HEALTH INSURANCE REFORM ACT

Amendments

Enact (S. 1028), S3492 [17AP], S3558, S3573, S3583, S3592, S3597, S3599, S3600, S3601, S3602, S3603, S3604, S3605, S3609, S3634, S3642, S3661, S3662, S3663, S3670, S3675, S3678, S3679 [18AP]

Articles and editorials

Congress Can Follow County Lead on Medical Savings Account, S3535 [18AP]

Costly Oversight—Fine Print in GATT Law Could Cost Zantac Users Millions, S3582 [18AP]

Way Out of Soviet-Style Health Care, S3540, S3555 [18AP]

Zantac Windfall, S3580 [18AP]

Bills and resolutions

Enact (see S. 1698), S4063 [24AP]

Cost Estimates

Provisions (S. 1028): Intergovernmental Mandates, S3481 [17AP]

———Private Sector Mandates, S3481-S3484 [17AP]

Letters

CBO cost estimates: James L. Blum, CBO, S3480 [17AP]

———June E. O'Neill, CBO, S3480 [17AP]

GATT implementation relative to the generic drug industry: Cathy L. Hurwit, Citizen Action (organization), S3581 [18AP]

———Cynthia Pearson, National Women's Health Network, S3580 [18AP]

———Dixie D. Horning, S3581 [18AP]

———Generic Drug Equity Coalition, S3581 [18AP]

———Martha A. McSteen, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S3580 [18AP]

———Mern Horan, Consumer Federation of America, S3581 [18AP]

———Thair Phillips, Seniors Coalition, S3580 [18AP]

———Theresa Amato, Citizen Advocacy Center, S3581 [18AP]

Health care reform: Elaine Z. Graham and Christina M. Howard, National Restaurant Association, S3573 [18AP]

———Jerry Jasinowski, National Association of Manufacturers, S3573 [18AP]

———Senator Kennedy, S3531 [18AP]

———Senator Wyden, S3531 [18AP]

Medical savings account programs: Cecil E. Roberts, United Mine Workers of America, S3559 [18AP]

———Dan Reitz, United Mine Workers of America, S3824 [23AP]

———Representatives Jacobs, Lipinski, and Poshard, S3823 [23AP]

———Representatives Torricelli and Jacobs, S3823 [23AP]

———several Senators, S3534 [18AP], S3824 [23AP]

Remarks in House

Enact (S. 1028), H4170-H4172 [30AP]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of HHS: require study on evaluation of access and choice of health care providers, S3603 [18AP]

Enact (H.R. 3103), S3817-S3833 [23AP]

Enact (S. 1028), S3480 [17AP], S3510-S3575, S3578-S3613 [18AP], S3736, S3738 [19AP], S4004 [24AP], S4114 [25AP]

———unanimous-consent agreement, S3583, S3588 [18AP]

Enact (S. 1698), S4092 [24AP]

ERISA: multiple employer welfare arrangements providing health plan benefits, S3521 [18AP]

GATT: implementation relative to generic drug industry, S3574, S3578-S3583 [18AP]

Health: ensure adequate health care coverage for all children and pregnant women, S3601, S3602 [18AP]

———include organ and tissue donation information with income tax refund payments, S3602, S3611 [18AP]

———liability for biomaterials, S3606 [18AP]

———medical savings account programs, S3552 [18AP]

Health care professionals: receiving of bonuses relative to withholding of treatment from patients, S3600, S3606 [18AP]

Insurance: estabilsh minimum amount that may be applied as lifetime limit relative to coverage under group health coverage, S3584-S3587 [18AP]

———health insurance coverage continuity and portability and preexisting condition exclusions, S3510-S3520, S3524-S3532, S3538-S3544, S3545-S3551 [18AP]

Reports

State Regulation of Health Plans: Jonathan Ratner, GAO, S3520 [18AP]

Texts of

H.R. 3103, provisions, S3836-S3864 [23AP]

S. 1028, provisions, S3503-S3510 [18AP]

Transcripts

Medical Savings Account Programs: ``Equal Time'', CNBC (cable network), S3824 [23AP]