeal scheduled increase (see H.R. 3857, 3865)

———treatment of married senior citizens and retirement test exemptions (see H.R. 4904)

———treatment of Social Security and tier 1 railroad retirement benefits (see H.R. 4964)

———treatment of Social Security taxes relative to workmen's compensation payments to State and local government employees (see H.R. 5763)

———use of increased tax on the cigarette industry to reimburse medicare and medicaid treatment of smoking-related diseases (see H.R. 5448)

Trust fund: budget treatment (see H.R. 3937)

———payroll taxes (see S. 2016)

Trust funds: budget treatment (see H.R. 4503; H. Con. Res. 317)

———investment of trust fund (see H.R. 4605)

WIC: revision in the special supplemental food program (see H.R. 5488)

Youth: exempt services by full-time students for children's camps from Social Security taxes (see H.R. 4052)

Booklets

Understanding Medicare—A Guide for Children of Aging Parents: Republican staff of Committee on Aging (Special), 28125-28131 [9OC]

Descriptions

Comprehensive Long-Term Care Incentive Act (H.R. 5090), 15060, 15345 [21JN]

Improve standards applying to medicare supplemental health insurance policies (S. 3020), 23765 [11SE]

Improving old age, survivors, disability insurance, and SSI benefits (S. 2574), 9392 [3MY]

Updating the area wage index used to determine medicare payments to hospitals for certain inpatient services (H.R. 5097), 15057 [21JN]

Essays

Social Security Bite on Collegians: Michael J. Lavelle, 18120 [18JY]

Examples

Victims of medicare overselling, 4476 [15MR]

Explanations

Pharmaceutical Access and Prudent Purchasing Act (S. 2605), 10068 [10MY]

Factsheets

Consumer Awareness of Medigap Insurance—Findings of a National Survey of Older Americans: American Association of Retired Persons, 1067 [1FE]

Option for SSDI Recipients To Participate in SSI and the 1619 Work Incentive Program, 9932 [9MY]

Forewords

Understanding Medicare—A Guide for Children of Aging Parents: Senator Heinz, 28125 [9OC]

Letters

Bipartisan Commission on Comprehensive Health Care's recommendations: Representative Gradison, 3417 [5MR]

Contribution rates: National Federation of Independent Business, 28100 [9OC]

———U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 28100 [9OC]

Disabled childrens' benefit claims: Senator Heinz, 15887 [27JN]

Exclude Social Security receipts and disbursements when calculating budget deficit: Bob Bolen and Glenda E. Hood, National League of Cities, 18062 [18JY]

Federal trust funds: Clayton Horn, 3419 [5MR]

Health protection for mothers and children: Birt Harvey, American Academy of Pediatrics, 25081 [19SE]

———Donald J. Kroes, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 25084 [19SE]

———Dorothy A. Walsh, American Information Technologies, 25082 [19SE]

———Harold A. Kaminetzky, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 25081 [19SE]

———Jerry J. Jasinowski, National Association of Manufacturers, 25083 [19SE]

———John P. Galles, National Small Business United, 25084 [19SE]

———Marian W. Edelman, Children's Defense Fund, 25083 [19SE]

———Mary N. Lehnhard, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, 25082 [19SE]

———Paul C. Rettig, American Hospital Association, 25082 [19SE]

———Robert H. Sweeney, National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions, Inc., 25083 [19SE]

———Willis B. Goldbeck, Washington Business Group on Health, 25084 [19SE]

Medicaid Anti-Discriminatory Drug Price and Patient Benefit Restoration Act: Charles M. West and John M. Rector, National Association of Retail Druggists, 24155 [12SE]

———John A. Gans, American Pharmaceutical Association, 24154, 24155 [12SE]

———Linda F. Golodner, National Consumers League, 24155 [12SE]

———Robert J. Schweitzer, American Cancer Society, 24155 [12SE]

———Ronald F. Pollack, Families United for Senior Action, 24154 [12SE]

Medicaid coverage for cocaine addiction: Gail R. Wilensky, 13758 [12JN]

Medicaid coverage for crack cocaine addiction: Gail R. Wilensky, 27850 [5OC]

———Rozann Abato, 27850 [5OC]

Medicaid coverage for drug dependency treatment programs: Gail R. Wilensky, Dept. of HHS, 25931 [26SE]

———Rozann Abato, Dept. of HHS, 25932 [26SE]

Medicaid drug pricing: Edward Truschke, Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association, Inc. (sundry), 24200 [12SE]

Medicaid medically needy programs: Louis W. Sullivan, Sec. of HHS, 30348 [17OC]

———Senator Bentsen, 30348 [17OC]

———Senator Cranston, 30347 [17OC]

———Senators Cranston and Leahy, 30349 [17OC]

———several Senators, 30348 [17OC]

Medicare and Social Security: Mark D. Siljander, 4966 [22MR]

———Representative Rostenkowski, 4967 [22MR]

Medicare financing of medium-sized hospitals: T.M. Johnson, 6655 [4AP]

Medicare reimbursement of nurse services in rural areas: New Mexico Nurse Practitioner Council, 2274 [21FE]

Medicare reimbursement policy: Michael A. Patmas, 17126 [11JY]

Medicare reimbursement process: Senator Pressler, 12306 [24MY]

Medicare reimbursement to physicians: William C. Mobley, 21882 [2AU]

Medigap supplementary insurance for aged: Margaret Hagaman, 2816 [27FE]

Old age, survivors, disability insurance, and SSI benefits: American Association of Retired Persons, 9392 [3MY]

Pharmaceutical Access and Prudent Purchasing Act: Charles M. West and John M. Rector, National Association of Retail Druggists, 10072 [10MY]

———Horace B. Deets, American Association of Retired Persons, 10071 [10MY]

———Horace B. Deets, Leadership Council of Aging Organizations, 10071 [10MY]

———Johnson & Johnson, 19276, 19277 [25JY]

———Lawrence T. Smedley, National Council of Senior Citizens, 10070 [10MY]

———Ronald F. Pollack, Families United for Senior Action, 10071 [10MY]

———Ronald L. Ziegler, National Association of Chain Drug Stores, 10072 [10MY]

———William M. Hermelin, American Pharmaceutical Association, 10072 [10MY]

Rostenkowski's budget deficit reduction plan: Representative Houghton, 10602 [15MY]

Social Security earnings test: American Association of Retired Persons, 28107 [9OC]

———James B. Gergen, 28109 [9OC]

———L.H. Stahn, 28109 [9OC]

———National Alliance of Senior Citizens, Inc., 28107 [9OC]

———National Association of Retired Federal Employees, 28107 [9OC]

———National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, 28106 [9OC]

———Retired Officers Association, 28107 [9OC]

———Seniors Coalition, 28107 [9OC]

———U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 28107 [9OC]

Social Security off budget: several Senator Heinz' constituents, 14444 [18JN]

Social Security retirement benefits: Mr. and Mrs. James Batdorf, 2118 [21FE]

———Neil W. McCarthy, Sr., 2118 [21FE]

———William C. Rose, 2118 [21FE]

Lists

Cosponsors of H.R. 3880, Medicare Improvement Act, 4316 [13MR]

Hospitals recommended by Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations as nondeserving of medicare accreditation, 19103 [24JY]

Impact on States of budget neutral financing of regional floor provision, 26670 [30SE]

Notch case histories, 28117 [9OC]

Organizations supporting S. 2605, Pharmaceutical Access and Prudent Purchasing Act, 19276 [25JY]

Organizations supporting S. 3029, Pharmaceutical Access and Prudent Purchasing Act, 24154 [12SE]

Original cosponsors of H.R. 4495, enforcement of sanctions under hospital anti-dumping provisions, 6662 [4AP]

Memorandums

Medigap Supplementary Insurance for Aged: Harold Halfin, 2816 [27FE]

Trust Fund Programs and the Federal Deficit: Library of Congress, 4308 [13MR]

Memorials of legislature

Hawaii, 7341 [18AP]

Indiana, 4151 [9MR]

Kentucky, 4572 [20MR], 5401 [27MR]

Louisiana, 18206 [19JY], 18547 [20JY]

Maine, 4243 [12MR], 4661 [20MR]

Massachusetts, 141 [23JA]

North Carolina, 23477 [5SE], 24594 [14SE]

Ohio, 13672 [12JN], 14110 [14JN], 14559 [19JN]

Rhode Island, 1173 [5FE], 5124 [22MR]

South Carolina, 4151 [9MR]

West Virginia, 24593 [14SE]

Messages

Impact of Deficit Reduction Agreement: Representative Marlenee, 27507 [4OC]

Papers

Long-Term Medical Care: National Long-Term Care Campaign (organization), 3572 [6MR]

Petitions

Baton Rouge, LA, Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System, 2043 [20FE]

Baton Rouge, LA, School Employees' Retirement System, 2043 [20FE]

Berea, OH, City Council, 7341 [18AP]

Bozeman, MT, citizens, 24594 [14SE]

Joint Legislative Committee on Aging, Columbia, SC, 3475 [6MR]

New Haven, CT, Board of Alderman, 9905 [9MY]

30th Infantry Division Association, 16897 [11JY]

Questions and answers

Exclude Social Security receipts and disbursements when calculating budget deficit (S. 2868): Senator Graham, 18062 [18JY]

Pharmaceutical Access and Prudent Purchasing Act, 10069 [10MY]

Remarks in House

Aged: Alzheimer's disease patients, 32772 [25OC]

———assistance for caregivers, 23070 [3AU]

———earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 2460), 890 [31JA], 2907 [28FE], 10611, 10612 [16MY], 10812 [16MY], 11096, 11104 [17MY], 19101 [24JY]

———earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 4241), 4246 [12MR]

———mail-order solicitation relative to benefit reduction, 21239 [1AU]

———patient visits to hospital emergency rooms, 30099 [17OC]

———remove limitations on outside income earned by certain beneficiaries and provide additional financing of certain trust funds (H.R. 4036), 2262 [21FE]

Benefits: computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982, 490 [24JA], 13911 [13JN], 14014 [13JN], 14674, 14681 [19JN], 14699 [20JN]-14701 [19JN], 14722 [20JN], 14874 [20JN], 16096 [27JN], 16104 [28JN], 17332 [12JY], 32620 [23OC], 33851 [25OC]

———computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (H.R. 1060), 14697 [26JN], 14698 [20JN]

———computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (H.R. 5142), 15375 [22JN]

———computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (H.R. 917), 2117 [21FE], 14697 [22JN], 14698 [21JN], 25281 [21SE]

———computation rules (H.R. 2707), 8813 [30AP]

———conditions in which additional years may be disregarded in determining average annual earnings relative to benefit amounts (H.R. 5104), 15059 [21JN]

———cost-of-living adjustments, 17206 [12JY]

———disability appeals hearings, 23699 [10SE]

———earnings test for recipients working for schools (H.R. 5217), 16103 [28JN]

Blind: eliminate Social Security work disincentives (H.R. 4972), 13449 [7JN]

Budget: exclude Social Security trust funds from deficit calculation (H.R. 5437), 23087 [3AU]

———exclude trust fund receipts and disbursements from Federal deficit calculation (H.R. 3872), 237 [23JA]

———exclusion of Social Security, highway, and airport and airway trust funds from deficit calculation (H.R. 3974), 1691 [7FE]

———impact of deficit reduction agreement, 26902-26905 [1OC], 27041, 27042, 27043, 27044, 27045, 27071, 27140, 27142-27149 [2OC], 27261, 27262, 27263, 27264, 27265, 27266, 27376, 27385, 27387-27392 [3OC], 27508 [4OC], 27597 [5OC], 27673 [4OC], 27900, 27901, 27903, 27904, 27924, 27932-27938 [6OC], 27944, 27955, 27971, 27974-27978 [7OC], 28250, 28251 [10OC], 28598 [11OC], 29013 [12OC], 29125 [15OC], 29495 [15OC], 29947, 29965-29970 [16OC], 30110, 30115 [17OC], 30451 [17OC], 30960, 30963, 30964, 31041-31047 [18OC], 31094, 31097, 31163-31170 [19OC], 31908 [22OC], 32618, 32619 [23OC], 33612, 33614 [24OC], 34083 [25OC], 34480 [26OC], 34896 [2NO], 34897 [27OC], 35215 [26OC], 35246, 35247, 37128 [27OC]

———proposed reduction in entitlements programs, 19785 [26JY]

———release of White House switchboard phone number, 27266 [3OC]

———Rostenkowski-Moynihan's deficit reduction plans, 15844-15846 [27JN]

———user fee proposal, 713 [30JA]

Budget Process Reform and Social Security Protection Act: enact (H.R. 4760), 9894 [9MY]

Children: extend and improve child care services and programs (H.R. 4294), 4469 [15MR], 4567 [20MR], 5773-5777 [28MR]

———insurance benefits (H.R. 4938), 12558 [24MY]

Connecticut: State law expanding medical insurance coverage, 16592 [28JN]

Courts: ensure compliance with decisions on medical improvement claims (H.R. 4797), 10116 [10MY]

Democratic Party: policies, 4237 [12MR]

Dept. of HHS: enforcement of sanctions under hospital anti-dumping provisions (H.R. 4495), 6662 [4AP]

Disasters: permit certain hospitals located in relief areas to qualify as medicare dependent (H.R. 4086), 2486 [22FE]

Diseases: social security benefits to women with acquired immune deficiency syndrome, 27160 [2OC]

Drugs: illegal and inappropriate prescription drug distribution (H.R. 5529), 23108 [3AU]

———illegal and inappropriate prescription drug distribution (H.R. 5531), 24192 [12SE]

Employment: eliminate earnings limit for the elderly, 9203 [2MY]

Germany, Federal Republic of: disregard reparation payments relative to individuals who are institutionalized or receiving home or community-based services (H.R. 4516), 6654 [4AP]

Government trust funds: off-budget treatment (H.R. 5315), 18472 [20JY]

Health: establish lifecare long-term care program (H.R. 4093), 2488 [22FE]

———health insurance, information, counseling, and assistance to individuals receiving benefits under Title XVIII (H.R. 4835), 10609 [16MY], 10822 [16MY]

———liability of hospitals denying services to individuals with an emergency medical condition (H.R. 4005), 1728 [7FE]

———medical care choices, 16181-16183 [28JN]

Income: cost-of-living-adjustment freeze, 6616, 6618, 6622 [4AP]

———determination of average annual income for benefit eligibility (H.R. 5751), 26664 [28SE]

———limitation for recipients, 9824 [9MY]

Insurance: eligibility status for widow's or widower's benefits (H.R. 5105), 15059 [21JN]

———health insurance for children under 23 years of age and mothers (H.R. 4280), 4462 [15MR]

———medicare coverage of mammography, 31910 [22OC]

Marriage: benefits of divorced spouses, 6617, 6618 [4AP]

Married couples: benefits relative to combined earnings (H.R. 5103), 15059 [21JN]

Massachusetts: medicare/medicaid payment shortfalls, 16609 [28JN]

Medicaid: control drug prices, assure quality medical care, and protect physician's right to prescribe (H.R. 5589), 24199 [12SE], 24494 [13SE]

———coverage of hospice care (H.R. 3935), 1105 [1FE]

———coverage of mammography and cervical cancer screening for women, 31974 [24OC]

———drug dependency residential treatment services for pregnant women and certain family members (H.R. 5750), 26665 [28SE]

———improve access to health care services to needy children (H.R. 3932), 1093, 1100 [1FE]

———improve the quality of physicians' services (H.R. 5565), 23671 [10SE]

———improve the quality of services to mentally retarded individuals (H.R. 3934), 1093 [1FE]

———increase enrollment of eligible pregnant women and children (H.R. 5480), 23044 [3AU]

———permit State matching payments through voluntary contributions and State taxes (H.R. 4181), 3465 [6MR], 23035 [3AU]

———promote access to services through outreach and improvement in payment adjustments for certain hospitals (H.R. 5890), 32603 [23OC]

———reduce infant mortality rate through improved coverage of services to pregnant women and infants (H.R. 3931), 1093 [1FE]

———State coverage of services for persons diagnosed as being HIV-positive (H.R. 4080), 2460 [22FE]

———State options to provide community care to the elderly (H.R. 3933), 1093, 1108 [1FE]

———studies to extend coverage to certain otherwise ineligible low-income families (H.R. 5424), 21684 [1AU]

Medicaid Home Respiratory Care Act: enact (H.R. 4518), 6839 [4AP]

Medicare: amend certain provisions relative to to federally qualified health center services and rural health clinic services (H.R. 4233), 4043 [8MR]

———amend provisions relative to physician payment programs (H.R. 1811), 12588 [24MY]

———arbitration of medical malpractice claims brought by beneficiaries (H.R. 4566), 7404 [19AP], 7678 [20AP]

———assist beneficiaries in receiving health insurance program services (H.R. 5517), 23046 [3AU], 37090 [27OC]

———billing arrangements relative to physician coverage of another colleague's practice on an occasional basis (H.R. 3980), 1727 [7FE]

———budget reduction, 24207 [13SE]

———budget reductions, 2103 [20FE]

———catastrophic illness coverage, 17125 [11JY], 17508 [13JY], 23118 [15AU], 25513 [24SE]

———coverage of annual screening mammography (H.R. 3864), 471 [24JA]

———coverage of eyeglasses provided with intraocular lenses following cataract surgery (H.R. 5736), 26452 [27SE]

———coverage of in-home care (H.R. 4173), 3256 [1MR]

———coverage of nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist services in rural areas (H.R. 4483), 20252 [27JY]

———coverage of screening mammography (H.R. 5054), 14305 [14JN]

———determination of amount of payments made to rehabilitation and long-term hospitals (H.R. 4262), 4386 [14MR]

———eliminate reimbursement differential between rural and urban hospitals (H.R. 4274), 4383 [14MR]

———equalize the standardized amounts paid to hospitals in rural and urban areas (H.R. 4481), 6839 [4AP]

———establish the Comprehensive Preventive Health Program (H.R. 4269), 4406 [14MR]

———extend hospice benefits (H.R. 3890), 480 [24JA]

———extend the income ceiling for qualified beneficiaries (H.R. 4034), 2120 [21FE]

———extend the period of continuous home health services (H.R. 3891), 480 [24JA]

———financing of medium-sized hospitals, 6655 [4AP]

———fraudulent medical screening tests, 1494 [7FE]

———home dialysis expenses (H.R. 5213), 16609 [28JN]

———home dialysis treatment (H.R. 4951), 12548 [24MY]

———hospital accreditation standards, 19103 [24JY]

———impact of deficit reduction agreement, 24761 [17SE], 25041 [19SE], 27042, 27044, 27045 [2OC], 27262, 27266 [3OC], 27615, 27616, 27620, 27623, 27625, 27626, 27629, 27630, 27640 [4OC], 27875 [5OC], 30965 [18OC], 31911 [22OC], 31974 [25OC], 35241 [26OC]

———impose an excise tax relative to the issuance of certain supplement insurance policies (H.R. 4242), 4476 [15MR]

———impose an excise tax relative to the issuance of certain supplemental insurance policies (H.R. 4242), 24634 [14SE]

———improve hospice care, screening mammography, and certain home health services (H.R. 3880), 453 [24JA], 485 [24JA], 1465 [7FE]

———inpatient hospital services (H.R. 5348), 22099 [2AU]

———medigap supplementary insurance premiums, 1464 [6FE]

———nonparticipating physicians filing of patients' beneficiary claims (H.R. 4772), 9940 [9MY]

———nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist services in rural areas (H.R. 4041), 2260, 2273 [21FE]

———payment for home dialysis aides (H.R. 5047), 14104 [14JN]

———payment for services of physician assistants (H.R. 4486), 6838, 6873 [4AP]

———payment of interest on excess premiums collected (H.R. 3881), 470 [24JA]

———payments to hospitals, 9111 [1MY]

———periodic certification of the qualification of physicians as a condition of payment (H.R. 4464), 6831 [4AP]

———permit beneficiaries to obtain upgraded items of equipment (H.R. 5961), 37094 [27OC]

———President's budget proposal, 719 [30JA]

———proposed reductions in spending, 22028 [2AU]

———reduce waiting period for eligibility for disabled individuals (H.R. 4154), 3081 [1MR]

———reimbursement to hospitals, 15351 [22JN]

———reimbursement to rural health care providers, 2618 [26FE]

———requirements for extended care service (H.R. 4627), 8307 [25AP]

———respiratory therapy (H.R. 4095), 2489 [22FE]

———respite care services for hospice care beneficiaries (H.R. 5259), 17345 [13JY]

———supplemental insurance policy standards (H.R. 4840), 19114 [25JY]

———toll-free telephone hotline to provide information on supplemental insurance (H.R. 5845), 30110 [17OC]

———update the area wage index used to determine payments to hospitals for certain inpatient services (H.R. 5097), 15057 [21JN]

———waste, fraud and mismanagement in program, 16079 [27JN]

———waste and abuse in program, 16885 [11JY]

———youth beneficiaries, 20701 [31JY]

Medicare Buy-In Prescription Drug Coverage Act: enact (H.R. 4727), 9445 [3MY]

Medicare Tax Fairness Act: enact (H.R. 4349), 4950 [21MR]

Medicare/medicaid: anniversary, 947 [31JY], 960 [1AU], 20554 [30JY], 20697, 20698, 20699, 20700, 20701, 20702, 20704 [31JY]

———coverage of obstetrical and gynecological services (H.R. 5396), 20252 [27JY]

———health care costs, 13998 [13JN]

———participation by beneficiaries in health care decisions affecting themselves (H.R. 5067), 15751 [27JN], 16587 [28JN]

Medigap Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act: enact (H.R. 4344), 4949 [21MR]

———enact (H.R. 4840), 11415 [21MY]

Miscellaneous and technical changes (H.R. 5828), 29464 [15OC]

National Health Care Policy Commission: study health care system, 23109 [3AU]

Nurses: Social Security and unemployment taxes for student (H.R. 4974), 13294 [7JN]

Patient Self-Determination Act: enact (H.R. 4449), 6586 [3AP]

Payroll taxes, 891 [31JA]

Pensions: cost-of-living increase, 24207 [13SE], 26564 [28SE]

———indexing base amount for taxation of benefits, 12105 [23MY]

Physician Regulatory Relief and Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 4475), 6874 [4AP]

Political parties: partisan views on national issues, 1495 [7FE]

Poverty: alternatives to medical care delivery, 7906 [23AP]

Republican Task Force To Protect Social Security: creation, 1490 [7FE]

Rural Health Care Coalition: legislative initiatives, 6652 [4AP]

Social Security: medicare fraud, 26151 [26SE]

Social Security Transitional Benefit Computation Act: discharge petition, 6602 [3AP]

SSI: inclusion of American Samoa (H.R. 3981), 1527 [7FE]

Taxation: exempt services by full-time students for children's camps from Social Security taxes (H.R. 4052), 2275 [21FE]

———impose an excise tax relative to the issuance of certain medicare supplement insurance policies (H.R. 4242), 4244 [12MR]

———incentives relative to long-term care (H.R. 5090), 15060, 15344 [21JN]

———repeal scheduled increases (H.R. 3857), 250, 268 [24JA], 505 [25JA]

———repeal scheduled increases (H.R. 3865), 240 [23JA]

———treatment of married senior citizens and retirement test exemptions (H.R. 4904), 12516 [24MY]

———use of increased tax on the cigarette industry to reimburse medicare and medicaid treatment of smoking-related diseases (H.R. 5448), 22027 [2AU], 25041 [19SE]

Trust fund: budget treatment, 11, 12 [23JA], 262 [24JA], 891 [31JA]

———budget treatment (H.R. 3937), 1103 [1FE]

———payroll taxes, 13 [23JA]

Trust funds: budget treatment, 1487, 1488, 1491, 1493, 1495 [7FE], 2699 [27FE], 3078 [1MR], 3839 [8MR], 4359-4361 [14MR], 4419 [15MR], 5768 [28MR], 6618, 6619, 6620 [4AP], 15373 [22JN]

———budget treatment (H.R. 4503), 6867 [4AP]

———payroll taxes, 3445 [6MR], 4261 [13MR], 4419 [15MR]

Remarks in Senate

Advisory Council on Social Security: report, 20264-20266 [30JY]

Aged: protect title II benefit levels (S. 37), 8411 [26AP]

Banks and banking: cashing of government checks by low-income and elderly nondepositors, 14765, 14790-14796 [20JN]

Benefits: computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982, 8700 [27AP], 23307 [4AU], 28116-28123 [9OC]

Breast Cancer Screening Act: enact (S. 2971), 22840 [3AU]

Budget: exclude receipts and disbursements of the Social Security trust funds when calculating deficit amounts (S. 2868), 18059-18061 [18JY]

———exclude trust funds from deficit calculation, 23307 [4AU]

———impact of deficit reduction agreement, 27163, 27167-27170, 27172, 27205, 27211-27215, 27230, 27243 [3OC], 27425, 27427, 27432, 27433, 27439-27447, 27451, 27456, 27459-27463, 27471, 27472-27474 [4OC], 27774, 27775, 27779, 27780, 27781, 27783, 27802, 27804, 27817, 27818, 27819, 27820 [5OC], 27887, 27888, 27889, 27890 [6OC], 27893 [16OC], 28134 [9OC], 28801 [12OC], 29546 [16OC], 36530-36532 [27OC]

———treatment of trust funds, 7724 [20AP], 14441-14444 [18JN]

Children: plans for cases where placement of certain children in foster care is not immediate (S. 3236), 33297 [23OC]

Children's Health Access and Prevention Act: enact (S. 2989), 22867 [3AU]

Community Mental Health Center Services Act: enact (S. 2819), 16460 [28JN]

Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act: amend (S. 2704), 12713 [5JN]

Drug abuse: medicaid coverage of certain treatments, 14141 [14JN]

Economic Opportunity Act: enact (S. 2866), 18058 [18JY]

Fairness in Rural Health Care Act: enact (S. 2438), 7087 [5AP]

Families: entitlement to benefits of deemed spouse and legal spouse (S. 3151), 27009 [2OC]

———improve the foster care maintenance payments program (S. 2899), 19410, 19413 [25JY]

Federal aid programs: improve old age, survivors, disability insurance, and SSI benefits (S. 2574), 9390-9393 [3MY]

Health: catastrophic illness coverage, 2599 [26FE]

———prescription drug prices, 9595-9598 [8MY]

Health Insurance Counseling and Assistance Act: enact (S. 2189), 2812-2815, 2817 [27FE], 3802 [7MR]

High Medicare Hospital Relief Act: enact (S. 2972), 22844 [3AU]

Home Dialysis Equity Act: enact (S. 2098), 1633 [7FE]

Hospitals: eliminate reimbursement differential in different areas (S. 2019), 200 [23JA]

Income: cut contribution rates and return to pay-as-you-go financing (S. 3167), 28085-28123 [9OC], 28175-28197 [10OC]

———exclude certain rental payments from self-employment income for earnings test (S. 2267), 4154 [9MR]

Medicaid: better health protection for mothers and children (S. 3081), 25077, 25084, 25114 [19SE]

———continuous eligibility of infants of eligible women (S. 3116), 25930 [26SE]

———control drug prices, assure quality medical care, and protect physician's right to prescribe (S. 3029), 24145 [12SE]

———coverage for personal care services outside the home (S. 2686), 12405 [24MY]

———enhanced State matching funds for training of nurses aides, 8791 [30AP]

———medically needy programs, 30347, 30349 [17OC]

———prescription discounts, 30721 [18OC]

———provider improvements (S. 3265), 36588 [27OC]

———reduction of infant mortality (S. 2198), 2994, 3025 [28FE]

———reimbursement of treatment services for crack cocaine addiction (S. 3118), 25930 [26SE], 27848 [5OC]

———State options relative to coverage for HIV-related services (S. 2536), 8653 [27AP], 9567 [8MY]

———studies to extend coverage to certain otherwise ineligible low-income families (S. 2950), 21147 [1AU]

Medicaid Child Health Act: enact (S. 2459), 7577 [19AP]

Medicaid Drug Treatment for Families Act: enact (S. 3002), 23328, 23335 [4AU]

Medicaid Hospital Equity Act (S. 3265), 36586 [27OC]

Medicaid Medically Needy Eligibility Clarification Act: enact (S. 2843), 17179 [12JY]

Medicaid respite demonstration project: extension (S. 2478), 7616 [19AP]

Medicare: area wage index adjustments for inpatient hospital discharges (S. 2801), 16049 [27JN]

———assessment and adjustment of the coinsurance amount for post-hospital extended care services (S. 3014), 23571 [10SE]

———billing arrangements relative to physician coverage of another colleague's practice on occasional basis (S. 2051), 1069 [1FE], 13418 [7JN]

———catastrophic care, 913 [31JA]

———collection of information on secondary payer situations from entities associated with employee group health plans (S. 3074), 25071 [19SE]

———coverage for air fluidized bead bed therapy in nursing facilities (S. 3149), 27008 [2OC]

———coverage for annual screening mammography (S. 2033), 814 [30JA]

———coverage of certain chiropractic services (S. 2616), 10184 [11MY]

———coverage of eyeglasses provided with intraocular lenses following cataract surgery (S. 3178), 28227 [10OC]

———eligibility rules for State and local government employees covered by optional State agreements (S. 2421), 7041 [5AP]

———eliminate reimbursement differential between rural and urban hospitals (S. 2214), 3191-3193 [1MR], 3289 [5MR]

———extensions of expiring health related waiver of liability provisions (S. 3076), 25074 [19SE]

———filing claims of beneficiaries by nonparticipating physicians (S. 3044), 24435 [13SE]

———impact of deficit reduction agreement, 27465 [4OC], 28034 [8OC], 36531 [27OC]

———improve limitations on physician's charges for unassigned claims (S. 3015), 23571 [10SE]

———improve spousal protection and impoverishment benefits (S. 3106), 25795 [25SE]

———improve standards applying to supplemental health insurance policies (S. 3020), 23763 [11SE]

———part B deductible, 30645-30652 [18OC]

———premium increases, 36231 [27OC]

———protect beneficiaries purchasing a supplemental health insurance policy (S. 2293), 4187 [9MR]

———provisions of continuing resolution (H.J. Res. 655), 26669 [30SE]

———recognition of costs of certain nursing and allied health education programs (S. 3142), 26527 [28SE]

———reimbursement process, 12306 [24MY]

———relief from certain regulations relative to physicians' services (S. 2591), 9610-9612 [8MY]

———restructuring, 24387, 24391-24393 [13SE]

———resumption of certain case management demonstration projects (S. 2958), 21845-21848 [2AU]

———uniform national conversion factors for services of certified registered nurse anesthetists (S. 2041), 829 [30JA]

Medicare Bone Mass Measurement Coverage Act: enact (S. 2619), 10275 [14MY], 23600 [10SE]

Medicare Enhanced Benefits Act: enact (S. 2766), 15185 [21JN]

Medicare Home Benefits Improvement Act: enact (S. 2246), 3770 [7MR]

Medicare Home Hemodialysis Improvement Act: enact (S. 2689), 12407, 12409 [24MY]

Medicare Managed Care Act: enact (S. 2931), 20100 [27JY]

Medicare Managed Care Incentive Act: enact (S. 2767), 15185 [21JN]

Medicare/medicaid: anniversary, 20362 [30JY], 20693 [31JY]

———funding for long-term health care services (S. Con. Res. 125), 9182 [2MY]

———improve the delivery of services at federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics (S. 2538), 8659 [27AP]

———nursing home reform provisions (S. 3175), 28141 [9OC], 28583 [11OC]

———participation of recipients of services in health care decisions (S. 1766), 16946 [11JY]

Medigap Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act: enact (S. 2050), 1065-1067, 1068 [1FE]

———enact (S. 2640), 10769, 10773 [16MY]

Medigap Simplification Act: enact (S. 2641), 10774 [16MY]

New Jersey: medicaid respite care demonstration project, 36266 [27OC]

Older Americans' Freedom To Work Act: enact (S. 2159), 2402-2404 [22FE], 2828 [27FE], 6806 [4AP]

Pharmaceutical Access and Prudent Purchasing Act: enact (S. 2605), 10060-10073 [10MY], 19275-19278 [25JY]

———enact (S. 2605), star print, 11289 [21MY]

Public welfare: funds for innovative child welfare and family support services (S. 3174), 28139 [9OC]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, 14443 [18JN]

———eliminate reimbursement differential between hospitals in different areas (S. 2019), 200 [23JA]

Social Security Administration: disabled children's benefit claims, 15887 [27JN]

———establish as independent agency (S. 2453), 7110, 7175 [5AP]

———Presidential nominees for the Board of Trustees (S. Res. 267), 6544 [3AP]

Social Security Benefits Enhancement Act: enact (S. 2026), 594 [25JA]

Social Security Board of Trustees: nominations (S. Res. 269), 6973 [5AP]

Social Security Integrity and Tax Reduction Act: enact (S. 2052), 1070 [1FE], 6801 [4AP]

Social Security Notch Adjustment Act: enact (S. 1212), 5124 [22MR]

Social Security Transition Benefit Computation Act: enact (S. 2975), 22853 [3AU]

SSI: eligibility standards (S. 2290), 4179 [9MR]

———improve procedures for the determination of disability for eligibility purposes (S. 3131), 26516-26518 [28SE]

———permit disabled and elderly people to maximize their independence (S. 3102), 25395, 25398 [24SE]

SSI Technical Amendments Act: enact (S. 2794), 16039, 16041 [27JN]

States: matching payments (S. 1878), 17200 [12JY], 30346 [17OC], 36261 [27OC]

Tax Reform and Competitiveness Act: enact (S. 2084), 1418 [6FE]

Taxation: reduction of payroll taxes, 23311 [4AU]

———reduction of the OASDI tax rate and increase of the hospital insurance tax rate (S. 2249), 3780 [7MR], 7479 [19AP]

Trust fund: budget treatment, 301 [24JA], 510 [25JA]

———payroll taxes, 510 [25JA]

———payroll taxes (S. 2016), 195-198 [23JA], 278 [24JA], 1172 [5FE]

Trust funds: budget treatment, 3027 [28FE], 7864, 7873 [23AP], 14131, 14145, 14153-14155 [14JN], 14491, 14495, 14501-14509 [19JN], 30637-30640 [18OC]

———payroll taxes, 13545 [11JN], 20264-20266 [30JY]

Vermont: WIC/medicaid coordinating program for pregnant women, 4899 [21MR]

Reports

Health Care: Bipartisan Commission on Comprehensive Health Care (dissenting views), 25839-25841 [26SE]

Medicare Case Management Demonstration Pilot: Key Care Health Resources, Inc., 21848 [2AU]

———Providence Hospital, Southfield, MI, 21846 [2AU]

Social Security—the Trust Fund Accumulation, the Economy, and the Federal Budget: GAO (excerpt), 195 [23JA]

Reports filed

Exclude Social Security Trust Funds From Budget Deficit Calculation: Committee on the Budget (S. 2999) (S. Rept. 101-426), 22832 [3AU]

Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund Exclusion From Budget Deficit Calculation: Committee on the Budget (Senate) (S. 3008) (S. Rept. 101-429), 23325 [4AU]

Indian Income Determination Relative to Eligibility for Federal Assistance Programs: Committee on Indian Affairs (Select) (S. 2995) (H. Rept. 101-509), 27830 [5OC]

Miscellaneous and Technical Amendments: Committee on Ways and Means (H.R. 5828) (H. Rept. 101-899), 31068 [18OC]

Off-Budget Treatment for Highway, Airport and Airway Trust Funds and Social Security Trust Funds: Committee on Public Works and Transportation (H.R. 5315) (H. Rept. 101-934), 33824 [24OC]

Resolutions by organizations

Earnings penalties for retirement age individuals: San Diego County, CA, Board of Supervisors, 19101 [24JY]

Exclude Social Security receipts and disbursements when calculating budget deficit: National Association of Counties, 18063 [18JY]

Statements

Contribution Rates: Richard Ron, 28102 [9OC]

Infant Victims of Drug Abuse: American Academy of Pediatrics, 23334 [4AU]

Medicaid and Maternal Addiction—Why It Doesn't Work and How To Fix It: National Health Law Program, Inc., 23332-23334 [4AU]

Medicare/Medicaid Program: Lyndon B. Johnson, 947 [31JY]

Melt the Snow Cap—Turn Seniors Loose To Earn: Representative Donald E. Lukens, 890 [31JA]

Payroll Taxes: Franklin D. Roosevelt, 28086 [9OC]

Social Security Payroll Tax: Luther H. Gulick, 8832 [1MY]

Trust Funds: Senator Sasser, 7873 [23AP]

Summaries

Better Health Protection for Mothers and Children Act (S. 3081), 25081 [19SE]

Budget Summit Agreement, 27390 [3OC]

Connecticut State Law Expanding Health Insurance Coverage, 16592 [28JN]

Excise Tax Relative to the Issuance of Certain Supplemental Health Insurance Policies (H.R. 4242), 24635 [14SE]

Exclude Social Security Receipts and Disbursements When Calculating Budget Deficit (S. 2868), 18062 [18JY]

Frail Elderly Community Care Amendments (H.R. 3933), 1094 [1FE]

Improve Medicare Coverage of Hospice Care, Screening Mammography, and Certain Home Health Services (H.R. 3880), 486 [24JA]

Improve Needy Children Access to Health Care Service (H.R. 3932), 1093, 1100 [1FE]

Independent Living Trust and Contributions Provisions (S. 3102), 25397 [24SE]

Infant Mortality and Children's Health Act (S. 2198), 2997 [28FE]

Lifecare Long-Term Care Program (H.R. 4093), 2863-2864 [27FE]

Medicaid Child Health Act (S. 2459), 7581 [19AP]

Medicaid Community and Facility Habilitation Services Amendments (H.R. 3934), 1094 [1FE]

Medicaid Drug Dependency Treatment Coverage Act (S. 3118) CBO Cost Estimate, 27850 [5OC]

Medicaid Hospice Amendments (H.R. 3935), 1094 [1FE]

Medicaid Hospital Equity Act (S. 3265), 36587 [27OC]

Medicaid Infant Mortality Amendments (H.R. 3931), 1093 [1FE]

Medicaid Prescription Drug Fair Access and Pricing Act (H.R. 5589), 24200 [12SE]

Medicare Beneficiary Assistance Act (H.R. 5517), 37091 [27OC]

Medicare Tax Fairness Act (H.R. 4349), 4950 [21MR]

Medigap Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act (S. 2640), 10772 [16MY]

Medigap Simplification Act (S. 2641), 10776 [16MY]

Pharmaceutical Access and Prudent Purchasing Act (S. 2605), 10067 [10MY]

Resumption of Certain Medicare Case Management Demonstration Projects (S. 2958), 21847 [2AU]

Social Security Funding of Innovative Child Welfare and Family Support Services (S. 3174), 28140 [9OC]

Social Security Integrity and Tax Reduction Act (S. 2052), 1073 [1FE]

State Medicaid Coverage of Services for Persons Diagnosed as Being HIV-Positive (H.R. 4080), 2461 [22FE]

State Options Relative to Medicaid Coverage for HIV-Related Services (S. 2536), 8656 [27AP]

Tables

Comparison of budget proposal with summit agreement, 27822 [5OC]

Innovator multi-source drug products' price comparisons, 24200 [12SE]

Medicare SMI premium, 27629 [4OC]

1989 increases in price of medigap supplementary insurance, by State, 1464 [6FE]

Single-source drug products' price comparisons, 24200 [12SE]

Social Security Integrity and Tax Reduction Act support statistics (sundry), 1072 [1FE]

Social Security lending to the Federal Government—end of year balances invested in U.S. Government securities, 20715 [31JY]

Spending and tax proposals, 27818 [5OC]

Trust fund surplus in the CBO baseline, 237 [23JA]

Testimonies

Medigap supplementary insurance for aged: Troy Keeling, 2815 [27FE]

Reserve Level: Richard S. Schweiker, 28096 [9OC]

Social Security Trust Fund: Robert J. Myers, 196 [23JA]

Social Security Trust Funds: Anne C. Canfield and Stuart J. Sweet, 3882-3885 [8MR]

Texts of

H.R. 3014, medicare post-hospital extended care services, 23571 [10SE]

H.R. 3865, repeal scheduled tax increases, 240 [23JA]

H.R. 3935, medicaid coverage of hospice care, 1106 [1FE]

H.R. 3981, SSI benefits to American Samoa, 1528 [7FE]

H.R. 4051, Social Security Telephone Access Act, 2264 [21FE]

H.R. 4241, elimination of Social Security earnings test for retirement age individuals, 4246 [12MR]

H.R. 4516, disregard for Social Security the reparation payments from West Germany relative to individuals who are institutionalized or receiving home or community-based services, 6655 [4AP]

H.R. 4938, children's Social Security insurance benefits, 12558 [24MY]

H.R. 5517, Medicare Beneficiary Assistance Act, 23047 [3AU]

H.R. 5565, Medicaid Physician Service Quality Improvement Act, 23672 [10SE]

H.R. 5890, promote access to services through outreach and improvement in payment adjustments for certain hospitals, 32603 [23OC]

H.R. 5961, permit beneficiaries to obtain upgraded items of equipment, 37094 [27OC]

S. 2016, payroll taxes, 196 [23JA]

S. 2019, eliminate Social Security reimbursement differential between hospitals in different areas, 200 [23JA]

S. 2026, Social Security Benefits Enhancement Act, 594-596 [25JA]

S. 2033, medicare coverage for annual screening mammography, 815 [30JA]

S. 2041, uniform national conversion factors for services of certified registered nurse anesthetists under medicare, 829 [30JA]

S. 2050, Medigap Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act, 1067 [1FE]

S. 2051, medicare billing arrangements relative to physician coverage of another colleague's practice on an occasional basis, 1069 [1FE]

S. 2052, Social Security Integrity and Tax Reduction Act, 1072 [1FE]

S. 2084, Tax Reform and Competitiveness Act, 1420-1427 [6FE]

S. 2098, Home Dialysis Equity Act, 1633 [7FE]

S. 2159, Older Americans' Freedom To Work Act, 2403 [22FE]

S. 2189, Health Insurance Counseling and Assistance Act, 2813 [27FE]

S. 2198, medicaid reduction of infant mortality, 2994-2996 [28FE]

S. 2246, Medicare Home Benefits Improvement Act, 3771-3774 [7MR]

S. 2290, Disabled Children's and Widow's Eligibility Reform Act, 4180 [9MR]

S. 2421, medicare eligibility for State and local governments, 7041 [5AP]

S. 2438, Fairness in Rural Health Care Act, 7088 [5AP]

S. 2453, Social Security Restoration Act, 7111-7119 [5AP]

S. 2459, Medicaid Child Health Act, 7578-7581 [19AP]

S. 2478, medicaid respite demonstration project extension, 7617 [19AP]

S. 2536, State options relative to medicaid coverage for HIV-related services, 8655-8656 [27AP]

S. 2554, inclusion of American Samoa in SSI, 8935 [1MY]

S. 2574, improve old age, survivors, disability insurance, and SSI benefits, 9391 [3MY]

S. 2591, medicare relief from certain regulations relative to physicians' services, 9611 [8MY]

S. 2605, Pharmaceutical Access and Prudent Purchasing Act, 10062-10067 [10MY]

S. 2619, Medicare Bone Mass Measurement Coverage Act, 10275 [14MY]

S. 2640, Medigap Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act, 10769-10772 [16MY]

S. 2641, Medigap Simplification Act, 10774-10776 [16MY]

S. 2686, medicaid coverage for personal care services outside the home, 12405 [24MY]

S. 2689, Medicare Home Hemodialysis Improvement Act, 12408 [24MY]

S. 2766, Medicare Enhanced Benefits Act, 15186, 15190 [21JN]

S. 2767, Medicare Managed Care Incentive Act, 15190 [21JN]

S. 2794, SSI Technical Amendments Act, 16040 [27JN]

S. 2801, area wage index adjustments for medicare inpatient hospital discharges (S. 2801), 16049 [27JN]

S. 2819, Community Mental Health Center Services Act, 16461 [28JN]

S. 2843, Medicaid Medically Needy Eligibility Clarification Act, 17179 [12JY]

S. 2868, exclude Social Security receipts and disbursements when calculating budget deficit, 18061 [18JY]

S. 2899, improve the foster care maintenance payments program, 19411-19413 [25JY]

S. 2931, Medicare Managed Care Act, 20100 [27JY]

S. 2950, study extension of medicaid coverage to certain otherwise ineligible low-income families, 21148 [1AU]

S. 2958, resumption of certain medicare case management demonstration projects, 21847 [2AU]

S. 2971, Breast Cancer Screening Act, 22841 [3AU]

S. 2989, Children's Health Access and Prevention Act, 22869 [3AU]

S. 3002, Medicaid Drug Treatment for Families Act, 23329 [4AU]

S. 3015, medicare limitations on physician's charges for unassigned claims, 23572 [10SE]

S. 3020, improve standards applying to medicare supplemental health insurance policies, 23763-23765 [11SE]

S. 3029, Medicaid Anti-Discriminatory Drug Price and Patient Benefit Restoration Act, 24146-24151 [12SE]

S. 3074, collection of information on medicare secondary payer situations from entities associated with employee group health plans, 25072 [19SE]

S. 3081, Better Health Protection for Mothers and Children Act, 25079-25081 [19SE]

S. 3102, permit disabled and elderly people to maximize independence from SSI, 25396 [24SE]

S. 3106, Spousal Impoverishment Improvement Act, 25796 [25SE]

S. 3116, continuous medicaid eligibility of infants of eligible women, 25930 [26SE]

S. 3118, Medicaid Drug Dependency Treatment Coverage Act, 25931 [26SE], 27851 [5OC]

S. 3142, recognition of costs of certain medicare nursing and allied health education programs, 26527 [28SE]

S. 3149, medicare coverage for air fluidized bead bed therapy in nursing facilities, 27008 [2OC]

S. 3151, entitlement to Social Security benefits of deemed spouse and legal spouse, 27009 [2OC]

S. 3178, medicare coverage of eyeglasses provided with intraocular lenses following cataract surgery, 28227 [10OC]

S. 3265, Medicare Hospital Equity Act, 36587 [27OC]

S. Con. Res. 125, medicare/medicaid funding for long-term health care services, 9182 [2MY]

S. Res. 267, Social Security Board of Trustees nominations, 6543 [3AP]

S. Res. 269, Social Security Board of Trustees nominations, 7127 [5AP]