INSURANCE related term(s) Health

Addresses

Making the Case for Not-for-Profit Healthcare: Joseph Bernardin, S3543-S3545 [6MR]

Advertisements

Drug Companies Target Major Diseases With Record R&D Investment, S6392 [10MY]

Who Leads the World in Discovering Major New Drugs?, S6392 [10MY]

Amendments

Courts: product liability reform (H.R. 956), S5606 [24AP], S5653, S5657, S5663, S5676, S5677 [25AP], S5710, S5730, S5731 [26AP], S5755, S5793, S5800, S5843, S5846, S5847, S5848, S5850, S5854 [27AP], S5874, S5879, S5888, S5890, S5897, S5900, S5909, S5914 [1MY], S5945, S5959, S5960, S5991, S5992, S5995, S6011, S6012, S6013 [2MY], S6046, S6047, S6050, S6068, S6075, S6078, S6079, S6109, S6110, S6111, S6117, S6122, S6123, S6124, S6125 [3MY], S6182, S6183 [4MY], S6217 [5MY], S6256, S6278, S6279, S6280, S6286, S6287 [8MY], S6325, S6326, S6331, S6358, S6359, S6360, S6362, S6365 [9MY], S6369, S6370 [10MY], H2914, H2918, H2920, H2923, H2926, H2930, H2932, H2935, H2940, H2941, H2948, H2951, H2958 [9MR], H3015, H3016, H3019 [10MR]

———product liability reform (H.R. 956), consideration (H. Res. 109), H2903 [9MR]

———product liability reform (H.R. 1075), H2652 [3MR]

ERISA: restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans (H.R. 1594), H8726 [8SE], H8757, H8763, H8764, H8766, H8767, H8768, H8770, H8771 [12SE]

Medicare: reform (H.R. 2425), H10147, H10208 [17OC], H10440 [19OC]

———reform (H.R. 2425), consideration (H. Res. 238), H10326 [19OC]

———reform (H.R. 2485), H10388 [19OC]

Taxation: extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), S4977 [31MR], H1933 [21FE]

———treatment of medical savings accounts (H.R. 1818), H6482 [28JN]

Analyses

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Collection of Copayments for Provision of Medical Benefits and Insurance Company Reimbursement (S. 991), S9436 [29JN]

Family Health Care Preservation Act (S. 121), S371 [4JA]

Health Care Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act (S. 1088), S10886 [28JY]

Impact of Republican Budget Cuts on Children in Texas, H11196 [26OC]

Medicare and Medicaid Coverage Data Bank: Coalition on Employer Health Coverage Reporting and the Medicare/Medicaid Data Bank, S10144 [17JY]

National Policy To Provide Health Care and Reform Insurance Procedures (H.R. 995), E397-E400 [22FE]

National Policy To Provide Health Care and Reform Insurance Procedures (H.R. 996), E402 [22FE]

National Policy To Provide Health Care and Reform Insurance Procedures (S. 1062), S10499 [21JY]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 831, extend tax deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC, S4559 [24MR], H3851 [28MR]

———H.R. 956, Common Sense Legal Standards Reform Act, H11989 [9NO]

———H.R. 956, Product Liability Fairness Act, S17674 [28NO]

Articles and editorials

All Better Now, S16680 [3NO]

Budgetary Bombast, H9865 [11OC]

Conflict of Laws Under the U.C.C., S5649-S5653 [25AP]

Congress Can Trim Medicare, H10372 [19OC]

Congressmen Warn Seniors of GOP Budget Cuts, H6378 [27JN]

Corporate Welfare—Mutual Insurance Avoids Federal Taxes, E866 [7AP]

Cruelty to Patients—Nation's Health Care System Needs an Examination, S2275 [7FE]

Cutting Medicare, S11729 [7AU]

Democrats Hope That Scaring Granny Will Bring Votes, H10376 [19OC]

Doctors, Hospitals Sued on Monopoly Charges, S17324 [17NO]

Doctor's Group Says G.O.P. Agreed to Deal on Medicare, S15103 [12OC]

Federal Tort Reform Usurps States Rights, S6250 [8MY]

Forget About the Millions Won by Sue-Happy Lawyers, S5646 [25AP]

Fundraiser Already a Medicare Winner, S15520 [24OC]

Getting Personal on Product Liability—Two Lawmakers' Opposing Views Stem From Their Own Painful Experiences, E563 [9MR]

Giant Leap Backward, E1946 [13OC]

Gingrich and the Copperheads, E1878 [29SE]

Gingrich Places Low Priority on Medicare Crooks, S15162 [13OC]

Gingrich Says Halt Monopoly, H11662 [1NO]

Give GOP Credit For Ideas, H10377 [19OC]

Great Medi-Scare, S15417 [23OC]

H.M.O.'s Refusing Emergency Claims, Hospitals Assert—2 Missions in Conflict, E1418 [12JY]

Health Care Is About People, E2044 [26OC]

Health Care Reform Planners—Inner Circle, Top Fees, E428 [24FE]

House Panel Would Kill Agency That Compares Medical Treatments, S7576 [25MY]

Ignore the Lawyers, Help the People, S5859 [1MY]

In Settling With Airlines, There's No Free Ride—Coupons for Travelers, $16 Million for Lawyers, S5714 [26AP]

Insurance Reform—The Important Thing Is To Get It Done, S2410 [9FE]

Insurer Attack on HUD Could Backfire, S14357 [27SE]

It's Not Necessary To Cut Medicare Benefits, H10068 [13OC]

Medagogues, S15265 [18OC]

Medagogues, Continued, S15266 [18OC]

Medicaid Changes Frighten Families, H14227 [7DE]

Medicaid Cuts May Threaten Children, E1821 [21SE]

Medicaid System Handcuffs California, H15517 [21DE]

Medicaid's Safety Net for Children Could Be Imperiled, Reports Warn, S16809 [8NO]

Medicare and How It Grew—To Be Confused and Misjudged, S10787 [27JY]

Medicare and the Illusions of Protection, E2368 [14DE]

Medicare Debate, E1868 [28SE]

Medicare Recipient Says All Programs Need Examination, E1435 [13JY]

Medicare's Cutting Edge, H4919 [15MY]

Medipork, S16810 [8NO]

Not a Cure, E1362 [29JN]

$100 a Year Club, H3094 [14MR]

Ounce of Prevention as Costly as the Cure, S17510 [20NO]

Outgoing Texas Insurance Regulator Unintimidated, S2410 [9FE]

Quality Assurance Prenatal Systems Reduce Risk for OBs, S5786 [27AP]

Race to the Bottom, S16847 [9NO]

Real Default, S17173 [16NO], H13138 [16NO]

Real Talk About Medicare, E2291 [5DE]

Rehabilitation Needed, Not Surgery, H8666 [7SE]

Seniors Fear Holes in Medicaid Net, S15093 [12OC]

Seven Dollars of Separation, E2407 [19DE]

So You Want To Be a Doctor, E302 [8FE]

Storm Looming for Medicare, E1554 [28JY]

Suing for Safety, S5980-S5984 [2MY]

Tort Reform Isn't Solution To Easing Health Care Woes, S5798 [27AP]

Tort Tax on Women's Health, S5890 [1MY]

When Insurance Tax Backfired, Congress Passed Buck, E1242 [14JN]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: coverage of seed crops under the noninsured crop disaster assistance program (see S. 1135; H.R. 2093), S12079 [9AU], H7461 [21JY]

———purchase of catastrophic risk protection and clarify the prevented planting rule (see H.R. 2147), H8063 [31JY]

———reform of Federal farm subsidy programs (see S. 1367), S16107 [27OC]

Armed Forces: allow liability claims resulting from medical malpractice (see H.R. 2524), H10726 [24OC]

———use of military health care system and commissary stores by unremarried former spouses of members (see H.R. 2096), H7461 [21JY]

———use of military health care system and commissary stores to an unremarried former spouse (see H.R. 1726), H5608 [25MY]

Automobile insurance: require insurers provide rate setting information (see H.R. 113), H166 [9JA]

Bankruptcy: payment of claims for retiree health insurance (see H.R. 318), H172 [9JA]

Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare: establish (see H.R. 1739), H5608 [25MY]

Civil rights: public access to information relative to availability of insurance (see S. 380), S2399 [9FE]

Colleton County, SC: remove tract of land from the Coastal Barrier Resource System (see S. 810), S6750 [16MY]

Construction industries: approval requirements and compliance with nondiscrimination laws for surety bonding corporations (see S. 666), S5142 [4AP]

Consumers: require written notification to property and casualty applicants or policy-holders of refusal of issuance or renewal (see H.R. 1247), H3276 [15MR]

Courts: limitations on punitive damage awards (see S. 671), S5142 [4AP]

———medical malpractice liability claim requirements (see H.R. 229, 1195), H170 [9JA], H2989 [9MR]

———product liability reform (see S. 565; H.R. 10, 917, 955, 956, 1075), S3964 [15MR], H161 [9JA], H1688 [13FE], H1849 [15FE], H2392 [28FE]

———product liability reform (H.R. 956), consideration (see H. Res. 108, 109), H2810 [7MR], H2891 [8MR]

———reform civil justice system (see S. 672), S5142 [4AP]

Credit: improve the Single Family Housing Mortgage Insurance Program (see H.R. 487), H229 [11JA]

Crime: penalties for health care fraud (see S. 1088; H.R. 2408), S10875 [28JY], H9591 [27SE]

———prevention of fraud relative to provision of or receipt of payment for health care services (see H.R. 1758, 1850), H5690 [7JN], H5983 [14JN]

———treatment of motor vehicle theft of air bag modules (see H.R. 2804), H15087 [18DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: emergency assistance for crop losses in federally designated disaster areas (see S. 1235; H.R. 2343), S13540 [13SE], H8994 [14SE]

Dept. of Defense: allow military health care system beneficiaries the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 2442), H9738 [29SE]

Dept. of Energy: provide health benefits to former defense nuclear facility employees exposed to ionizing radiation (see H.R. 1903), H6159 [20JN]

Dept. of HHS: establish a schedule of preventive health care services under private insurance plans and programs (see H.R. 23), H163 [9JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: collection of copayments for provision of medical benefits and insurance company reimbursement (see S. 991), S9421 [29JN]

Disasters: clarify primary responsibility of States for disaster relief, establish private corporations to insure against risks and costs, and provide for reimbursable Federal assistance activities (see H.R. 824; H. Con. Res. 39), H1207 [3FE], H3156 [14MR]

———establish a Federal insurance program for catastrophic earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and hurricanes (see H.R. 1731), H5608 [25MY]

———provide for hazard mitigation, relief, and insurance against natural disasters (see S. 1043), S10147 [17JY]

Employment: relationship between workers' compensation benefits and certain benefits available to migrant and seasonal workers (see S. 1326; H.R. 1715), S15227 [17OC], H5607 [25MY]

———require employers to notify workers before health care or retirement benefits are terminated (see H.R. 1305), H3732 [23MR]

ERISA: extend continuation of coverage of certain retiree health benefits (see S. 1107; H.R. 2168), S11201 [2AU], H8308 [2AU]

———improve pension plan funding (see H.R. 37), H164 [9JA]

———provide for worker security, improve pension plan funding, and reform insurance policies (see H.R. 35, 36, 1048), H164 [9JA], H2223 [24FE]

———restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans (see S. 774; H.R. 1594), S6337 [9MY], H4618 [9MY]

———restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans (H.R. 1594), consideration (see H. Res. 215), H8684 [7SE]

———restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans (H.R. 1594), technical corrections (see H. Con. Res. 108), H10146 [17OC]

———treatment of pension assets by insurance companies (see S. 1400), S16754 [7NO]

Farmers: provide full planting flexibility and require a pilot revenue insurance program (see S. 1276), S14407 [27SE]

FDIC: provide State bank representation on Board of Directors (see S. 562), S3964 [15MR]

———recapitalization of the Savings Association Insurance Fund (see H.R. 1470, 1471, 1472, 1473, 1474, 1475, 1476, 1477, 1478, 1479, 1480, 1481), H4430 [7AP]

Federal employees: access to hearing care services by audiologists (see S. 800; H.R. 1057), S6687 [15MY], H2306 [27FE]

———allow contributions to medical savings accounts under Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 2341), H8994 [14SE]

———eligibility for Federal health benefits for certain temporary appointees (see H.R. 1724), H5607 [25MY]

———provide life insurance options to certain retirees (see H.R. 1182), H2988 [9MR]

———treatment of life insurance options for disabled retirees (see H.R. 2688), H13804 [29NO]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: allow Farm Credit Administration employees to enroll (see H.R. 2033), H7011 [13JY]

———coverage of medical foods (see H.R. 2009), H6830 [11JY]

———make available to general public (see H.R. 1084), H2392 [28FE]

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.: earthquake insurance requirements (see S. 1119; H.R. 2309, 2317), S11323 [3AU], H8805, H8806 [12SE]

Federal Mortgage Insurance Corp.: establish (see H.R. 1708), H5571 [24MY]

Federal Ship Mortgage Insurance Program: amend guarantee fee provisions (see H.R. 1346), H3974 [29MR]

Financial institutions: accelerate capitalization of the savings association insurance fund (see H.R. 2123), H7916 [27JY]

———authority to regulate national bank insurance activities (see H.R. 2503), H10307 [18OC]

———encourage foreign countries to accord national treatment to U.S. financial organizations (see H.R. 19), H163 [9JA]

———enhance the safety and soundness of federally-insured credit unions (see S. 883), S7777 [6JN]

———exclude certain bank products from the definition of a deposit (see S. 799; H.R. 1574), S6601 [12MY], H4545 [3MY]

———increase competition in the financial services sector (see H.R. 1062), H2306 [27FE]

Fish and fishing: use of relief funds to compensate revenue loss of commercial fisheries during disasters (see H.R. 2673), H13658 [20NO]

Foreign Service: retirement, survivor, and health benefits for spouses relative to misconduct or disloyalty of officials (see H.R. 674), H691 [25JA]

Genetics: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 2748), H14238 [7DE]

Hawaii: prepaid health care services relative to ERISA (see S. 266), S1442 [24JA]

Health: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see S. 1233; H.R. 2011), S13473 [12SE], H6830 [11JY]

———designate obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women under Federal health care regulations (see H. Res. 30), H177 [9JA]

———deter health care fraud and improve the administration of health benefit plans (see H.R. 1912), H6269 [22JN]

———equal coverage for all children enrolled in health care plans under a family class of enrollment (see H.R. 1012), H2063 [22FE]

———establish community-based managed care programs in medically disadvantaged areas (see H.R. 381), H174 [9JA]

———establish health plan standards for treatment of enrollees and health care providers (see H.R. 2400), H9591 [27SE]

———extend Federal liability coverage to medical volunteers relative to medically underserved communities (see S. 1217), S12716 [6SE]

———extend period of applicability of enrollment mix requirement to certain health maintenance organizations (see S. 1103; H.R. 1878), S11201 [2AU], H6082 [16JN]

———limitations on disclosure and use of genetic information (see S. 1416; H.R. 2690), S17091 [15NO], H13804 [29NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 7, 18, 121, 168, 294, 308, 609, 715, 933, 1028, 1062; S. Res. 144; H.R. 16, 995, 996, 1200, 1234, 1424, 1798, 2071, 2220, 2756, 2836; H. Con. Res. 14), S47, S48, S50 [4JA], S480 [5JA], S1758 [30JA], S1920 [1FE], S4491 [23MR], S5547 [7AP], S8493 [15JN], S9422 [29JN], S9997 [14JY], S10490 [21JY], H163 [9JA], H296 [17JA], H1967 [21FE], H2989 [9MR], H3156 [14MR], H4413 [6AP], H5752 [8JN], H7256 [19JY], H8534 [4AU], H14253 [11DE], H15633 [22DE]

———national policy to provide health care coverage of mental illnesses (see H. Con. Res. 98), H8536 [4AU]

———national policy to provide health care coverage to individuals with severe mental illnesses (see S. 298), S1847 [31JA]

———obstetrician-gynecologist services relative to Federal health care laws (see S. Res. 85), S3680 [8MR]

———prohibit denial of coverage based on evidence of domestic violence (see H.R. 1191), H2988 [9MR]

———prohibit denial of coverage based on status as victim of domestic violence (see S. 524; H.R. 1201, 1920, 2654), S3744 [9MR], H3048 [10MR], H6269 [22JN], H13142 [16NO]

———prohibit discrimination in employer health benefit plans relative to neurobiological disorders (see H.R. 1797), H5752 [8JN]

———prohibit premium rate increases based on age (see H.R. 1614), H4873 [11MY]

———promote portability of health insurance by limiting discrimination in health coverage (see H.R. 439), H179 [9JA]

———provide tax incentives to encourage health insurance coverage continuity and portability and discourage preexisting condition exclusions (see H.R. 1604, 1610), H4795 [10MY], H4872 [11MY]

———reform the health care liability system and establish quality assurance programs (see S. 454), S2823 [16FE]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth (see S. 969; H.R. 1936, 1948, 1950, 1955, 1968, 1970; H. Con. Res. 79), S9174 [27JN], H6396 [27JN], H6481 [28JN], H6655, H6656 [29JN]

———strengthen State and local government capability of providing public health services (see S. 142), S51 [4JA]

Health care professionals: determine necessary medical coverage and require insurers to notify enrollees (see H.R. 2608), H12084 [9NO]

Health care programs: combat waste, fraud and abuse (see H.R. 2326), H8903 [13SE]

Housing: establish a national property reinsurance program directed at underserved areas (see H.R. 1517), H4432 [7AP]

———minimum property standard requirements relative to water treatment for certain properties with federally insured mortgages (see H.R. 69), H165 [9JA]

Interstate commerce: insurance disclosures (see H.R. 176, 182), H168 [9JA]

Interstate compacts: encourage States to study and adopt insurance regulations (see H.J. Res. 100), H6830 [11JY]

Medicaid: continued enrollment of special-needs children in traditional fee-for-service plans in States with managed care programs (see H.R. 1502), H4431 [7AP]

———coverage of services of certain clinics operated by children's hospitals (see H.R. 1503), H4431 [7AP]

———flexibility for States to enroll beneficiaries in managed care plans (see S. 839), S7120 [22MY]

———improve Federal medical assistance percentage (see H.R. 818, 2226), H1207 [3FE], H8534 [4AU]

———osteopathic services (see S. 896; H.R. 1791), S8034 [8JN], H5752 [8JN]

———provide State incentives for reduction of expenditures (see S. 634; H.R. 1334), S4717 [28MR], H3879 [28MR]

———require HMOs and other managed care plans to make payments relative to assistance provided by school-based health centers (see H.R. 2420), H9670 [28SE]

———require States to provide photograph of beneficiary on enrollment card (see H.R. 2303), H8805 [12SE]

———waiver of anti-kickback statute for certain State demonstration projects and managed care programs (see S. 716), S5547 [7AP]

Medicare: amend certain provisions (see H.R. 25), H163 [9JA]

———assure fairness and choice to patients (see S. 1024, 1343), S9802 [12JY], S15338 [19OC]

———chiropractic services (see H.R. 997), H1967 [21FE]

———clarify scope of coverage and payment amounts for the use of medical devices approved for investigational use (see S. 955; H.R. 1744), S8945 [22JN], H5622 [6JN]

———clarify use of private contracts (see S. 1289), S14710 [29SE]

———combat waste, fraud and abuse (see S. 569, 1193; H.R. 1668, 2389), S4094 [16MR], S12370 [11AU], H5366 [18MY], H9452 [21SE]

———coverage of anesthesia services provided by certified registered nurse anesthetists (see S. 1263), S13972 [20SE]

———coverage of blood-testing strips for individuals with diabetes (see H.R. 1074), H2392 [28FE]

———coverage of bone mass measurements (see S. 1118), S11323 [3AU]

———coverage of nursing facilities, in-home services, and outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 507), H242 [13JA]

———eliminate peer review system (see H.R. 1761), H5690 [7JN]

———extend certain savings provisions (see H.R. 1134, 1217), H2716 [6MR], H3073 [13MR]

———extend period for issuance of select policies (see S. 717), S5547 [7AP]

———hemodialysis standards for renal dialysis facilities (see H.R. 1067), H2306 [27FE]

———improved reimbursement for clinical social worker services (see S. 63), S49 [4JA]

———incentives for reporting inaccurate claims (see S. 1325), S15227 [17OC]

———limit penalty for late enrollment (see H.R. 559), H325 [18JA]

———limit penalty for late enrollment and establish special enrollment for certain military retirees (see H.R. 2729), H14172 [6DE]

———medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 2247), H8535 [4AU]

———multiple sclerosis drug treatments (see H.R. 1078), H2392 [28FE]

———oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 2489, 2600), H10146 [17OC], H11939 [8NO]

———outpatient self-management training services for individuals with diabetes (see S. 491; H.R. 1073), S3390 [2MR], H2392 [28FE]

———payment for dental services (see H.R. 166), H168 [9JA]

———payment for services furnished by a facility in which the referring physician has an ownership interest (see H.R. 2390), H9452 [21SE]

———positron emission tomography (see S. 1181; H.R. 2194), S12370 [11AU], H8533 [4AU]

———protection of beneficiaries relative to enrollment in managed care plans and HMOs (see H.R. 2350), H9132 [18SE]

———protection of beneficiaries relative to enrollment in managed care plans and health maintenance organizations (see H.R. 1707, 2329), H5571 [24MY], H8993 [14SE]

———provide greater flexibility and choice (see S. 1238), S13540 [13SE]

———reduce part A enrollment premium for individuals 80 years of age or older (see H.R. 2805), H15087 [18DE]

———reform (see S. 1255; H.R. 2152, 2173, 2422, 2425, 2476, 2485, 2486, 2839), S13728 [18SE], H8174 [1AU], H8308 [2AU], H9670 [28SE], H9737 [29SE], H10047 [12OC], H10146 [17OC], H15633 [22DE]

———reform (H.R. 2425), consideration (see H. Res. 238), H10306 [18OC]

———reimbursement for nurse practitioners in health professional shortage areas (see S. 864; H.R. 1750), S7497 [25MY], H5622 [6JN]

———reimbursement for physician assistants in health professional shortage areas (see S. 863; H.R. 1751), S7497 [25MY], H5622 [6JN]

———renal disease management services (see H.R. 1068), H2306 [27FE]

———reporting requirement of trust fund trustees on projected financial imbalances (see S. 785; H.R. 1590), S6337 [9MY], H4618 [9MY]

———require health maintenance organizations to disclose certain information to enrollees (see H.R. 2249), H8535 [4AU]

———require health maintenance organizations to provided out-of-network services to enrollees (see H.R. 2757), H14310 [12DE]

———use of commercial software to detect payment error and billing abuse (see S. 762), S6202 [5MY]

———waive late enrollment penalty for certain military retirees who live near closed military installations (see H.R. 875), H1555 [9FE]

Medicare and Medicaid Coverage Data Bank: repeal (see S. 194; H.R. 952, 2685), S789 [11JA], H1849 [15FE], H13803 [29NO]

Medicare/Medicaid: public examination of any changes in existing law relative to budget reconciliation (see H. Res. 221), H8904 [13SE]

Mental health: national policy to provide health care coverage to individuals with severe mental illnesses (see H.R. 193), H169 [9JA]

Motor vehicles: reform rental car company agreements relative to liability and collision damage waivers (see H.R. 175), H168 [9JA]

National Commission on the Long-Term Solvency of the Medicare Program: establish (see S. 760), S6169 [4MY]

National Credit Union Administration: provide State credit union representation on Board of Directors (see S. 711), S5547 [7AP]

Oregon: waiver of ERISA relative to employer mandates in health care reform plan (see S. 713), S5547 [7AP]

Public health: establish standards for long-term care insurance policies (see H.R. 1221), H3155 [14MR]

Public Health Service: extend and clarify malpractice coverage for health centers (see S. 1471; H.R. 1747), S18442 [12DE], H5622 [6JN]

Railroads: administration of the Railroad Retirement System and railroad unemployment insurance (see H.R. 2233), H8535 [4AU]

Real estate: extend FHA mortgage insurance program coverage to home equity conversion mortgages for elderly homeowners (see S. 1409; H.R. 1934), S17003 [13NO], H6396 [27JN]

Rural areas: health care (see S. 806; H. Con. Res. 56), S6750 [16MY], H4177 [4AP]

Small business: health care tax credit and cost analysis of legislative proposals (see S. 521), S3744 [9MR]

———increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see S. 111, 262, 367; H.R. 34, 52, 76, 335, 691, 696, 697, 2435), S50 [4JA], S1442 [24JA], S2268 [7FE], H164, H165, H173 [9JA], H801 [26JA], H9737 [29SE]

———liability requirements for remediation of dry cleaning solvents (see H.R. 2522), H10726 [24OC]

Social Security: establish a disability review account for expenditures in reviewing cases (see H.R. 1586), H4618 [9MY]

———establish a health information network for medicare and medicaid (see S. 872; H.R. 1766), S7615 [26MY], H5690 [7JN]

———establish and define jurisdiction of a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Social Security Circuit (see H.R. 1587), H4618 [9MY]

———extend Medicare Select Program (see S. 198), S789 [11JA]

———increase earnings limit, repeal increase of taxation of benefits, and provide incentives to purchase long-term care insurance (see H.R. 8), H160 [9JA]

———level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (see S. 406), S2647 [14FE]

———maintain and protect (see H. Con. Res. 75), H5983 [14JN]

———maintain earnings test correlation between disability insurance benefits for the blind and retirement age benefits (see H. Con. Res. 23), H1208 [3FE]

———medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see S. 1487; H.R. 580), S18999 [20DE], H399 [19JA]

———provide that certain health insurance policies are not duplicative (see S. 1138), S12079 [9AU]

———repeal rule providing for the termination of benefits to the disabled upon marriage (see S. 466), S3052 [23FE]

———treatment of disability, old-age, and widow's or widower's insurance benefits (see H.R. 2469), H9897 [11OC]

———treatment of long-term health care insurance (see H.R. 1013, 2571), H2063 [22FE], H11686 [1NO]

States: compliance by sellers and underwriters with State consumer protection requirements (see H.R. 1317), H3807 [24MR]

Taxation: deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals, incentives for medical practice in rural areas, and creation of medical savings accounts (see H.R. 2051), H7178 [18JY]

———deduction for health insurance premiums (see H.R. 158, 442), H168, H179 [9JA]

———exclude Social Security tax from certain self-employment income received by insurance salesmen after retirement (see H.R. 2004), H6829 [11JY]

———exemptions for health risk pools (see S. 539; H.R. 539), S3803 [10MR], H296 [17JA]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 1034), H2176 [23FE]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (see H.R. 831), H1281 [6FE]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), consideration (see H. Res. 88), H1907 [16FE]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 121), H3974 [29MR]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), return enrolled bill (see H. Con. Res. 55), H4177 [4AP]

———increase opportunities for small businesses and taxpayers (see S. 1299), S14883 [10OC]

———insurance reserve treatment of financial guaranty insurance (see S. 1106), S11201 [2AU]

———limit deduction for health care costs by employers who terminate promised retiree health benefits (see S. 827), S6912 [18MY]

———provide farmers carryover of unused deductions and a one-time exclusion from gain for certain sales and provide health insurance deductions for self-employed individuals (see H.R. 1748), H5622 [6JN]

———requirements for tax exempt trust status relative to multiple employer health benefits arrangements (see H.R. 1035), H2176 [23FE]

———State establishment of health insurance systems for temporarily unemployed individuals (see H.R. 2432), H9737 [29SE]

———treatment of accelerated death benefits under life insurance contracts (see H.R. 99), H166 [9JA]

———treatment of effectively connected investment income of insurance companies (see S. 1291), S14710 [29SE]

———treatment of effectively-connected investment income of insurance companies (see H.R. 1178), H2988 [9MR]

———treatment of excess benefit arrangements of certain tax-exempt group medical practices (see H.R. 2452), H9784 [10OC]

———treatment of foreign source income of U.S.-owned multinational insurance companies (see H.R. 2201), H8533 [4AU]

———treatment of income crop insurance proceeds and disaster payments (see S. 110; H.R. 1408), S50 [4JA], H4335 [5AP]

———treatment of insurance payments and property taxes on a principal residence after a certain age (see H.R. 1857), H6045 [15JN]

———treatment of long-term health care insurance (see S. 411, 423; H.R. 1457), S2647 [14FE], S2757 [15FE], H4414 [6AP]

———treatment of long-term health care services and insurance (see S. 1177), S12215 [10AU]

———treatment of medical expenses (see H.R. 2559), H11441 [30OC]

———treatment of medical expenses incurred for an abortion (see H.R. 231), H170 [9JA]

———treatment of medical savings account contributions (see H.R. 354, 2692), H173 [9JA], H13869 [30NO]

———treatment of medical savings accounts (see S. 1247, 1249; H.R. 323, 1818), S13656 [15SE], H172 [9JA], H5904 [13JN]

———treatment of mutual life insurance company policyholder dividends and small life insurance company acquisition expenses (see H.R. 1497), H4431 [7AP]

———treatment of small property and casualty insurance companies (see H.R. 1515), H4432 [7AP]

Veterans: authorize termination of Servicemen's Group Life Insurance coverage when premiums are unpaid (see H.R. 2157), H8174 [1AU]

———conduct feasibility studies for inclusion of veterans health programs in certain State health programs (see S. 613), S4573 [24MR]

———dependency and indemnity compensation benefits relative to remarriage of surviving spouses (see H.R. 469), H229 [11JA]

———reform insurance plans and coverage (see S. 996; H.R. 2156), S9421 [29JN], H8174 [1AU]

Cloture motions

Courts: product liability reform (H.R. 956), S5995 [2MY], S6155, S6158 [4MY], S6225 [5MY], S6255, S6275 [8MY], S6306 [9MY]

Taxation: extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), conference report, S4979 [31MR], S5029 [3AP]

Commentaries

Medical savings accounts: several organizations, E1091 [22MY]

Comparisons

Tax treatment of medical savings accounts legislation, S13661 [15SE]

Conference reports

Extend Tax Deduction for Health Insurance Costs of Self-Employed Individuals and Repeal Nonrecognition of Gain on Sales and Exchanges Effectuating Policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), H3909-H3915 [29MR]

Cost Estimates

Medicare budget expenditure limiting tool: CBO, S16469 [1NO]

Descriptions

Reform Civil Justice System (S. 672), S5150 [4AP]

Excerpts

``Hurting Real People—The Human Impact of Medicaid Cuts'', S16645-S16647 [3NO]

Factsheets

How the Medicaid Cuts Affect Virginia, H14925 [14DE]

Insurance Industry-Republican Alliance To Dismantle Medicare—A Question of Profits: Senator Kennedy, S11978 [9AU]

Mental Illness in America, S1849 [31JA]

What Is Section 809 and Why Is It an Issue?, E866 [7AP]

Interviews

Health care reform: Quentin D. Young with Christian Century (publication), S516-S518 [5JA]

Letters

Anti-Redlining in Insurance Disclosure Act: several Members of Congress, S2409 [9FE]

———several organizations, S2409 [9FE]

———William J. Gilmartin, Dept. of HUD, S2409 [9FE]

Common Sense Legal Standards Reform Act: Joseph F. Delfico, GAO, S6152 [4MY]

———Robert H. Bork, S3692 [9MR]

———Senator Feingold, S5989 [2MY]

———several small business advocates, S5698 [26AP]

Credit Union Reform and Enhancement Act: Charles O. Zuver, Credit Union National Association, Inc., S7780 [6JN]

———James L. Bothwell, GAO, S7780 [6JN]

———Kenneth L. Robinson, National Association of Federal Credit Unions, S7780 [6JN]

———Norman E. D'Amours, National Credit Union Administration, S7780 [6JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs collection of copayments for provision of medical benefits and insurance company reimbursement: Jesse Brown, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S9437 [29JN]

Deterrence of frivolous lawsuits and harassing court motions: Alicemarie H. Stotler, Judicial Conference of the U.S., S5719 [26AP]

———Nan Aron, Alliance for Justice (organization), Lou Bograd, ACLU, and Leslie Harris, People for the American Way, S5719 [26AP]

Exclude certain bank products from the definition of a deposit: several Senators, S6603 [12MY]

Extend tax deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC: several Senators, S5044 [3AP]

Health care reform: Frances R. Carawan, E1734 [7SE]

———Mary F. Daivs, S10434 [20JY]

Health insurance policies, E892 [1MY]

Insurance companies denotation of menopause as preexisting condition: James S. Todd, AMA, H2310 [28FE]

Limitations on punitive damage awards: Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union, S6380 [10MY]

———Amy Simpson, Public Interest Research Group, S6387 [10MY]

———Andy Igrejas, Public Interest Research Group, S6386 [10MY]

———Ann Whitfield, Public Interest Research Group, S6380 [10MY]

———Bob Comeaux, Defenders of the Rights of Texans (organization), S6390 [10MY]

———Bonnie Shapiro, New Jersey Tenants (organization), S6386 [10MY]

———Brian McGuire, Citizen Action (organization), S6389 [10MY]

———Chuck Gifford, UAW, S6381 [10MY]

———Coalition for Accountability & Justice, S6378, S6379, S6385, S6387, S6389 [10MY]

———Daniel Lambe, Citizen Action (organization), S6389 [10MY]

———Daniel Pontious, Public Interest Research Group, S6382 [10MY]

———David Grubb, Citizen Action (organization), S6391 [10MY]

———David West, Citizen Action (organization), S6390 [10MY]

———Deirdre Cummings, Public Interest Research Group, S6384 [10MY]

———Diane Brown, Public Interest Research Group, S6380 [10MY]

———Dulaney S. Nickerson, National Organization for Women, S6390 [10MY]

———Edward F. Kelly, Citizen Action (organization), S6383 [10MY]

———Elaine S. Levenson, Victims Against Lethal Valves (organization), S6388 [10MY]

———Frank Alexander, Iowa State Council of Senior Citizens, S6381 [10MY]

———Gregory Haddad, Citizen Action (organization), S6379 [10MY]

———James Amspacher, Public Interest Research Group, S6378 [10MY]

———James L. Brown, Wisconsin Consumers League, S6391 [10MY]

———Jean Ann Fox, Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, S6390 [10MY]

———Jobs With Justice (organization), S6383 [10MY]

———Joe Ditre, Maine People's Alliance, S6382 [10MY]

———Jon Youngdahl, Minnesota COACT (organization), S6384 [10MY]

———Jonathan S. Massey, S5588 [24AP], S5952 [2MY]

———Judy Brainman, Empire State Consumer Association, S6386 [10MY]

———Karl K. Pence, Maryland State Teachers Association, S6382 [10MY]

———Larry Marx, Citizen Action (organization), S6391 [10MY]

———Lauren Townsend and Jennifer O'Donnell, Citizen Action (organization), S6388 [10MY]

———Linda A. Teeter, Citizen Action (organization), S6384 [10MY]

———Lori Everhart, Citizen Action (organization), S6382, S6386 [10MY]

———Lori Glidewell, Citizen Action (organization), S6380 [10MY]

———Marc Wetherhorn, Citizen Action (organization), S6390 [10MY]

———Mary Jean Greco Golomb, DES Action (organization), S6388 [10MY]

———Mary Raftery, Public Interest Research Group, S6378 [10MY]

———Maureen Kirk, Public Interest Research Group, S6387 [10MY]

———Mike Odom, Citizen Action (organization), S6377 [10MY]

———Monte E. Belote, Florida Consumer Action Network, S6379 [10MY]

———Morris S. Dees, Jr., Southern Poverty Law Center, S6036 [3MY]

———Patrick Harvey, Citizen Action (organization), S6385 [10MY]

———Paula Henderson, Citizen Action (organization), S6382 [10MY]

———Phyllis Rowe, Arizona Consumers Council, S6377 [10MY]

———Phyllis Salowe-Kaye, Citizen Action (organization), S6385 [10MY]

———Regene L. Mitchell, Consumer Federation, S6377 [10MY]

———Richard Kirsch, Citizen Action (organization), S6386 [10MY]

———Richard McClintock, Public Interest Research Group, S6378 [10MY]

———Rick Gamber, Consumer Federation, S6384 [10MY]

———Robert B. Creamer, Public Action (organization), S6380 [10MY]

———Robert D. Yager, Citizen Action (organization), S6385 [10MY]

———Rosemary Shahan, Motor Voters (organization), S6377 [10MY]

———several organizations, S6383 [10MY]

———Shari Weir, Citizen Action (organization), S6387 [10MY]

———Shelli Craver, Citizen Action (organization), S6382 [10MY]

———Stephanie Hayes, Public Interest Research Group, S6388 [10MY]

———Stephen E. Meili, Center for Public Representation, Inc., S6391 [10MY]

———Steve Siegel and Brad Lint, Citizen Action (organization), S6381 [10MY]

———Theresa Amato, Citizen Advocacy Center, S6380 [10MY]

———Timeen Wegmeyer, Public Interest Research Group, S6384 [10MY]

———Walt Bleich, Citizen Action (organization), S6385 [10MY]

———Walter T. Dartland, Consumer Fraud Watch (organization), S6379 [10MY]

———William M. George and Richard W. Bloomingdale, AFL-CIO, S6388 [10MY]

Limitations on punitive damage awards relative to individuals and small entities: Elaine Z. Graham, National Restaurant Association, S6045 [3MY]

———John J. Motley III, National Federation of Independent Business, S6045 [3MY]

Managed health care system reform: Harley Schultz, E2240 [28NO]

Maximum speed limit: Herman Brandau, State Farm Insurance Co., S8641 [20JN]

———Jancie S. Golec, GEICO, S8641 [20JN]

Medicaid reform: Joe M. Sanders, Jr., and Lawrence A. McAndrews, S15730 [26OC]

———John A. Kitzhaber, Governor of Oregon, H10901 [26OC]

———Larry E. Naake, National Association of Counties, S15732 [26OC]

———several Democratic Senators, S19185 [22DE]

———several organizations, S15728, S15731 [26OC]

Medical savings accounts: Representative Stark, E1090 [22MY]

Medicare and Medicaid Coverage Data Bank: Anthony J. Knettel, Coalition on Employer Health Coverage Reporting and the Medicare/Medicaid Data Bank, S10143 [17JY]

———Donald A. Danner, National Federation of Independent Business, S10144 [17JY]

———Mark J. Ugoretz, ERISA Industry Committee, S10143 [17JY]

Medicare budget expenditure limiting tool: Arnold R. Thomas, North Dakota Hospital Association, S16468 [1NO]

———Daniel J. Schulder, National Council of Senior Citizens, S16468 [1NO]

———Howard B. Shapiro, American College of Physicians, S16469 [1NO]

———June E. O'Neill, CBO, S16469 [1NO]

———Martin Corry, American Association of Retired Persons, S16468 [1NO]

———Rick Pollack, American Hospital Association, S16468 [1NO]

———Steven Kroll, Healthcare Association of New York State, S16468 [1NO]

Medicare reform: Anne K. Bingaman, Dept. of Justice and Robert Pitofsky, FTC, S17323 [17NO]

———Bill Pound, National Conference of State Legislatures, and Lee Douglas, National Association of Insurance Commissioners, H10476 [19OC]

———Carolyn Scanlan, Hospital Association of Pennsylvania, E2239 [28NO]

———Clay Willis, Willis Publishing Co., H7556 [25JY]

———Cynthia Tinker, H10311 [19OC]

———Harlan M. Heald, Nebraska Association of Hospitals and Health Systems, S6904 [18MY], S7007 [19MY]

———Leonard T. Connors, Jr., Jeffrey W. Moran, and Christopher J. Connors, New Jersey State Legislature, H10333, H10472 [19OC]

———Marc A. Levina, H10299 [18OC]

———Martha A. McSteen, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S15520 [24OC]

———National Association of Attorneys General, S17326 [17NO]

———Paul G. Rogers and Robert D. Ray, National Leadership Coalition for Health Care Reform, S6136 [4MY]

———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H10385 [19OC]

———several health and insurance providers, S17324 [17NO]

———several organizations, S17325, S17327 [17NO]

———U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S17326 [17NO]

Medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System: Bruce Conover, Military Service Coalition of Austin, S19004 [20DE]

———Don Hess, U.S. Army Warrant Officers Association, S19005 [20DE]

———Eddie Oca, Naval Enlisted Reserve Association, S19006 [20DE]

———G. Michael Schlee, American Legion, S19004 [20DE]

———J.C. Pennington, National Association for Uniformed Services, S19003 [20DE]

———Jack N. Merritt, Association of the U.S. Army, S19004 [20DE]

———James D. Station, Air Force Sergeants Association, S19004 [20DE]

———James E. Forerest, Naval Research Association, S19006 [20DE]

———John M. Adams, Retired Enlisted Association, S19004 [20DE]

———Max B. Bralliar, Association of Military Surgeons of the U.S., S19006 [20DE]

———Michael A. Nelson, Retired Officers Association, S19003 [20DE]

———Michael F. Ouellette, Non-Commissioned Officers Association of the U.S.A., S19004 [20DE]

———Neil Goldman, Jewish War Veterans, S19005 [20DE]

———Paul A. Spera, VFW, S19003 [20DE]

———R.E. Smith, Air Force Association, S19003 [20DE]

———Robert L. Lewis, Chief Warrant and Warrant Officers Association, U.S. Coast Guard, S19005 [20DE]

———Roger E. Sandler, Reserve Officers Association of the U.S., S19005 [20DE]

———Sylvia E.J. Kidd, National Military Family Association, S19005 [20DE]

Medicare waste, fraud and abuse: June G. Brown, Dept. of HHS, S15158-S15160 [13OC], S15797-S15799 [26OC]

———Republican Governors' Association, S15162 [13OC]

Medicare Whistleblower Act: Jake Hansen, Seniors Coalition, S15234 [17OC]

———Martha A. McSteen, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S15234 [17OC]

Medicare/Medicaid reform: several hospital plans, S17286 [17NO]

Reform the health care liability system and establish quality assurance programs: Jack L. Barry, Michigan State Medical Society, S5896 [1MY]

Restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for ERISA employee benefit plans: Olivia S. Mitchell, H8739 [12SE]

Spending limitations on Fair Housing Act enforcement: James H. Hall, Jr., S14363 [27SE]

———several civil rights and community organizations, S14359 [27SE]

Tax deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals: Bennie L. Thayer, National Association for the Self-Employed, S15810 [26OC]

———Gary F. Petty, Small Business Legislative Council, S15809 [26OC]

———H. Ted Olson, Promotional Products Association International, S15810 [26OC]

———Patricia N. Bowling, National Home Furnishings Association, S15810 [26OC]

———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S15810 [26OC]

———World Floor Covering Association, S15811 [26OC]

———several organizations, S15809 [26OC]

U.S.-Japan insurance agreement: Michael Kantor, U.S. Trade Representative, S17187 [16NO]

———Senators Bond and Boxer, S17187 [16NO]

Veterans' Insurance Reform Act: Jesse Brown, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S9443 [29JN]

Lists

Authorities which support the constitutionality of requiring judges to determine the amount of punitive damages, S6328 [9MY]

Committee on Rules (House) rollcall votes on amendments to H. Res. 238, consideration of H.R. 2425, medicare reform, H10317 [19OC]

ERISA Industry Committee members, S10143 [17JY]

National Leadership Coalition for Health Care Reform members, S6137 [4MY]

Opponents of product liability reform legislation, S5582 [24AP], S5935 [2MY]

Organizations supporting medicare fairness and choice, S15346 [19OC]

Product liability punitive awards, S5588 [24AP], S5952 [2MY]

State based organizations opposed to legal reform in the Senate, S6376 [10MY]

Top 10 List of Insurance Fraud: Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, E360 [16FE]

Memorandums

Bank Insurance Fund and Depositor Protection Act: Mary Maginniss, CBO, H14341 [12DE]

Common Sense Legal Standards Reform Act: Congressional Research Service, S10185-S10188 [18JY]

Tax Deduction for Health Insurance Costs of Self-Employed Individuals and Repeal of Nonrecognition of Gain on Sales and Exchanges Effectuating Policies of the FCC: William Kristol, H1943 [21FE]

Messages

National Program for Floodplain Management: President Clinton, S3520 [6MR], H2663 [6MR]

Motions

Courts: product liability reform (H.R. 956), S5939, S5940, S5941, S5944 [2MY], S6045 [3MY], H2967 [9MR], H3025 [10MR], H11983 [9NO]

Medicare: reform (H.R. 2425), H10462 [19OC]

Taxation: extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), H1951 [21FE], H3845, H3851 [28MR]

Opinion polls

Medicare Fax poll results: U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H10385 [19OC]

Medicare fax poll results: U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S16074 [27OC]

National retirement security poll: National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S12348-S12350 [11AU]

Pamphlets

Medicaid Reform, S15730 [26OC]

Papers

Bureaucracy Created by the GOP Medicaid Plan, S15732 [26OC]

Faces of Medicaid, S16647 [3NO]

Petitions and memorials

Product Liability Reform: National Conference of State Legislatures, S10900, S10901 [28JY]

Poems

``Republican Notice to the Uncovered'', E1959 [17OC]

Press conferences

Health Care Fraud: Janet Reno, Attorney General, S15799-S15801 [26OC]

Press releases

``Coalition To Save Medicare''—It's Really the Coalition To Raid Medicare: Citizen Action (organization), S11977 [9AU]

Remarks in House

Abortion: coverage of abortion procedures in cases of rape or incest through the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, E1647 [5AU]

———coverage of abortion procedures through the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, H7145-H7149 [18JY], H7186-H7197 [19JY], H7448-H7452 [21JY]

Agriculture: extension service program and tobacco crop insurance funding, H7346-H7354 [20JY], E1517 [26JY]

———purchase of catastrophic risk protection and clarify the prevented planting rule (H.R. 2147), E1565 [31JY]

———reform of Federal farm subsidy programs, H13624, H13625, H13627 [20NO]

Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare: establish (H.R. 1739), H5628 [7JN]

Cancer: coverage reform, E2042 [26OC]

Coalition Against Insurance Fraud: tribute, E360 [16FE]

Courts: admissibility of evidence of collateral source payments in medical liability actions, H3016-H3019 [10MR]

———establish a statute of repose for product liability litigation, H2923-H2926 [9MR]

———establish standards of proof in product liability litigation, H2932 [9MR]

———jurisdiction of Federal courts over foreign manufacturers relative to product liability litigation, H2930, H2931 [9MR]

———limitations on punitive damage awards, H2920-H2923, H2935-H2940, H2976 [9MR], H8943 [14SE]

———limitations on punitive damage awards relative to senior citizens, women, and children, H11983-H11989 [9NO]

———make public all records in product liability litigation, H2926 [9MR]

———maximum award of noneconomic damages in medical liability claims, H2959-H2965 [9MR], H3023 [10MR]

———medical malpractice liability claim requirements (H.R. 1195), E568 [9MR]

———product liability reform (H.R. 10), E124 [18JA], E521 [6MR], E567 [9MR]

———product liability reform (H.R. 10), motion to refer to Committee on Commerce (House), H1780 [15FE]

———product liability reform (H.R. 917), E480 [1MR]

———product liability reform (H.R. 956), H1961-H1966 [21FE], H2163-H2168 [23FE], H2373 [28FE], H2730, H2731, H2732, H2733 [7MR], H2873-H2888 [8MR], H2898, H2914-H2967, H2976 [9MR], H3015-H3027, H3033 [10MR], H3095 [14MR], E480 [1MR], E548 [8MR], E563 [9MR], E578 [10MR], E590, E595 [14MR], E624 [16MR], E650-E653 [21MR], E2169 [13NO]

———product liability reform (H.R. 956), consideration (H. Res. 108), H2864-H2872 [8MR]

———product liability reform (H.R. 956), consideration (H. Res. 109), H2901-H2913 [9MR]

———product liability reform (H.R. 956), corrections in engrossment, H3027 [10MR]

———product liability reform (H.R. 956), motion to instruct conferees, H11983-H11989 [9NO]

———product liability reform (H.R. 956), motion to recommit, H3025 [10MR]

Credit: improve the Single Family Housing Mortgage Insurance Program (H.R. 487), E78 [11JA], E406 [22FE]

Dept. of Defense: allow military health care system beneficiaries the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (H.R. 2442), E1877 [29SE]

Dept. of Energy: provide health benefits to former defense nuclear facility employees exposed to ionizing radiation (H.R. 1903), E1301 [20JN]

Dept. of HHS: establish a schedule of preventive health care services under private insurance plans and programs (H.R. 23), E5 [4JA]

Disasters: clarify primary responsibility of States for disaster relief, establish private corporations to insure against risks and costs, and provide for reimbursable Federal assistance activities (H. Con. Res. 39), H3119, H3120 [14MR]

Employment: relationship between workers' compensation benefits and certain benefits available to migrant and seasonal workers (H.R. 1715), H10089-H10093 [17OC], E1141 [26MY], E1943 [13OC], E1969 [18OC]

ERISA: extend continuation of coverage of certain retiree health benefits (H.R. 2168), E1595 [2AU]

———housing construction investments, H8764-H8766 [12SE]

———provide for worker security, improve pension plan funding, and reform insurance policies (H.R. 1048), E422, E437 [24FE]

———provide for worker security, improve pension plan funding, and reform insurance policies (H.R. 36), E46 [5JA]

———restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans (H.R. 1594), H4551 [9MY], H8730, H8740-H8776 [12SE], H11924 [8NO], H12332 [14NO], E959 [9MY], E1996 [20OC]

———restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans (H.R. 1594), consideration (H. Res. 215), H8737-H8739 [12SE]

———restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans (H.R. 1594), technical corrections (H. Con. Res. 108), H10089 [17OC]

FDIC: recapitalization of the Savings Association Insurance Fund, H4423-H4428 [7AP], E855 [7AP]

Federal employees: access to hearing care services by audiologists (H.R. 1057), E453 [27FE]

———benefits regulations, H12378 [15NO]

———treatment of life insurance options for disabled retirees (H.R. 2688), E2258 [29NO]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: make available to general public (H.R. 1084), H2310 [28FE], H3094 [14MR], H3325 [16MR]

Federal Mortgage Insurance Corp.: establish (H.R. 1708), E1116 [24MY]

Financial institutions: anniversary of National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, E1992 [20OC]

———exclude certain bank products from the definition of a deposit (H.R. 1574), H14340-H14342 [12DE]

———increase competition in the financial services sector (H.R. 1062), E1811 [20SE]

Genetics: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (H.R. 2748), H14906 [14DE]

Health: costs incurred by Task Force on National Health Care Reform, H12203 [14NO]

———coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (H.R. 2011), E1417 [12JY]

———coverage of clinical trials for treatment of cancer, E1815 [20SE]

———designate obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women under Federal health care regulations (H. Res. 30), E401 [22FE]

———deter health care fraud and improve the administration of health benefit plans (H.R. 1912), E1309 [22JN]

———extend period of applicability of enrollment mix requirement to certain health maintenance organizations (H.R. 1878), H14983, H14984 [18DE]

———extension of COBRA insurance coverage, E236 [31JA]

———managed care system reform, E2240 [28NO]

———managed care system reform proposal, E311 [9FE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H2032 [22FE], H4556 [9MY], H13986 [5DE], E302 [8FE], E307 [9FE], E428 [24FE], E892 [1MY], E1090 [22MY], E1734 [7SE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 16), E52 [5JA]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 2756), H14244 [11DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 995), E397 [22FE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 996), E402 [22FE]

———prohibit denial of coverage based on status as victim of domestic violence (H.R. 2654), E2199 [16NO]

———prohibit discrimination in employer health benefit plans relative to neurobiological disorders (H.R. 1797), E1215 [9JN]

———prohibit premium rate increases based on age (H.R. 1614), E1004 [11MY]

———provide tax incentives to encourage health insurance coverage continuity and portability and discourage preexisting condition exclusions (H.R. 1604), E1001 [11MY]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth (H.R. 1936), H6317, H6319 [27JN]

———tribute to home health care industry, E2148 [9NO]

International Medical Centers, Inc.: alleged involvement with medicare fraud, E1709 [6SE]

Lighthouse, Inc: study on effects of impaired vision in senior citizens, E1510 [25JY]

Medicaid: continued enrollment of special-needs children in traditional fee-for-service plans in States with managed care programs (H.R. 1502), E864 [7AP]

———coverage of services of certain clinics operated by children's hospitals (H.R. 1503), E864 [7AP]

———provide State incentives for reduction of expenditures (H.R. 1334), E722 [29MR]

———reform, H5380 [23MY], H5699, H5701 [8JN], H8942 [14SE], H9143 [19SE], H9251, H9252, H9253 [20SE], H9596, H9660-H9666 [28SE], H9675, H9722-H9734 [29SE], H10209, H10285, H10286 [18OC], H10468, H10471 [19OC], H10643, H10694, H10698, H10701 [24OC], H10751, H10799-H10801, H10829, H10832 [25OC], H10890, H10898, H10899, H10900, H11194, H11196, H11198, H11371, H11372 [26OC], H12158, H12162, H12170 [13NO], H12326, H12336 [14NO], H13194, H13199, H13203, H13296 [17NO], H13348, H13636-H13640 [20NO], H13724 [28NO], H13808, H13810 [30NO], H13938, H13987 [5DE], H14028 [6DE], H14178, H14208, H14227, H14229 [7DE], H14261, H14265 [12DE], H14371, H14373 [13DE], H14918-H14925 [14DE], H14935, H14936 [15DE], H14968-H14971, H15069, H15073 [18DE], H15093, H15094, H15098, H15122, H15138, H15143 [19DE], H15285 [20DE], H15488, H15567 [21DE], E1488 [21JY], E1588 [2AU], E1817 [20SE], E1821 [21SE], E1881 [29SE], E2160 [10NO], E2239 [28NO], E2314 [7DE], E2342 [12DE], E2355, E2368 [14DE]

———require HMOs and other managed care plans to make payments relative to assistance provided by school-based health centers (H.R. 2420), E1868 [28SE]

Medocad: reform, H9776, H9777, H9779, H9780 [10OC], H9793, H9874-H9894 [11OC], H10032-H10039 [12OC], H10050, H10051, H10060 [13OC], H10127, H10134-H10142 [17OC], E1959 [17OC]

Medicare: anniversary, H7559 [25JY], H7807, H7808 [27JY], H8525-H8527 [4AU], E1513 [25JY], E1528 [27JY], E1576 [1AU]

———clarify scope of coverage and payment amounts for the use of medical devices approved for investigational use (H.R. 1744), E1161 [6JN]

———combat waste, fraud and abuse, H10120-H10122, H10123 [17OC], H10332 [19OC]

———hemodialysis standards for renal dialysis facilities (H.R. 1067), E446 [27FE]

———line-item veto authority, H1134 [2FE]

———multiple sclerosis drug treatments (H.R. 1078), E461 [28FE]

———oral anticancer drugs, H11993 [9NO]

———oral anticancer drugs (H.R. 2489), E1951 [17OC]

———positron emission tomography (H.R. 2194), E1981 [19OC]

———preservation of program, H894 [31JA]

———protection of beneficiaries relative to enrollment in managed care plans and HMOs (H.R. 2350), H9646 [28SE]

———protection of beneficiaries relative to enrollment in managed care plans and health maintenance organizations (H.R. 1707), E1113 [24MY]

———protection of beneficiaries relative to enrollment in managed care plans and health maintenance organizations (H.R. 2329), H8944-H8946 [14SE], H9143 [19SE], E1788 [14SE]

———reduce part A enrollment premium for individuals 80 years of age or older (H.R. 2805), E2389 [19DE]

———reform, H4513, H4514, H4515, H4516, H4517, H4519, H4520, H4526-H4529 [3MY], H4551, H4552, H4553, H4554, H4555, H4556, H4557, H4601-H4604 [9MY], H4673, H4674, H4675, H4677, H4678, H4679, H4790 [10MY], H4798, H4799, H4801, H4802, H4870 [11MY], H4901, H4903-H4914 [12MY], H4918, H4932, H4956 [15MY], H4963, H4964, H4965, H4966, H4968, H5054 [16MY], H5085, H5086, H5087, H5090, H5109-H5120, H5142-H5146, H5157-H5172, H5174-H5186 [17MY], H5236, H5237, H5286, H5298, H5299, H5301, H5303, H5304, H5305, H5306, H5307 [18MY], H5370 [22MY], H5383, H5387 [23MY], H5490, H5555, H5556 [24MY], H5590, H5591, H5605 [25MY], H5628, H5630 [7JN], H5696, H5697, H5699 [8JN], H5777, H5778, H5779, H5780, H5894 [13JN], H5908, H5909 [14JN], H5987, H5989, H5990, H6029, H6030, H6039, H6040 [15JN], H6048 [16JN], H6164 [21JN], H6208 [22JN], H6317, H6319, H6378 [27JN], H6402 [28JN], H6717, H6718 [10JY], H6740, H6743, H6744, H6745 [11JY], H6835, H6836, H6837, H6838, H6898, H6899, H6900-H6903, H6906-H6907 [12JY], H6917, H6918, H6919, H6920 [13JY], H7015 [17JY], H7076, H7077, H7078, H7080, H7081, H7082, H7158-H7162 [18JY], H7181, H7182, H7183, H7184, H7185 [19JY], H7261, H7262, H7263, H7264 [20JY], H7382, H7383, H7384 [21JY], H7465, H7466, H7467, H7468, H7469, H7542 [24JY], H7553, H7554, H7555, H7556, H7557, H7558, H7559, H7560, H7561, H7562, H7685-H7687, H7688, H7689, H7690 [25JY], H7705, H7706, H7707, H7708, H7793-H7796 [26JY], H7806, H7807, H7808, H7914 [27JY], H7919, H7920, H7921, H7974, H7975 [28JY], H7996, H8060 [31JY], H8072, H8073, H8075, H8076, H8141, H8143, H8144, H8145 [1AU], H8179, H8180, H8181, H8182 [2AU], H8312, H8313, H8314, H8332 [3AU], H8513 [4AU], H8543, H8544, H8583, H8587-H8591 [6SE], H8600, H8601, H8602, H8603, H8604, H8665, H8668, H8669 [7SE], H8728, H8731, H8732 [12SE], H8811, H8812, H8813, H8814, H8815, H8816 [13SE], H8912, H8913, H8914, H8937-H8940, H8942, H8950-H8954 [14SE], H9035, H9039, H9050, H9124-H9131 [18SE], H9138-H9143, H9223, H9224, H9231-H9232 [19SE], H9249, H9250, H9252, H9253, H9254, H9259-H9264, H9357-H9362 [20SE], H9365, H9366, H9367, H9368, H9405, H9408-H9415 [21SE], H9508, H9509, H9510, H9511, H9512, H9570-H9572, H9577 [27SE], H9594, H9595, H9596, H9598, H9599, H9648, H9650, H9651, H9652, H9654-H9656 [28SE], H9673, H9674, H9675, H9676, H9677, H9715, H9716, H9722-H9734 [29SE], H9746, H9748, H9749, H9765, H9766, H9769-H9777 [10OC], H9793, H9794, H9795, H9862, H9866, H9874-H9894 [11OC], H9900-H9904, H10031-H10046 [12OC], H10050, H10051, H10052, H10053-H10060-H10076 [13OC], H10081, H10082, H10083, H10084, H10086, H10087, H10088, H10089, H10122, H10124-H10143 [17OC], H10209, H10210, H10211, H10212, H10213, H10284, H10285, H10286, H10287, H10288, H10289, H10290, H10291, H10292, H10293, H10294, H10295, H10296, H10297, H10298, H10299, H10300, H10301, H10302, H10303, H10304, H10305 [18OC], H10637, H10643, H10696, H10698 [24OC], H10786, H10789, H10800, H10829 [25OC], H10851, H10852, H10898, H10899, H10901, H10906, H10912, H11194, H11198, H11371, H11372, H11376, H11377 [26OC], H11466, H11566 [31OC], H11590, H11591, H11592, H11661 [1NO], H11688, H11690, H11691 [2NO], H11789 [7NO], H11832, H11833, H11835, H11907, H11909, H11923 [8NO], H11978, H12016, H12068 [9NO], H12093, H12097 [10NO], H12138, H12158, H12162, H12163, H12165, H12169, H12170, H12171, H12179-H12184, H12187 [13NO], H12197, H12199, H12200, H12202, H12203, H12205, H12206, H12207-H12212, H12229-H12232, H12314, H12316, H12318, H12322, H12324, H12326, H12329-H12337, H12339-H12341, H12346-H12348 [14NO], H12352, H12496, H12500, H12502, H13034 [15NO], H13138, H13139 [16NO], H13143, H13180, H13181, H13184, H13189, H13194, H13199, H13202, H13203, H13279, H13280, H13292, H13294, H13296 [17NO], H13348, H13351, H13636-H13640 [20NO], H13710, H13711, H13724 [28NO], H13768, H13784 [29NO], H13808, H13851 [30NO], H13987 [5DE], H14027, H14028 [6DE], H14229 [7DE], H14265, H14266 [12DE], H14374 [13DE], H14875, H14878 [14DE], H14933, H14934, H14935, H14936 [15DE], H14968-H14971, H15073 [18DE], H15093, H15094, H15101, H15122, H15138, H15174, H15176 [19DE], H15277, H15278, H15283, H15284, H15285 [20DE], H15488, H15567 [21DE], H15579, H15581 [22DE], E1009, E1015 [11MY], E1049 [16MY], E1146 [26MY], E1160 [6JN], E1189 [8JN], E1430, E1435 [13JY], E1455 [18JY], E1488 [21JY], E1528 [27JY], E1553 [28JY], E1578 [1AU], E1588, E1596 [2AU], E1664, E1693 [5AU], E1709 [6SE], E1731 [7SE], E1826 [21SE], E1890 [29SE], E1958 [17OC], E2211 [17NO], E2239 [28NO], E2267 [30NO], E2291 [5DE], E2355 [14DE], E2407, E2411 [19DE]

———reform (H.R. 2173), E1595 [2AU]

———reform (H.R. 2422), E1919 [11OC]

———reform (H.R. 2425), H9865, H9867-H9874 [11OC], H10050 [13OC], H10209 [18OC], H10309, H10310, H10311, H10312, H10313, H10314, H10328-H10464, H10466-H10483 [19OC], H10647 [24OC], H10786 [25OC], E1951, E1961 [17OC], E1979, E1982 [19OC], E1987, E1995, E1998 [20OC], E2002 [24OC], E2037, E2046, E2053, E2060 [26OC], E2063, E2066, E2068 [30OC], E2104 [2NO], E2208 [17NO]

———reform (H.R. 2425), consideration (H. Res. 238), H10314-H10328 [19OC]

———reform (H.R. 2425), motion to recommit, H10462 [19OC]

———reform (H.R. 2476), E2046 [26OC]

———reform (H.R. 2839), E2443 [22DE]

———reform of part B prescription drug benefit programs relative to Federal employees and retirees, E2253 [29NO]

———renal disease management services (H.R. 1068), E441 [27FE]

———reporting requirement of trust fund trustees on projected financial imbalances (H.R. 1590), H4968-H4974 [16MY], E1073 [18MY]

———require health maintenance organizations to disclose certain information to enrollees (H.R. 2249), E1665 [5AU]

Medicare/Medicaid: public examination of any changes in existing law relative to budget reconciliation (H. Res. 221), H9250 [20SE]

National objectives: priority assignments, H131 [5JA]

Public Health Service: extend and clarify malpractice coverage for health centers (H.R. 1747), H14273-H14277 [12DE]

Real estate: extend FHA mortgage insurance program coverage to home equity conversion mortgages for elderly homeowners (H.R. 1934), H10650 [24OC], E1340 [27JN]

Republican Party: national agenda, H8676-H8682 [7SE], E307 [9FE]

Rural areas: health care (H. Con. Res. 56), H4555 [9MY]

———Rural Housing Insurance Fund, H7319-H7322 [20JY]

Savings and loan associations: bailout, H9664 [28SE], H10060 [13OC]

Ships and vessels: provide war risk insurance for certain ships, H14074, H14075 [6DE]

Small business: increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals, H795-H798 [26JA]

———increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (H.R. 2435), E1890 [29SE]

———increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (H.R. 335), E3 [4JA]

———increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (H.R. 34), E19 [4JA]

———increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (H.R. 691), E194 [26JA]

———increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (H.R. 76), H1533 [9FE]

———liability requirements for remediation of dry cleaning solvents (H.R. 2522), E2001 [24OC]

Social Security: establish a disability review account for expenditures in reviewing cases (H.R. 1586), E968 [9MY]

———establish a health information network for medicare and medicaid (S. 872), E1176 [8JN]

———establish and define jurisdiction of a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Social Security Circuit (H.R. 1587), E963 [9MY]

———increase earnings limit, repeal increase of taxation of benefits, and provide incentives to purchase long-term care insurance (H.R. 8), H128, H132 [5JA], H3984 [30MR], E200 [27JA]

———maintain correlation of disability insurance benefits earnings levels of blind individuals with retirement age benefits earnings test (H. Con. Res. 23), H1193 [3FE]

———medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System, H11356 [26OC]

———medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (H.R. 580), E739 [30MR]

———treatment of long-term health care insurance (H.R. 2571), E2083 [1NO]

States: compliance by sellers and underwriters with State consumer protection requirements (H.R. 1317), E693 [24MR]

Taxation: extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), H1910, H1921-H1953, H1956 [21FE], H3845-H3852 [28MR], E401 [22FE]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), conference report, H3980, H3986, H3996-H4004, H4015 [30MR], H4040, H4043 [3AP], H4186, H4187, H4188, H4191 [5AP], H4380-H4383 [6AP], H8517-H8519 [4AU]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), consideration (H. Res. 88), H1912-H1921 [21FE]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 121), H3986-H3995 [30MR]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), motion to recommit, H1951, H1952 [21FE]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), return enrolled bill (H. Con. Res. 55), H4079, H4080, H4085-H4091 [3AP], H4108, H4112, H4115, H4116, H4117, H4118, H4119, H4141, H4143, H4150 [4AP], H4190 [5AP], H4380 [6AP]

———provide farmers carryover of unused deductions and a one-time exclusion from gain for certain sales and provide health insurance deductions for self-employed individuals (H.R. 1748), E1163 [6JN]

———treatment of accelerated death benefits under life insurance contracts (H.R. 99), E13 [4JA]

———treatment of health care expenses for self-employed individuals, H1222 [6FE]

———treatment of long-term health care insurance (H.R. 1457), E846 [7AP]

———treatment of medical savings accounts, E1362 [29JN]

———treatment of medical savings accounts (H.R. 1818), E1243 [14JN]

———treatment of mutual life insurance company policyholder dividends and small life insurance company acquisition expenses, H5618 [6JN]

———treatment of mutual life insurance company policyholder dividends and small life insurance company acquisition expenses (H.R. 1497), E865, E870 [7AP], E1242 [14JN]

Veterans: funding for medical service accounts, H7832, H7834, H7835 [27JY]

Remarks in Senate

Abortion: coverage of abortion procedures in cases of medical necessity through the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, S11528 [5AU]

———coverage of abortion procedures in cases of rape or incest through the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, S11519-S11529 [5AU]

———coverage of abortion procedures through the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, S11498 [5AU], S12419 [11AU]

Agency For Health Care Policy and Research: tribute, S7575 [25MY]

Agriculture: coverage of seed crops under the noninsured crop disaster assistance program (S. 1135), S12082, S12083 [9AU]

———reform of Federal farm programs, S10767 [27JY]

———reform of Federal farm subsidy programs (S. 1367), S16108 [27OC]

Armed Forces: applicability of CHAMPUS payment rules, S11314 [3AU]

———applicability of TRICARE uniform benefits, S11314 [3AU]

Budget: reduction of tax cut and application of savings to medicare and medicaid, S6966-S6982 [19MY], S7027-S7078 [22MY]

Canada: health care system, S16679 [3NO]

Children and youth: implement program changes relative to budget decreases, S15541-S15544 [24OC]

Civil rights: public access to information relative to availability of insurance (S. 380), S2400-S2402 [9FE]

Colleton County, SC: remove tract of land from the Coastal Barrier Resource System (S. 810), S6751 [16MY]

Construction industries: approval requirements and compliance with nondiscrimination laws for surety bonding corporations (S. 666), S5144 [4AP]

Courts: application of product liability reform to certain actions brought in a Federal court, S6012 [2MY], S6047-S6066, S6075, S6076, S6078 [3MY]

———authorize voluntary alternative dispute resolutions systems, S6075 [3MY], S6148, S6149, S6151 [4MY]

———authorize voluntary alternative dispute resolutions systems relative to health care liability action, S5888-S5890 [1MY]

———clarify rules governing preemption of State laws relative to health care liability action, S5890 [1MY], S5936 [2MY]

———deterrence of frivolous lawsuits and harassing court motions, S5689-S5692, S5717-S5725 [26AP], S6189, S6191 [4MY]

———exempt actions involving sexual abuse from limitations on punitive damage awards relative to health care liability action, S5879 [1MY]

———limitations on compensatory damage awards relative to health care liability action, S5874-S5879 [1MY]

———limitations on punitive damage awards, S5880 [1MY], S5946-S5960 [2MY], S6033-S6044 [3MY], S6155-S6157 [4MY], S6242-S6247, S6249-S6252 [8MY], S6318, S6331-S6335 [9MY], S6370-S6395, S6397-S6406 [10MY]

———limitations on punitive damage awards relative to health care liability action, S5800-S5802 [27AP]

———limitations on punitive damage awards relative to health care liability actions, S5960 [2MY]

———limitations on punitive damage awards (S. 671), S5148 [4AP]

———product liability reform, S28 [4JA], S10900, S10901 [28JY]

———product liability reform for certain claims where the harm to the claimant is death, S5991 [2MY]

———product liability reform (H.R. 956), S3692 [9MR], S3890, S3907 [14MR], S3949 [15MR], S5562, S5571-S5602 [24AP], S5638-S5659 [25AP], S5683-S5685, S5689-S5725, S5734-S5736 [26AP], S5751-S5802, S5850, S5854-S5856 [27AP], S5857-S5860, S5870, S5874-S5909 [1MY], S5931-S5941, S5945-S5961, S5980-S5992, S5994, S5995, S6012 [2MY], S6033-S6079 [3MY], S6138, S6141, S6142, S6148-S6159, S6189-S6191 [4MY], S6198, S6200, S6225 [5MY], S6231, S6236, S6242-S6263 [8MY], S6292, S6297-S6299, S6305, S6318-S6322, S6325-S6335 [9MY], S6369-S6414, S6418, S6453 [10MY], S10185 [18JY], S17674 [28NO]

———product liability reform (H.R. 956), unanimous-consent agreement, S5663 [25AP], S5798 [27AP], S5992 [2MY], S6254 [8MY]

———product liability reform relative to insurance reporting, S6075 [3MY], S6149-S6151 [4MY]

———product liability reform relative to joint liability, S6066-S6074 [3MY], S6141, S6142, S6151-S6153 [4MY]

———product liability reform relative to rented or leased products, S6078 [3MY]

———product liability reform relative to statute of limitations in actions brought against product seller as manufacturer, S6079 [3MY]

———product liability reform relative to workmen's compensation, S6078 [3MY]

———product liability reform (S. 565), S3978-S3986 [15MR], S4964 [31MR], S5390 [6AP]

———reform civil justice system (S. 672), S5149 [4AP]

———regulation of legal fees, S5654-S5659 [25AP], S5709-S5717 [26AP], S5892 [1MY]

———treatment of medical malpractice liability claims relative to obstetric services, S5755-S5792 [27AP], S5857-S5860 [1MY]

Crime: penalties for health care fraud (S. 1088), S10878 [28JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: emergency assistance for crop losses in federally designated disaster areas, S13706, S13714-S13717 [18SE]

———emergency assistance for crop losses in federally designated disaster areas (S. 1235), S13540 [13SE]

Dept. of Defense: medicare reimbursement, S19270 [22DE]

Dept. of HUD: eliminate spending limitations on Fair Housing Act enforcement, S14355-S14364 [27SE]

Dept. of Justice: report on product liability reform, S5300 [6AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: collection of copayments for provision of medical benefits and insurance company reimbursement (S. 991), S9436 [29JN]

Disasters: provide for hazard mitigation, relief, and insurance against natural disasters (S. 1043), S10148, S10149 [17JY], S17335 [17NO]

Employment: relationship between workers' compensation benefits and certain benefits available to migrant and seasonal workers (H.R. 1715), S15294 [18OC], S15415 [23OC], S16440 [31OC]

———relationship between workers' compensation benefits and certain benefits available to migrant and seasonal workers (S. 1326), S15234 [17OC]

ERISA: extend continuation of coverage of certain retiree health benefits (S. 1107), S11203 [2AU]

———restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans (S. 774), S6352 [9MY]

———treatment of pension assets by insurance companies (S. 1400), S16756 [7NO]

Farmers: provide full planting flexibility and require a pilot revenue insurance program (S. 1276), S14408 [27SE]

FDIC: provide State bank representation on Board of Directors (S. 562), S3968 [15MR], S9962 [14JY]

Federal employees: access to hearing care services by audiologists (S. 800), S6688 [15MY]

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.: earthquake insurance requirements (S. 1119), S11329 [3AU]

Financial institutions: enhance the safety and soundness of federally-insured credit unions (S. 883), S7778-S7781 [6JN]

———exclude certain bank products from the definition of a deposit (S. 799), S6601-S6603 [12MY]

Hawaii: prepaid health care services relative to ERISA (S. 266), S1444 [24JA]

Health: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (S. 1233), S13474 [12SE]

———downsizing of military health services, S10261-S10266 [19JY]

———extend period of applicability of enrollment mix requirement to certain health maintenance organizations (H.R. 1878), S19273 [22DE]

———extend period of applicability of enrollment mix requirement to certain health maintenance organizations (S. 1103), S11202 [2AU]

———limitations on disclosure and use of genetic information (S. 1416), S17096 [15NO]

———managed care system reform proposal, S323 [4JA]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S516 [5JA], S1267 [20JA], S1728 [30JA], S2275 [7FE], S3074, S3075 [24FE], S3543 [6MR], S3928, S3940, S3941 [15MR], S5873 [1MY], S6473 [11MY], S7411 [25MY], S10434 [20JY], S17510 [20NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1028), S9905-S9908 [13JY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1062), S10498-S10501 [21JY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 168), S503 [5JA]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 18), S189-S195 [4JA], S6457 [10MY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 294), S1760-S1762 [30JA]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 308), S1920-S1945 [1FE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 609), S4509 [23MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 7), S15, S24, S109, S121-S123 [4JA], S3694 [9MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 715), S5549 [7AP]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 933), S8503, S8516 [15JN]

———national policy to provide health care coverage to individuals with severe mental illnesses (S. 298), S1848, S1849 [31JA]

———obstetrician-gynecologist services relative to Federal health care laws (S. Res. 85), S3682 [8MR]

———prohibit denial of coverage based on status as victim of domestic violence (S. 524), S3752, S3753 [9MR]

———reform the health care liability system and establish quality assurance programs, S5753-S5755, S5758-S5793, S5795 [27AP], S5857-S5860, S5870, S5884-S5888, S5890-S5896 [1MY], S5932, S5935, S5938 [2MY], S6034, S6064 [3MY], S6397-S6401 [10MY]

———reform the health care liability system and establish quality assurance programs (S. 454), S2863, S2870 [16FE], S3693 [9MR]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth (S. 969), S9175-S9177 [27JN]

———strengthen State and local government capability of providing public health services (S. 142), S398 [4JA]

John Morrell & Co.: termination of health insurance coverage for retirees, S3940, S3941 [15MR]

Medicaid: eligibility for SSI recipients, S15805-S15807 [26OC]

———flexibility for States to enroll beneficiaries in managed care plans (S. 839), S7121 [22MY]

———osteopathic services (S. 896), S8037 [8JN]

———provide State incentives for reduction of expenditures (S. 634), S4722 [28MR]

———reform, S9297-S9300 [28JN], S9356 [29JN], S11980 [9AU], S12339-S12342 [11AU], S14346 [27SE], S15023-S15025 [11OC], S15091, S15093 [12OC], S15271 [18OC], S15486 [23OC], S15610, S15653-S15656 [25OC], S15713-S15733, S15763, S15778 [26OC], S16011-S16013, S16039-S16044, S16067, S16090-S16094 [27OC], S16434 [31OC], S16568, S16570 [2NO], S16643-S16648 [3NO], S16717-S16720 [7NO], S16807-S16809 [8NO], S16845-S16848 [9NO], S16984 [13NO], S17174 [16NO], S17506 [20NO], S18692 [15DE], S19183-S19185, S19234 [22DE]

———State flexibility in providing benefits, S15816, S15817 [26OC], S15980 [27OC]

———waiver of anti-kickback statute for certain State demonstration projects and managed care programs (S. 716), S5549 [7AP]

Medicare: anniversary, S10536 [24JY], S10652-S10654 [25JY], S10776, S10785 [27JY], S10864, S10872, S10873, S10902, S10903, S10904, S10908 [28JY]

———assure fairness and choice to patients (S. 1024), S9802 [12JY]

———assure fairness and choice to patients (S. 1343), S15345 [19OC]

———budget expenditure limiting tool price caps, S16467 [1NO]

———choice of health care professionals, S15786-S15788 [26OC]

———clarify scope of coverage and payment amounts for the use of medical devices approved for investigational use (S. 955), S8945-S8948 [22JN], S9005 [23JN]

———combat waste, fraud and abuse, S7079-S7081 [22MY], S15359 [19OC], S15653, S15657-S15661, S15666, S15669-S15675 [25OC], S15777, S15796, S15797 [26OC]

———combat waste, fraud and abuse (H.R. 2389), S15157-S15162 [13OC]

———combat waste, fraud and abuse (S. 569), S4100 [16MR]

———combat waste, fraud and abuse (S. 1193), S12395 [11AU]

———coverage of anesthesia services provided by certified registered nurse anesthetists (S. 1263), S13975 [20SE]

———coverage of bone mass measurements (S. 1118), S11328 [3AU]

———disproportionate share hospital payments, S15990 [27OC]

———eligibility age, S15999 [27OC]

———extend period for issuance of select policies (S. 717), S5550 [7AP]

———improved reimbursement for clinical social worker services (S. 63), S282 [4JA]

———incentives for reporting inaccurate claims (S. 1325), S15232 [17OC]

———oral anticancer drugs, S15813, S15814 [26OC], S16060 [27OC]

———outpatient self-management training services for individuals with diabetes (S. 491), S3422 [2MR]

———positron emission tomography (S. 1181), S12370 [11AU]

———preservation of hospital insurance trust fund, S5187-S5189 [5AP]

———prohibit balance billing by providers participating in choice plans, S15998 [27OC]

———reform, S5686 [26AP], S5744 [27AP], S5871-S5873 [1MY], S5976-S5980, S5993 [2MY], S6020 [3MY], S6136-S6138, S6139-S6141, S6159, S6162-S6167 [4MY], S6291, S6299, S6300, S6317 [9MY], S6440, S6441 [10MY], S6471-S6477, S6506 [11MY], S6580, S6587-S6589 [12MY], S6647 [15MY], S6735 [16MY], S6768 [17MY], S6844, S6860, S6870-S6877, S6884-S6886 [18MY], S6966-S6982, S6996-S7001, S7003-S7010 [19MY], S7027, S7033-S7045 [22MY], S7176, S7178, S7226 [23MY], S7366 [24MY], S7425, S7431-S7433, S7440-S7442, S7465, S7468 [25MY], S7653 [5JN], S8654, S8655 [20JN], S8846, S8847 [22JN], S8981-S8989 [23JN], S9232, S9297-S9300 [28JN], S10474 [21JY], S10536, S10540 [24JY], S10776, S10785 [27JY], S10864, S10868-S10871, S10872, S10873, S10902, S10903, S10904, S10908 [28JY], S11321 [3AU], S11715-S11727, S11729 [7AU], S11831 [8AU], S11976 [9AU], S13178-S13181 [11SE], S13575 [14SE], S13674-S13676 [15SE], S13712, S13713, S13715 [18SE], S14125, S14126, S14137-S14144 [22SE], S14392, S14393, S14402-S14404 [27SE], S14771 [29SE], S14943 [10OC], S14959, S15001, S15023-S15025 [11OC], S15084, S15087, S15102, S15105 [12OC], S15183, S15185, S15187, S15188, S15190 [17OC], S15265-S15267, S15270, S15271, S15273 [18OC], S15313, S15314 [19OC], S15483-S15487, S15491-S15493 [23OC], S15512, S15517-S15520, S15568-S15570 [24OC], S15609, S15612-S15614, S15615, S15617-S15651, S15653-S15656 [25OC], S15741, S15748, S15763, S15792 [26OC], S16007, S16023, S16039-S16044, S16067-S16074, S16076-S16086, S16090-S16094 [27OC], S16434 [31OC], S16453, S16455-S16461 [1NO], S16570, S16572, S16579, S16581, S16582 [2NO], S16849-S16851 [9NO], S16953-S16959, S16981-S16987, S16989, S16990, S16995, S16996-S16999 [13NO], S17029, S17030, S17037 [14NO], S17049, S17051, S17053 [15NO], S17106, S17171-S17178 [16NO], S17231, S17233, S17234-S17245, S17285, S17323 [17NO], S17451-S17454, S17455 [18NO], S17506 [20NO], S17831, S17840, S17845 [30NO], S18118 [7DE], S18927 [19DE], S19183-S19185, S19234 [22DE]

———reform (S. 1255), S13740 [18SE]

———reimbursement for nurse practitioners in health professional shortage areas (S. 864), S7523 [25MY]

———reimbursement for physician assistants in health professional shortage areas (S. 863), S7523 [25MY]

———reporting requirement of trust fund trustees on projected financial imbalances (S. 785), S6356 [9MY]

———use of commercial software to detect payment error and billing abuse (S. 762), S6216 [5MY]

Medicare and Medicaid Coverage Data Bank: repeal, S9925 [13JY], S10142-S10144 [17JY]

———repeal (S. 194), S793 [11JA]

National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare: actions relative to fundraising letter, S12347 [11AU]

Oregon: waiver of ERISA relative to employer mandates in health care reform plan (S. 713), S5547 [7AP]

Public Health Service: extend and clarify malpractice coverage for health centers (H.R. 1747), S18668 [14DE]

———extend and clarify malpractice coverage for health centers (S. 1471), S18443 [12DE]

Real estate: extend FHA mortgage insurance program coverage to home equity conversion mortgages for elderly homeowners (S. 1409), S17003 [13NO]

Rural areas: health care (S. 806), S6750 [16MY]

Senior citizens: Insurance Information Counseling and Assistance Grant Program funding, S5338 [6AP]

Small business: health care tax credit and cost analysis of legislative proposals (S. 521), S3750 [9MR]

———increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (S. 111), S345 [4JA], S1635 [26JA]

———increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (S. 262), S1442 [24JA], S1635 [26JA]

———increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (S. 367), S2272 [7FE]

Social Security: establish a health information network for medicare and medicaid (S. 872), S7621-S7624 [26MY]

———extend Medicare Select Program (S. 198), S798 [11JA]

———level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (S. 406), S2654 [14FE]

———medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (S. 1487), S19002-S19007 [20DE]

———provide that certain health insurance policies are not duplicative (S. 1138), S12086 [9AU]

———repeal rule providing for the termination of benefits to the disabled upon marriage (S. 466), S3056 [23FE]

Taxation: exemptions for health risk pools (S. 539), S3811 [10MR]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals, S15808-S15811 [26OC]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), S4532-S4544, S4546-S4559 [24MR], S4603 [27MR], S4684 [28MR]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), conference report, S4974-S4984 [31MR], S5026, S5027, S5030-S5046 [3AP], S5183-S5185 [5AP], S5538 [7AP], S8183 [12JN]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), unanimous-consent agreement, S4521 [23MR]

———increase opportunities for small businesses and taxpayers (S. 1299), S14883-S14885 [10OC]

———insurance reserve treatment of financial guaranty insurance (S. 1106), S11203 [2AU]

———limit deduction for health care costs by employers who terminate promised retiree health benefits (S. 827), S6916 [18MY]

———treatment of income crop insurance proceeds and disaster payments (S. 110), S344 [4JA]

———treatment of long-term health care insurance, S15811 [26OC]

———treatment of long-term health care insurance (S. 411), S2655 [14FE]

———treatment of long-term health care insurance (S. 423), S2759 [15FE], S3065 [23FE]

———treatment of long-term health care services and insurance (S. 1177), S12273-S12275 [10AU]

———treatment of medical savings accounts, S1258 [20JA]

———treatment of medical savings accounts (S. 1247), S13660 [15SE]

———treatment of medical savings accounts (S. 1249), S13662 [15SE]

Treaties and agreements: U.S.-Japan insurance agreement, S17186 [16NO]

Veterans: amend benefit provisions, S11565 [5AU]

———conduct feasibility studies for inclusion of veterans health programs in certain State health programs (S. 613), S4577 [24MR]

———reform insurance plans and coverage (S. 996), S9442 [29JN]

Reports

Banking Insurance Fund-Savings Association Insurance Fund Resolution Options: FDIC, Dept. of the Treasury, and GAO, E856 [7AP]

Influence of Standard of Care and Severity of Injury on the Resolution of Medical Malpractice Claims: Annals of Internal Medicine (publication), S5765-S5767 [27AP]

Medicare Crisis—The Tax Solution Is No Solution: U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S16071-S16073 [27OC]

Medicare Myths vs. Facts: U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S16074 [27OC]

Medicare Reform: Georgia Medicare Advisory Group and Senior Citizens Task Force, E2411 [19DE]

Relation Between Malpractice Claims and Adverse Events Due to Negligence—Results of the Harvard Medical Practice Study III: New England Journal of Medicine, S5767-S5771 [27AP]

Reports filed

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 831, Self-Employed Health Insurance Tax Deduction and Nonrecognition of Gain on Exchanges for Certain FCC Policies: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 121) (H. Rept. 104-93), H3974 [29MR]

Consideration of H.R. 831, Extend Deduction for Health Insurance Costs of Self-Employed Individuals: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 88) (H. Rept. 104-38), H1907 [16FE]

Consideration of H.R. 831, Repeal Nonrecognition of Gain on Sales and Exchanges Effectuating Policies of the FCC: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 88) (H. Rept. 104-38), H1907 [16FE]

Consideration of H.R. 956, Common Sense Legal Standards Reform Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 108) (H. Rept. 104-69), H2810 [7MR]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 109) (H. Rept. 104-72), H2891 [8MR]

Consideration of H.R. 2425, Medicare Reform: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 238) (H. Rept. 104-282), H10306 [18OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Collection of Copayments for Provision of Medical Benefits and Insurance Company Reimbursement: Committee on Veterans Affairs (Senate) (S. 991), S18437 [12DE]

Extend Deduction for Health Insurance Costs of Self-Employed Individuals and Repeal Nonrecognition of Gain on Sales and Exchanges Effectuating Policies of the FCC: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 831) (H. Rept. 104-32), H1751 [14FE]

Extend Tax Deduction for Health Insurance Costs of Self-Employed Individuals and Repeal Nonrecognition of Gain on Sales and Exchanges Effectuating Policies of the FCC: Committee of Conference (H.R. 831) (H. Rept. 104-92), H3974 [29MR]

Federally Supported Health Centers Assistance Act: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 1747) (H. Rept. 104-398), H14310 [12DE]

Financial Services Competitiveness Act: Committee on Banking and Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1062) (H. Rept. 104-127), H5366 [18MY], H5904 [13JN]

———Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 1062) (H. Rept. 104-127), H6268 [22JN]

Government Efforts To Combat Fraud and Abuse in the Insurance Industry: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. Rept. 104-93), S7696 [5JN]

Health Care Liability Reform and Quality Assurance Act: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate) (S. 454) (S. Rept. 104-83), S6749 [16MY]

Medicare and Medicaid Coverage Data Bank Repeal: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2685) (H. Rept. 104-394), H14252 [11DE]

Medicare Reform: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 2425) (H. Rept. 104-276), H10145 [17OC]

———Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2425) (H. Rept. 104-276), H10145 [17OC]

Medicare Savings Provisions: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 1217) (H. Rept. 104-87), H3732 [23MR]

———Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 1134) (H. Rept. 104-80), H3275 [15MR]

National Policy To Provide Health Care and Reform Insurance Procedures: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate) (S. 1028) (S. Rept. 104-156), S15118 [12OC]

Product Liability Fairness Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 565) (S. Rept. 104-69), S5603 [24AP]

Product Liability Reform: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 917) (H. Rept. 104-63), H2486 [1MR]

Product Liability Reform Relative to Federal Courts: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 10) (H. Rept. 104-50), H2223 [24FE]

Reporting Requirements of Medicare Trust Fund Trustees on Projected Financial Imbalances: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 1590) (H. Rept. 104-119), H4957 [15MY]

Restrict Government Promotion of Economically Targeted Investments for Employee Benefit Plans: Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities (House) (H.R. 1594) (H. Rept. 104-238), H8596 [6SE]

Tax Deductions for Health Insurance Costs of Self-Employed Individuals and Treatment of Gain on Sales and Exchanges Effectuating Policies of the FCC: Committee on Finance (Senate) (H.R. 831) (S. Rept. 104-16), S4262 [21MR]

Reports to constituents

Hamilton, Representative: Legal Reform, E602 [15MR]

———Medicare—Past Successes, Future Challenges, E1591 [2AU]

———What's Wrong With the Gingrich Medicare Plan, E2036 [26OC]

Rulings of the Chair

Courts: product liability reform (H.R. 956), H2946 [9MR], H3019 [10MR]

Medicare: reform, H5697 [8JN], H10304 [18OC], H13035 [15NO]

———reform (H.R. 2425), consideration (H. Res. 238), H10318, H10319 [19OC]

Statements

Federal Child Care Programs: John Neff, E1821 [21SE]

Medicaid Reform: Bruce C. Vladeck, Health Care Financing Administration, S16847 [9NO]

———Consortium for Citizens With Disabilities, S15730 [26OC]

Restrict Government Promotion of Economically Targeted Investments for ERISA Employee Benefit Plans, H8739 [12SE]

Tax Deduction for Health Insurance Costs of Self-Employed Individuals and Repeal Nonrecognition of Gain on Sales and Exchanges Effectuating Policies of the FCC: Executive Office of the President, S4556 [24MR]

Tax Deduction for Health Insurance Costs of Self-Employed Individuals and Repeal of Nonrecognition of Gain on Sales and Exchanges Effectuating Policies of the FCC: President Clinton, H1913 [21FE]

Workers' Compensation Benefits Relative to Migrant and Seasonal Workers: several Representatives, E1943 [13OC]

Summaries

Access to Affordable Health Care Act (S. 294), S1786 [30JA]

Bringing Opportunity To Our Small Business and Taxpayers Act (S. 1299), S14898 [10OC]

Farm Fairness Act (S. 1367), S16109 [27OC]

Health Care Assurance Act (S. 18), S209 [4JA]

Health Care Liability Reform and Quality Assurance Act (S. 454), S2869 [16FE]

Health Care Reform (S. 933), S8505 [15JN]

Health Information Network for Medicare and Medicaid (S. 872), S7622 [26MY]

Health Partnership Act (S. 308), S1943 [1FE]

Medicare Patient Choice Act (H.R. 2329), E1788 [14SE]

Medicare Reform, S16008 [27OC]

Medicare Reform Plan, E1961 [17OC]

Prevent Duplicative Social Security Health Insurance Policies (S. 1138), S12086 [9AU]

Private Long-Term Care Protection Act (S. 423), S2760 [15FE]

Product Liability Fairness Act (S. 565), S3981 [15MR]

Protection of Medicare Beneficiaries Relative to Enrollment in Managed Care Plans and Health Maintenance Organizations (H.R. 1707), E1113-E1115 [24MY]

Public Health Enhancement Act (S. 142), S401 [4JA]

State Bank Representation Act (S. 562), S3968 [15MR]

Status of the Social Security and Medicare Programs, S11722-S11725 [7AU]

Tax Treatment of Medical Savings Accounts (H.R. 1818), E1243 [14JN]

Tax Treatment of Medical Savings Accounts (S. 1247), S13661 [15SE]

Treatment of Long-Term Health Care Insurance (H.R. 1457), E847 [7AP]

Uniform Commercial Code, S5647-S5649 [25AP]

Surveys

Medicare Reform, E1694 [5AU]

Tables

Comparison of premiums of attained-age medigap plan versus standard medigap community-rated plan, E1113 [24MY]

Connecticut General Life Insurance Co. group medical conversion quotes—quarterly premiums, E892 [1MY]

Estimated revenue effects of possible Democratic substitutions to H.R. 831, repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC, H1943 [21FE]

Health plan contribution levels by county under H.R. 2425, medicare reform, E2054 [26OC]

Medicare spending comparisons, S15642 [25OC], S17252 [17NO]

Medicare tax rates and wages for a sample self-employed individual from 1966 through 1995, S15642 [25OC]

Number of medicare recipients, H8513 [4AU]

Preemption of State product liability laws under the Product Liability Fairness Act (S. 565), S6373, S6405 [10MY]

Preliminary analysis of the House and Senate medicare reform proposals on New York State, H10376 [19OC]

Public and private sector health care expenditures, S6160 [4MY]

Tax deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals, H1914 [21FE]

Veterans inpatient and outpatient medical care costs, S2194-S2196 [6FE]

Testimonies

Health Care Quality: Karin Smith, S5797 [27AP]

Limitations on Punitive Damage Awards: George L. Priest, S5881-S5884 [1MY], S5948 [2MY]

Medicaid Reform: Malika S. Saar, Family Rights and Dignity (organization), H9880 [11OC]

———Paul Di Donato, San Francisco, CA, AIDS Foundation, H9885 [11OC]

Medical Savings Accounts: Consortium for Citizens With Disabilities, E1160 [6JN]

Medicare and Medicaid Reform: Anthony Wagner, Laguna Honda Hospital, H9884 [11OC]

———Bruce Livingston, H9880 [11OC]

———Bruce U. Wintroub, H9883 [11OC]

———David Bergman, Packard Children's Hospital, H9883 [11OC]

———Larry Gage, E1588 [2AU]

———Richard Cordova, San Francisco, CA, General Hospital, H9881 [11OC]

———Thomas Peters, Martin County, CA, Dept. of Social Services, H9882 [11OC]

———Timothy McMurdo, San Mateo County, CA, General Hospital, H9882 [11OC]

Medicare Reform: Del Martin, H9880 [11OC]

———Marvin Johnson, H10363 [19OC]

———Senator Baucus, S6301 [9MY]

———U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H10385-H10388 [19OC]

Medicare Select Policies: Consumers Union (organization), H6672 [30JN]

Role of Pharmaceutical Companies in Health Care Reform: Gerald J. Mossinghoff, Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association, S6063 [3MY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 39, clarify primary responsibility of States for disaster relief, establish private corporations to insure against risks and costs, and provide for reimbursable Federal assistance activities, H3120 [14MR]

H. Con. Res. 108, technical corrections to H.R. 1594, restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans, H10089 [17OC]

H. Res. 88, consideration of H.R. 831, extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC, H1912 [21FE]

H. Res. 108, consideration of H.R. 956, Common Sense Legal Standards Reform Act, H2864 [8MR]

H. Res. 109, consideration of H.R. 956, Common Sense Legal Standards Reform Act, H2901 [9MR]

H. Res. 121, consideration of conference report on H.R. 831, extend tax deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC, H3986 [30MR]

H. Res. 215, consideration of H.R. 1594, restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans, H8737 [12SE]

H. Res. 238, consideration of H.R. 2425, medicare reform, H10314 [19OC]

H.R. 23, Comprehensive Preventive Health and Promotion Act, E6-E8 [4JA]

H.R. 831, extend tax deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC, H1932 [21FE]

H.R. 831, tax deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC, S4532-S4534 [24MR]

H.R. 956, Product Liability Fairness Act, S6407-S6412 [10MY]

H.R. 1057, Hearing Care for Federal Employees Act, E453 [27FE]

H.R. 1574, Bank Insurance Fund and Depositor Protection Act, H14340 [12DE]

H.R. 1590, reporting requirement of medicare trust fund trustees on projected financial imbalances, H4968 [16MY]

H.R. 1604, Working Families Health Access Act, E1001 [11MY]

H.R. 1715, relationship between workers' compensation benefits and certain benefits available to migrant and seasonal workers, H10089 [17OC], E1943 [13OC]

H.R. 1747, Federally Supported Health Centers Assistance Act, H14273-H14275 [12DE]

H.R. 1878, extend period of applicability of enrollment mix requirements to certain health maintenance organizations, S19273 [22DE], H14984 [18DE]

H.R. 1912, deter health care fraud and improve the administration of health benefit plans, E1309 [22JN]

H.R. 2249, Medicare Managed Health Care Sunshine Act, E1665 [5AU]

H.R. 2425, medicare reform, H10388-H10440 [19OC]

H.R. 2522, Small Business Remediation Act, E2001 [24OC]

S. 7, Family Health Insurance Protection Act, S109-S121 [4JA]

S. 18, Health Care Assurance Act, S195-S209 [4JA]

S. 63, improved medicare reimbursement for clinical social worker services, S283 [4JA]

S. 110, tax treatment of income crop insurance proceeds and disaster payments, S344 [4JA]

S. 111, increase tax deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals, S345 [4JA]

S. 142, Public Health Enhancement Act, S398-S401 [4JA]

S. 262, increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals, S1443 [24JA]

S. 266, Hawaiian prepaid health care services relative to ERISA, S1445 [24JA]

S. 294, Access to Affordable Health Care Act, S1762-S1786 [30JA]

S. 308, Health Partnership Act, S1923-S1943 [1FE]

S. 380, Anti-Redlining in Insurance Disclosure Act, S2402-S2409 [9FE]

S. 454, Health Care Liability Reform and Quality Assurance Act, S2864-S2869 [16FE]

S. 466, repeal rule of providing for the termination of Social Security benefits to the disabled upon marriage, S3057 [23FE]

S. 491, Medicare Diabetes Outpatient Self-Management Training Act, S3423 [2MR]

S. 524, Victims of Abuse Access to Health Insurance Act, S3752 [9MR]

S. 539, tax exemptions for health risk pools, S3811 [10MR]

S. 562, State Bank Representation Act, S3968 [15MR]

S. 565, Product Liability Fairness Act, S3979-S3981 [15MR], S5390-S5396 [6AP]

S. 569, Medicare Protection Act, S4101 [16MR]

S. 609, Health Care Quality and Fairness Act, S4509-S4515 [23MR]

S. 613, VA State Health Care Reform Pilot Program Act, S4578-S4580 [24MR]

S. 634, State Medicaid Savings Incentive Act, S4723 [28MR]

S. 666, Equal Surety Bond Opportunity Act, S5144 [4AP]

S. 716, waiver of anti-kickback statute for certain State medicaid demonstration projects and managed care programs, S5550 [7AP]

S. 717, extend period for issuance of select medicare policies, S5551 [7AP]

S. 760, Medicare Commission Act, S6180 [4MY]

S. 785, reporting requirement of medicare trust fund trustees on projected financial imbalances, S6356 [9MY]

S. 827, limit tax deduction for health care costs by employers who terminate promised retiree health benefits, S6916 [18MY]

S. 839, Medicaid Managed Care Act, S7122-S7127 [22MY]

S. 883, Credit Union Reform and Enhancement Act, S7779 [6JN]

S. 933, national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S8506 [15JN]

S. 969, New Borns' and Mothers' Health Protection Act, S9176 [27JN]

S. 991, Dept. of Veterans Affairs collection of copayments for provision of medical benefits and insurance company reimbursement, S9436 [29JN]

S. 996, Veterans' Insurance Reform Act, S9442 [29JN]

S. 1024, Medicare Health Care Quality Act, S9802-S9805 [12JY]

S. 1088, Health Care Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act, S10879-S10886 [28JY]

S. 1106, insurance reserve treatment of financial guaranty insurance, S11202 [2AU]

S. 1107, Retiree Continuation Coverage Act, S11204 [2AU]

S. 1135, coverage of seed crops under the noninsured crop disaster assistance program, S12083 [9AU]

S. 1181, Medicare PET Coverage Act, S12371 [11AU]

S. 1217, Medical Volunteer Act, S12736 [6SE]

S. 1249, tax treatment of medical savings accounts, S13663-S13667 [15SE]

S. 1255, Medicare Contractor Reform Act, S13740-S13742 [18SE]

S. 1276, Farm Income Transition Act, S14409-S14411 [27SE]

S. 1299, Bringing Opportunity To Our Small Business and Taxpayers Act, S14885-S14898 [10OC]

S. 1325, Medicare Whistleblower Act, S15233 [17OC]

S. 1367, Farm Fairness Act, S16108 [27OC]

S. 1409, Home Equity Conversion Mortgage Act, S17003 [13NO]

S. Res. 85, obstetrician-gynecologist services relative to Federal health care laws, S3682 [8MR]

S. Res. 144, national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S9466 [29JN]