SOCIAL SECURITY related term(s) Public Welfare Programs
Addresses
National Policy to Provide Health Care and Reform Insurance Procedures: President Clinton, H6895-H6900 [22SE]
President Clinton's Economic Plan: Harry F. Byrd, Jr., S4874 [27AP]
Amendments
Elections: exclusion of service of election officials or workers from coverage (H.R. 1014), S13025 [4OC]
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 491), S4638 [19AP]
Analyses
Impact of President Clinton's Economic Plan on Small Business: National Federation of Independent Business, H1368 [17MR]
National Health Care Anti-Fraud and Abuse Act (S. 867), S5400 [4MY]
National Policy To Provide Health Care and Reform Insurance Procedures (S. 325), S1411-S1413 [4FE]
President Clinton's Economic Plan, S1865 [18FE]
Social Security Act Technical Amendments (S. 1668), S15934-S15944 [17NO]
Appointments
Commission on the Social Security Notch Issue, S9957 [30JY], S10268 [3AU], H6760 [15SE]
Articles and editorials
Are Cash-Starved States ``Looting'' Medicaid Coffers?, S12654 [29SE]
Clinton May Not Meet Deadline on Health Plan, S4367 [2AP]
Clinton To Delay Health Proposal Until Mid-June—Change Reflects a Desire To Not Pile Too Much on the Legislative Plate, S5572 [6MY]
Clinton's Economic Plan Was Built on Brazen Lies, H4950 [21JY]
Clinton's Health Care Figures Don't Compute, S15593 [10NO], S16977 [22NO]
Doctors Say They Can Save Lives and Still Save Money, S10265 [3AU]
Double Taxing Seniors of Today and Tomorrow, S3443 [23MR], S3558 [24MR]
Governors, Clinton Talk Health Care, S1699 [17FE]
Health Care—An All-Points Alert, S14835 [2NO]
Health Plan That Can Work, S8642-S8644 [13JY]
House Panel Votes To Close Medicaid Loopholes, S12654 [29SE]
How Clinton's Tax Plan Will Hit the Elderly, S3555 [24MR]
Kill or Cure?, H7139-H7141 [28SE]
Not the Zoe Baird Problem, H2455 [12MY]
Proposed Social Security Tax Hike Explained, S3557 [24MR]
Provider Groups Finding Success with Managed Care, Study Says, S10266 [3AU]
Repair, Don't Replace, Health System, H8763 [3NO]
Retirees Get Socked Again, S3556 [24MR]
Secretary Bentsen's Coverup, S5700 [7MY]
Strong Medicine—Employers' Attack On Health Costs Spurs Change in Minnesota, S2440-S2442 [4MR]
Tennessee's Health Gamble—U.S. Gives Go-Ahead to Plan Akin to Clinton's, S16428 [19NO]
Under Clinton Health Plan, All Employers Would Pay, S5867 [13MY]
What Clinton Isn't Saying, S2702 [11MR]
What Health-Care Crisis?, H3338 [8JN]
What Small-Business Owners Face Under Health Plan, S14565 [28OC]
What's Wrong With the Clinton Health Plan, S10592 [5AU]
Where Not to Get Sick, S2705 [11MR]
Why Not A National ID Card?, S11464 [10SE]
Workable Alternative, S10593 [5AU]
Bills and resolutions
AFDC: identification of biological parents of recipients (see H.R. 892), H639 [16FE]
———income of certain step-parents in benefits determination (see H.R. 1732), H1935 [20AP]
———reform program (see H.R. 1918), H2127 [28AP]
———remove disincentives that prevent recipients from moving toward self-sufficiency (see S. 586; H.R. 455, 1007), S2917 [16MR], H113 [7JA], H725 [18FE]
———weekly benefits relative to employment and attendance at courses at educational institutions (see H.R. 944), H680 [17FE]
American Samoa: inclusion in SSI (see H.R. 189), H105 [6JA]
Armed Forces: CHAMPUS payment of expenses not covered under medicare (see S. 132; H.R. 636), S193 [21JA], H259 [26JA]
———provide benefits under the survivor benefit plan to surviving spouses of certain retired members (see H.R. 635), H259 [26JA]
———SSI benefits to children of personnel stationed overseas (see H.R. 480), H114 [7JA]
Benefits: assistance to beneficiaries in the administration of employee benefit plans (see H.R. 613), H258 [26JA]
———computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see S. 173; H.R. 181, 1447, 1883), S194 [21JA], H105 [6JA], H1590 [24MR], H2126 [28AP]
———continue through the month of beneficiary's death to assist family in meeting death-related expenses (see H.R. 321), H109 [6JA]
———contributions relative to medical care costs for individuals receiving medicaid assistance (see H.R. 684), H309 [27JA]
———cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 3451; H. Res. 83, 120), H640 [16FE], H1080 [9MR], H8874 [4NO]
———discourage persons from moving to a State to obtain greater benefits from AFDC or medicaid (see H.R. 910), H639 [16FE]
———earnings test for retirement age individuals (see S. 30, 207; H.R. 37, 182, 197, 254, 300, 397, 413, 505, 582, 622, 875, 1413, 1636), S191 [21JA], S690 [26JA], H83 [5JA], H105, H106, H108, H111 [6JA], H178 [21JA], H257, H258 [26JA], H588 [4FE], H1527 [18MR], H1857 [1AP]
———eliminate disparities relative to past and present computation formulas (see H.R. 316), H108 [6JA]
———improve through a private aid program (see H.R. 1784), H1991 [21AP]
———level of payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (see H.R. 553, 634, 1444), H180 [21JA], H258 [26JA], H1590 [24MR]
———payment levels relative to month of beneficiary's death (see H.R. 837), H587 [4FE]
———payments relative to criminal insanity (see S. 1577), S14194 [21OC]
———payments to individuals convicted of a felony (see H.R. 3251), H7670 [7OC]
———presumptive disability (see H.R. 1498), H1641 [25MR]
———prorate first month's benefits for applicant who meets entitlement conditions (see H.R. 274), H107 [6JA]
———restrictions on benefits to prisoners (see H.R. 2161), H2596 [19MY]
———taxation (see S. 1408; H.R. 2959, 2986, 2987, 3194, 3195), S10840 [6AU], H6379, H6380 [6AU], H7359 [30SE]
———treatment of spouses who are receiving certain Government pensions (see H.R. 1897), H2126 [28AP]
———waiting period requirements (see H.R. 1424), H1527 [18MR]
Blind: earnings test for recipients (see H.R. 2157), H2596 [19MY]
Budget: exclude the unemployment trust fund (see H.R. 3409), H8658 [28OC]
———treatment of administrative expenses (see H.R. 2273), H2865 [26MY]
Census: use of latest available data relative to benefits programs (see S. 307), S1148 [3FE]
Child support: enforcement of and wage withholding for child support payments (see S. 967), S5923 [13MY]
Children and youth: comprehensive child welfare services program (see H.R. 2127), H2487 [13MY]
———enforcement of child support obligations (see H.R. 773, 915), H482 [3FE], H639 [16FE]
———foster care program requirements (see S. 620), S3173 [18MR]
———immunization initiatives (see H.R. 1840), H2023 [22AP]
———improve child welfare services (see S. 596), S2917 [16MR]
———placement of foster children (see H.R. 3462), H8937 [8NO]
———placement of foster children in permanent kinship care arrangements (see H.R. 3463), H8937 [8NO]
———prevent prolonged foster care for abandoned infants when an adoptive home is available (see H.R. 2938), H6378 [6AU]
———school health services (see S. 632), S3479 [23MR]
———State administration of child welfare services (see H.R. 3461), H8937 [8NO]
Citizenship: status verification of recipients (see H.R. 2511), H4012 [23JN]
Correctional institutions: restrictions on benefits to certain prisoners (see H.R. 979), H724 [18FE]
Cost of living: old-age insurance benefit increases in accordance with cost-of-living increases (see H.J. Res. 52), H87 [5JA]
Cost-of-living: increases (see H.R. 3592), H10469 [20NO]
Courts: use of Social Security numbers for jury selection (see H.R. 1180), H963 [2MR]
Disabled: benefits relative to purchase of specially equipped vans (see H.R. 648), H308 [27JA]
———reform review procedures relative to disability determination process (see H.R. 3487), H9564 [10NO]
———SSI benefits for substance abuse (see H.R. 1712), H1894 [7AP]
———timely review of disability claims and benefits prior to disposition of cases (see H.R. 2895), H6292 [5AU]
———waive waiting period for benefits relative to terminal illness (see H.R. 1339), H1290 [16MR]
———work incentives (see H.R. 3264), H7707 [12OC]
Diseases: disability determination for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection (see H.R. 728), H358 [2FE]
District of Columbia Chartered Health Plan, Inc.: waiver of enrollment limitations in an HMO (see H.R. 1232), H1046 [4MR]
Domestic policy: retain the viability of the system and the affordability of taxation levels (see H.R. 3585), H10469 [20NO]
Education: educational opportunity and school attendance relative to welfare recipients (see S. 66), S191 [21JA]
Elections: exclude from coverage any service performed by election officials or election workers exclusively on election days (see H.R. 1888), H2126 [28AP]
———exclude officials and workers from Social Security payroll tax (see S. 764), S4400 [2AP]
———exclusion of service of election officials or workers from coverage (see H.R. 1014), H725 [18FE]
Employment: cash payments to domestic employees (see H.R. 899), H639 [16FE]
———funding of job opportunity and basic skills training programs (see S. 16), S190 [21JA]
Families and domestic relations: assistance to family caregivers of disabled individuals (see S. 1072), S6840 [28MY]
———eligibility of stepchildren for child's insurance benefits (see H.R. 980), H724 [18FE]
———increase the domestic service wage exclusion (see S. 402), S1888 [18FE]
———permit chronically ill parents to name standby guardians (see H.R. 1354), H1290 [16MR]
Federal aid programs: improve benefit services (see S. 619), S3173 [18MR]
———job opportunity and training programs relative to independence from welfare system (see H.R. 741), H358 [2FE]
Floods: disaster assistance to Midwest States (see S. 1452), S11681 [14SE]
Fraud protection: improve and clarify provisions prohibiting misuse of symbols, emblems, or names in reference to Social Security programs and agencies (see H.R. 2819), H5554 [30JY]
Health: care for pregnant women and children through State-based health plans (see H.R. 727), H358 [2FE]
———criminal treatment of health care fraud relative to certain Federal health care programs (see H.R. 3653), H10985 [22NO]
———ensure equal access to care under managed competition plan (see H.J. Res. 241), H5361 [27JY]
———establish health care data interchange system (see S. 1494), S12513 [24SE]
———extend penalties for fraud and abuse under certain governmental health care programs to all health care plans (see S. 867), S5393 [4MY]
———improve exchange of health care information and measurement of health care quality (see H.R. 3137), H7034 [27SE]
———inclusion of osteopathic services under national health care benefits package (see H. Con. Res. 173), H8875 [4NO]
———managed care system reform proposal (see S. 1579), S14194 [21OC]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 18, 223, 325, 491, 631, 684, 728, 1057, 1533, 1743, 1757, 1770, 1775, 1779; S. Res. 81; H.R. 16, 30, 101, 150, 191, 196, 200, 834, 945, 1192, 1200, 1398, 1691, 1976, 2061, 2261, 2610, 2624, 3080, 3115, 3222, 3600, 3698, 3704; H. Con. Res. 8, 56), S190 [21JA], S774 [27JA], S1384 [4FE], S2308 [3MR], S3275 [19MR], S3479 [23MR], S4112 [31MR], S4253 [1AP], S6737 [27MY], S13262 [7OC], S16718 [20NO], S16935, S16936 [22NO], H82, H83, H85, H87 [5JA], H104, H105 [6JA], H587 [4FE], H680 [17FE], H963 [2MR], H1009 [3MR], H1526 [18MR], H1885 [5AP], H2301 [5MY], H2427 [11MY], H2816 [25MY], H4506 [1JY], H4573 [13JY], H6777 [15SE], H6901 [22SE], H7541 [6OC], H10469 [20NO], H10986, H10987 [22NO]
———tax incentives for a health services savings account and expand Social Security coverage of health care needs (see H.R. 1965), H2247 [4MY]
———treatment of mental illness and substance abuse in health care reform programs (see S. Con. Res. 16; H. Con. Res. 59), S2610 [10MR], H1046 [4MR]
———treatment of price controls relative to health care reform programs (see H. Con. Res. 79), H1881 [2AP]
Health Care Crisis Policy Commission: establish (see H.R. 257), H107 [6JA]
Health care facilities: development of health care centers for medically underserved populations (see H.R. 725), H358 [2FE]
———development of health care provider networks, State review of expenditures, and assistance for the capital needs of safety net facilities (see H.R. 2494), H4012 [23JN]
———maintain the infrastructure requirements of essential safety net facilities (see S. 726), S4253 [1AP]
———State responses to hospital closings (see H.R. 1614), H1857 [1AP]
Health care professionals: ban on physician referrals to health care providers with which the physician has a financial relationship (see H.R. 721), H357 [2FE]
———shortage areas (see H.R. 1763), H1990 [21AP]
———target shortage areas (see H.R. 332), H109 [6JA]
Hospital to Home- and Community-Care Linkage Development and Incentive Grant Program: establish (see S. 52), S191 [21JA]
Immigration: improved enforcement of the employer sanctions law (see H.R. 1031), H792 [23FE]
Income: allow full benefits for disabled widows and widowers without regard to age (see H.R. 2537), H4181 [28JN]
———decision making process for disability benefits (see H.R. 646), H308 [27JA]
———determination of benefits relative to average annual earnings and certain family care (see H.R. 2540), H4181 [28JN]
———eliminate benefit reductions relative to spouses receiving certain Government pensions (see H.R. 1674), H1880 [2AP]
———eliminate waiting period for divorced spouse's benefits (see H.R. 2538), H4181 [28JN]
———exclude wages from teaching in public schools relative to the earnings test (see H.R. 409), H111 [6JA]
———increase benefit and contribution base (see H.R. 2589), H4506 [1JY]
———increases in widow's and widower's insurance benefits relative to delayed retirement (see H.R. 2539), H4181 [28JN]
———index minimum wage rate to Social Security benefits cost-of-living index (see H.R. 281), H107 [6JA]
———reduce taxes and establish individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 306), H108 [6JA]
———remove limitation of outside income individual may earn while receiving certain benefits (see H.R. 314), H108 [6JA]
———require self-support plans to include a career or housing goal (see H.R. 3008), H6380 [6AU]
———treatment of disabled adult's benefits upon marriage (see S. 559), S2610 [10MR]
Insurance: eligibility for widow's and widower's disability benefits (see H.R. 2536), H4181 [28JN]
———long-term care policies (see S. 538), S2547 [9MR]
———protect consumers in establishment of long-term care insurance policies (see H.R. 132), H103 [6JA]
Mailings: misuse of symbols, emblems, or names relative to programs or agencies (see S. 1011), S6363 [24MY]
Medicaid: access to benefits and reduce State administrative burdens (see S. 1423), S10840 [6AU]
———availability of payment for childhood vaccine replacement programs (see H.R. 1983), H2301 [5MY]
———case-management services for individuals with traumatic brain injuries (see S. 1098; H.R. 2427), S7216 [15JN], H3593 [15JN]
———clinical social worker services (see H.R. 307), H108 [6JA]
———coverage for low-income medicare beneficiaries (see S. 649), S3650 [24MR]
———coverage for the costs of prescription drugs for qualified medicare beneficiaries (see S. 933), S5751 [11MY]
———coverage of alcoholism and drug dependency treatment services for pregnant women and certain family members (see S. 484), S2308 [3MR]
———coverage of certified nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialist services (see S. 466), S2090 [25FE]
———coverage of certified nurse-midwife services performed outside the maternity cycle (see S. 1064), S6839 [28MY]
———coverage of hospice care (see H.R. 474), H114 [7JA]
———coverage of nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists (see H.R. 1683), H1880 [2AP]
———coverage of nursing facility services (see H.R. 2407), H3510 [14JN]
———eligibility relative to individuals subject to guardianship proceedings (see H.R. 632), H258 [26JA]
———Federal standards for long-term care insurance policies (see H.R. 438), H112 [6JA]
———home and community based care (see S. 551, 552), S2610 [10MR]
———improve access to obstetric services in underserved areas (see H.R. 1814), H2022 [22AP]
———improve Federal medical assistance percentage (see S. 1266), S9061 [20JY]
———improve the Federal medical assistance percentage (see H.R. 3659), H10985 [22NO]
———increase income eligibility level relative to poverty level (see H.R. 3674), H10986 [22NO]
———payment to vaccine manufacturers (see S. 151), S194 [21JA]
———permit State coverage of room and board furnished by a relative under the home and community waivers if such coverage is budget-neutral (see H.R. 3439), H8795 [3NO]
———pregnant women and infant coverage (see H.R. 1612), H1857 [1AP]
———prostate cancer screening tests (see H.R. 243), H106 [6JA]
———require State plans to cover screening mammography (see H.R. 425), H111 [6JA]
———screening mammography and screening pap smears (see H.R. 130), H103 [6JA]
———State health allowances used enrolling individuals in approved health plans (see H.R. 2789), H5452 [28JY]
———State methods of delivering health care services through community health authorities (see H.R. 3573), H10300 [19NO]
Medicare: access to health care, facilities, programs, and devices in rural areas (see S. 176), S194 [21JA]
———access to supplemental insurance policies (see S. 934), S5751 [11MY]
———amount of payment for outpatient physical and occupational therapy (see H.R. 1586), H1856 [1AP]
———availability of renal dialysis facilities and services (see H.R. 3551), H10300 [19NO]
———availability of select policies in all States (see H.R. 2770), H5451 [28JY]
———ban on physician referrals to health care providers with which the physician has a financial relationship (see H.R. 345), H109 [6JA]
———clinical social worker services (see S. 683), S4112 [31MR]
———combat waste, fraud, and abuse (see S. 256), S888 [28JA]
———coverage for comprehensive health assessments and certain immunizations (see H.R. 2916), H6377 [6AU]
———coverage of annual screening mammography for women 65 or over (see H.R. 427), H111 [6JA]
———coverage of anticancer drugs (see S. 821), S4825 [22AP]
———coverage of bone mass measurements (see H.R. 954), H681 [17FE]
———coverage of bone mass measurements, mammographies, and certain osteoporosis drugs (see H.R. 3203), H7360 [30SE]
———coverage of certain chiropractic services (see S. 421; H.R. 2889), S1995 [24FE], H6292 [5AU]
———coverage of certain preventive services (see H.R. 19, 76), H82, H84 [5JA]
———coverage of electrocardiograms performed during an office visit (see H.R. 942), H680 [17FE]
———coverage of end-stage renal disease (see S. 1106), S7216 [15JN]
———coverage of expanded nursing facility and in-home services, and outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 2673), H4858 [20JY]
———coverage of home health services where an individual is at an adult day care center (see S. 453), S2089 [25FE]
———coverage of paramedic intercept services provided in support of ambulance services (see H.R. 1278), H1163 [10MR]
———coverage of qualified acupuncturist services (see H.R. 2588), H4506 [1JY]
———coverage of self-management training services for individuals with diabetes (see S. 602; H.R. 1194), S3042 [17MR], H1009 [3MR]
———coverage of surgery assistant nurses (see H.R. 1618), H1857 [1AP]
———coverage of ventilators, aspirators, and certain other durable medical equipment (see H.R. 2275), H2866 [26MY]
———eliminate peer review system (see H.R. 173), H104 [6JA]
———enforcement of standards relative to the rights of patients in certain medical facilities (see H.R. 1044), H793 [23FE]
———enrollment requirements for certain military retirees and dependents living near closed military bases (see H.R. 832), H587 [4FE]
———ensure adequate access and services (see S. 1426), S10840 [6AU]
———extend and revise programs to assist rural hospitals (see S. 1051; H.R. 536), S6737 [27MY], H179 [21JA]
———extend coverage of home health services (see H.R. 72), H84 [5JA]
———extend fraud and abuse penalties (see H.R. 1255), H1079 [9MR]
———extend period of alternative reimbursement methodologies for the operating costs of inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1764), H1991 [21AP]
———geographic adjustments to payment rates for physicians' services (see H.R. 3170), H7262 [29SE]
———geographic classification of hospitals for determination of payment for operating costs of inpatient services (see H.R. 1769), H1991 [21AP]
———geographic-cost-of-living indices for physician services (see S. 242), S774 [27JA]
———hospital participation relative to provision of information on childhood immunization services (see H.R. 77), H84 [5JA]
———improve procedures relative to durable medical equipment (see S. 516), S2483 [5MR]
———improve procedures relative to extra-billing limits (see S. 514), S2483 [5MR]
———inclusion of services by certain interns and residents in determining payments to hospitals for medical education costs (see H.R. 2436), H3699 [16JN]
———increased reimbursement for certain nursing services and delivery of services to health professional shortage areas (see H.R. 2386), H3456 [10JN]
———increased reimbursement for physician assistants and delivery of services to health professional shortage areas (see H.R. 2387), H3456 [10JN]
———inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 2850), H5740 [3AU]
———limit denials by peer review organizations of medically necessary inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 315), H108 [6JA]
———limit penalty for late enrollment (see H.R. 769), H482 [3FE]
———limitation on use of claim sampling to deny claims or recover overpayments (see S. 515), S2483 [5MR]
———mental health care coverage for individuals in nursing homes (see S. 935), S5751 [11MY]
———mental health services for nursing home residents (see H.R. 726), H358 [2FE]
———new provider payment provisions (see S. 31), S191 [21JA]
———nutritional counseling provided under the supervision of a registered dietitian (see H.R. 1047), H793 [23FE]
———operating costs assistance for certain small, rural hospitals (see S. 243), S774 [27JA]
———payment eligibility of small, medicare-dependent, rural hospitals (see H.R. 953), H680 [17FE]
———payment for dental services (see H.R. 442), H112 [6JA]
———payment for the interpretation of electrocardiograms (see H.R. 421), H111 [6JA]
———payment to hospitals based on services performed in a medical residency training program (see H.R. 3294), H8056 [15OC]
———permit certain rural hospitals to serve as rural emergency access care facilities (see H.R. 3078), H6757 [14SE]
———prostate cancer screening tests (see H.R. 244), H106 [6JA]
———provide uniform coverage of cancer treatment drugs (see H.R. 1787), H1991 [21AP]
———quality and cost control mechanisms for the purchasing of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 475), H114 [7JA]
———recipients eligibility for medicaid (see H.R. 1263), H1080 [9MR]
———reduce waste and fraud (see S. 1328), S9982 [30JY]
———reduction of waste and fraud (see H.R. 1130), H877 [24FE]
———regional referral center rules (see H.R. 1761), H1990 [21AP]
———reimbursement for nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists and increase health services delivery to shortage areas (see S. 833), S5031 [28AP]
———reimbursement for physician assistants and increase health services delivery to shortage areas (see S. 834), S5031 [28AP]
———reimbursement to teaching hospitals of costs for residents assigned to rural facilities in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 1775), H1991 [21AP]
———remove cap on payment for outpatient physical and occupational therapy (see S. 936), S5751 [11MY]
———rural hospital reimbursement reclassifications relative to census reductions in area wage indices (see H.R. 1832), H2023 [22AP]
———technical changes (see H.R. 21), H82 [5JA]
———use of claim sampling (see H.R. 1327), H1231 [11MR]
Medicare and Medicaid Coverage Data Bank: delay penalty for failure of employers to file certain reports (see S. 1719), S16433 [19NO]
Medicare/Medicaid: services of licensed practical nurses (see H.R. 320), H108 [6JA]
———services of registered professional nurses (see H.R. 309), H108 [6JA]
Medicare/medicaid: budget reconciliation (see H.R. 2138), H2493 [17MY]
———notice of rights to accept or refuse medical care and to formulate advance directives (see H.R. 1580), H1856 [1AP]
———treatment of respiratory therapists and technicians relative to the nursing home reform requirements (see H.R. 1971), H2247 [4MY]
Members of Congress: ensure equal coverage and benefits as private citizens under national health care system (see S.J. Res. 133), S11916 [15SE]
———prohibit pay adjustments from exceeding Social Security cost-of-living increases (see H.R. 772), H482 [3FE]
Old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program: improvements (see H.R. 922), H680 [17FE]
———issuance of certificates of obligations to trust funds (see H.R. 931), H680 [17FE]
Pensions: trust fund investments permitted by pension funds guaranteed by ERISA (see H.R. 367), H110 [6JA]
Public welfare programs: assistance to certain individuals relative to participation in workfare programs (see H.R. 2557), H4277 [29JN]
———demonstration project for benefits through private aid program (see S. 800), S4765 [21AP]
———exclude certain benefits in determining amount of Food Stamp Act benefits (see H.R. 889), H638 [16FE]
———grants to States for administrative costs (see H.R. 1860), H2033 [26AP]
———information on welfare dependency (see S. 111), S193 [21JA]
———testimony to the citizenship status of family or household members relative to benefit eligibility (see S. 849), S5178 [29AP]
Railroads: retirement benefit adjustments relative to eligibility for medicaid SSI benefits (see H.R. 976), H724 [18FE]
Representative payee program: reauthorizing (see S. 1738), S16718 [20NO]
Rural areas: improve health care services (see S. 1143, 1282; H.R. 2529), S7611 [22JN], S9367 [23JY], H4079 [24JN]
Senior citizens: exchange of credits between certain insurance and pension programs to maximize benefits (see H.R. 1045), H793 [23FE]
———gradual increase in the normal and early retirement ages (see H.R. 3591), H10469 [20NO]
———improve health care and insurance regulation (see H.R. 1038), H793 [23FE]
———long-term care assistance programs (see S. 1600), S14626 [28OC]
———reform certain pension and benefit programs (see H.R. 22), H82 [5JA]
Social Security Act: technical amendments (see S. 1668), S15899 [17NO]
Social Security Administration: establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 623, 647), H258 [26JA], H308 [27JA]
———establish as independent agency (see S. 1560; H.R. 1864), S13833 [18OC], H2057 [27AP]
———establish Office of Outreach Coordination (see S. 1451), S11575 [13SE]
———procedures for closing, consolidating, or recategorizing field offices (see S. 1701), S16432 [19NO]
Social Security Court of Appeals: establish (see H.R. 3265), H7826 [13OC]
SSI: reform program (see H.R. 2676), H4858 [20JY]
State and local employees: coverage (see S. 1169), S8232 [29JN]
States: assistance to support informal caregivers of individuals with functional limitations (see H.R. 2002), H2302 [5MY]
———block grants for social services (see S. 1061), S6839 [28MY]
———eligibility for medicaid reimbursement relative to level of supplemental funding to the Federal SSI program (see H.R. 1389), H1413 [17MR]
———SSI income and resource standard applications relative to medicaid eligibility (see H.R. 2675), H4858 [20JY]
Symbols, emblems, and names: prohibit misuse relative to programs and agencies (see H.R. 978), H724 [18FE]
Taxation: allow refundable credit and repeal limit on wages applicable to certain Social Security taxes (see H.R. 2263), H2816 [25MY]
———benefits (see H.R. 3155; H. Res. 194), H3457 [10JN], H7172 [28SE]
———cash remuneration threshold levels at which Social Security employment taxes are imposed on domestic employees (see H.R. 1240), H1046 [4MR]
———credits for a portion of employer Social Security taxes paid relative to employee cash tips (see H.R. 1141), H901 [25FE]
———deduction for Social Security taxes imposed on wages paid for dependent care services in the home (see H.R. 1575), H1811 [31MR]
———employer credit for Social Security taxes paid on employee cash tips (see S. 573), S2778 [11MR]
———exclusion for State or local governmental pensions equivalent to Social Security recipients (see H.R. 3232), H7542 [6OC]
———exemption for election workers and officials (see H.R. 1332), H1231 [11MR]
———floating Social Security tax rates for old age, survivors, and disability insurance (see H.R. 255), H107 [6JA]
———increase excise taxes on tobacco products and use revenue for medicaid eligibility expansion (see H.R. 1246), H1055 [8MR]
———payment of Social Security taxes on wages paid for domestic service (see H.R. 952), H680 [17FE]
———reporting of group health plan information on W-2 forms (see S. 285), S1147 [3FE]
———simplified collection of employment taxes on domestic services (see S. 1231), S8707 [14JY]
———treatment of governmental pension income which does not exceed certain Social Security benefits (see H.R. 972), H724 [18FE]
———treatment of real estate, investments, income, health insurance for self-employed individuals, and Social Security (see H.R. 912), H639 [16FE]
———treatment of services performed by full-time students for seasonal children's camps (see H.R. 2591), H4506 [1JY]
———treatment of Social Security and certain railroad retirement benefits (see H.R. 263), H107 [6JA]
———treatment of Social Security benefits (see H. Res. 151), H1881 [2AP]
———treatment of tax-exempt interest relative to income taxation of Social Security benefits (see H.R. 1567), H1811 [31MR]
Tax-exempt organizations: encourage nonprofit organizations to assist in SSI outreach programs (see H.R. 2325), H2994 [27MY]
Trust funds: ensure integrity (see H.R. 2512), H4012 [23JN]
Veterans Health Care Act: technical corrections (see S. 662), S3765 [25MR]
Comparisons
Major provisions of Senators Nickles and Mack health care reform legislation, S16905 [22NO]
Court documents
Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, Inc., et al v. Hillary Rodham Clinton, et al, H9150 [10NO]
Descriptions
Establishment of the Social Security Administration as an independent agency (S. 1560), S16536 [19NO]
Documents
Social Security Act Amendments Record Vote Analysis (1983), S3553 [24MR]
Explanations
Consumer Choice Health Security Act (S. 1743), S16749 [20NO]
Factsheets
National Health Safety Net Infrastructure Act (S. 726), S4298 [1AP]
Solomon Consensus Plan Calls for Deeper Cuts, H1288 [16MR]
Letters
Comprehensive Health Care Act: Senator Kennedy, S4468 [3AP]
———Senator Specter, S4468 [3AP]
Eliminate corporate tax credit in Puerto Rico and divert additional revenues to medicaid: Pedro Rossello, Governor of Puerto Rico, S7909 [24JN]
Health care reform: Arthur H. Wilson, Disabled American Veterans (organization), S15598 [10NO]
———Bruce Thiesen, American Legion, S15597 [10NO]
———Eugenie Ahders, S15193 [5NO]
———George R. Cramer, VFW, S15597 [10NO]
———Gordon H. Mansfield, Paralyzed Veterans of America, S15597 [10NO]
———James J. Kenney, American Veterans of World War II, Korea, and Vietnam (organization), S15598 [10NO]
———Michael D. Tomsey, Military Order of Purple Heart of the USA, S15597 [10NO]
———Paul S. Egan, Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc., S15597 [10NO]
———Senator Specter, S4367 [2AP]
———several Senators, S4246 [1AP], S10555 [5AU]
Medicare Program Protection Act: Senator Harkin, S3694 [25MR]
Medicare secondary payer provision administration: Leslie G. Aronovitz, GAO, S16473 [19NO]
Oregon health care demonstration project: Barbara Roberts, Governor of Oregon, S1699 [17FE]
———Donna E. Shalala, Sec. of HHS, S1697 [17FE]
———Larry L. Campbell and Bill Bradbury, S1699 [17FE]
Prohibit payment of mental illness disability Social Security benefits to individuals who have been institutionalized for criminal offenses: G. Susan Donnelly, S12652 [29SE]
———John W. Sisson, Jr., S12650 [29SE]
Social Security Act technical amendments: Robert D. Reischauer, CBO, S15944 [17NO]
Social Security benefit payments relative to criminal insanity: John W. Sisson, Jr., S14195 [21OC]
Social Security benefits tax: Martha A. McSteen, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S3551 [24MR]
———T.J. Kilcline, Retired Officers Association, S3552 [24MR]
Social Security Block Grant Restoration Act: several organizations, S6853 [28MY]
Taxation of Social Security benefits: John Rother, American Association of Retired Persons, S7880 [24JN]
———Sandra L. Butler, United Seniors Association, Inc., S7837 [24JN]
Lists
Federal programs targeted to senior citizens, S14648 [28OC]
Proposed budget cuts and savings, H842 [24FE]
Restrictions on fee-for-service health plan, H8335 [21OC]
Spending cuts to offset BTU and Social Security taxes—savings are in millions over 5 years, H2704 [24MY]
Memorandums
Health Security Act (S. 1757): President Clinton, S16788 [20NO]
President Clinton's Health Care Plan Outline: Sharon Helfant, S13227-S13229 [7OC]
Messages
Health Security Act: President Clinton, S16715-S16717 [20NO], S17077-S17079 [23NO]
Notices
Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital Payment breakdown, S12654 [29SE]
Papers
Alien Eligibility for Federal Assistance: Joyce C. Vialet and Larry M. Eig, Congressional Research Service, S15157 [5NO]
Economic Strategy: Elmer B. Harris, S2185-S2187 [2MR]
Press releases
Managed competition and health care costs: Progressive Policy Institute, S2698 [11MR]
Remarks in House
AFDC: identification of biological parents of recipients (H.R. 892), H600 [16FE], H3788 [18JN]
Benefits: budget treatment, H315, H317, H318 [2FE]
———earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 1636), H1912 [20AP]
———restrictions on benefits to prisoners (H.R. 2161), H2528 [19MY]
———taxation, H2490 [17MY], H2604 [20MY], H2820 [26MY], H3462 [14JN]
Budget: allocation of funds, H1059 [9MR]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2264), H2824 [26MY], H2935, H2936, H2937, H2938, H2940, H2941, H2942 [27MY], H3861, H3862 [22JN]
———tax raise or freezing of cost-of-living benefits, H319 [2FE]
Children and youth: comprehensive child welfare services program (H.R. 2127), H2469 [13MY]
———immunization initiatives (H.R. 1840), H1998 [22AP]
Clinton, President: economic plan, H597, H612 [16FE], H644, H645, H648, H649, H650, H651, H652, H653, H660, H669-H673 [17FE], H690, H691, H692, H693, H694, H695, H696, H697, H713, H714, H718, H721 [18FE], H730, H731 [22FE], H750, H751, H752, H753, H754, H755, H756, H757, H758, H773, H777, H778-H781, H786, H789-H792 [23FE], H802, H803, H804, H842, H845 [24FE], H881 [25FE], H903 [1MR], H914, H915, H916, H917, H919, H952, H953 [2MR], H966, H967, H968, H969, H970, H971, H973, H1004 [3MR], H1013, H1014, H1015 [4MR], H1049 [8MR], H1059, H1060, H1062, H1064, H1065, H1073 [9MR], H1084, H1154-H1156 [10MR], H1171, H1172, H1175, H1177, H1178, H1216, H1220 [11MR], H1234 [15MR], H1238, H1239, H1240, H1241, H1242, H1243, H1244, H1245, H1285-H1288 [16MR], H1301 [17MR], H1482 [18MR], H1558 [24MR], H1646 [29MR], H1743, H1744, H1746, H1761, H1762 [31MR], H1816, H1817, H1820, H1821, H1822 [1AP], H1862, H1863, H1864, H1865, H1866, H1867 [2AP], H1999 [22AP], H2134 [29AP], H2186 [3MY], H2251, H2255, H2257 [5MY], H2305, H2306, H2307 [6MY], H2435, H2436 [12MY], H2495, H2496, H2497, H2498, H2501, H2502 [18MY], H2525, H2526, H2527, H2528, H2529 [19MY], H2601, H2602, H2603, H2605, H2606, H2607 [20MY], H2690, H2691, H2692 [24MY], H3344, H3345, H3346, H3347, H3348 [9JN], H3705 [17JN], H4084, H4085 [28JN], H4561 [13JY], H4577, H4578, H4579, H4580, H4581, H4582, H4583, H4661, H4662, H4663-H4670 [14JY], H4779, H4780, H4781, H4782, H4783, H4784, H4785, H4786, H4787 [20JY], H4950 [21JY], H4994 [22JY], H5047 [23JY], H5357 [27JY], H5493 [29JY], H5551 [30JY]
———evaluation of first 100 days, H2035, H2036, H2037, H2039, H2040, H2041, H2055 [27AP], H2134 [29AP]
———speech on national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H6903, H6904, H6905, H6906, H6907, H6908, H6956 [23SE]
Domestic policy: retain the viability of the system and the affordability of taxation levels (H.R. 3585), H10448-H10451 [20NO]
Families and domestic relations: national objectives to improve economic and social well-being of children, H5350, H5357 [27JY], H5711 [3AU]
Fraud protection: improve and clarify provisions prohibiting misuse of symbols, emblems, or names in reference to Social Security programs and agencies (H.R. 2819), H5534 [30JY]
Health: improve exchange of health care information and measurement of health care quality (H.R. 3137), H7455 [6OC], H7710 [13OC]
———managed care system reform proposal, H2920 [26MY], H3303 [27MY], H3864 [22JN], H7677 [12OC], H8060 [18OC], H8330, H8331, H8333, H8334, H8335 [21OC], H8436, H8440 [26OC], H8510, H8511, H8512, H8513, H8514, H8515, H8516 [27OC], H8591, H8592, H8593, H8594, H8596, H8646-H8650 [28OC], H8784-H8791 [3NO], H8933-H8936 [8NO]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H60 [5JA], H223, H226 [26JA], H266, H267, H268, H273 [27JA], H490 [4FE], H600, H613-H615 [16FE], H753 [23FE], H1017 [4MR], H1217 [11MR], H1744 [31MR], H1913, H1914 [20AP], H2253 [5MY], H2346 [10MY], H2467, H2469 [13MY], H3303 [27MY], H3332-H3339 [8JN], H3993, H3999 [23JN], H4569-H4571 [13JY], H4867 [21JY], H5365 [28JY], H6361 [6AU], H6518, H6519, H6520 [9SE], H6680, H6683, H6742-H6747 [14SE], H6783, H6784, H6785, H6786 [21SE], H6851, H6852, H6853, H6854, H6855, H6894 [22SE], H6904, H6906, H6907 [23SE], H6997, H6998 [27SE], H7038, H7039, H7041, H7139 [28SE], H7175, H7176, H7177, H7178, H7179, H7251-H7253 [29SE], H7265, H7266, H7267, H7353-H7358 [30SE], H7387, H7389 [5OC], H7548, H7549 [7OC], H7711, H7712, H7715 [13OC], H7830, H7831, H7834, H7881, H7882, H7888, H7894-H7900 [14OC], H8102 [19OC], H8207, H8209 [20OC], H8707, H8708, H8709, H8763 [3NO], H8798, H8800 [4NO], H8941, H8942, H8943 [9NO], H9150 [10NO], H9709, H9711, H9712 [16NO], H10052 [18NO], H10182, H10183 [19NO]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 1200), H1017 [4MR], H2109-H2122 [28AP], H2253 [5MY], H2307 [6MY], H2346 [10MY], H2588-H2590 [19MY]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 16), H62 [5JA]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 1976), H2236 [4MY]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 200), H130-H132 [21JA]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3080), H6760 [15SE]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3600), H10303 [20NO]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 834), H534 [4FE]
———single-payer system reform proposal, H4580 [14JY]
Health care facilities: development of health care provider networks, State review of expenditures, and assistance for the capital needs of safety net facilities (H.R. 2494), H3990-H3992 [23JN]
House of Representatives: anniversary of amendments, H1064 [9MR]
Income: reduce taxes and establish individual retirement accounts (H.R. 306), H8060 [18OC]
Medicaid: Federal funding of abortions, H4018 [24JN], H4281, H4282, H4283, H4287, H4290, H4292, H4293, H4294, H4322-H4329 [30JN], H6785 [21SE], H8212-H8217 [20OC], H8519-H8535 [27OC], H8636 [28OC]
———State health allowances used enrolling individuals in approved health plans (H.R. 2789), H5456 [29JY], H5669 [3AU], H6106 [5AU], H6297 [6AU]
Medicare: billing fraud, H1600 [25MR]
———coverage of bone mass measurements, mammographies, and certain osteoporosis drugs (H.R. 3203), H7265 [30SE]
———investigation of fraudulent claims, H1239 [16MR]
———nutritional counseling provided under the supervision of a registered dietitian (H.R. 1047), H1015 [4MR]
———payment to hospitals based on services performed in a medical residency training program (H.R. 3294), H8334 [21OC]
———permit certain rural hospitals to serve as rural emergency access care facilities (H.R. 3078), H6679 [14SE]
Members of Congress: prohibit pay adjustments from exceeding Social Security cost-of-living increases (H.R. 772), H362 [3FE]
Pensions: budget treatment of benefits, H363, H365 [3FE]
Puerto Rico: coverage of citizens under medicaid, H1240 [16MR]
Senior citizens: commitment to reducing the deficit, H798 [24FE]
———improve health care and insurance regulation (H.R. 1038), H754 [23FE]
Social Security Reform Act: anniversary, H2010 [22AP]
Taxation: treatment of benefits relative to President Clinton's economic plan, H5430 [28JY]
———treatment of Social Security benefits, H650 [17FE]
———treatment of tax-exempt interest relative to income taxation of Social Security benefits (H.R. 1567), H1791 [31MR]
Trust funds: payroll taxes, H2455 [12MY]
Veterans Health Care Act: technical corrections (S. 662), H1652-H1654 [29MR]
Remarks in Senate
AFDC: remove disincentives that prevent recipients from moving toward self-sufficiency (S. 586), S2920, S2921 [16MR], S3076 [17MR]
Armed Forces: CHAMPUS payment of expenses not covered under medicare (S. 132), S570 [21JA]
Benefits: computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982, S8130 [24JN]
———computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (S. 173), S603 [21JA]
———cost-of-living adjustments, S965, S967 [2FE]
———earnings test for retirement age individuals (S. 207), S717 [26JA]
———earnings test for retirement age individuals (S. 30), S439 [21JA], S1940 [18FE], S6969 [8JN]
———payments relative to criminal insanity, S15270 [8NO]
———payments relative to criminal insanity (S. 1577), S14195 [21OC]
———prohibit payment of mental illness disability benefits to individuals who have been institutionalized for criminal offenses, S12650-S12652 [29SE]
———proposed cost-of-living adjustments freeze, S6643-S6646, S6652-S6655 [27MY]
———taxation, S7147 [10JN]
———taxation (S. 1408), S10873 [6AU], S12049 [20SE]
Budget: reduction in discretionary spending to offset Social Security tax increase, S4353 [2AP]
Census: use of latest available data relative to benefits programs (S. 307), S1199 [3FE]
Child support: enforcement of and wage withholding for child support payments (S. 967), S5955 [13MY]
Children and youth: foster care program requirements (S. 620), S3189 [18MR]
———improve child welfare services, S10744 [6AU]
———improve child welfare services (S. 596), S2935, S2953 [16MR]
———school health services (S. 632), S3518-S3520 [23MR]
Clinton, President: administration priorities, S1130 [3FE]
———economic plan, S1683, S1684, S1685, S1686, S1688, S1689, S1690 [17FE], S1850-S1885 [18FE], S1950, S1951 [24FE], S2058, S2063, S2067 [25FE], S2181 [2MR], S2271-S2275 [3MR], S2412, S2414, S2454-S2456 [4MR], S2466-S2468, S2472, S2474, S2512 [5MR], S2536-S2538 [9MR], S2571, S2574 [10MR], S2714, S2715, S2716 [11MR], S2895, S2910 [16MR], S2979, S2982, S2983, S3019-S3034 [17MR], S3097-S3120 [18MR], S3404 [23MR], S3730-S3733 [25MR], S3980 [30MR], S4109 [31MR], S4354, S4360 [2AP], S4464-S4467, S4474-S4479 [3AP], S4532 [5AP], S4597, S4601 [19AP], S4874 [27AP], S4978 [28AP], S5367, S5372, S5470 [4MY], S5546 [5MY], S5985-S5993, S5994 [18MY], S6065, S6067, S6069-S6071 [19MY], S6167, S6169, S6170, S6171 [20MY], S6291 [21MY], S6331 [24MY], S7073-S7076, S7143 [10JN], S7167 [15JN], S8874 [16JY]-S9097 [21JY], S9379, S9380, S9381-S9383 [23JY]
———evaluation of first 100 days, S4891 [27AP]
———speech on national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S12279-S12290, S12293-S12296 [23SE], S12540-S12542 [27SE]
Education: educational opportunity and school attendance relative to welfare recipients (S. 66), S484, S485 [21JA]
Elections: exclude officials and workers from Social Security payroll tax (S. 764), S4422 [2AP]
Employment: funding of job opportunity and basic skills training programs (S. 16), S370 [21JA]
ERISA: improve pension plan funding (S. 105), S544-S546 [21JA]
Families and domestic relations: assistance to family caregivers of disabled individuals (S. 1072), S6867 [28MY]
———increase the domestic service wage exclusion (S. 402), S1898 [18FE]
Federal Advisory Committee Act: application to Task Force on National Health Care Reform, S4448-S4450 [2AP]
Federal aid programs: improve benefit services (S. 619), S3187 [18MR]
———job opportunity and training programs relative to independence from welfare system, S8413 [1JY]
Floods: disaster assistance to Midwest States (S. 1452), S11682 [14SE]
Health: establish health care data interchange system (S. 1494), S12516-S12523 [24SE]
———extend penalties for fraud and abuse under certain governmental health care programs to all health care plans (S. 867), S5394 [4MY]
———managed care system reform proposal, S6635-S6637 [27MY], S12481 [24SE], S16921 [22NO]
———managed care system reform proposal (S. 1579), S14199-S14201 [21OC]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S92 [21JA], S763 [27JA], S949 [28JA], S1757 [17FE], S1775, S1776, S1874 [18FE], S1959 [24FE], S2171 [25FE], S2275-S2277, S2279-S2281 [3MR], S2401, S2440 [4MR], S2689 [10MR], S2695-S2706, S2710-S2714, S2857 [11MR], S3288 [19MR], S3603-S3609, S3615, S3631 [24MR], S3827-S3830, S3857-S3859, S3860 [26MR], S4070 [31MR], S4362-S4368, S4448 [2AP], S4734 [21AP], S4864 [22AP], S4874, S4879, S4892-S4912 [27AP], S4997-S5005 [28AP], S5572, S5674 [6MY], S5840 [12MY], S5864, S5865, S5866 [13MY], S7143 [10JN], S7534 [17JN], S7661 [23JN], S8444 [1JY], S8641 [13JY], S9053 [20JY], S9226 [21JY], S9234-S9237 [22JY], S9352 [23JY], S9777, S9779-S9786 [29JY], S10264 [3AU], S10555, S10591 [5AU], S10750, S10836, S10957 [6AU], S11055, S11072-S11074 [8SE], S11744, S11745, S11754, S11759-S11763, S11768, S11771 [15SE], S12064, S12069 [21SE], S12362, S12363, S12364 [23SE], S12486-S12491, S12501, S12505-S12507 [24SE], S12838, S12845 [30SE], S12882 [4OC], S13049 [5OC], S13118-S13120 [6OC], S13193, S13226, S13237, S13290 [7OC], S13547 [15OC], S13968-S13976, S13984 [20OC], S14093, S14214 [21OC], S14283 [25OC], S14308-S14310 [26OC], S14471, S14502, S14518, S14520 [27OC], S14551-S14567, S14592, S14603-S14605, S14608, S14610 [28OC], S14700, S14710 [29OC], S14834 [2NO], S14936 [3NO], S15193, S15228, S15229 [5NO], S15594, S15596 [10NO], S16281-S16284, S16537-S16539 [19NO], S16646 [20NO], S16906, S16919-S16921 [22NO], S17234 [24NO]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3222), S14519 [27OC]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1057), S6783-S6785 [27MY]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1533), S13279 [7OC]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1743), S16728, S16751 [20NO], S16905, S16977 [22NO]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1757), S16787, S16810-S16814, S16901 [20NO]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1757), star print, S16932 [22NO]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1770), S16905, S16925, S16933, S16936-S16942, S16981 [22NO]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1775), S16981 [22NO], S17077 [23NO]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1779), S16951, S16993 [22NO]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 18), S372-S381 [21JA]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 223), S777 [27JA]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 325), S1410-S1414 [4FE]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 491), S2325 [3MR], S4638 [19AP]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 491), star print, S2564 [9MR]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 631), S3487 [23MR]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 684), S4121 [31MR]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 728), S4300 [1AP]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. Res. 81), S3283 [19MR]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures relative to illegal aliens, S13827 [18OC]
———treatment of mental illness and substance abuse in health care reform programs (S. Con. Res. 16), S2679 [10MR]
Health care facilities: maintain the infrastructure requirements of essential safety net facilities (S. 726), S4294, S4299 [1AP], S10250 [3AU]
———medicare payments, S7374 [16JN]
Hospital to Home- and Community-Care Linkage Development and Incentive Grant Program: establish (S. 52), S467-S468 [21JA]
Immigration: payment of Federal benefits to illegal aliens, S15143-S15146, S15152-S15173 [5NO]
Income: eliminate earnings test for those who have attained retirement age, S14510-S14514 [27OC]
———treatment of benefits, S6606 [26MY]
———treatment of disabled adult's benefits upon marriage (S. 559), S2675 [10MR]
Lehikoinen, Mary Ellen: personal health care situation, S4448 [2AP]
Mailings: misuse of symbols, emblems, or names relative to programs or agencies (S. 1011), S6363-S6365 [24MY], S6907 [7JN]
Management: examination of system and preparation for future trends, S8414-S8416 [1JY]
Medicaid: access to benefits and reduce State administrative burdens (S. 1423), S10901-S10905 [6AU]
———appropriations, S6899 [7JN]
———case-management services for individuals with traumatic brain injuries (S. 1098), S7217, S7220 [15JN]
———coverage for low-income medicare beneficiaries (S. 649), S3656-S3660 [24MR]
———coverage for the costs of prescription drugs for qualified medicare beneficiaries (S. 933), S5757 [11MY]
———coverage of alcoholism and drug dependency treatment services for pregnant women and certain family members (S. 484), S2308 [3MR], S14834 [2NO]
———coverage of certified nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialist services (S. 466), S2148, S2149 [25FE]
———coverage of certified nurse-midwife services performed outside the maternity cycle (S. 1064), S6854 [28MY]
———ensure any funding transferred to States through the Disproportionate Share Hospital Payment Program be spent on health care expenses for the poor and disabled, S12652-S12656 [29SE]
———Federal funding of abortions, S12552-S12554 [27SE], S12575-S12594, S12599 [28SE], S12673 [29SE]
———home and community based care (S. 551), S2648 [10MR]
———home and community based care (S. 552), S2649 [10MR]
———improve Federal medical assistance percentage (S. 1266), S9078 [20JY]
———payment to vaccine manufacturers (S. 151), S583 [21JA]
———reduction of certain payments, S7905-S7907 [24JN]
———sense of Congress regarding requests for certain waivers, S1777-S1780 [18FE]
Medicaid/medicare: restructure programs through managed competition principles, S16428 [19NO]
Medicare: access to health care, facilities, programs, and devices in rural areas (S. 176), S606 [21JA]
———access to supplemental insurance policies (S. 934), S5758 [11MY]
———clinical social worker services (S. 683), S4121 [31MR]
———combat waste, fraud, and abuse (S. 256), S897 [28JA]
———coverage of anticancer drugs (S. 821), S4857-S4859 [22AP]
———coverage of certain chiropractic services (S. 421), S2011 [24FE]
———coverage of end-stage renal disease (S. 1106), S7234 [15JN]
———coverage of home health services where an individual is at an adult day care center (S. 453), S2124 [25FE]
———coverage of self-management training services for individuals with diabetes (S. 602), S3048 [17MR]
———ensure adequate access and services (S. 1426), S10913 [6AU]
———extend and revise programs to assist rural hospitals (S. 1051), S6764 [27MY]
———funding for certain programs, S7888-S7890 [24JN]
———geographic-cost-of-living indices for physician services (S. 242), S827 [27JA]
———improve procedures relative to durable medical equipment (S. 516), S2487-S2490 [5MR]
———improve procedures relative to extra-billing limits (S. 514), S2484-S2486, S2507 [5MR]
———limitation on use of claim sampling to deny claims or recover overpayments (S. 515), S2486, S2487 [5MR]
———mental health care coverage for individuals in nursing homes (S. 935), S5759 [11MY]
———new provider payment provisions (S. 31), S440 [21JA]
———operating costs assistance for certain small, rural hospitals (S. 243), S827 [27JA]
———prevent waste, fraud, and abuse, S3693 [25MR]
———reduce waste and fraud (S. 1328), S9989 [30JY]
———reimbursement for nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists and increase health services delivery to shortage areas (S. 833), S5031-S5034 [28AP]
———reimbursement for physician assistants and increase health services delivery to shortage areas (S. 834), S5031-S5034 [28AP]
———remove cap on payment for outpatient physical and occupational therapy (S. 936), S5760 [11MY]
Medicare and Medicaid Coverage Data Bank: delay penalty for failure of employers to file certain reports (S. 1719), S16473 [19NO]
Medicare/medicaid: budget reconciliation provisions, S10722 [6AU]
———funding, S7160-S7166 [15JN]
Members of Congress: ensure equal coverage and benefits as private citizens under national health care system (S.J. Res. 133), S11933 [15SE]
National identification card: establish, S11464 [10SE]
Oregon: health care demonstration project, S1697, S1699, S1700 [17FE]
———medicaid waiver, S3250 [19MR]
Paperwork Reduction Act: processing of medicare and medicaid claims, S7953 [24JN]
Pensions: budget treatment, S1510 [4FE]
Public welfare programs: demonstration project for benefits through private aid program (S. 800), S4765, S4769 [21AP]
———information on welfare dependency (S. 111), S555 [21JA]
———testimony to the citizenship status of family or household members relative to benefit eligibility (S. 849), S5218, S5219 [29AP]
Representative payee program: reauthorizing (S. 1738), S16725 [20NO]
Rural areas: improve health care services (S. 1143), S7627, S7630 [22JN]
———improve health care services (S. 1282), S9367 [23JY]
Senior citizens: long-term care assistance programs (S. 1600), S14629, S14630 [28OC], S16285 [19NO]
Social Security Act: technical amendments (S. 1668), S15905 [17NO], S16170 [18NO]
Social Security Administration: establish as independent agency (S. 1560), S13836 [18OC], S16535 [19NO]
———establish Office of Outreach Coordination (S. 1451), S11577 [13SE]
———procedures for closing, consolidating, or recategorizing field offices (S. 1701), S16451 [19NO]
State and local employees: coverage (S. 1169), S8233 [29JN]
States: block grants for social services (S. 1061), S6852, S6853 [28MY]
Taxation: benefits, S7346 [16JN], S7834-S7845, S7879-S7885 [24JN]
———eliminate corporate tax credit in Puerto Rico and divert additional revenues to medicaid, S7908-S7910 [24JN]
———employer credit for Social Security taxes paid on employee cash tips (S. 573), S2801 [11MR]
———proposed increases in Clinton economic plan, S3567-S3576 [24MR]
———recipient benefits, S3443-S3452 [23MR], S3549-S3566, S3642 [24MR]
———reporting of group health plan information on W-2 forms (S. 285), S1158 [3FE]
———simplified collection of employment taxes on domestic services (S. 1231), S8721 [14JY]
Trust funds: budget treatment, S7917, S8129 [24JN]
Veterans Health Care Act: technical corrections (S. 662), S3762, S3763 [25MR]
WIC: funding, S3346-S3349, S3351 [22MR], S3432, S3433 [23MR]
Reports
Citizens Against Government Waste—How To Give Taxpayers a Waste Dividend, S2538-S2544 [9MR]
Designing an Infrastructure for Health Reform: Senator Durenberger, S950-S954 [28JA]
How Clinton's Budget Plan Taxes the Elderly: Heritage Foundation, S7150 [10JN]
How Managed Competition Controls Costs—The Calpers Experience: Progressive Policy Institute, S2698-S2701 [11MR]
Minnesota Health Care Market—Competition Works: Senator Durenberger, S11746-S11750 [15SE]
Should 85 Percent of Social Security Benefits Be Taxed? National Center for Policy Analysis, S7147-S7150 [10JN]
Reports filed
Clarify Provisions Prohibiting Misuse of Symbols, Emblems, or Names in Reference to Social Security Programs and Agencies: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2814) (H. Rept. 103-319), H8794 [3NO]
Comprehensive Access and Affordability Health Care Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 631), S10232 [3AU]
Establishing Social Security Administration as Independent Agency: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1560), S16431 [19NO]
Medicare Waste and Fraud Reduction: Committee on Post Office and Civil Service (House) (S. 1130) (H. Rept. 103-246), H6847 [21SE]
Social Security Act Technical Amendments: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1668), S15899 [17NO]
Statements
Abortion Politics and the Nation's Veterans: Senator Murkowski, S12590 [28SE]
Health Care Information Modernization and Security Act: Senator Bond, S12521 [24SE]
Health Care Reform—Geisinger's Role and Response: Stuart Heydt, S10264 [3AU]
Medicaid Pediatric Immunization Provisions in the Budget Reconciliation Bill, H6170-H6175 [5AU]
Summaries
Access to Affordable Health Care Act (S. 223), S795 [27JA]
Changes and Technical Corrections to S. 1757, Health Security Act, S16789-S16810 [20NO]
Comprehensive Access and Affordability Health Care Act (S. 631), S3831 [26MR], S4367 [2AP]
Comprehensive Health Care Act (S. 18), S3830 [26MR], S4366 [2AP], S4895 [27AP]
Demonstration Project for Benefits Through Private Aid Program (S. 800), S4766-S4769 [21AP]
Family Caregiver Support Act (S. 1072), S6868 [28MY]
Family Preservation and Child Protection Reform Act (S. 596), S2952 [16MR]
Health Care Information Modernization and Security Act (S. 1494), S12522 [24SE]
Health Equity and Access Reform Today Act (S. 1770), S16937 [22NO]
Long-Term Care Assistance Programs for Senior Citizens (S. 1600), S14630 [28OC]
Medicaid Eligibility Simplification Act (S. 1423), S10903 [6AU]
Medicare Cancer Coverage Improvement Act (S. 821), S4859 [22AP]
Medicare Enrollment Improvement and Protection Act (S. 649), S3658 [24MR]
Misuse of Social Security Administration Symbols, Emblems, or Names Relative to Programs or Agencies (S. 1011), S6365 [24MY]
National Health Care Act (S. 684), S4139 [31MR]
Tables
Budget effects of the President's health care reform proposal, S12362 [23SE]
CBO estimates of changes in medicaid outlays, H6164 [5AU]
Clinton budget plan, S1871, S1872 [18FE]
Deficit reduction plans, S2538 [9MR]
Distributional effect of option on families with Social Security, S7837 [24JN]
Effect of alternative 85 percent Social Security inclusion proposal on taxable beneficiaries, S7836 [24JN]
Highlights of the alternative budget plan, S6332 [24MY]
Marginal tax rates on the wages of elderly workers, S7841 [24JN]
Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital Payment allotments, S12654 [29SE]
Paying more taxes on Social Security benefits, S3447 [23MR]
President Clinton's ``A Vision of Change for America'', S1950 [24FE]
President Clinton's economic plan, S2059-S2061 [25FE]
Revenue from Social Security benefits taxation, S3699 [25MR]
Telegrams
Taxation of Social Security benefits: Martha A. McSteen, National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S7837 [24JN]
Testimonies
Health Insurance: Francine Wilson, S9782 [29JY]
Texts of
S. 16, Work for Welfare Act, S370 [21JA]
S. 18, Comprehensive Health Care Act, S381-S394 [21JA]
S. 30, Older Americans' Freedom to Work Act, S439 [21JA]
S. 31, Medicare Provider Payment Equity Act, S440 [21JA]
S. 52, establish Hospital to Home- and Community-Care Linkage Development and Incentive Grant Program, S469 [21JA]
S. 111, Welfare Dependency Act, S555 [21JA]
S. 132, CHAMPUS payment of expenses not covered under medicare, S571 [21JA]
S. 173, Social Security Notch Adjustment Act, S603 [21JA]
S. 176, access to health care, facilities, programs, and devices in rural areas, S608-S610 [21JA]
S. 207, Older Americans' Freedom to Work Act, S717 [26JA]
S. 223, Access to Affordable Health Care Act, S778-S795 [27JA]
S. 242, Medicare Geographic Data Accuracy Act, S831 [27JA]
S. 243, medicare assistance for certain small, rural hospitals, S831 [27JA]
S. 256, Medicare Program Protection Act, S897 [28JA]
S. 285, Medicare Secondary Payer Reform Act, S1159 [3FE]
S. 402, Occasional Employment Equity Act, S1899 [18FE]
S. 421, medicare coverage of certain chiropractic services, S2011 [24FE]
S. 453, medicare coverage of home health services where an individual is at an adult day care center, S2125 [25FE]
S. 484, Medicaid Substance Abuse Treatment Act, S2309-S2312 [3MR]
S. 491, American Health Security Act, S2326-S2351 [3MR]
S. 514, improve medicare procedures relative to extra-billing limits, S2484 [5MR]
S. 515, limitation on use of medicare claim sampling to deny claims or recover overpayments, S2486 [5MR]
S. 516, improve medicare procedures relative to durable medical equipment, S2488 [5MR]
S. 551, home and community based medicaid care, S2648 [10MR]
S. 552, home and community based medicaid care, S2650 [10MR]
S. 559, treatment of disabled adult's Social Security benefits upon marriage, S2675 [10MR]
S. 586, Microenterprise and Asset Development Act, S2920 [16MR]
S. 596, Family Preservation and Child Protection Reform Act, S2936-S2952 [16MR]
S. 602, Medicare Diabetes Outpatient Self-Management Training Act, S3049 [17MR]
S. 631, Comprehensive Access and Affordability Health Care Act, S3487-S3518 [23MR]
S. 649, Medicare Enrollment Improvement and Protection Act, S3657 [24MR]
S. 662, Veterans Health Care Act technical corrections, S3763 [25MR], H1652 [29MR]
S. 683, clinical social worker services, S4121 [31MR]
S. 684, National Health Care Act, S4122-S4139 [31MR]
S. 726, National Health Safety Net Infrastructure Act, S4294-S4298 [1AP]
S. 764, exclude election officials and workers from Social Security payroll tax, S4422 [2AP]
S. 800, demonstration project for benefits through private aid program, S4766 [21AP]
S. 821, Medicare Cancer Coverage Improvement Act, S4859 [22AP]
S. 833, Primary Care Health Practitioner Incentive Act, S5032 [28AP]
S. 834, Physician Assistant Incentive Act, S5032 [28AP]
S. 849, testimony to the citizenship status of family or household members relative to Social Security benefit eligibility, S5219 [29AP]
S. 867, National Health Care Anti-Fraud and Abuse Act, S5395-S5400 [4MY]
S. 933, Prescription Drug Purchasing Assistance for Older Americans Act, S5758 [11MY]
S. 934, access to medicare supplemental insurance policies, S5758 [11MY]
S. 935, medicare mental health care coverage for individuals in nursing homes, S5760 [11MY]
S. 936, remove cap on medicare payment for outpatient physical and occupational therapy, S5760 [11MY]
S. 1061, Social Security Block Grant Restoration Act, S6852 [28MY]
S. 1064, medicaid coverage of certified nurse-midwife services performed outside the maternity cycle, S6855 [28MY]
S. 1072, Family Caregiver Support Act, S6868 [28MY]
S. 1098, Brain Injury Rehabilitation Quality Act, S7218-S7220 [15JN]
S. 1143, Rural Health Improvement Act, S7628-S7630 [22JN]
S. 1169, Social Security coverage of State and local employees, S8233 [29JN]
S. 1231, Social Security Domestic Employment Reform Act, S8721 [14JY]
S. 1423, Medicaid Eligibility Simplification Act, S10902 [6AU]
S. 1451, SSI Outreach Act, S11578 [13SE]
S. 1452, Flood-Affected States Assistance Act, S11682 [14SE]
S. 1494, Health Care Information Modernization and Security Act, S12517-S12521 [24SE]
S. 1560, establish Social Security Administration as an independent agency, S13837-S13843 [18OC]
S. 1668, Social Security Act technical amendments, S15905-S15934 [17NO]
S. 1701, Social Security Administration Services Preservation Act, S16451 [19NO]
S. 1719, delay penalty for failure of employers to file certain reports relative to the Medicare and Medicaid Coverage Data Bank, S16473 [19NO]
S. 1738, reauthorizing the representative payee program, S16725 [20NO]
S. 1743, Consumer Choice Health Security Act, S16729-S16749 [20NO]
S. Con. Res. 16, treatment of mental illness and substance abuse in health care reform programs, S2678 [10MR]
S. Res. 81, national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S3283 [19MR]
S.J. Res. 133, ensure Members of Congress equal coverage and benefits as private citizens under national health care system, S11934 [15SE]