SOCIAL SECURITY related term(s) Public Welfare Programs; Social Security; Public Welfare Programs

Addresses

National Health Care Policy: Mario M. Cuomo, Governor of New York, E1861-E1863 [17JN]

Amendments

Dayton, OH: waiver of certain medicaid requirements for health maintenance organizations (H.R. 4572), H2652 [9AP]

Medicare: improve administration (H.R. 3837), S17058 [5OC], S17322, S17449 [7OC]

Veterans: health care (S. 2344), S10798 [29JY]

Analyses

Child Support Enforcement Procedures (S. 3361), S17047 [5OC]

Durable Medical Equipment Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act (S. 3270), S14981 [24SE]

Equitable Health Care for Severe Mental Illnesses Act (S. 2696), S14792 [23SE]

Health Care Liability Reform and Quality of Care Improvement Act (S. 3387): President Bush, S18184 [8OC]

Health Insurance Market Reform Act (S. 2732), S6736-S6740 [14MY]

Improve Health Care for Veterans (S. 2344): CBO, H3105 [12MY]

National Policy To Provide Health Care and Reform Insurance Procedures (H.R. 5500), H5298-H5301 [25JN]

State Care—State-Based Comprehensive Health Care Act (H.R. 4218), E270 [11FE]

Universal Health Care Act (H.R. 1300), S15972 [1OC]

Appointments

Conferees: S. 2344, veterans health care, S10498 [28JY], S10801 [29JY], H3107 [12MY]

Articles and editorials

At Risk—Middle-Class Families Often Lack Insurance for Children's Health, E1721 [9JN]

Averting the Next Crisis, S3487 [12MR]

``Bonanzas'' Would Be a Mistake, E1673 [4JN], E1773 [11JN]

Can Business Help Bring About a Better Health-Insurance System?, E51 [22JA]

Choice in Health Benefits—Too Much of a Good Thing?, E1102 [28AP]

Even Among the Well-Off, Richest Get Richer, S5462 [10AP]

Family and Caregiving—An Overview, E694 [17MR]

Give Employees Medical IRA's and Watch Costs Fall, S6583 [13MY]

Good Health Guide, E943-E946 [2AP]

Health Care Giveaway, S6583 [13MY]

Keep Social Security Private—Stiffen Penalties for Revealing People's Records, S3873 [18MR]

Making a Living Off the Dying, S9155 [29JN]

``Managed'' Care Not Always Managing Costs, E2013 [29JN]

Medicaid Fairness for All Americans, S6487 [12MY]

New Insurance Practice—Dividing Sick From Well, S2949 [10MR]

Next New Deal, S6925-S6930 [19MY]

``Notch Babies'' Are Treated Fairly, S13200 [10SE]

Over 300 Attend Forum on Health Care, S14733 [23SE]

Save Social Security, E1835 [16JN]

Social Security and Wilbur D. Mills, E2867 [1OC]

States, Companies Fight Over Health Care Costs—Firms Fear Loss of Regulation Exemption, E3061 [5OC]

Surprise! A Government Health Plan That Works, E1101 [28AP]

Wasted Health Care Dollars, S10546-S10553 [28JY]

Welfare's Limit on Savings Foils One Bid To Break Cycle, S6894 [19MY], S10509 [28JY]

Bills and resolutions

AFDC: citizenship status of recipients (see H.R. 6204), H12591 [5OC]

———eligibility relative to work or education load (see H.R. 5509), H5541 [29JN]

———eliminate disincentives that prevent recipients from working toward self-sufficiency (see H.R. 5794), H7725 [6AU]

———funding of the job opportunity and basic skills training program (see S. 2303), S2674 [3MR]

———improve program (see H.R. 6010, 6210), H9294 [23SE], H12591 [5OC]

———income limitation requirements (see S. 2736, 2784), S6893 [19MY], S7169 [21MY]

———reduce costs by providing payment to certain private employment and assistance programs (see H.R. 5354), H4447 [9JN]

AIDS: disability determinations under Social Security (see H.R. 5692), H6626 [24JY]

Benefits: computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H. Con. Res. 274), H328 [5FE]

———earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 5589, 6146), H6244 [9JY], H11627 [5OC]

———improve delivery of services to beneficiaries (see S. 3377), S18161 [8OC]

———monthly payment of certain benefits relative to the death of a beneficiary (see H.R. 5224), H3643 [20MY]

———payments for the month of recipient's death (see H.R. 5337, 5396), H4334 [5JN], H4695 [15JN]

———treatment of combined income of a married couple relative to the division of benefits (see S. 2635), S5774 [29AP]

Budget: intragovernmental transactions involving trust funds (see S. 2526), S4786 [2AP]

Children and youth: child support enforcement procedures (see S. 3361), S16979 [5OC]

———establish new child welfare services (see H.R. 5530), H5792 [1JY]

Civil liberties: penalties for disclosure of private information (see S. 2364), S3872 [18MR]

Crime: prohibit buying and selling of account numbers (see H.R. 4333), H846 [27FE]

Dayton, OH: waiver of certain medicaid requirements for health maintenance organizations (see H.R. 4572), H1777 [25MR]

Disabled: determinations (see H.R. 5697), H6860 [28JY]

Diseases: disability determination relative to the listing of impairments related to the human immunodeficiency virus (see H.R. 5792), H7725 [6AU]

———prevention, control, and elimination of tuberculosis (see S. 2988), S9950 [20JY]

Drugs: substance abuse treatment programs for pregnant women and caretaker parents (see H.R. 6132), H11351 [4OC]

Education: application of wages earned from teaching to the earnings test (see H.R. 4957), H2671 [9AP]

Elections: expand tax exemption for election officials and employees (see S. 2206), S1248 [6FE]

Employment: disability insurance eligibility relative to child care (see H.R. 4920), H2670 [9AP]

———work supplementation programs (see S. 2288), S2522 [27FE]

Families and domestic relations: removal of certain limitations on employment-related programs and strengthen paternity establishment requirements (see H.R. 6111), H10778 [2OC]

Federal aid programs: assure universal access to long-term care (see H.R. 6076), H10099 [1OC]

———establish education, job training, and work experience programs for welfare families (see H.R. 5501), H5323 [25JN]

Food stamps: determination of benefits relative to certain income (see H.R. 5438), H4982 [18JN]

Government: medical and health insurance information (see S. 2878; H.R. 5464), S8659 [23JN], H5081 [23JN]

———reduce State and local government costs relative to unfunded Federal mandates (see S. 2348, 2349), S3458 [12MR]

Health: amend certain medicare and medicaid provisions (see S. 3274), S15159 [25SE]

———improve organ procurement and transplantation process (see H.R. 5785), H7532 [5AU]

———medical assistance relative to State health care delivery programs (see S. 3277), S15159 [25SE]

———misuse by certain organizations of symbols and names of certain Federal health programs and agencies (see S. 3087), S10508 [28JY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 2320, 2346, 2513, 2571, 2732, 2817, 3176, 3299, 3300, 3331, 3348, 3387; H.R. 4094, 4143, 4280, 4576, 4582, 4594, 4848, 4889, 5046, 5049, 5050, 5174, 5325, 5335, 5500, 5502, 5514, 5690, 5837, 5854, 5919, 5936, 5970, 5989, 6027, 6100, 6171; H. Con. Res. 304, 314, 362), S2911 [5MR], S3458 [12MR], S4785 [2AP], S5218 [9AP], S6712 [14MY], S7697 [9JN], S12572 [12AU], S16143 [1OC], S16979 [5OC], S18161 [8OC], H118 [28JA], H198 [30JA], H498 [20FE], H1777 [25MR], H1993 [26MR], H2324 [3AP], H2668, H2669 [9AP], H2884 [30AP], H3335 [14MY], H4157 [4JN], H4334 [5JN], H5323 [25JN], H5327 [26JN], H5622 [30JN], H6626 [24JY], H8144, H8145 [12AU], H8219 [9SE], H8575 [15SE], H8734 [17SE], H8966 [22SE], H9443 [24SE], H10778 [2OC], H11628 [5OC]

———nurse certification requirements (see H.R. 5451), H5042 [22JN]

———State policies to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 3180; H.R. 6159), S12572 [12AU], H11627 [5OC]

———tax treatment of contributions and medicare benefits relative to health care savings accounts (see H.R. 5734), H7150 [31JY]

Health care facilities: operating costs of inpatient services in small rural hospitals (see H.R. 4755), H2290 [2AP]

———program for maintenance of the infrastructure of certain safety net hospitals (see H.R. 4521), H1380 [19MR]

Health care professionals: ban on physician self-referrals to payors and providers of certain health services (see H.R. 5142), H3170 [12MY]

———shortage areas (see H.R. 5370), H4589 [10JN]

Income: revise calculation of insurance benefits (see H.R. 4817), H2495 [8AP]

———SSI benefits (see H.R. 5695), H6626 [24JY]

Insurance: designation of certain health insurance plans as qualified plans (see S. 2306), S2674 [3MR]

———long-term care policies (see H.R. 5454), H5042 [22JN]

Intergovernmental Task Force on Health Care Fraud and Abuse: establish (see S. 3148), S11790 [6AU]

Medicaid: coverage for low-income medicare beneficiaries (see S. 2814), S7584 [4JN]

———coverage of services furnished by nurse practitioners and clinical nurse practitioners (see H.R. 4311), H587 [25FE]

———determination of rebates for covered outpatient drugs (see H.R. 5614), H6245 [9JY]

———development of individual community care plans for functionally disabled individuals (see H.R. 5138), H3170 [12MY]

———extend enrollment mix requirement waiver relative to the Tennessee Primary Care Network (see S. 2901), S9072 [26JN]

———extension of a certain health maintenance organization waiver (see H.R. 4252), H477 [19FE]

———home and community based care and community supported living arrangements (see S. 3187, 3340), S12573 [12AU], S16979 [5OC]

———improve access to benefits and reduce State administrative burdens (see S. 3212), S12573 [12AU]

———increase access and utilization of home care as an alternative to institutionalization (see S. 2686; H.R. 5743), S6483 [12MY], H7151 [31JY]

———management improvements (see H.R. 5563), H6021 [7JY]

———optional coverage of case-management services for individuals who suffer traumatic brain injuries (see H.R. 4243), H477 [19FE]

———optional State coverage of case-management services for individuals who sustain traumatic brain injuries (see S. 3002), S10125 [22JY]

———payment for services provided to individuals in psychiatric hospitals (see H.R. 5364), H4588 [10JN]

———purchase of prescription drugs (see S. 2950), S9776 [2JY]

———reform quality control system for administrative expenses (see H.R. 5576), H6147 [8JY]

———State bulk vaccine purchasing systems to increase vaccinations of medicaid enrolled children (see S. 3226), S13266 [10SE]

———State enrollment of welfare recipients into managed care plans (see S. 3191), S12573 [12AU]

Medicare: access to supplemental insurance policies (see S. 3185), S12573 [12AU]

———billing time for anesthesia services (see S. 2643), S5898 [30AP]

———calculation of late enrollment penalties relative to a retiree's coverage under an employer's group health plan (see H.R. 5106), H3087 [7MY]

———claims and payment safeguards (see S. 2337), S3301 [11MR]

———clarify the classification of sole community hospitals (see S. 2996), S10125 [22JY]

———coverage of certain mental health services (see H.R. 4457), H1267 [12MR]

———coverage of outpatient education services for individuals with diabetes (see S. 2230), D1595 [18FE]

———coverage of paramedic intercept services (see H.R. 5985), H8965 [22SE]

———coverage of procedures relative to atrophic and weakened jaws (see S. 2615), S5501 [10AP]

———coverage of respite care services (see H.R. 6023), H9442 [24SE]

———coverage of speech-language pathology and audiology services (see S. 3232; H.R. 5317), S13547 [15SE], H4121 [3JN]

———disclosure of hospital costs for patient services (see H.R. 5707), H6861 [28JY]

———eliminate peer review system (see H.R. 5709), H6978 [29JY]

———enforcement of billing limits under part B (see S. 2698), S6484 [12MY]

———enrollment policies relative to certain military retirees and dependents (see H.R. 4253), H477 [19FE]

———expand nursing facility and in-home services for dependent individuals (see H.R. 6063), H10013 [30SE]

———extend coverage of home health services (see H.R. 5246), H3728 [21MY]

———extend the influenza vaccination demonstration project (see H.R. 4133, 5196), H119 [28JA], H3377 [18MY]

———geographic adjustment factors relative to the payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 4393), H1099 [5MR]

———geographic classification requirements (see S. 2680, 2683), S6349, S6350 [7MY]

———geographic reclassification of hospitals (see H.R. 5558), H5979 [2JY]

———increase administrative funding (see H.R. 4805), H2494 [8AP]

———increase administrative funding to combat waste, fraud, and abuse (see S. 2713), S6712 [14MY]

———influenza vaccinations (see S. 2235), S1703 [19FE]

———long-term home care expenses (see S. 2193), S1040 [5FE]

———miscellaneous amendments (see H.R. 5748), H7151 [31JY]

———operating costs of inpatient hospital services of certain hospitals (see S. 2400), S4097 [24MR]

———operating costs of inpatient urban hospital services (see H.R. 4214), H407 [11FE]

———payment provisions for new physicians (see S. 2362, 2365), S3766 [17MR], S3872 [18MR]

———payments made to medicare-dependent, small rural hospitals (see S. 3117), S11071 [31JY]

———payments to small rural hospitals for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 5771), H7385 [4AU]

———permit separate payments for electrocardiogram interpretations (see S. 2914), S9280 [30JN]

———premium reductions relative to coverage under other Social Security old age medical assistance programs (see H.R. 4482), H1321 [17MR]

———purchasing of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 4759), H2290 [2AP]

———reduce waste and fraud (see H.R. 5553), H5979 [2JY]

———refund by non-participating physicians of amounts paid for certain services (see H.R. 5002, 5115), H2712 [28AP], H3087 [7MY]

———reimbursement for certain nursing professionals and delivery of services in health professional shortage areas (see H.R. 4963), H2671 [9AP]

———reimbursement for physician assistants and delivery of services in health professional shortage areas (see H.R. 4962), H2671 [9AP]

———reimbursement of military or veterans medical facilities providing health care to beneficiaries (see H.R. 5199), H3451 [19MY]

———require disclosure of hospital costs incurred by patients (see H.R. 5867), H8145 [12AU]

———require that parents of newborn children are provided with information on childhood immunizations (see H.R. 5247), H3728 [21MY]

———standards to prevent abuse in the acquisition of durable medical equipment, devices, and supplies (see S. 3270), S14976 [24SE]

———transportation services for dialysis patients in rural areas (see H.R. 6070), H10014 [30SE]

———treatment of mental health services furnished to residents of nursing facilities (see H.R. 4306), H587 [25FE]

———treatment of nebulizers as durable medical equipment (see H.R. 5725), H7060 [30JY]

Medicare/medicaid: coverage of certified nurse-midwife services performed outside the maternity cycle (see H.R. 5825), H8021 [11AU]

———information to beneficiaries on cost sharing availability (see H.R. 5298), H3917 [28MY]

———waiver of certain Federal requirements relative to the incorporation of benefits in a State health program (see H.R. 5665), H6449 [22JY]

Mental health: national policy to provide health care (see S. 2696), S6483 [12MY]

Michigan: Social Security coverage for State and local policemen and firemen (see H.R. 4898), H2669 [9AP]

National Commission on Children: terms of service of members (see S. 2257), S2192 [25FE]

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act: technical corrections (see S. 3120), S11375 [3AU]

Public welfare programs: amend multiple signature provisions relative to citizenship status of family members (see S. 2881), S8659 [23JN]

———discourage moving to a State to increase aid level (see H.R. 4793), H2407 [7AP]

———State grants for administrative costs of certain programs (see H.R. 5552), H5979 [2JY]

Puerto Rico: increase medicaid benefits (see H.R. 5435), H4982 [18JN]

Revenue Reconciliation Act: technical corrections (see S. 2318), S2911 [5MR]

Rural areas: hospital reclassifications relative to reimbursement rates under medicare (see S. 2888), S8792 [24JN]

———improve availability and quality of health care (see S. 2394), S4097 [24MR]

Senior citizens: presumptive disability provisions (see H.R. 5672), H6449 [22JY]

SSI: benefit eligibility relative to asset levels and other additional support (see H.R. 5991), H8966 [22SE]

———benefits of children of military personnel stationed overseas (see H.R. 6203), H12591 [5OC]

———extend benefits program to Guam (see H.R. 4233), H445 [18FE]

———reforms relative to benefits to the disabled based on substance abuse (see H.R. 5897), H8146 [12AU]

———selection criteria and monitoring of certain representative payees (see S. 3246), S13879 [17SE]

States: establish programs to help troubled families and children (see S. 2809; H.R. 5316), S7584 [4JN], H4121 [3JN]

———health care reform demonstration projects (see H.R. 4218), H407 [11FE]

Taxation: clarify exemption for student nurses from Social Security and unemployment taxes (see H.R. 5847), H8145 [12AU]

———exempt certain students employed at seasonal children's camps from paying Social Security taxes (see H.R. 5656), H6449 [22JY]

———individual retirement accounts relative to AFDC eligibility and payment for higher education expenses (see S. 3085), S10508 [28JY]

———promotion of tax code fairness (see S. 2295), S2522 [27FE]

———reduce Social Security taxes and provide for Social Security individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 5159), H3240 [13MY]

———treatment of dentists who both teach and practice at the same school (see H.R. 6002), H9293 [23SE]

———treatment of Social Security and certain railroad retirement benefits (see H.R. 4431), H1180 [11MR]

Territories: increase Federal medical assistance (see H.R. 5413), H4853 [17JN]

Veterans: improve health care (see S. 2344), S3301 [11MR]

———prescription drug prices (see H.R. 6202), H12591 [5OC]

Brochures

This Could Be Your Ticket to a Universal Health Plan for America: Madison Institute, S7895 [10JN]

Comparisons

Health care improvements for current and future budget, S10742 [29JY]

Initiatives included in primary health care reform proposals, E3015 [4OC]

Descriptions

National policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 5500), H5294-H5296 [25JN]

National policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 5936), H8630 [16SE]

Documents

National Policy to Provide Health Care and Reform Insurance Procedures, E3164 [9OC]

Essays

Best Health Care System in the World? Victor Fuchs, S17098 [5OC]

Explanations

Medicare payments for electrocardiogram interpretations (S. 2914), S9289 [30JN]

Letters

Care for caregivers: St. Louis Service Employees Local 50, E368 [20FE]

Entitlement programs spending caps: AMA, S5450 [10AP]

———American Association of Retired Persons, S5449 [10AP]

———American Federation of Government Employees, S5451 [10AP]

———American Legion, S5452, S5455 [10AP]

———American Postal Workers Union, S5453 [10AP]

———Children's Defense Fund, S5449 [10AP]

———Committee for Educational Funding, S5450 [10AP]

———DAV, S5451, S5456 [10AP]

———Food Research & Action Center, S5450 [10AP]

———National Association of Letter Carriers, S5451 [10AP]

———National Association of Wheat Growers, S5453 [10AP]

———National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S5449 [10AP]

———National Conference of State Legislatures, S5454 [10AP]

———National Cotton Council of America, S5452 [10AP]

———National Council on Senior Citizens, S5449 [10AP]

———National Farmers Organization and National Farmers Union, S5453 [10AP]

———National Federation of Federal Employees, S5451 [10AP]

———National Milk Producers Federation, S5453 [10AP]

———National Treasury Employees Union, S5451 [10AP]

———Paralyzed Veterans of America, S5452, S5456 [10AP]

———Senator Bentsen, S5447 [10AP]

———Senator Cranston, S5448 [10AP]

———Senator Glenn, S5449 [10AP]

———Senator Kennedy, S5448 [10AP]

———several health care organizations, S5450 [10AP]

———U.S. Rice Producers' Group, S5452 [10AP]

———VFW, S5451, S5455 [10AP]

Expand exemption for election officials and employees: Madison, WI, S1255 [6FE]

———Waupaca, WI, S1256 [6FE]

Health care crisis in Michigan: Carol Dumsch, S12422 [12AU]

———Stephen and Jean Kozel

Health Insurance Market Reform Act: Louis W. Sullivan, Sec. of HHS, S6736 [14MY]

Medical and Health Insurance Information Reform Act: Louis W. Sullivan, Sec. of HHS, S8666 [23JN]

Medicare improvements: Representative Clay, H7180 [3AU]

———Representative Rostenkowski, H7180 [3AU]

National policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, E294 [14FE], E645 [12MR], E824 [25MR]

———Andrea Hayosh, S11637 [6AU]

———Christopher and Nancy Wood, E684 [16MR]

———June G. Messner, E578 [9MR]

———Mary F. Marentette, S14734 [23SE]

———Peggy Parfumorse, E615 [11MR]

Older Americans Act: Senator McCain, S13231 [10SE]

Older Americans Act earnings test provisions: American Association of Retired Persons, S1290 [6FE]

———Leadership Council of Aging Organizations, S1289 [6FE]

———National Association of Retired Federal Employees, S1290 [6FE]

Prescription drug prices, E728 [18MR], E763 [20MR]

Social Security computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982: American Association of Retired Persons, S13203 [10SE]

———Leadership Council of Aging Organizations, S13204 [10SE]

Social Security earnings test: Coalition for Repeal of the Social Security Earnings Test, S10443 [28JY]

———National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S13230 [10SE]

———Senator Adams, S13231 [10SE]

Social Security trust funds: John Heinz, S4920 [7AP]

State Care Act: National Governors' Association, S12596 [12AU]

Lists

Coalition for Repeal of Social Security Earnings Test, S3715 [13MR], S13230 [10SE]

Endorsers of the Older Americans Act provisions relative to earnings tests, S1289 [6FE]

Organizations opposed to the entitlement cap proposal, S5447 [10AP]

Supporters of legislation to correct the Social Security notch inequality, E2893 [2OC]

Supporters of Social Security earnings test, S10443 [28JY]

Memorials of legislature

Alaska, H6626 [24JY]

California, S527, S528 [28JA], S10502, S10503 [28JY], S18269 [29OC], H3240 [13MY], H7884 [10AU]

Idaho, S6482 [12MY], H2809 [29AP]

Nevada, S4029 [20MR]

New Jersey, S7693 [9JN], S18269 [29OC], H3729 [21MY], H3739 [26MY]

Pennsylvania, S528 [28JA], H120 [28JA]

South Carolina, S7696 [9JN], H3917 [28MY]

Virginia, S7024, S7025 [20MY], H2712 [28AP]

Washington, H1691 [24MR]

Messages

Agreement Between the U.S. and Luxembourg on Social Security: President Bush, S10033 [21JY], H6335 [21JY]

Agreement Between U.S. and Republic of Finland on Social Security: President Bush, H879 [3MR], S2672 [3MR]

Health Care Liability Reform and Quality of Care Improvement Act (S. 3387): President Bush, S18184 [8OC]

Social Security Agreement Between the U.S. and Ireland: President Bush, S13106 [9SE], H8162 [9SE]

Papers

Universal Insurance for American Health Care—A Proposal of the American College of Physicians: H. Denman Scott and Howard B. Shapiro, S16952-S16956 [5OC]

Petitions

Catholic War Veterans, S4029 [20MR]

New York, NY, City Council, H5623 [30JN]

29th Division Association, Inc., H2498 [8AP]

Press releases

Balanced budget would stop Social Security ``thievery'': Seniors Coalition, E1799 [12JN]

Public Opinion Polls

New Jersey: 3d Congressional District, E3183 [9OC]

Remarks in House

AFDC: citizenship status of recipients (H.R. 6204), E3179 [9OC]

———encourage self-sufficiency of recipients through microenterprises, H5958 [2JY]

———income limitation requirements, H3457 [20MY]

Arizona: Health Care Cost Containment System, E509 [3MR]

Benefits: computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982, H130 [29JA], H2948 [6MY], E2613 [14SE]

———earnings test for retirement age individuals, H26 [22JA], H127, H132 [29JA], H182 [30JA], H292 [5FE], H503 [24FE], H11200 [4OC], E1088 [10AP], E1107 [28AP]

———earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 1575), E99 [28JA]

———earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5589), E2132 [9JY]

———earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 967), H29 [22JA], H61 [28JA], E1091 [10AP]

———formula computation rules, H5959 [2JY]

———formula computation rules (H.R. 917), H2022 [31MR], H4700 [16JN], E2214 [22JY], E2893 [2OC]

———payments for the month of recipient's death (H.R. 5337), E1718 [5JN]

———payments for the month of recipient's death (H.R. 5396), E1826 [15JN]

Budget: allocation of funds, H389-H396 [7FE]

———impact of deficit reduction agreement, H451 [19FE], H6452 [23JY]

Bush, President: political platform, H7537 [6AU]

Canada: national health insurance, E2830 [29SE]

Children: avoid prolonged foster care for abandoned babies where adoption is available (H.R. 2362), H4127 [4JN]

Crime: prohibit buying and selling of account numbers (H.R. 4333), E477 [27FE]

Dayton, OH: waiver of certain medicaid requirements for health maintenance organizations (H.R. 4572), H2650-H2652 [9AP], E817 [25MR]

Disabled: treatment, E1406 [14MY]

Diseases: prevention, control, and elimination of tuberculosis (H.R. 5052), E1225 [4MY]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H4 [3JA]

Education: application of wages earned from teaching to the earnings test (H.R. 4957), H2504 [9AP]

Families and domestic relations: removal of certain limitations on employment-related programs and strengthen paternity establishment requirements (H.R. 6111), E3197 [9OC]

Government: medical and health insurance information (H.R. 5464), E1958 [23JN]

Health: certified nurse-midwife coverage under medicare and medicaid, E2468 [12AU]

———improve organ procurement and transplantation process (H.R. 5785), E2390 [5AU], E2403 [7AU]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H1 [3JA], H37 [22JA], H58, H61 [28JA], H275-H279 [4FE], H295 [5FE], H400, H403-H405 [11FE], H465-H467 [19FE], H1042 [5MR], H2243 [1AP], H2683 [28AP], H3968 [3JN], H4341 [9JN], H4700 [16JN], H5547 [30JN], H6356 [22JY], H6865 [29JY], H7067 [31JY], H7258, H7260 [4AU], H7388, H7517 [5AU], H7536 [6AU], H8157 [9SE], H10656, H10658 [2OC], H11356, H11653 [5OC], E51 [22JA], E267 [11FE], E407 [25FE], E578 [9MR], E615 [11MR], E683 [16MR], E821, E824 [25MR], E1074 [10AP], E1101 [28AP], E1430 [19MY], E1712 [5JN], E1721 [9JN], E1861 [17JN], E2013 [29JN], E2529 [12AU], E2830 [29SE], E3015 [4OC], E3150, E3163, E3222 [9OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H. Con. Res. 304), E961 [3AP]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H. Con. Res. 314), E1195 [30AP]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H. Con. Res. 362), H9302 [24SE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3626), H399 [11FE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 4054), E891 [31MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 4094), H126 [29JA], H878 [3MR], H1605 [24MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 4280), H852 [2MR], H2680, H2692-H2694 [28AP], H3926 [2JN], E1378 [13MY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 4594), H1987 [26MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 4848), E1025 [9AP], E2483 [12AU]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 4889), E1061 [10AP]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 5046), E1218 [1MY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 5325), H4124, H4126, H4128 [4JN], H4764 [17JN], H5330 [29JN], H5781-H5790 [1JY], E3130 [9OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 5335), H4318 [5JN], E1693 [5JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 5500), H5294 [25JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 5502), H5375 [29JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 5514), E2057 [1JY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 5837), E2512 [12AU]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 5936), H8630 [16SE], E2664 [16SE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 5970), E2677 [17SE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 6100), H10657 [2OC], E2922 [2OC], E2925 [3OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1227), E1907 [19JN]

———nurse certification requirements (H.R. 5451), E1938 [22JN]

———State policies to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 6159), E3059 [5OC]

Health care facilities: operating costs of inpatient services in small rural hospitals (H.R. 4755), H2272 [2AP], E951 [2AP]

———program for maintenance of the infrastructure of certain safety net hospitals (H.R. 4521), E739 [19MR]

———quality of services for head injury patients, H448 [19FE]

———tribute to the Medical Center of Central Massachusetts, E2529 [12AU]

Income: retirement test exempt amount (H.R. 6146), E3128 [9OC]

———revise calculation of insurance benefits (H.R. 4817), E1013 [9AP]

Insurance: long-term care policies (H.R. 5454), E2059 [1JY]

Medicaid: coverage of services furnished by nurse practitioners and clinical nurse practitioners (H.R. 4311), E419 [25FE]

———determination of rebates for covered outpatient drugs (H.R. 5614), E2151 [9JY]

———extend enrollment mix requirement waiver relative to the Tennessee Primary Care Network (S. 2901), H5664 [30JN]

———extension of a certain health maintenance organization waiver (H.R. 4252), H9112 [22SE]

———increase access and utilization of home care as an alternative to institutionalization (H.R. 5743), E2324, E2325 [31JY]

———management improvements (H.R. 5563), E2083 [7JY]

———optional coverage of case-management services for individuals who suffer traumatic brain injuries (H.R. 4243), E339 [19FE]

———payment for services provided to individuals in psychiatric hospitals (H.R. 5364), E1775 [11JN]

Medicare: billing procedures, H131 [29JA]

———catastrophic illness coverage, H2022 [31MR]

———coverage of paramedic intercept services (H.R. 5985), E2738 [22SE]

———coverage of respite care services (H.R. 6023), E2789 [25SE]

———coverage of speech-language pathology and audiology services (H.R. 5317), E1651 [4JN]

———disclosure of hospital costs for patient services (H.R. 5707), E2281 [28JY]

———enrollment policies relative to certain military retirees and dependents (H.R. 4253), E332 [19FE]

———extend coverage of home health services (H.R. 5246), E1498 [21MY]

———extend the influenza vaccination demonstration project (H.R. 5196), E1416 [18MY]

———geographic adjustment factors relative to the payment for physicians' services (H.R. 4393), E562 [5MR]

———geographic reclassification of hospitals (H.R. 5558), E2078 [2JY]

———improve administration (H.R. 3837), H7172-H7183 [3AU], E2434 [10AU]

———increase administrative funding (H.R. 4805), H2422 [8AP]

———payment of claims, H9300 [24SE]

———purchasing of durable medical equipment (H.R. 4759), H2285 [2AP]

———refund by non-participating physicians of amounts paid for certain services (H.R. 5002), E1128 [28AP]

———refund by non-participating physicians of amounts paid for certain services (H.R. 5115), E1302 [8MY], E1448 [19MY]

———require disclosure of hospital costs incurred by patients (H.R. 5867), E2531 [12AU]

———require that parents of newborn children are provided with information on childhood immunizations (H.R. 5247), E1498 [21MY], E2016 [29JN], E2538 [12AU]

Medicare/medicaid: information to beneficiaries on cost sharing availability (H.R. 5298), E1595 [28MY]

———waiver of certain Federal requirements relative to the incorporation of benefits in a State health program (H.R. 5665), H6355 [22JY]

Mendez, Frank: recipient of Social Security Commissioner's citation for superior service, E2714 [18SE]

Mental health: national policy to provide mental health care and reform insurance procedures, E2164 [9JY]

National health plan: establish (H.R. 650), H947 [4MR]

———establish (H.R. 1300), H1338 [18MR], H7257 [4AU], E1407 [14MY], E1907 [19JN]

Perot, H. Ross: political platform, H4339 [9JN]

Pharmaceuticals: containment of prescription drug prices, E728 [18MR]

Physicians: reimbursement of services, H2374 [7AP]

Program: protection, E662 [12MR]

Puerto Rico: increase medicaid benefits (H.R. 5435), E1911 [19JN]

Senior citizens: long-term health care coverage, H843, H844 [27FE]

———presumptive disability provisions (H.R. 5672), H6446 [22JY]

SSI: benefits of children of military personnel stationed overseas (H.R. 6203), E3174 [9OC]

———criteria for eligibility and management of program, E2773 [23SE]

———extend benefits program to Guam (H.R. 4233), E310 [18FE]

States: establish programs to help troubled families and children (H.R. 5316), H4127 [4JN], E1638 [3JN]

———health care reform demonstration projects (H.R. 4218), E269 [11FE]

Taxation: exempt certain students employed at seasonal children's camps from paying Social Security taxes (H.R. 5656), H7163 [3AU]

Trust funds, H3022 [7MY]

———budget treatment, H3961 [2JN], H7893 [11AU], H8028 [12AU]

———status, H7065 [31JY]

Veterans: health care (S. 2344), H3100-H3107 [12MY], E3250 [9OC]

———health care (S. 2344), conference report, H9304-H9306 [24SE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, E2142 [9JY]

Westchester County, NY: Westchester Avenue Social Security Administration Center anniversary, E1366 [13MY]

Remarks in Senate

AFDC: funding of the job opportunity and basic skills training program (S. 2303), S2674 [3MR], S10974 [31JY]

———income limitation requirements (S. 2736), S6894, S6895 [19MY]

———income limitation requirements (S. 2784), S7215 [21MY]

Benefits: computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982, S13187-S13204 [10SE]

———computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (S. 567), S9491 [1JY]

———earnings test for retirement age individuals, S10442 [28JY], S13229-S13235 [10SE], S13507 [15SE]

———earnings test for retirement age individuals (S. 194), S3714 [13MR]

———earnings test for retirement age individuals (S. 2038), S9892-S9894 [2JY]

———improve delivery of services to beneficiaries (S. 3377), S18167 [8OC]

———treatment of combined income of a married couple relative to the division of benefits (S. 2635), S5809 [29AP]

Budget: impact of deficit reduction agreement, S1737, S1739 [20FE]

———intragovernmental transactions involving trust funds (S. 2526), S4837, S4838 [2AP], S5340 [9AP]

Children and youth: child support enforcement procedures (S. 3361), S17046 [5OC]

Civil liberties: penalties for disclosure of private information (S. 2364), S3872 [18MR]

Dayton, OH: waiver of certain medicaid requirements for health maintenance organizations (H.R. 4572), S5562 [10AP]

Diseases: prevention, control, and elimination of tuberculosis (S. 2988), S10164-S10166 [23JY]

Drivers Licenses: pilot program for issuance of counterfeit-resistant document form, S6873 [19MY]

Elections: expand tax exemption for election officials and employees (S. 2206), S1255 [6FE]

Employment: work supplementation programs (S. 2288), S2562 [27FE]

Epstein, Abraham: tribute, S5554 [10AP]

Government: medical and health insurance information (S. 2878), S8659-S8668 [23JN]

———reduce State and local government costs relative to unfunded Federal mandates (S. 2348), S3490 [12MR]

Health: access to care (S. 1936), S13432 [14SE]

———amend certain medicare and medicaid provisions, S15568, S15591 [29SE], S17690 [8OC]

———amend certain medicare and medicaid provisions (S. 3274), S15171 [25SE]

———medical assistance relative to State health care delivery programs (S. 3277), S15210 [25SE]

———misuse by certain organizations of symbols and names of certain Federal health programs and agencies (S. 3087), S10511 [28JY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S77 [21JA], S91, S96, S98, S105, S106, S114 [22JA], S450, S452 [28JA], S628-S630 [30JA], S942, S946 [5FE], S1177, S1178, S1182, S1183-S1186 [6FE], S1298-S1301, S1305, S1306, S1318, S1325 [7FE], S1933 [20FE], S3667, S3686 [13MR], S3806 [18MR], S4281-S4283 [26MR], S4630 [1AP], S5929 [5MY], S6043, S6045, S6046 [6MY], S6581-S6584 [13MY], S7097 [21MY], S7895 [10JN], S8123 [12JN], S9128-S9133, S9165 [29JN], S9418 [1JY], S10760-S10768 [29JY], S10874 [30JY], S11442-S11446, S11449-S11453 [4AU], S11587 [5AU], S11636 [6AU], S12085 [10AU], S12423, S12472, S12741 [12AU], S13306 [10SE], S13539 [15SE], S14733-S14735 [23SE], S15733 [30SE], S16947-S16949, S16951, S17098 [5OC], S17793-S17795, S17812-S17814, S17903, S18196 [8OC], S18334 [29OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3951), S14119 [18SE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1227), S12420 [12AU]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1872), S2765 [3MR], S2949 [10MR], S3443 [12MR], S13432 [14SE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 2320), S2914-S2916 [5MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 2346), S3463 [12MR], S4255 [26MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 2513), S4786-S4791, S4862 [2AP]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 2571), S5233-S5270 [9AP], S12422 [12AU]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 2732), S6729, S6740 [14MY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 2817), S7697 [9JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 3176), S12574-S12579 [12AU]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 3299), S16168, S16169 [1OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 3300), S16169-S16171 [1OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 3331), S16986-S16993 [5OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 3348), S17024 [5OC], S17514 [7OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 3387), S18179 [8OC]

———prescription drug prices, S12286 [11AU]

———State policies to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 3180), S12589-S12591, S12596, S12598, S12599 [12AU]

Health care facilities: reimbursement of regional rural referral centers by medicaid and medicare, S15366 [26SE]

Health care professionals: use of the terms Visiting Nurse Association and Visiting Nurse Service (S. 2087), S11227 [3AU]

Income: portability of pension assets, S13126 [9SE]

Insurance: designation of certain health insurance plans as qualified plans (S. 2306), S2752, S2757 [3MR]

Intergovernmental Task Force on Health Care Fraud and Abuse: establish (S. 3148), S11795-S11797 [6AU]

Medicaid: coverage for low-income medicare beneficiaries (S. 2814), S7600-S7604 [4JN]

———coverage for mobile outreach units to assist mentally ill homeless individuals, S15570 [29SE]

———development of individual community care plans for functionally disabled individuals (H.R. 5138), veto, S15826 [30SE]

———expanded coverage for pregnant women, children, and low-income families, S17695 [8OC]

———extend enrollment mix requirement waiver relative to the Tennessee Primary Care Network (S. 2901), S9087 [26JN]

———home and community based care and community supported living arrangements (S. 3187), S12629 [12AU]

———home and community based care and community supported living arrangements (S. 3340), S17006 [5OC]

———improve access to benefits and reduce State administrative burdens (S. 3212), S12671, S12673 [12AU]

———increase access and utilization of home care as an alternative to institutionalization (S. 2686), S6484, S6486 [12MY]

———optional State coverage of case-management services for individuals who sustain traumatic brain injuries (S. 3002), S10131 [22JY], S10250 [23JY]

———prescription drug benefits, S17903, S17904 [8OC]

———purchase of prescription drugs (S. 2950), S9798 [2JY]

———State bulk vaccine purchasing systems to increase vaccinations of medicaid enrolled children (S. 3226), S13269 [10SE], S13667 [16SE]

———State enrollment of welfare recipients into managed care plans, S15582 [29SE]

———State enrollment of welfare recipients into managed care plans (S. 3191), S12643, S12650 [12AU]

Medical and Health Insurance Information Reform Act (S. 2878), S8663-S8665 [23JN]

Medicare: access to supplemental insurance policies (S. 3185), S12613 [12AU]

———billing time for anesthesia services (S. 2643), S5907, S5908 [30AP]

———budget process and spending limits, S17704 [8OC]

———claims and payment safeguards (S. 2337), S3319 [11MR]

———clarify the classification of sole community hospitals, S15593 [29SE]

———clarify the classification of sole community hospitals (S. 2996), S10126 [22JY]

———coverage of long-term benefits in home- and community-based settings and nursing facilities (S. 2017), S6517 [12MY]

———coverage of outpatient education services for individuals with diabetes (S. 2230), S1595 [18FE]

———coverage of procedures relative to atrophic and weakened jaws (S. 2615), S5508 [10AP]

———coverage of speech-language pathology and audiology services (S. 3232), S13547 [15SE]

———enforcement of billing limits under part B (S. 2698), S6493, S6494, S6495, S6496 [12MY]

———geographic classification requirements (S. 2680), S6389 [7MY]

———geographic classification requirements (S. 2683), S6392 [7MY]

———increase administrative funding to combat waste, fraud, and abuse (S. 2713), S6720 [14MY]

———influenza vaccinations (S. 2235), S1711 [19FE]

———long-term home care expenses (S. 2193), S1047 [5FE], S3352 [11MR]

———operating costs of inpatient hospital services of certain hospitals (S. 2400), S4120 [24MR]

———outpatient prescription drug benefits, S16495 [3OC]

———overpayment, fraud and abuse, S17697, S17700 [8OC]

———payment provisions for new physicians, S15591 [29SE]

———payment provisions for new physicians (S. 2362), S3778 [17MR], S15696 [29SE]

———payments made to medicare-dependent, small rural hospitals (S. 3117), S11073 [31JY], S11224 [3AU], S12427 [12AU]

———permit separate payments for electrocardiogram interpretations (S. 2914), S9288 [30JN]

———primary health insurers' claims and payments, S2862-S2864 [5MR]

———purchase of medical equipment and supplies, S15590 [29SE]

———standards to prevent abuse in the acquisition of durable medical equipment, devices, and supplies (S. 3270), S14979, S14981, S14982 [24SE]

———treatment of medicare-dependent hospitals, S15700 [30SE]

Medicare/medicaid: hospice benefits, S3442 [12MR]

Mental health: national policy to provide health care (S. 2696), S6490 [12MY], S13157, S13158 [10SE]

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill: meeting, S13157 [10SE]

National Commission on Children: terms of service of members (S. 2257), S2219 [25FE]

National health plan: establish (H.R. 1300), S15972 [1OC]

Older Americans Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2967), S1288, S1289 [6FE]

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act: technical corrections (S. 3120), S11375 [3AU]

Public welfare programs: amend multiple signature provisions relative to citizenship status of family members (S. 2881), S8669 [23JN]

———income status of recipients, S6925 [19MY]

Representative payees: selection and monitoring, S15334, S15335 [26SE]

Revenue Reconciliation Act: technical corrections (S. 2318), S2911 [5MR]

Rural areas: hospital reclassifications relative to reimbursement rates under medicare (S. 2888), S8798 [24JN]

———improve availability and quality of health care (S. 2394), S4108 [24MR]

SSI: selection criteria and monitoring of certain representative payees (S. 3246), S13904 [17SE]

State and local governments: investment of trust fund in State and municipal bonds (S. 906), S6037 [5MY]

States: establish programs to help troubled families and children (S. 2809), S7592 [4JN]

Taxation: establish a Social Security Notch Fairness Investigatory Commission, S13227-S13229 [10SE]

———individual retirement accounts relative to AFDC eligibility and payment for higher education expenses (S. 3085), S10508 [28JY]

———promotion of tax code fairness (S. 2295), S2573 [27FE]

———promotion of tax code fairness (S. 2295), star print, S2669 [3MR]

Trust funds: budget treatment, S4910-S4920 [7AP]

———reserves, S10449 [28JY]

VA: collection of third-party reimbursement under medigap policies, S14994 [24SE]

Veterans: health care (S. 2344), S3283 [11MR], S10498 [28JY], S10798, S10801 [29JY]

———health care (S. 2344), conference report, S15118-S15122 [25SE]

———health care (S. 2344), vitiate, S10498 [28JY]

Reports

All Flags Flying: National Economic Commission, S4916-S4919 [7AP]

CBO's Economic Implications of Rising Health Care Costs, S16993 [5OC]

Healthy People 2000—National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives, S4751 [2AP]

Medicare—Over $1 Billion Should Be Recovered From Primary Health Insurers: GAO, S2864-S2866 [5MR]

Mental Health Care: Congressional Mental Health Forum, E2164 [9JY]

State Policies To Provide Health Care and Reform Insurance Procedures: GAO, E3060 [5OC]

Reports by conference committees

Veterans Health Care Services (S. 2344), H8660-H8663 [17SE]

Reports filed

Extension of a Certain Medicaid Health Maintenance Organization Waiver: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 4252) (H. Rept. 102-887), H8964 [22SE]

Extension of the Terms of Service of the National Commission on Children: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 2257), S10125 [22JY]

Improve Medicare Administration and Reform Customs Overtime Pay Practices: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 3837) (H. Rept. 102-486), H7255 [3AU]

———Committee on Ways and Means (H.R. 3837) (H. Rept. 102-486), H2406 [7AP]

Improvement of Social Security Benefits and Coverage and Establishment of the Social Security Administration as an Independent Agency: Committee on Finance (S. 2038), S9774 [2JY]

Medicare Amendments: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 5748) (H. Rept. 102-1046), H12602 [8OC]

National Policy To Provide Health Care and Reform Insurance Procedures: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 5328) (H. Rept. 102-993), H11196 [3OC]

Use of Terms Visiting Nurse Association and Visiting Nurse Service: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 2087), S10926 [30JY]

Veterans Health Care (S. 2344): committee of conference (H. Rept. 102-871), H8733 [17SE]

Waiver of Medicaid Requirements for Certain Health Maintenance Organizations: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 4572) (H. Rept. 102-494), H2668 [9AP]

Reports to constituents

Hamilton, Lee H.: Status Report to Older Americans, E2652 [16SE]

———Welfare Reform, E1261 [6MY]

Resolutions by organizations

Expand exemption for election officials and employees: Madison, WI, Board of Supervisors, S1255 [6FE]

———Madison, WI, Common Council, S1255 [6FE]

Statements

Economy Under a Republican Congress: Representative Archer, H157-H159 [30JA]

Health Care Under a Republican Congress: Representative Chandler, H163 [30JA]

Summaries

American Health Security Plan (S. 2513), S4800-S4802 [2AP]

BasiCare Health Access and Cost Control Act (S. 2346), S3465-S3467 [12MR]

Brain Injury Rehabilitation Quality Act (S. 3002), S10134 [22JY]

Enterprise Zone Tax Incentives Act Medicare Provisions (H.R. 11), H11653 [5OC]

Health Care and Insurance Procedure Reforms (H.R. 6100), E2922 [2OC], E2925 [3OC]

Medicaid Home and Community Based Care and Community Supported Living Arrangements (S. 3187), S12631 [12AU]

Medicare and Medicaid Amendments (S. 3274), S15193-S15204 [25SE]

Medicare Beneficiary Financial Protection Act and Amendments (H.R. 5115), E1303 [8MY], E1448 [19MY]

Medicare Enrollment Improvement and Protection Act (S. 2814), S7603 [4JN]

Medicare Outpatient Prescription Drug Benefit Proposal, S16496 [3OC]

Medicare Program Protection Act (H.R. 4805), H2423 [8AP]

Misleading Mailings Prevention Act (S. 3087), S10512 [28JY]

National Health Care Act (S. 2817), S7715 [9JN]

National Policy To Provide Health Care and Reform Insurance Procedures (H.R. 4594), H1988-H1990 [26MR]

National Policy To Provide Health Care and Reform Insurance Procedures (H.R. 5500), H5296-H5298 [25JN]

National Policy To Provide Health Care and Reform Insurance Procedures (S. 3300), S16171 [1OC]

National Policy to Provide Health Care and Reform Insurance Procedures (H.R. 4848), E1026 [9AP]

Policy to Provide Health Care and Reform Insurance Procedures (H.R. 5514), E2057 [1JY]

Program for Maintenance of the Infrastructure of Certain Safety Net Hospitals (H.R. 4521), E740 [19MR]

Rural Health Care Protection and Improvement Act (S. 2394), S4110 [24MR]

State Care Act (S. 3180), S12595 [12AU]

State Care—State-Based Comprehensive Health Care Act (H.R. 4218), E269 [11FE]

Veterans Health Care Service Improvements (S. 2344), S3284-S3286 [11MR]

Tables

Payment of tax obligations, S6237 [6MY]

Puerto Rico's medicaid spending cap, E1912 [19JN]

Texts of

H.R. 3837, improve medicare administration, H7172-H7179 [3AU]

H.R. 4218, State Care—State-Based Comprehensive Health Care Act, E270 [11FE]

H.R. 4252, extension of Medicaid health maintenance organization waiver for District of Columbia Chartered Health Plan, Inc., H9112 [22SE]

H.R. 4572, waiver of certain medicaid requirements for health maintenance organizations under the Dayton, OH area health plan, H2651 [9AP], E818 [25MR]

H.R. 4759, Medicare Durable Medical Equipment Patient Protection Act, H2286 [2AP]

H.R. 5115, Medicare Beneficiary Financial Protection Act, E1303 [8MY], E1448 [19MY]

H.R. 5563, Medicaid Management Improvement Act, E2083-E2085 [7JY]

H.R. 5656, exempt certain students employed at seasonal children's camps from paying Social Security taxes, H7163 [3AU]

H.R. 5785, National Organ Donor Awareness Campaign Act, E2403 [7AU]

S. 2087, use of the terms Visiting Nurse Association and Visiting Nurse Service, S11227 [3AU]

S. 2193, Long-Term Home Care Act, S1047-S1055 [5FE]

S. 2206, expand exemption for election officials and employees, S1255 [6FE]

S. 2230, Medicare Outpatient Diabetes Education Coverage Act, S1596 [18FE]

S. 2257, terms of service of National Commission on Children members, S2219 [25FE]

S. 2303, Work for Welfare Act, S2675 [3MR]

S. 2306, Insurance Simplification and Portability Act, S2753-S2757 [3MR]

S. 2320, Universal Health Care Act, S2916-S2922 [5MR]

S. 2337, Medicare Funds Recovery Act, S3320 [11MR]

S. 2344, improve health care for veterans, S3292-S3299 [11MR], H3100-H3104 [12MY]

S. 2346, BasiCare Health Access and Cost Control Act, S3467-S3487 [12MR]

S. 2362, medicare payment provisions for new physicians, S3778 [17MR]

S. 2364, Social Security Privacy Protection Act, S3873 [18MR]

S. 2394, Rural Health Care Protection and Improvement Act, S4109 [24MR]

S. 2513, national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S4791-S4800 [2AP]

S. 2571, Long-Term Care Family Security Act, S5234-S5264 [9AP], S5619-S5649 [28AP]

S. 2615, medicare coverage of procedures relative to atrophic and weakened jaws, S5508 [10AP]

S. 2635, Social Security Equity Act, S5809 [29AP]

S. 2643, medicare billing time for anesthesia services, S5907 [30AP]

S. 2680, Medicare Geographic Data Accuracy Act, S6389 [7MY]

S. 2683, medicare geographic classification requirements, S6392 [7MY]

S. 2686, Senior Home Care Choice Fairness and Improvement Act, S6485 [12MY]

S. 2696, Equitable Health Care for Severe Mental Illnesses Act, S6490 [12MY]

S. 2698, Medicare Beneficiary Protection Act, S6493 [12MY]

S. 2713, Medicare Program Protection Act, S6720 [14MY]

S. 2732, Health Insurance Market Reform Act, S6729-S6736 [14MY]

S. 2736, AFDC income limitation requirements, S6894 [19MY]

S. 2784, Self-Sufficiency Opportunities Act, S7216 [21MY]

S. 2814, Medicare Enrollment Improvement and Protection Act, S7601-S7603 [4JN]

S. 2817, National Health Care Act, S7698-S7715 [9JN]

S. 2878, Medical and Health Insurance Information Reform Act, S8660-S8663 [23JN]

S. 2881, amend multiple signature Social Security provisions relative to citizenship status of family members, S8670 [23JN]

S. 2888, hospital reclassifications relative to reimbursement rates under medicare, S8799 [24JN]

S. 2901, extend medicaid enrollment mix requirement waiver relative to the Tennessee Primary Care Network, S9087 [26JN], H5664 [30JN]

S. 2914, permit separate medicare payments for electrocardiogram interpretations, S9289 [30JN]

S. 3002, Brain Injury Rehabilitation Quality Act, S10132-S10134 [22JY]

S. 3085, individual retirement accounts relative to AFDC eligibility and payment for higher education expenses, S10509 [28JY]

S. 3087, Misleading Mailings Prevention Act, S10512 [28JY]

S. 3148, establish the Intergovernmental Health Care Fraud and Abuse Task Force, S11796 [6AU]

S. 3176, Health Care Affordability and Quality Improvement Act, S12579-S12583 [12AU]

S. 3180, State Care Act, S12591-S12595 [12AU]

S. 3185, access to medicare supplemental insurance policies, S12613-S12615 [12AU]

S. 3187, medicaid home and community based care and community supported living arrangements, S12630 [12AU]

S. 3191, Medicaid Coordinated Care Improvement Act, S12644-S12650 [12AU]

S. 3212, Medicaid Eligibility Simplification Act, S12672 [12AU]

S. 3226, Child Immunization Access Act, S13270 [10SE]

S. 3270, Durable Medical Equipment Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act, S14979-S14981 [24SE]

S. 3274, amend certain medicare and medicaid provisions, S15172-S15193 [25SE]

S. 3277, State Health Car Reform Incentive Act, S15211 [25SE]

S. 3348, Health Care Access and Affordability Act, S17514-S17534 [7OC]

S. 3361, child support enforcement procedures, S17047-S17049 [5OC]

S. 3387, Health Care Liability Reform and Quality of Care Improvement Act, S18180-S18184 [8OC]