SENIOR CITIZENS

Addresses

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

Women's Health Care Issues: Hillary Rodham Clinton, H8551-H8553 [6SE]

Amendments

Budget: treatment of Social Security under a constitutional amendment to require balanced (H. Con. Res. 17), consideration (H. Res. 44), H615 [25JA]

Housing: modify discrimination prohibitions granted for older persons (H.R. 660), S18064 [6DE]

———prevent persons with drug or alcohol problems from occupying units in housing projects for elderly families (H.R. 117), H10648 [24OC]

Medicare: permit select policies to be offered in all States (H.R. 483), S6795 [17MY], S6930 [18MY], H4386, H4387 [6AP]

———reform (H.R. 2425), H10147, H10196, H10208 [17OC], H10440 [19OC]

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

———reform (H.R. 2485), H10388 [19OC]

Social Security: increase earnings limit (S. 1372), S16581, S16630 [2NO]

Analyses

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

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]

Pension Simplification Act (S. 1006), S9527-S9533 [30JN]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 483, permit medicare select policies to be offered in all States, H5586 [25MY]

Articles and editorials

Age Discrimination—Lift Earnings Cap, S15784 [26OC]

Alzheimer's Patients Need FDA Reform, E1932 [12OC]

Baby Boomers' Retirement Could Be a Bust—Living Standards May Drop as Social Security Rolls Bulge, E1400 [10JY]

Back to the Dark Ages, S15656 [25OC]

Balanced Budget Amendment Must Not Exclude Social Security, S3349 [2MR]

Balanced-Budget Myth, S17137 [16NO]

Borrowing From Soc Sec To Aid the Rich, S17137 [16NO]

Budgetary Bombast, H9865 [11OC]

Clinton Recruits Campaign Team of ``Nasty Boys'' With Reputation as Tough, Savvy Hired Guns, S15624 [25OC]

Congress Can Trim Medicare, H10372 [19OC]

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

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]

Dropping Federal Regs Is an Invitation to Tragedy, S15668 [25OC]

End Social Security Earning Curb, S15784 [26OC]

Existing Protections, S15668 [25OC]

Experimental Price Index for Elderly Consumers, S1347-S1349 [23JA]

Federal Program That Does It Right, S5349 [6AP]

Frayed Lifeline—Hunger Among Elderly Surges—Meal Programs Just Can't Keep Up, S1569 [26JA]

From Tragedy to Farce—If History Repeats Itself, a Balanced-Budget Amendment Won't Force Congress To Be Disciplined—Just Creative, S3014 [23FE]

Fundraiser Already a Medicare Winner, S15520 [24OC]

Giant Leap Backward, E1946 [13OC]

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

Gingrich Says Halt Monopoly, H11662 [1NO]

Gingrich—Foes Lying About Kids, H2313 [28FE]

Give GOP Credit For Ideas, H10377 [19OC]

Great Medi-Scare, S15417 [23OC]

Green Thumb Senior Community Service Employment Program, E1918 [11OC]

Health Care Is About People, E2044 [26OC]

Impact—Stop Playing Games With Social Security, S4178 [20MR]

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

Keep Nursing Home Standards, S15668 [25OC]

McIntosh Blasts Lobbying Group National Council of Senior Citizens for Intimidating Older Americans, H11737 [2NO]

Medagogues, S15265 [18OC]

Medagogues, Continued, S15266 [18OC]

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

Medicare Debate, E1868 [28SE]

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

Medicare's Cutting Edge, H4919 [15MY]

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

Paying With Good Looks, E1794 [18SE]

Rape Victim Sues BHA—Says Attacker Should Have Been Evicted, H10656 [24OC]

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

Real Talk About Medicare, E2291 [5DE]

Rehabilitation Needed, Not Surgery, H8666 [7SE]

School Lunch Debate Serves Up Hot Rhetoric But Few Cold Facts—How Kids Would Fare Under Change Unclear, H2313 [28FE]

Seniors' Security in the Balance, S2476 [10FE]

Seven Dollars of Separation, E2407 [19DE]

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

Social Security and the Balanced Budget, S2367 [9FE]

Social Security Funds Not Immune Forever, S4742 [28MR]

Social Security Trust Fund Whopper, S3825, S3827 [13MR]

Social Security `Trust Fund' Whopper, S15442 [23OC]

Social Security—If It Ain't Broke, Don't Tinker, S3013 [23FE]

Stop Playing Games with Social Security, S3829 [13MR]

Storm Looming for Medicare, E1554 [28JY]

Super-Majority Simple-Mindedness, S2807 [16FE]

Tell, Won't Tell—Balanced Budget Should Have No Deficit of Details, H782 [26JA]

Three-Fifths Rule—A Dangerous Game, S2808 [16FE]

Trust Fund Doesn't Need To Be ``Fixed'', E2256 [29NO]

Unfair Looting, S4123 [17MR], S15463 [23OC]

What Special Interest?, H3700 [23MR]

Who Pays If Medicare Is Cut?, H10312 [19OC]

Why Push Them Out of Work?, S15784 [26OC]

Bills and resolutions

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]

Budget: treatment of Social Security under a constitutional amendment to require balanced (see S. 290; H. Con. Res. 17), S1618 [26JA], H537 [23JA]

———treatment of Social Security under a constitutional amendment to require balanced (H. Con. Res. 17), consideration (see H. Res. 44), H592 [24JA]

Community service: expand the availability of qualified organizations for frail elderly community projects (see S. 990), S9421 [29JN]

Courts: protect elected and appointed judges against discrimination based on age (see H.R. 1571), H4545 [3MY]

———protect elected judges against discrimination based on age (see S. 849), S7388 [24MY]

———sentencing for crimes against child or elderly victims (see H.R. 1794), H5752 [8JN]

Crime: consumer fraud (see H.R. 1499), H4431 [7AP]

———mandatory sentences relative to violent felonies committed against senior citizens (see H.R. 146), H167 [9JA]

Employment: 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]

———litigation relative to termination or reduction of retiree health benefits (see S. 588; H.R. 1293), S4365 [22MR], H3572 [22MR]

Federal aid programs: ensure social work students and schools are eligible for certain programs' support and grants, and establish a social work training program (see S. 66), S49 [4JA]

Federal employees: increase percentage of basic pay contributions to retirement system (see H.R. 1185), H2988 [9MR]

Food: affirm the purpose and value of senior nutrition programs (see H. Con. Res. 22), H1208 [3FE]

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

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 18, 121, 168, 294, 308, 609, 715, 933, 1028, 1062; S. Res. 144; H.R. 16, 996, 1200, 1234, 1424, 1798, 2071, 2220, 2756, 2836; H. Con. Res. 14), 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]

———provide for home and community-based services for individuals with disabilities (see S. 85), S49 [4JA]

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

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

Housing: improve senior citizen housing safety (see S. 247), S1207 [19JA]

———modify discrimination prohibitions granted for older persons (see H.R. 660), H592 [24JA]

———modify discrimination prohibitions granted for older persons (H.R. 660), consideration (see H. Res. 126), H4104 [3AP]

———prevent persons with drug or alcohol problems from occupying units in housing projects for elderly families (see H.R. 117), H166 [9JA]

———prohibit certain rental housing managers from banning household pets for elderly residents (see H.R. 1619), H4873 [11MY]

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

———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]

Medicaid: improve Federal medical assistance percentage (see H.R. 2226), H8534 [4AU]

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

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

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

———bone mass measurements (see H.R. 2185), H8360 [3AU]

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

———develop percentage increases to assure quality services in dependent hospitals and other beneficiary facilities (see S. 832; H.R. 1651), S7013 [19MY], H5071 [16MY]

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

———equalize the labor and nonlabor portions of the standardized hospital payment amounts and improve rural health services (see H.R. 424), H177 [9JA]

———expand coverage of part B preventive care benefits (see H.R. 2777), H14764 [13DE]

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

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

———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]

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

———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]

———permit select policies to be offered in all States (see H.R. 483, 1391), H229 [11JA], H4177 [4AP]

———permit select policies to be offered in all States (H.R. 483), consideration (see H. Res. 130), H4334 [5AP]

———permit select policies to be offered in all States (H.R. 483), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 180), H6655 [29JN]

———permit select policies to be offered in all States (H.R. 483), corrections in enrollment (see S. Con. Res. 19), S9097 [26JN]

———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]

———reimbursement for services provided to eligible individuals by military or veterans hospitals (see H.R. 861, 1767), H1460 [8FE], H5690 [7JN]

———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]

———restrictions on services provided by clinical psychologists or social workers in outpatient rehabilitation facilities (see S. 62), S49 [4JA]

———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/Medicaid: establish an Office of Inspector General (see H.R. 2480), H10076 [13OC]

———payment integrity (see H.R. 2280), H8684 [7SE]

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

Motor vehicles: improve traffic safety performance of high risk drivers (see H.R. 1866), H6045 [15JN]

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

Older Americans Act: reauthorize (see S. 1447; H.R. 2056, 2570), S18016 [5DE], H7179 [18JY], H11686 [1NO]

Pensions: annuity computation for Members of Congress and Federal employees (see S. 819), S6912 [18MY]

———cost-of-living adjustments for annuities of Members of Congress and Social Security benefits (see H. Con. Res. 2), H176 [9JA]

———limitations on cost-of-living adjustments for Social Security beneficiaries and Federal and military retirees (see S. 822), S6912 [18MY]

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

Public welfare programs: assist low income families and seniors relative to severe heat emergencies (see H.R. 2109), H7699 [25JY]

———funding for nutrition programs (see S. 904), S8097 [9JN]

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]

Social Security: assistance to beneficiaries in the administration of employee benefit plans (see H.R. 420), H175 [9JA]

———budget treatment of trust funds (see H.R. 2628), H12349 [14NO]

———computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 240, 573), H170 [9JA], H399 [19JA]

———earnings test for retirement age individuals (see S. 31, 252; H.R. 145, 201, 243, 374), S48 [4JA], S1271 [20JA], H167, H169, H170, H174 [9JA]

———earnings test on retirement annuities of Members of Congress (see S. 48), S48 [4JA]

———ensure integrity of trust funds (see H.R. 164), H168 [9JA]

———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]

———imposition of fees for initial certification and survey of health care facilities providing medicare and medicaid services (see H.R. 2790), H14963 [15DE]

———increase earnings limit (see S. 1372, 1432, 1440, 1466, 1470; H.R. 2668, 2684; H. Con. Res. 109), S16422 [31OC], S17666 [28NO], S17865 [30NO], S18363 [11DE], S18442 [12DE], H10848 [25OC], H13658 [20NO], H13803 [29NO]

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

———increase earnings limit (H. Con. Res. 109), consideration (see H. Res. 245), H10847 [25OC]

———increase normal and early retirement ages (see S. 818), S6912 [18MY]

———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]

———maintenance and protection of system (see H. Con. Res. 78), H6200 [21JN]

———permit coverage of outpatient physical therapy services under medicare and medicaid without a physician's referral (see H.R. 1746), H5622 [6JN]

———provide remedies for failure to report information on earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 1183), H2988 [9MR]

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

———reduction in benefits relative to certain Government pensions (see H.R. 2167), H8308 [2AU]

———solvency of old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program (see S. 825), S6912 [18MY]

———tax treatment of benefits (see S. 30, 50), S48, S49 [4JA]

———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]

———tribute to Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program (see H. Res. 209), H8309 [2AU]

Social Security Act: anniversary (see S. Res. 165), S12370 [11AU]

SSI: financial incentives for nonprofit organizations to seek eligible recipients (see H.R. 1664), H5190 [17MY]

States: tax treatment of certain pension income (see S. 44; H.R. 371, 394, 744), S48 [4JA], H174 [9JA], H890 [30JA]

Taxation: availability of individual retirement accounts (see S. 1310), S15033 [11OC]

———deny Federal tax return information to States which impose pension taxes on non-residents (see H.R. 1762), H5690 [7JN]

———dependent care expenses (see S. 410), S2647 [14FE]

———establishment of simple retirement accounts (see H.R. 2584), H11767 [2NO]

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

———permit loans from individual retirement accounts for housing, education, and medical emergencies (see H.R. 2431), H9737 [29SE]

———simplify reporting requirements for pension payments (see S. 1006), S9516 [30JN]

———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 pensions (see H.R. 2037), H7011 [13JY]

———treatment of Retirement Years Savings Accounts (see H.R. 2365), H9245 [19SE]

———treatment of senior citizen individual retirement account contributions (see S. 807), S6750 [16MY]

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

———restrict clothing allowance payments for incarcerated veterans and assess disability benefits to veterans in nursing homes (see S. 995; H.R. 2155), S9421 [29JN], H8174 [1AU]

Commentaries

Commentary on Time Magazine's Cover Story on the Social Security Program: Robert J. Myers, S5018-S5020 [31MR]

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

Conference reports

Permit Medicare Select Policies To Be Offered In All States (H.R. 483), H6256 [22JN]

Cost Estimates

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

Descriptions

Proposal To Increase Social Security Retirement Earning Limit, S18732 [15DE]

Documents

Treatment of Social Security as Off-Budget (1990), S3317 [2MR]

U.S. Code Section on Budget Treatment of Social Security Trust Funds, S18326 [11DE]

Excerpts

Off-budget status of Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Trust Funds of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, S17123 [16NO]

Explanations

State Tax Treatment of Certain Pension Income (H.R. 394), H14974 [18DE]

Factsheets

Balanced Budget Amendment Exemption Would Imperil Social Security: Congressional Leaders United for a Balanced Budget, S3350 [2MR]

How the Balanced Budget Amendment Protects Social Security: Congressional Leaders United for a Balanced Budget, S3350 [2MR]

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

Mental Illness in America, S1849 [31JA]

Treatment of Social Security Under a Constitutional Amendment To Require Balanced Budget: Congressional Leaders United for a Balanced Budget (organization), S2476 [10FE]

Histories

Iowa Senior Community Service Employment Program Case, S5356 [6AP]

Letters

Budget treatment of Social Security trust funds: John Rother, American Association of Retired Persons, S4427 [23MR]

Constitutional amendment to require a balanced budget relative to treatment of Social Security Trust funds: Kenneth R. Thomas, Congressional Research Service, S18327 [11DE]

———several Senators, S18328 [11DE]

Expand coverage of medicare part B preventive care benefits: several health organizations, E2362 [14DE]

Federal nursing home standards: David Banks, Beverly Enterprises, Inc., S16944 [13NO]

———Elma L. Holder, National Citizens' Coalition for Nursing Home Reform, S16945 [13NO], S17281 [17NO]

———John J. Sweeney, Service Employees International Union, S17283 [17NO]

———National Association of State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program, S16945 [13NO]

———several health and union organizations, S15657 [25OC]

———Toby S. Edelman, National Senior Citizens Law Center, S16952 [13NO]

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

———Mary F. Daivs, S10434 [20JY]

Health insurance policies, E892 [1MY]

Housing for Older Persons Act: Martin Corry, American Association of Retired Persons, S18066 [6DE]

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

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 select policies: Senator Dole, S6788 [17MY]

———Senator Rockefeller, S6788 [17MY]

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]

National Council of Senior Citizens membership: Marjorie McDonald, National Council of Senior Citizens, H11737 [2NO]

Pension Simplification Act: Jack Faris, National Federation of Independent Business, S9526 [30JN]

———Paula A. Calimafde, Small Business Council of America, S9526 [30JN]

———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S9526 [30JN]

Permit medicare select policies to be offered in all States: Bruce C. Vladeck, Dept. of HHS, H4367 [6AP]

———Gail Shearer, Consumers Union, H4390 [6AP]

———Raymond C. Scheppach, Carl Tubbesing, and Kevin T. Cronin, H4386, H4388 [6AP]

Proposal to increase Social Security retirement earning limit: John D. Hawke, Jr., Dept. of the Treasury, S18733 [15DE]

Senior citizen nutrition programs: Mary desVignes-Kendrick, Houston, TX, Dept. of Health and Human Services, H1541 [9FE]

Senior Community Service Employment Program funding: Lawrence T. Smedley, National Council of Senior Citizens, S5349 [6AP]

Social Security earnings limit: Cheryll Schramm, National Association of Area Agencies on Aging, S15786 [26OC]

———Daniel A. Quirk, National Association of State Units on Aging, S15786 [26OC]

———Daniel Thursz, National Council on the Aging, Inc., S15785 [26OC]

———Dianna Morgan, Walt Disney World Co., S15785 [26OC]

———Harold Price, National Association of Retired Federal Employees, S15786 [26OC]

———Jake Hansen, Seniors Coalition, S15785 [26OC]

———James D. Staton, Air Force Sergeants Association, S15785 [26OC]

———John M. Adams, Retired Enlisted Association, S15786 [26OC]

———June E. O'Neill, CBO, S16586 [2NO]

———Lawrence T. Smedley, National Council of Senior Citizens, S15785 [26OC]

———Lou Glasse, Older Women's League, S15785 [26OC]

———Mark E. Talisman, Council of Jewish Federations, S15785 [26OC]

———Martha A. McSteen, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S15786 [26OC]

Treatment of Social Security under a constitutional amendment to require balanced budget: Horace B. Deets, American Association of Retired Persons, S3237 [28FE]

———Jake Hansen, Seniors Coalition, S2475 [10FE]

———James L. Martin, 60 Plus (organization), S3348 [2MR]

———James L. Martin, Tax Fairness for Seniors (organization), S2474 [10FE]

———Kenneth R. Thomas, Congressional Research Service, S2364 [9FE], S3238 [28FE]

———Kimberly Schuld, Seniors Coalition, S3444 [3MR]

———Martha A. McSteen, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S1901 [1FE], S2551 [13FE], S3238 [28FE]

———Robert J. Myers, S2477 [10FE], S3346 [2MR]

———Robert M. Ball, S3012 [23FE]

———Senator Simon, S2477 [10FE]

———several Senators, S3316 [2MR]

Unfunded Mandate Reform Act: Carol M. Browner, EPA, S1504 [25JA]

Veterans' Benefits Reform Act: Jesse Brown, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S9442 [29JN]

Lists

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

Committee on the Budget (Senate) rollcall vote on Hollings motion to report the Social Security Preservation Act (1990), S16960 [13NO], S18327 [11DE]

Congressional hearings and reports relative to enactment of Nursing Home Reform Act, S15667 [25OC]

Minnesota delegates to the White House Conference on Aging, S7132 [22MY]

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

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

Reasons to support the Senior Community Service Employment Program, S5356 [6AP]

Rollcall vote on concurrent budget resolution (H.R. 2491): Graham motion to instruct conferees (treatment of Social Security trust funds), S18327 [11DE]

Rollcall vote on the Hollings/Heinz amendment on the Social Security Trust Fund (1990), S16960 [13NO], S18327 [11DE]

Memorandums

Federal Nursing Home Standards: Toby S. Edelman, Nursing Home National Seniors Center, S17281-S17283 [17NO]

Treatment of Social Security Under a Constitutional Amendment To Require Balanced Budget: David Keating, National Taxpayers Union, S3348 [2MR]

———Seniors Coalition, S3348 [2MR]

Messages

Federal Council on the Aging: President Clinton, S3679 [8MR], H2817 [8MR]

U.S.-Germany Supplementary Agreement on Social Security: President Clinton, S14882 [10OC], H9764 [10OC]

Motions

Medicare: permit select policies to be offered in all States (H.R. 483), H5578 [25MY]

———reform (H.R. 2425), H10462 [19OC]

Social Security: increase earnings limit (S. 1372), S16587 [2NO]

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]

Poems

``Nation Needs Your Lunch,'' Representative Owens, E774 [4AP]

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]

Medicare, Medicaid, and Nursing Home Provisions of the Budget Reconciliation: American Association of Retired Persons, S17281 [17NO]

New Poll Finds Senior American Investors Support Securities Litigation Reform, S9041 [26JN]

Treatment of Social Security Under a Constitutional Amendment to Require Balanced Budget: Seniors Coalition, S2475 [10FE]

Proposals

Impact of school-based nutrition block grants on nutrition programs funding in Texas, H2149 [23FE]

Remarks in House

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research: funding, H8413, H8414 [3AU]

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

Budget: balance, H4674 [10MY]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), H694 [26JA]

———treatment of Social Security under a constitutional amendment to require balanced, H248 [17JA], H596, H599, H600 [25JA], H696, H697, H698, H699, H781, H782 [26JA], H842 [30JA], H2490, H2491, H2492, H2493 [2MR], H2644 [3MR]

———treatment of Social Security under a constitutional amendment to require balanced (H. Con. Res. 17), H551 [24JA], H619-H628 [25JA]

———treatment of Social Security under a constitutional amendment to require balanced (H. Con. Res. 17), consideration (H. Res. 44), H605-H619 [25JA]

Bushwick, NY: anniversary of Ridgewood-Bushwick Senior Citizens Center, E241 [1FE]

Castro Valley, CA: tribute to centenarians, E1057 [17MY]

Civil rights: exempt protections from moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions, H2142, H2143 [23FE], H2206 [24FE]

Columbus Council No. 126: anniversary, E938 [3MY]

Contra Costa County, CA: tribute to Kids Who Care (organization), E1288 [19JN]

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

Crime: consumer fraud (H.R. 1499), E869 [7AP]

Dept. of HUD: senior citizen housing regulations, H2182 [24FE], H2731 [7MR]

Drugs: revise drug approval process, E1932 [12OC]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H6649 [29JN]

———national private savings rate, E1400 [10JY]

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

Federal aid programs: funding, H8324, H8326, H8328 [3AU]

———nutrition, health, and economic consequences of block grants for Federal food assistance programs, H784, H785 [26JA]

Federal-State relations: exempt Older Americans Act protections from unfunded Federal mandates refrom, H873-H875 [30JA]

———include age among discrimination factors not covered by bans on unfunded Federal mandates, H557-H560 [24JA]

Food: nutrition programs relative to work requirements, H1146 [2FE], H1541 [9FE]

Greeb Thumb: tribute to senior employment training program, H8324 [3AU]

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

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

———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. 996), E402 [22FE]

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

Holland Christian Home: anniversary, E935 [3MY]

House of Representatives: actions taken against senior citizens demonstrating against medicare reform, H9900-H9903 [12OC]

Housing: exemption of the elderly and disabled from public housing rent increases, H7860, H7863-H7865 [27JY]

———funding for services coordinators to assist elderly and disabled residents, H7840 [27JY]

———modify discrimination prohibitions granted for older persons (H.R. 660), H4360-H4365 [6AP], H14966-H14972 [18DE]

———modify discrimination prohibitions granted for older persons (H.R. 660), consideration (H. Res. 126), H4356-H4359 [6AP]

———prevent persons with drug or alcohol problems from occupying units in housing projects for elderly families (H.R. 117), H10648-H10661 [24OC]

Insurance: prohibit health insurance 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]

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

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

Lutza, George and Carol S.: Van Nuys, CA, Bernardi Senior Center Community Service Award recipients, E1337 [27JN]

Macon, IL: anniversary of the Eastern Star Nursing Home, E1204 [8JN]

Medicaid: reform, H5380 [23MY]

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]

———develop percentage increases to assure quality services in dependent hospitals and other beneficiary facilities (H.R. 1651), E1047 [16MY]

———expand coverage of part B preventive care benefits (H.R. 2777), E2361 [14DE]

———funding relative to unfunded Federal mandates reform, H871, H872 [30JA]

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

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

———permit select policies to be offered in all States (H.R. 483), H4374, H4383-H4394 [6AP], E76 [11JA]

———permit select policies to be offered in all States (H.R. 483), conference report, H6666-H6675 [30JN]

———permit select policies to be offered in all States (H.R. 483), consideration (H. Res. 130), H4366-H4373 [6AP]

———permit select policies to be offered in all States (H.R. 483), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 180), H6661-H6666 [30JN]

———permit select policies to be offered in all States (H.R. 483), motion to instruct conferees, H5577-H5586 [25MY]

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

———preservation of program, H810 [27JA], 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]

———reimbursement for services provided to eligible individuals by military or veterans hospitals (H.R. 861), E739 [30MR]

———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: payment integrity (H.R. 2280), E1741 [8SE]

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

Michigan: tribute to Retired and Senior Volunteers Program, E1071 [18MY]

Motor vehicles: improve traffic safety performance of high risk drivers (H.R. 1866), E1271 [16JN]

NASA: funding for the Congregate Housing Services Program through rescissions, H3218, H3219 [15MR]

National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month: observance, E2086 [1NO]

National Association of Retired Federal Employees: anniversary, E593 [14MR]

National Council of Jewish Women: anniversary, E2322 [8DE]

National Council of Senior Citizens: Federal grants, H9253 [20SE], H11736 [2NO]

National Eldercare Institute on Older Women: tribute to National Conference on Older Women, E202 [27JA]

National Senior Center Week: observance, E1059 [17MY]

National Senior Volunteer Corps: funding, H8407, H8408 [3AU]

North Miami Foundation for Senior Citizens, Inc.: tribute, E693 [24MR]

Nursing homes: Federal standards, H10812, H10835 [25OC]

Ohio: tribute to the Otterbein-Leipsic Retirement Community, E1565 [31JY]

Older Americans Act: reauthorize (H.R. 2056), E1458 [18JY]

———reauthorize (H.R. 2570), E2093 [2NO]

Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration: funding, H8222 [2AU]

Pharmaceuticals: improving child-proof medicine caps, H6048 [16JN]

Pico Rivera, CA: tribute to World War II veterans at Villa Nueva Senior Park, E2132 [8NO]

Postal Service: solicitation of money from seniors through the mail by fraudulent organizations, H9599 [28SE]

Public welfare programs: funding for nutrition programs, H664, H665, H671, H675 [25JA], H1912 [21FE], H2149, H2157 [23FE], H2180, H2181, H2182, H2215 [24FE], H2227, H2233 [27FE], H2312, H2316, H2317, H2318, H2319, H2320, H2321 [28FE], H2396, H2397, H2398, H2399, H2400, H2401, H2473 [1MR], H2578 [2MR], H2586, H2587, H2588, H2589 [3MR], H2657, H2658, H2659, H2661, H2707-H2709 [6MR], H2729, H2730, H2731, H2732, H2733, H2734, H2735, H2793, H2805-H2809 [7MR], H2814, H2815, H2816, H2817, H2889 [8MR], H2897, H2898, H2899, H2900, H2968, H2972, H2973, H2977 [9MR], H2992, H2993, H2994 [10MR], H3090, H3093, H3095, H3096, H3125-H3140 [14MR], H3158, H3159, H3162 [15MR], H3318-H3325 [16MR], H3330, H3332, H3335 [21MR], H3420, H3422, H3423, H3424, H3425, H3520, H3530-H3545, H3547-H3550, H3554-H3557 [22MR], H3576-H3719 [23MR], H3739-H3742, H3777-H3784 [24MR], H3870-H3874 [28MR], H4145 [4AP], H5547 [24MY], H5778 [13JN], H7246 [19JY], H7376 [20JY], H7444 [21JY], H9906 [12OC], H12069 [9NO], H12186 [13NO], H15182 [19DE], H15509 [21DE], E515 [3MR], E593 [14MR], E601 [15MR], E690 [24MR], E774 [4AP]

———funding for senior citizen nutrition programs, E1648 [5AU]

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], H11832, H11835 [8NO], E833 [7AP]

Senior Environmental Employment Program: funding, H8038-H8040 [31JY]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H4114, H4115, H4116, H4119, H4159, H4161, H4163 [4AP], H5555 [24MY], H12333, H12334 [14NO], H13707 [28NO], H13767, H13770, H13772, H13773 [29NO], E594 [14MR], E2194 [16NO], E2256 [29NO]

———computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (H.R. 240), E55 [5JA]

———earnings test for retirement age individuals, H4188, H4191, H4249, H4251, H4258, H4263, H4264 [5AP], E778 [4AP]

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 243), E37 [5JA]

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 374), E23 [4JA]

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

———increase earnings limit, E2096 [2NO]

———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]

———increase earnings limit (H. Con. Res. 109), H10868-H10872 [26OC], E2048 [26OC], E2068 [30OC]

———increase earnings limit (H. Con. Res. 109), consideration (H. Res. 245), H10853-H10868 [26OC]

———increase earnings limit (H.R. 2668), H13351 [20NO], E2219 [20NO]

———increase earnings limit (H.R. 2684), H13844 [30NO], H13872 [4DE], H13962-H13971 [5DE], H14144 [6DE], E2298 [6DE], E2346 [13DE], E2398, E2415 [19DE]

———maintain link between senior citizen and blind persons earnings test limit, H13965, H13966, H13969 [5DE]

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

———tribute to Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program (H. Res. 209), H8180 [2AU]

Social Security Administration: tribute to centenarians, E1033, E1036 [15MY]

SSI: financial incentives for nonprofit organizations to seek eligible recipients (H.R. 1664), E1063 [17MY]

States: administration of block grant programs, H10849, H10850 [26OC]

———tax treatment of certain pension income (H.R. 371), E20 [4JA]

———tax treatment of certain pension income (H.R. 394), H14972-H14975 [18DE], E42 [5JA]

Taxation: rates, H11981 [9NO]

———rates (H.R. 1215), E872 [7AP]

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

———treatment of pensions (H.R. 2037), E1656 [5AU]

Tucson, AZ: Tucson VA Nursing Home recipient of the Contemporary Long Term Care Order of Excellence for Best Nursing Home, E2340 [12DE]

West Valley City, UT: tribute to Green Thumb Senior Community Service Employment Program, E1917 [11OC]

Wyckoff, NJ: tribute to Evergreen Court senior housing project, E2370 [14DE]

Remarks in Senate

American Association of Retired Persons: nonprofit status relative to taxation and mass mailings, S16457 [1NO]

Bipartisan Commission on Entitlements and Tax Reform: report, S1690-S1695 [27JA]

Broward County, FL: Dr. Nan S. Hutchison Broward Senior Hall of Fame inductees, S5613 [24AP]

Budget: treatment of Social Security under a constitutional amendment to require balanced, S1336 [23JA], S1583-S1598 [26JA], S1900-S1910, S1914-S1919, S1963 [1FE], S2308-S2324, S2326 [8FE], S2355-S2392, S2394-S2397 [9FE], S2449-S2453, S2457-S2462, S2465-S2480 [10FE], S2538-S2564 [13FE], S2583-S2595 [14FE], S2794, S2795 [16FE], S2995, S3009-S3014, S3022, S3028-S3033 [23FE], S3179-S3185, S3203, S3209 [27FE], S3236-S3240, S3301, S3302 [28FE], S3316 [2MR], S3443-S3445, S3449-S3451, S3453, S3456-S3459 [3MR], S3485-S3489 [6MR], S3573-S3575 [7MR], S3825, S3826, S3827-S3829 [13MR], S4562-S4564 [24MR]

———treatment of Social Security under a constitutional amendment to require balanced (S. 290), S1638 [26JA], S1730 [30JA]

Clifton, NJ: anniversary of Daughters of Miriam Center for the Aged, S18668 [14DE]

Community service: expand the availability of qualified organizations for frail elderly community projects (S. 990), S9434 [29JN]

Diseases: research for Alzheimer's disease, S9732 [12JY]

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

———litigation relative to termination or reduction of retiree health benefits (S. 588), S4366 [22MR]

Federal aid programs: ensure social work students and schools are eligible for certain programs' support and grants, and establish a social work training program (S. 66), S284 [4JA]

Federal employees: review of pension benefits, S6575 [12MY]

Federal-State relations: include age among discrimination factors not covered by bans on unfunded Federal mandates, S1187-S1189 [19JA]

———protection of children, pregnant women, and the elderly relative to ban on unfunded Federal mandates, S1401-S1407 [24JA], S1504-S1517 [25JA]

Fleming, Margaret: appointment to be a delegate to the White House Conference on Aging, S960 [17JA]

Health: 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. 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]

———provide for home and community-based services for individuals with disabilities (S. 85), S294-S297 [4JA], S16090-S16093 [27OC]

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

Housing: improve senior citizen housing safety (S. 247), S1232 [19JA]

———modify discrimination prohibitions granted for older persons (H.R. 660), S18063-S18071 [6DE]

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

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

———offset revenues from tax deductions for advertising of tobacco products, S16029 [27OC]

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]

———determination of part B premium, S16886-S16892 [9NO]

———develop percentage increases to assure quality services in dependent hospitals and other beneficiary facilities (S. 832), S7015 [19MY]

———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]

———permit select policies to be offered in all States (H.R. 483), S5538 [7AP], S5614 [24AP], S6784-S6792, S6794-S6797 [17MY], S7696 [5JN]

———permit select policies to be offered in all States (H.R. 483), conference report, S9087-S9089 [26JN]

———permit select policies to be offered in all States (H.R. 483), corrections in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 19), S9089 [26JN]

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

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

———preservation of program, S1796 [31JA]

———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 [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]

———restrictions on services provided by clinical psychologists or social workers in outpatient rehabilitation facilities (S. 62), S282 [4JA]

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

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

North Miami Foundation for Senior Citizens, Inc.: tribute, S4091 [16MR]

Nursing homes: Federal standards, S15000-S15005 [11OC], S15656, S15657, S15666-S15669 [25OC], S15714, S15717, S15720, S15722, S15823-S15825 [26OC], S15987, S16041, S16044, S16046, S16056 [27OC], S16591, S16592 [2NO], S16944-S16953, S16988, S16989 [13NO], S17280-S17284 [17NO], S17673 [28NO]

Older Americans Act: reauthorize (S. 1447), S18018 [5DE]

Pensions: annuity computation for Members of Congress and Federal employees (S. 819), S6913-S6916 [18MY]

———limitations on cost-of-living adjustments for Social Security beneficiaries and Federal and military retirees (S. 822), S6913-S6916 [18MY]

Public welfare programs: exempt elderly, disabled, and children from optional State food assistance block grants, S13635, S13636 [15SE]

———funding for nutrition programs, S2991, S2992 [23FE], S3139, S3140, S3142 [27FE], S4004 [16MR], S4559-S4562 [24MR], S5091-S5094 [4AP], S5237 [5AP], S6473 [11MY], S7323 [24MY], S13690, S13692 [18SE], S15087 [12OC], S15360 [19OC]

———funding for nutrition programs (S. 904), S8098 [9JN]

———reform, S1568-S1571 [26JA]

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

Securities: instruct the SEC to report to Congress on whether senior citizens and retirement plans need enhanced protection from securities fraud, S9050-S9057, S9073, S9074 [26JN]

Senior Community Service Employment Program: funding, S13491-S13495 [13SE]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, S3769 [10MR], S4123-S4129 [17MR], S4178 [20MR], S4427 [23MR], S4741 [28MR], S5209 [5AP], S5733 [26AP], S5873 [1MY], S7207, S7208 [23MY], S7327 [24MY], S7454 [25MY], S15436, S15440, S15441, S15463, S15490 [23OC], S15508, S15510 [24OC], S16047, S16049 [27OC], S16959-S16967, S16986, S16987, S16990 [13NO], S17121-S17123, S17129-S17138, S17144 [16NO]

———earnings test for retirement age individuals (S. 252), S1271 [20JA]

———earnings test for retirement age individuals (S. 31), S225, S226 [4JA]

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

———increase earnings limit, S15783, S15786 [26OC]

———increase earnings limit (S. 1372), S16442 [31OC], S16575, S16577-S16589, S16620 [2NO]

———increase earnings limit (S. 1432), S17674 [28NO]

———increase earnings limit (S. 1440), S17869 [30NO]

———increase earnings limit (S. 1470), S18443 [12DE], S18553 [13DE], S18732 [15DE]

———increase normal and early retirement ages (S. 818), S6913-S6916 [18MY]

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

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

———solvency of old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program (S. 825), S6913-S6916 [18MY]

———tax treatment of benefits (S. 50), S273-S275 [4JA]

———trustee's report, S5165 [5AP]

Social Security Act: anniversary (S. Res. 165), S12518 [11AU]

Social Security Administration: establish as an independent agency, S5018 [31MR]

States: tax treatment of certain pension income (H.R. 394), S19129 [21DE], S19235, S19273 [22DE], S19296 [27DE]

———tax treatment of certain pension income (H.R. 394), placed on calendar, S19019 [20DE]

———tax treatment of certain pension income (S. 44), S254 [4JA], S5078 [3AP]

Taxation: availability of individual retirement accounts (S. 1310), S15035 [11OC]

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

———simplify reporting requirements for pension payments (S. 1006), S9517, S9526, S9527 [30JN]

———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]

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

———restrict clothing allowance payments for incarcerated veterans and assess disability benefits to veterans in nursing homes (S. 995), S9441 [29JN]

White House Conference on Aging: convene, S6014 [2MY], S6224 [5MY], S7131 [22MY]

Reports

Cost Estimate of Increase of the Earning Limit on Social Security: CBO, S16586 [2NO]

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]

Reasons Why Nursing Home Reform Provisions Should Be Repealed, S16953 [13NO]

Treatment of Social Security Under a Constitutional Amendment To Require Balanced Budget: David Koitz, Congressional Research Service, S2477-S2480 [10FE]

Reports filed

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 483, Permit Medicare Select Policies To Be Offered in All States: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 180) (H. Rept. 104-169), H6655 [29JN]

Consideration of H. Con. Res. 17, Treatment of Social Security Under a Constitutional Amendment To Require a Balanced Budget: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 44) (H. Rept. 104-4), H592 [24JA]

Consideration of H. Con. Res. 109, Increase Social Security Earnings Limit: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 245) (H. Rept. 104-292), H10847 [25OC]

Consideration of H.R. 483, Permit Medicare Select Policies To Be Offered in All States: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 130) (H. Rept. 104-103), H4334 [5AP]

Consideration of H.R. 660, Housing for Older Persons Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 126) (H. Rept. 104-98), H4104 [3AP]

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

Housing for Older Persons Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 660) (H. Rept. 104-91), H3878 [28MR]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (H.R. 660) (S. Rept. 104-172), S16919 [9NO]

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]

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]

Permit Medicare Select Policies To Be Offered in All States: Committee of Conference (H.R. 483) (H. Rept. 104-157), H6269 [22JN]

———Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 483) (H. Rept. 104-79), H4413 [6AP]

Permit Select Medicare Policies To Be Offered in All States: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 483) (H. Rept. 104-79), H3275 [15MR]

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]

Senior Citizen Housing Safety and Economic Relief Act: Committee on Banking and Financial Services (House) (H.R. 117) (H. Rept. 104-281), H10306 [18OC]

Social Security Earnings Limit Increase: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1470), S18737 [15DE]

———Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2684) (H. Rept. 104-379), H13929 [4DE]

State Tax Treatment of Certain Pension Income: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 394) (H. Rept. 104-389), H14237 [7DE]

Reports to constituents

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

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

Resolutions by organizations

Medicare and medicaid protection: White House Conference on Aging, S6224 [5MY]

Rulings of the Chair

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

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

Statements

Federal Nursing Home Standards: Stewart Bainum, Jr., S15657 [25OC], S16944 [13NO]

National Council of Senior Citizens Background and Policies: National Council of Senior Citizens, H11737 [2NO]

Studies

In Short Supply—The Growing Affordable Housing Gap: Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, H7823 [27JY]

Summaries

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

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

Consideration of H. Con. Res. 109, Social Security Earnings Limit (H. Res. 245), H10854 [26OC]

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

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

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

Long-Term Care Reform and Deficit Reduction Act (S. 85), S306 [4JA]

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

Medicare Reform, S16008 [27OC]

Medicare Reform Plan, E1961 [17OC]

Nutrition Assistance Reform Act (S. 904), S8109 [9JN]

Off-Budget Status of Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Trust Funds, S4319 [22MR]

Pension Simplification Act (S. 1006), S9525 [30JN]

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

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

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]

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

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

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]

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

Medicare select policies, H4390 [6AP]

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]

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]

Senior Environmental Employment Program appropriations, H8039 [31JY]

Testimonies

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]

Treatment of Social Security Under a Constitutional Amendment To Require Balanced Budget: Jake Hansen, Seniors Coalition, S2475 [10FE], S3347 [2MR]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 17, treatment of Social Security under a constitutional amendment to require balanced budget, H619 [25JA]

H. Res. 44, consideration of H. Con. Res. 17, treatment of Social Security under a constitutional amendment to require a balanced budget, and H.J. Res. 1, constitutional amendment to require a balanced budget, H605 [25JA]

H. Res. 126, consideration of H.R. 660, Housing for Older Persons Act, H4356 [6AP]

H. Res. 130, consideration of H.R. 483, permit select medicare policies to be offered in all States, H4366 [6AP]

H. Res. 180, consideration of conference report on H.R. 483, permit medicare select policies to be offered in all States, H6661 [30JN]

H. Res. 238, consideration of H.R. 2425, medicare reform, H10314 [19OC]

H. Res. 245, consideration of H. Con. Res. 109, Social Security earnings limit, H10853 [26OC]

H.R. 117, Senior Citizen Housing Safety and Economic Relief Act, H10648-H10650 [24OC]

H.R. 394, State tax treatment of certain pension income, H14972 [18DE]

H.R. 483, permit medicare select policies to be offered in all States, S6797 [17MY]

H.R. 660, Housing for Older Persons Act, S18064 [6DE], H14966 [18DE]

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. 1651, Medicare Dependent Hospital Relief Act, E1048 [16MY]

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. 2684, Senior Citizens' Right to Work Act, H13962-H13965 [5DE]

S. 18, Health Care Assurance Act, S195-S209 [4JA]

S. 62, restrictions on services provided by clinical psychologists or social workers in outpatient rehabilitation facilities under medicare, S282 [4JA]

S. 63, improved medicare reimbursement for clinical social worker services, S283 [4JA]

S. 66, ensure social work students and schools are eligible for certain programs' support and grants, and establish a social work training program, S284 [4JA]

S. 85, Long-Term Care Reform and Deficit Reduction Act, S298-S306 [4JA]

S. 142, Public Health Enhancement Act, S398-S401 [4JA]

S. 247, Senior Citizen Housing Safety Act, S1232 [19JA]

S. 252, Older Americans' Freedom To Work Act, S1272 [20JA]

S. 294, Access to Affordable Health Care Act, S1762-S1786 [30JA]

S. 308, Health Partnership Act, S1923-S1943 [1FE]

S. 569, Medicare Protection Act, S4101 [16MR]

S. 588, Retiree Health Benefits Protection Act, S4367 [22MR]

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. 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. 832, Medicare Dependent Hospital Relief Act, S7015 [19MY]

S. 904, Nutrition Assistance Reform Act, S8099-S8109 [9JN]

S. 933, national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S8506 [15JN]

S. 990, PACE Provider Act, S9434-S9436 [29JN]

S. 995, Veterans' Benefits Reform Act, S9442 [29JN]

S. 1006, Pension Simplification Act, S9517-S9525 [30JN]

S. 1024, Medicare Health Care Quality Act, S9802-S9805 [12JY]

S. 1107, Retiree Continuation Coverage Act, S11204 [2AU]

S. 1181, Medicare PET Coverage Act, S12371 [11AU]

S. 1255, Medicare Contractor Reform Act, S13740-S13742 [18SE]

S. 1299, Bringing Opportunity To Our Small Business and Taxpayers Act, S14885-S14898 [10OC]

S. 1310, Savings and Investment Incentive Act, S15036-S15038 [11OC]

S. 1325, Medicare Whistleblower Act, S15233 [17OC]

S. 1409, Home Equity Conversion Mortgage Act, S17003 [13NO]

S. 1447, Older Americans Act reauthorization, S18018-S18028 [5DE]

S. Con. Res. 19, corrections in enrollment of H.R. 483, permit medicare select policies to be offered in all States, S9089, S9101 [26JN]

S. Res. 144, national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S9466 [29JN]

S. Res. 165, Social Security Act anniversary, S12412, S12518 [11AU]