SOCIAL SECURITY related term(s) Public Welfare Programs

Addresses

Personalizing Social Security—Unplugging the Third Rail: James L. Martin, 60 Plus Association, E2128-E2130 [30OC]

Amendments

Death and dying: prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (S. 304), S1323 [12FE]

Analyses

Home Health Care Prospective Payment Act (S. 913), S6094 [23JN]

Medicare Coverage for Skilled Nursing Facility Services (S. 914), S6095 [23JN]

Medicare Modernization and Patient Protection Act (S. 386), S1833-S1835 [3MR]

Treatment of Social Security Under Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment: Concord Coalition, S1533 [25FE]

Appointments

Social Security Advisory Board, H924 [12MR]

Articles and editorials

After Decades, Uncle Sam Tells Elderly Noncitizens We Won't Help You Anymore—Uncle Sam Rolling Up Welcome Mat, S2638 [20MR]

Amid Welfare Cuts, States Try To Aid Immigrants, S2237 [13MR]

Blacks Need Better Access to Screening Tests for Cancer, E988 [20MY]

Catastrophe Awaits, S2637 [20MR]

Clinton Promises, E986 [20MY]

College Off Limits in Welfare Plan, S6331 [25JN]

Confused by Law, Nursing Homes Bar Legal Immigrants—Fear Over Lost Benefits, S3562 [23AP]

Forgotten Tax, S3308 [17AP]

Freedom of Choice on Medical Care, S12081 [8NO]

Giving Older Consumers Better Info on Health Care Benefits, S5008 [22MY]

Hot New Job in Health Care—In-House Cop, E1930 [2OC]

Hundreds of Non-Citizens Here Legally Face Aid Loss, S2127 [11MR]

In Stocks and Social Security, a Free Lunch Is Pure Fantasy, E129 [4FE]

Inappropriate Drug Prescriptions for Elderly Residents of Board and Care Facilities, E810 [1MY]

Just How Sick Was Rebecca Badger? Jack Kevorkian Helped End Her Life, and That's When the Questions Began, S3254 [16AP]

Life and Death With Dignity, S11456 [30OC]

Medicare Abuses Spark Cry for Anti-Fraud Law, E1978 [8OC]

Medicare Outpatient Debacle—Hospitals Allowed To Charge More for Outpatient Care, E123 [4FE]

Medicare—Let's Fix It, S1727 [27FE]

Oklahoma's Poor Get the Message—Opt Out of the Welfare System, E355 [3MR]

Older Immigrants Face Welfare Dilemma, S2237 [13MR]

On Their Own—Elderly, Ailing Noncitizens Face Loss of Federal Benefits, S2126 [11MR]

Overwhelmed by Overhaul, S2236 [13MR]

Partial Hospitalization Coverage, E1979 [8OC]

Quirk in Medicare Law Yields Bigger Bills for Outpatient Care—Officials Say Burden on the Elderly Is Increasing, E122 [4FE]

Save the Kids, Not the Mom, S1432 [24FE]

Smoking Gun in the Medicaid Mystery, E310 [25FE]

Social Security Gets Year 2000 Warning—More Work Needed on Glitch, GAO Says, S12637 [13NO]

Suicide Shows Why Welfare Fight Persists—Immigrant's Death Raises Questions Over Cuts in Aid, S3563 [23AP]

Targeting Legal Immigrants Will Return To Haunt Congress, E2098 [28OC]

Terminal Illness Absent in Kevorkian Suicide, S3255 [16AP]

Turning to a Specialist To Curb Rising Health Care Costs, E2069 [23OC]

U.S. Inaugurating a Vast Database of All New Hires, S10056 [26SE]

Va. Doctor's Treatment of Man Who Died Is Scrutinized, E1823 [23SE]

Welfare Reform Starts Hitting Home, S2126 [11MR]

When Politicians Say Entitlements—Think Robbery, E987 [20MY]

Why Medicare Outpatient and Inpatient Fees Can Be as Different as Apples and Oranges, E302 [25FE]

Workfare Rules Cause Enrollment To Fall, CUNY Says, S6331 [25JN]

Bills and resolutions

Account statements: improve information provided and distribute annually to beneficiaries (see H.R. 2682), H8928 [21OC]

Armed Forces: establish demonstration project relative to enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 1766), H3273 [3JN]

———feasibility of using the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program for Medicare-eligible retirees under the military health care system (see S. 1334), S11343 [29OC]

———improve access to treatment facilities, provide Medicare reimbursement, and permit enrollment in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program for veterans and their dependents (see H.R. 1456), H1891 [24AP]

———payment of certain health care expenses under CHAMPUS that are not payable under Medicare (see S. 166), S162 [21JA]

———permit certain beneficiaries to enroll in the Federal Employees Health Program and improve health benefits under CHAMPUS and TRICARE standard (see H.R. 1356), H1611 [16AP]

———permit enrollment in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program for Medicare-eligible retired members and their dependents (see H.R. 2128), H5021 [9JY]

Balanced Budget Act: disapproval of line-item veto of certain Medicaid provisions (see S. 1144; H.R. 2436), S8723 [3SE], H7118 [9SE]

Benefits: computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 45, 146), H68 [7JA], H140, H144 [9JA]

———earnings test for blind individuals (see S. 375, 1054; H.R. 612), S1734 [27FE], S7950 [23JY], H347 [5FE]

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see S. 202), S676 [23JA]

———increase earnings limit (see H.R. 326, 349), H149, H150 [9JA]

———level of payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (see H.R. 68, 322), H69 [7JA], H141, H149 [9JA]

———provide free information on employee benefit plans to interested parties of such plans (see H.R. 1603), H2679 [14MY]

———reduction (see H. Res. 132), H1892 [24AP]

———treatment of final payment to surviving spouse or family members after death of beneficiary (see S. 1370; H.R. 2944), S11763 [5NO], H10419 [8NO]

———use of current level disability benefits for blind individuals in certain earnings test disability determinations (see H.R. 464), H243 [21JA]

Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare: establish (see H.R. 344), H150 [9JA]

Budget: sequestration of all budgetary accounts except Social Security, Federal retirement, and interest on the debt (see H.R. 593), H346 [5FE]

Business and industry: treatment of personal employment information reported to the National Directory of New Hires (see S. 1223), S10055 [26SE]

Children and youth: clarify that foster care reasonable effort requirements include consideration of child health and safety (see S. 178), S163 [21JA]

———modify certain adoption and foster care placement procedures (see S. 511), S2646 [20MR]

———prevent children from languishing in foster care (see H.R. 1459), H1891 [24AP]

———provide health insurance for uninsured children (see S. 435, 525; H.R. 1363), S2274 [13MR], S2838 [8AP], H1703 [17AP]

———treatment of adult relatives willing to provide care (see S. 822), S5253 [3JN]

Commission on Privacy of Government Records: establish (see H.R. 1330), H1541 [15AP]

Constitutional amendments: treatment under balanced budget (see H. Con. Res. 26), H628 [25FE]

Consumer Price Index: calculation relative to correction of cost-of-living adjustments (see S. Res. 50; H.R. 1052; H. Res. 92, 93), S1017 [5FE], H949 [12MR], H1016 [13MR]

Consumers: prohibit persons from charging for services or products that the SSA and Dept. of HHS provide without charge (see S. 868), S5444 [10JN]

Cost-of-Living Board: establish (see S. 425), S2129 [11MR]

Crime: identity fraud (see S. 512), S2741 [21MR]

Death and dying: prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (see S. 304; H.R. 1003), S1299 [12FE], H887 [11MR]

Dept. of Defense: demonstration project to provide Medicare reimbursement to certain beneficiaries under the TRICARE program (see H.R. 1357), H1611 [16AP]

———include certain beneficiaries in National Mail Order Pharmacy Program (see S. 1273; H.R. 1773), S10631 [8OC], H3273 [3JN]

———provide enrollment period for Medicare and Medigap relative to certain military retirees and dependents (see H.R. 451), H169 [20JA]

Dept. of HHS: application for waiver of certain demonstration projects (see H.R. 1192), H1260 [20MR]

———county grants to carry out State programs to provide training to parents on early childhood development and child care (see H.R. 2452), H7199 [10SE]

Disabled: establish Transition to Work Program for individuals entitled to disability benefits (see H.R. 534), H283 [4FE]

———home and community-based services for individuals with disabilities (see S. 879), S5507 [11JN]

Diseases: coverage of prostate cancer screening and drug treatments under Medicare and Dept. of Veterans Affairs programs (see H.R. 301), H149 [9JA]

———coverage of prostate cancer screening and drug treatments under Medicare and Dept. of Veterans Affairs programs and expansion of research and education programs (see H.R. 383), H151 [9JA]

———efforts to prevent transmission of HIV (see S. 503; H.R. 1062, 1219), S2646 [20MR], H1017 [13MR], H1288 [21MR]

———Medicare coverage and research funding for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (see H.R. 2009), H4221 [23JN]

———provide information relative to prostate cancer screening and drug treatments and expand research programs (see S. 902), S5620 [12JN], S5694 [16JN]

———treatments relative to the transmission of HIV (see H.R. 3072), H10954 [13NO]

Employment: improve quality of Social Security card and criminalize the counterfeiting of work authorization documents (see H.R. 231), H146 [9JA]

———treatment of severe spinal cord injuries relative to certain earnings (see H.R. 577), H285 [4FE]

Families and domestic relations: child support enforcement (see S. 1074), S8186 [28JY]

———reduction of teenage pregnancy rates through evaluation of prevention programs (see H.R. 1736), H3202 [22MY]

Federal employees: computation system for Social Security benefits relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions (see S. 1365; H.R. 2273), S11678 [4NO], H5825 [25JY]

———use of certain trust funds to pay union activities of Social Security Administration and Dept. of HHS employees (see S. 139), S162 [21JA]

Financial institutions: prohibit the imposition of fees on the electronic withdrawal of direct deposited Social Security benefits (see H.R. 2454), H7261 [11SE]

Government: use of new price index to determine cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 2099), H4835 [26JN]

Guam: SSI benefits (see H.R. 1403), H1706 [17AP]

Hawaii: increase the Federal medical assistance percentage (see S. 1376), S11764 [5NO]

Health: apply standards to outpatient physical therapy relative to certain physician services (see H.R. 1421), H1794 [23AP]

———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 2152), H5177 [11JY]

———establish State and community assistance programs for providers of health care services and maintenance of safety net hospital infrastructure (see H.R. 735), H523 [12FE]

———establish teaching hospital and graduate medical education trust fund (see H.R. 106), H142 [9JA]

———improve the quality of health plans and health care provided through the Government and protect health care consumers (see S. 795), S5002 [22MY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 24; H.R. 16, 1200, 1374), S159 [21JA], H67 [7JA], H139 [9JA], H1260 [20MR], H1704 [17AP]

———national policy to provide health care coverage of mental illnesses (see H.R. 621), H348 [5FE]

———national policy to provide health care to children and pregnant women (see H.R. 560, 1229), H284 [4FE], H1338 [8AP]

———national policy to provide health insurance to children and pregnant women (see S. 13), S159 [21JA]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see S. 353, 373; H.R. 337, 820, 1222), S1553 [25FE], S1734 [27FE], H150 [9JA], H628 [25FE], H1288 [21MR]

Health Care Financing Administration: graduate medical education reimbursement for combined residencies producing primary care physicians (see S. 637; H.R. 689), S3550 [23AP], H452 [11FE]

Health care professionals: ensure Medicare reimbursement for certain ambulance services and improve the efficiency of the emergency medical system (see S. 238), S855 [30JA]

Income: allow personal retirement savings plans (see H.R. 3082), H10955 [13NO]

———eliminate benefit penalties to individuals receiving pensions from noncovered employment (see H.R. 3077), H10955 [13NO]

———exemption from the requirement that all Federal payments be made by electronic funds transfer (see S. 874), S5444 [10JN]

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 2549), H7910 [25SE]

Independent Commission on Medicare: establish (see H.R. 406), H152 [9JA]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see S. 356; H.R. 815), S1553 [25FE], H627 [25FE]

———coverage of screening mammography (see S. 727), S4217 [8MY]

———increase benefit standard for long-term care insurance relative to cost of living adjustments (see H.R. 821), H628 [25FE]

———restrict imposition of liens and estate recovery on Medicaid long-term care services and amend tax treatment of long-term care coverage (see H.R. 1764), H3273 [3JN]

Investments: establish and maintain individual investment accounts (see H.R. 1611, 2929), H2679 [14MY], H10418 [8NO]

Medicaid: adjust Federal medical assistance formula for Alaska (see S. 424), S2129 [11MR]

———alcoholism and drug dependency treatment services for pregnant women (see S. 147), S162 [21JA]

———combat waste, fraud, and abuse (see S. 945), S6040 [20JN]

———coverage of community-based attendant services (see H.R. 2020), H4338 [24JN]

———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 421), H153 [9JA]

———coverage of screening mammography and screening pap smears (see H.R. 184, 359), H145, H151 [9JA]

———coverage of services provided by nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists (see S. 1326; H.R. 258, 1354), S11290 [28OC], H147 [9JA], H1611 [16AP]

———coverage of services provided by nursing school clinics (see S. 157), S162 [21JA]

———disproportionate share hospital payments (see H.R. 148), H144 [9JA]

———eligibility for payment for administration of pediatric vaccines (see H.R. 912), H724 [4MR]

———enforcement of State guardianship laws relative to benefit eligibility proceedings (see S. 655), S3727 [25AP]

———equitable treatment of certain benefits received by veterans in State and privately owned nursing homes (see S. 502), S2646 [20MR]

———expand State health care coverage of low-income children and pregnant women and fund enrollment in health insurance programs for certain children (see S. 674; H.R. 1491), S3844 [30AP], H2089 [30AP]

———Federal funding of certain abortions relative to State law (see H.R. 137), H143 [9JA]

———improve provision of managed care (see S. 864), S5444 [10JN]

———increase the minimum Federal medical assistance percentage (see S. 125; H.R. 835), S161 [21JA], H628 [25FE]

———modify estate recovery provisions relative to recovery of home and community-based services costs for individuals over age 55 (see S. 58), S160 [21JA]

———permit presumptive eligibility for low-income children (see H.R. 1564), H2444 [8MY]

———post-eligibility treatment of certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs pension or compensation payments (see H.R. 1269), H1437 [10AP]

———provide States greater flexibility in setting provider reimbursement rates (see S. 700), S3998 [6MY]

———reduce infant mortality through improvement of coverage of services to pregnant women and infants (see H.R. 358), H151 [9JA]

———repeal criminal penalties for counseling or assisting an individual with the disposition of assets (see H.R. 2396), H6916 [4SE]

———repeal criminal penalties for fraudulent disposition of assets (see S. 369; H.R. 216), S1734 [27FE], H146 [9JA]

———temporarily waive enrollment composition rule for the D.C. Health Cooperative (see H.R. 2093), H4835 [26JN]

———treatment of payments made as a result of tobacco industry liability settlement (see S. 1471; H.R. 2938), S12118 [8NO], H10419 [8NO]

———waiver of enrollment composition rule for the Better Health Plan of Amherst, NY (see H.R. 2018), H4338 [24JN]

———waiver of enrollment composition rule relative to certain HMO's (see S. 310; H.R. 697, 1610), S1300 [12FE], H522 [12FE], H2679 [14MY]

Medical Education Trust Fund: establish (see S. 21), S159 [21JA]

Medicare: accreditation requirements relative to public representation and meetings (see H.R. 800), H588 [13FE]

———allocate savings from waste, fraud, and abuse enforcement programs to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund (see S. 865; H.R. 1761), S5444 [10JN], H3273 [3JN]

———allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for services (see S. 1194; H.R. 2497), S9636 [18SE], H7599 [18SE]

———bone mass measurements (see S. 649; H.R. 1002), S3662 [24AP], H812 [10MR]

———change payment system for HMO's and competitive medical plans (see S. 359, 862; H.R. 2484), S1659 [26FE], S5413 [9JN], H7364 [16SE]

———colorectal screening (see S. 690; H.R. 1128), S3901 [1MY], H1186 [19MR]

———combat fraud and abuse (see H.R. 2301), H6406 [30JY]

———combat fraud and abuse relative to partial hospitalization services (see H.R. 2640), H8727 [8OC]

———combat fraud by hospitals (see H.R. 2417), H6962 [5SE]

———combat waste, fraud, and abuse (see S. 264), S1017 [5FE]

———continuous open enrollment of individuals in Medicare+Choice plans (see H.R. 2703), H9038 [22OC]

———contract reform (see H.R. 364), H151 [9JA]

———contracting with certain hospitals to provide certain surgical procedures and related services (see H.R. 2726), H9501 [23OC]

———coverage for home health services (see S. 913), S5694 [16JN]

———coverage for skilled nursing facility services (see S. 914), S5694 [16JN]

———coverage of acupuncturist services (see H.R. 1038), H948 [12MR]

———coverage of certain prostate cancer detection procedures and drug treatment services (see H.R. 448), H154 [9JA]

———coverage of dental services (see H.R. 1288), H1438 [10AP]

———coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see S. 102; H.R. 58), S161 [21JA], H68 [7JA], H140 [9JA]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see S. 597; H.R. 288, 1375), S3269 [16AP], H148 [9JA], H1704 [17AP]

———coverage of multiple sclerosis drug treatments (see H.R. 1329), H1541 [15AP]

———coverage of nursing facilities, in-home services, and outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 405), H152 [9JA]

———coverage of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (see H.R. 1762), H3273 [3JN]

———coverage of paramedic intercept ambulance support services (see H.R. 2153), H5177 [11JY]

———coverage of screening mammography (see S. 540; H.R. 417, 418), S2901 [9AP], H152 [9JA]

———demonstration project to provide coverage for cancer patients enrolled in certain clinical trials (see S. 381; H.R. 1628), S1734 [27FE], H2783 [15MY]

———develop percentage increases to assure quality services in dependent hospitals and other beneficiary facilities (see S. 372), S1734 [27FE]

———eligibility for benefits for certain divorced individuals relative to marriage requirements (see H.R. 1956), H3923 [18JN]

———eliminate time limitation on benefits for immunosuppressive drugs (see S. 1481; H.R. 1061), S12119 [8NO], H1017 [13MR]

———ensure reimbursement for certain ambulance services (see S. 292), S1191 [10FE]

———establish a continuous quality improvement program for providers that furnish services to individuals with end stage renal disease (see H.R. 2972), H10420 [8NO]

———establish consumer protections for supplemental insurance plans (see S. 302, 701; H.R. 566, 625), S1226 [11FE], S3998 [6MY], H284 [4FE], H392 [6FE]

———expand and strengthen the telemedicine demonstration project (see S. 848), S5342 [5JN]

———extend community nursing organization demonstration projects (see H.R. 686), H452 [11FE]

———hospice care reform (see S. 734; H.R. 521), S4320 [12MY], H283 [4FE]

———hospital treatment of noncontiguous facilities as outpatient departments (see H.R. 2559), H7910 [25SE]

———impose fees for overpayment collection and require prepayment screening of claims (see S. 267; H.R. 1769), S1017 [5FE], H3273 [3JN]

———improve health services to rural areas (see S. 415; H.R. 554, 1248), S2078 [10MR], H284 [4FE], H1339 [8AP]

———improve preventive care benefits (see S. 311; H.R. 15), S1300 [12FE], H67 [7JA], H139 [9JA]

———improve quality and cost-effectiveness of telemedicine and medical informatic networks (see H.R. 1101), H1111 [18MR]

———improved reimbursement for clinical social worker services (see S. 158), S162 [21JA]

———increase access to quality health care in frontier communities by allowing clinics and health centers greater flexibility and reimbursement (see S. 1342), S11343 [29OC]

———increase the number of physicians that complete fellowships in geriatric medicine and psychiatry (see S. 779), S5001 [22MY]

———limit additional payments to physicians through private contracts during periods in which the patient is in an exposed condition (see H.R. 2784), H9800 [30OC]

———limit payments for drugs or biological products (see H.R. 2851), H10171 [6NO]

———limit penalty for late enrollment (see H.R. 676), H452 [11FE]

———multiple sclerosis drug treatments (see H.R. 1018), H888 [11MR]

———payment for ultrasonic nebulizers as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 2671), H8833 [9OC]

———payments and charges for outpatient services (see H.R. 582, 2558), H285 [4FE], H7910 [25SE]

———payments for certain drugs relative to hospital outpatient department services (see H.R. 2687), H8928 [21OC]

———payments to Medicare+Choice organizations amounts attributable to disproportionate share hospital payments (see H.R. 2701), H9038 [22OC]

———pharmaceutical care services (see H.R. 1201, 1218), H1260 [20MR], H1288 [21MR]

———prohibit payments to nonprofit hospitals that convert to for-profit status without proper disclosure (see H.R. 443), H153 [9JA]

———promote use of universal product numbers on claims forms used for reimbursement (see S. 1362), S11678 [4NO]

———protection of beneficiaries relative to enrollment in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 66), H69 [7JA], H141 [9JA]

———provide beneficiaries with additional information to select health care plans (see S. 789), S5001 [22MY]

———provide coverage through qualified provider-sponsored organizations (see S. 146; H.R. 475), S162 [21JA], H243 [21JA]

———provide for an increase in update for certain hospitals with a high proportion of patients (see S. 776; H.R. 1673), S4879 [21MY], H3069 [20MY]

———provide for standard forms for medical necessity and terminal illness certifications (see H.R. 2633), H8633 [7OC]

———provide greater flexibility and choice (see S. 246, 904), S856 [30JA], S5694 [16JN]

———provide payment for community health center services relative to coverage of individuals under managed care plans (see H.R. 2962), H10420 [8NO]

———provide prospective payments for inpatient services relative to rehabilitation hospitals and units (see H.R. 585), H345 [5FE]

———reclassification and rebasing of hospital payment amounts and improve rural health services (see S. 817), S5109 [23MY]

———reform (see S. 386; H.R. 1165), S1828 [3MR], H1259 [20MR]

———reimbursement for nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists in health professional shortage areas (see H.R. 893), H701 [27FE]

———reimbursement for nurse practitioners in health professional shortage areas (see S. 370), S1734 [27FE]

———reimbursement for physician assistants in health professional shortage areas (see S. 371; H.R. 894), S1734 [27FE], H701 [27FE]

———reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see H.R. 1362), H1703 [17AP]

———reimbursement for telehealth services (see S. 385; H.R. 966), S1828 [3MR], H802 [6MR]

———reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 192, 414), H145, H152 [9JA]

———remove certain limitations on participation in Medicare+Choice medical savings account plans (see H.R. 2668), H8833 [9OC]

———remove requirement of an x ray as a condition of coverage of chiropractic services (see S. 524; H.R. 916), S2837 [8AP], H724 [4MR]

———repeal authority to offer private fee-for-service plans under Medicare+Choice Program (see H.R. 2725), H9501 [23OC]

———require HMO's to provide out-of-network services to enrollees (see H.R. 459), H243 [21JA]

———require surety bonds and disclosure of certain ownership information for suppliers of durable medical equipment, home health agencies, and other health care providers (see H.R. 1457), H1891 [24AP]

———require use of hollow-bore needle devices at health care facilities (see H.R. 2754), H9614 [28OC]

———restrictions on services provided by clinical psychologists or social workers in outpatient rehabilitation facilities (see S. 159), S162 [21JA]

———secondary payer rules for individuals with end stage renal disease (see H.R. 2577), H8160 [29SE]

———waive enrollment composition rules for Wellness Plan (see S. 303), S1226 [11FE]

———waiver of the late enrollment penalty for certain military retirees and dependents who live near certain military hospitals (see H.R. 1738), H3202 [22MY]

Medicare/Medicaid: combat waste, fraud, and abuse (see H.R. 1770, 2632), H3273 [3JN], H8633 [7OC]

———coverage of long-term care services (see S. 720; H.R. 1464), S4217 [8MY], H1908 [28AP]

———establish an Office of Inspector General (see H.R. 251), H147 [9JA]

———expand and clarify requirements regarding advance directives to ensure that an individual's health care decisions are observed (see S. 1345), S11448 [30OC]

———prohibit funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (see H.R. 868), H700 [27FE]

———referral information requirements of hospitals relative to post-hospital services (see H.R. 734), H523 [12FE]

———require health care facilities and services to fund annual financial and compliance audits (see H.R. 2543), H7830 [24SE]

———use of bankruptcy courts by suppliers and providers to discharge claims and by professionals excluded from health care programs seeking automatic stays from exclusion (see H.R. 2466), H7262 [11SE]

Members of Congress: link annual salary adjustments to cost-of-living adjustments for certain Social Security benefits (see H.R. 2763), H9729 [29OC]

National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare: establish (see S. 341), S1382 [13FE]

National Commission on the Long-Term Solvency of the Medicare Program: establish (see H.R. 75), H69 [7JA], H141 [9JA]

National objectives: provide for the retirement of every U.S. citizen (see H.R. 2768), H9729 [29OC]

New York: waiver of certain health care provider tax provisions under Medicaid (see H.R. 2437), H7118 [9SE]

Nursing homes: nurse aide training and competency evaluation programs (see S. 452; H.R. 968), S2356 [17MR], H802 [6MR]

Old age, survivors, and disability insurance program: require annual statement of accrued liability (see H.R. 2780), H9800 [30OC]

Personal investment plans: diversion of percentage of payroll tax payments and extend the old age, survivors, and disability insurance program (see S. 321; H.R. 2782), S1382 [13FE], H9800 [30OC]

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act: technical amendments (see H.R. 1048), H949 [12MR], H1288 [21MR]

Prisoners: prevent distribution of benefits (see S. 438; H.R. 530), S2274 [13MR], H283 [4FE]

Privacy: prohibit Federal agencies from making certain individual records available through interactive computer services (see H.R. 1330, 1367), H1541 [15AP], H1704 [17AP]

———protection of Social Security numbers (see H.R. 2581), H8264 [30SE]

———protection of Social Security numbers and other personal information (see S. 600; H.R. 1813), S3269 [16AP], H3567 [5JN]

———regulate use of Social Security numbers and other personal information by interactive computer services (see H.R. 1287), H1438 [10AP]

Public welfare programs: approval of waivers submitted by Wisconsin for operation of food stamp and medical assistance programs (see H.R. 2030), H4338 [24JN]

———eligibility of SSI benefits for disabled children (see H.R. 1455), H1891 [24AP]

———exception to limited eligibility for SSI and food stamps for disabled permanent resident aliens (see H.R. 667, 1360), H451 [11FE], H1703 [17AP]

———exception to limited SSI and food stamps eligibility for certain aliens (see H.R. 1445), H1891 [24AP]

———exception to limited SSI and food stamps eligibility for legal aliens applying for naturalization (see H.R. 1416), H1794 [23AP]

———extend disqualification transition period for certain aliens (see H.R. 761), H586 [13FE]

———extend transition period for legal aliens receiving SSI and food stamps (see S. 640; H.R. 1418), S3550 [23AP], H1794 [23AP]

———food stamp eligibility for certain aliens (see H.R. 2154), H5177 [11JY]

———make postsecondary or vocational education training a permissible work activity (see H.R. 2025), H4338 [24JN]

———make progress toward completion of high school or college a permissible work activity (see H.R. 1616), H2679 [14MY]

———modify laws relative to public assistance and benefits for aliens (see H.R. 666), H451 [11FE]

———permit State use of nongovernmental personnel in determining Medicaid, food stamp, and WIC program eligibility (see S. 787; H.R. 1709), S5001 [22MY], H3201 [22MY]

———prohibit States from penalizing single parents for not meeting work requirements if the parent cannot find suitable child care (see H.R. 1615), H2679 [14MY]

———provide an exemption to restrictions on eligibility for public benefits for mentally disabled aliens (see H.R. 1133), H1186 [19MR]

———reform (see S. 140), S162 [21JA]

———repeal restrictions on eligibility for public benefits for certain aliens (see S. 480), S2552 [19MR]

———restore benefits to legal immigrants through reductions in arms transfer subsidies (see H.R. 2597), H8299 [1OC]

———SSI and food stamp eligibility for legal aliens (see S. 615), S3349 [17AP]

———treatment of certain legal immigrants (see H.R. 1468), H1987 [29AP]

———treatment of legal immigrants (see H.R. 1015), H888 [11MR]

Religion: permit members of the clergy to revoke their exemption from coverage (see S. 567), S3117 [14AP]

———permit revocation by members of the clergy of their exemption from Social Security coverage (see H.R. 939), H766 [5MR]

Rural areas: improve health services (see S. 860; H.R. 1189), S5413 [9JN], H1260 [20MR]

Social Security Disability Insurance Program: funding for SSI presumptive disability benefit programs (see H.R. 2422), H6962 [5SE]

Social Security Information Safeguards Panel: establish (see H.R. 1331), H1541 [15AP]

SSA: application of public meeting and disclosure requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act to the Social Security Advisory Board (see S. 1165), S9198 [11SE]

———develop plan with the IRS to eliminate mismatching of earnings information (see H.R. 591), H346 [5FE]

———provide information on Social Security trust funds, personal earnings, and benefit estimates to eligible individuals (see S. 1145; H.R. 2669), S8723 [3SE], H8833 [9OC]

———require time limitation for the provision of death certificates by State and local governments to the Commissioner (see H.R. 2371), H6705 [31JY]

SSI: denial of benefits to convicted sex offenders while confined (see H.R. 237), H147 [9JA]

———exception to limited eligibility for permanent resident aliens (see H.R. 663), H407 [10FE]

States: exempt from certain regulatory requirements relative to electronic distribution of benefits (see H.R. 156), H144 [9JA]

———modification of certain agreements relative to certain students (see H.R. 1035), H948 [12MR]

———requirements for work experience and community service programs relative to child support (see H.R. 2463), H7262 [11SE]

Taxation: authorize Federal entities to take control of certain State child support enforcement programs (see H.R. 2189), H5486 [17JY]

———deductibility of the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance taxes paid by employees and self-employed individuals (see S. 579; H.R. 1333), S3199 [15AP], H1541 [15AP]

———index the basis of certain assets for purposes of determining gain (see H.R. 1266), H1391 [9AP]

———prohibit tax-related mailings from publicly disclosing an individual's Social Security number (see H.R. 2404), H6917 [4SE]

———reduce employer and employee Social Security taxes to the extent there is a Federal budget surplus (see H.R. 2933), H10419 [8NO]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 2483, 3063), H7364 [16SE], H10954 [13NO]

———treatment of certain election officials and workers (see H.R. 2113), H4912 [8JY]

———treatment of Government pensions relative to Social Security benefits (see H.R. 372), H151 [9JA]

———treatment of Social Security and railroad retirement benefits (see S. 1233), S10153 [29SE]

———treatment of Social Security benefits (see S. 244, 859; H.R. 693, 2723), S855 [30JA], S5413 [9JN], H521 [12FE], H9501 [23OC]

———treatment of tax-exempt interest relative to Social Security benefits and income determination (see H.R. 323), H149 [9JA]

Tobacco products: increase excise taxes to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction (see S. 526; H.R. 1263, 1364), S2838 [8AP], H1391 [9AP], H1704 [17AP]

Trust funds: ensure integrity (see H.R. 336, 857), H150 [9JA], H699 [27FE]

———extend and clarify pay-as-you-go requirements (see H.R. 2586), H8265 [30SE]

———require specific legislative recommendations to ensure solvency (see S. 221; H.R. 2781), S726 [28JA], H9800 [30OC]

Veterans: provide enrollment period for Medicare and Medigap relative to certain military retirees and dependents (see S. 912; H.R. 598), S5694 [16JN], H346 [5FE]

———repeal computation system that reduces annuity for surviving spouses at age 62 relative to Social Security offset (see H.R. 165), H144 [9JA]

Virgin Islands: SSI benefits (see H.R. 1403), H1706 [17AP]

Voting: establish a system to respond to inquiries about the citizenship of registration applicants and require use of Social Security number to register to vote (see H.R. 1428), H1890 [24AP]

Biographies

Lor Vang, H1934 [29AP]

Pao Doua Vang, H1934 [29AP]

Waxao Xiong, H1934 [29AP]

Briefs

Acceptance of new Medicare patients by physicians: Employee Benefit Research Institute, E1843 [24SE]

Descriptions

Florida Health Care Plan for Children: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, E160 [5FE]

Medicare Outpatient Services Payments and Charges: Bureau of National Affairs, E140 [4FE]

Transition to Work Program for Individuals Entitled to Disability Benefits (H.R. 534), E142 [4FE]

Excerpts

Budget treatment of Social Security trust funds: Public Law 101-508, S1361 [13FE], S1508 [25FE], S8345 [30JY]

Medicare fraud and abuse relative to partial hospitalization services: Association for Ambulatory Healthcare, Inc., E1979 [8OC]

Letters

Allow Medicare beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for services: June E. O'Neill, CBO, E2181 [4NO]

———Steve Protulis, National Council of Senior Citizens, E2290 [9NO]

Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act: Andrew Fois, Dept. of Justice, S3265 [16AP]

———Brian Lopina, Christian Coalition, S3258 [16AP]

———P. John Seward, AMA, S1303 [12FE], S3250 [16AP]

———Richard M. Doerflinger, National Conference of Catholic Bishops, S3250 [16AP]

———William J. Cox, Catholic Health Association, S3259 [16AP]

External audits of managed health care plans: Delmarva Foundation for Medical Care, Inc., E1494 [23JY]

Geriatric health care training legislation: Daniel Perry, Alliance for Aging Research, S5003 [22MY]

———Dennis Jahnigen, American Geriatrics Society, S5003 [22MY]

Incentives for teaching hospitals to voluntarily reduce the number of medical residents relative to rural areas: Darin E. Johnson, National Rural Health Association, H7237 [11SE]

Medicaid coverage of attendant services for the disabled: Senator Specter, Committee on Appropriations (Senate), S8702 [3SE]

Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payments: Douglas A. Ries, Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital, S4960 [22MY]

———Franklin D. Raines, OMB, H4571 [25JN]

———Mel Carnahan, Governor of Missouri, S4960 [22MY]

———Randall L. O'Donnell, Kansas City Children's Mercy Hospital, S4961 [22MY]

———Ted W. Frey, St. Louis Children's Hospital, S4961 [22MY]

Medicaid treatment of payments made as a result of tobacco industry liability settlement: Sally K. Richardson, Center for Medicaid and State Operations, S12139 [8NO]

———several Governors, S12140 [8NO]

Medicare age eligibility requirements: Alan Reuther, UAW, S6087 [23JN]

———Dennis Bone, Bell Atlantic Corp., S6086 [23JN]

———Ellen Goldstein, Corporate Health Care Coalition, S6086 [23JN]

———Jerry J. Jasinowski, National Association of Manufacturers, S6085 [23JN]

———Morgan Kennedy, NYNEX (business), S6086 [23JN]

Medicare beneficiaries' entrance into private contracts for services: Steve Protulis, National Council of Senior Citizens, E2295 [10NO]

Medicare Beneficiary Freedom To Contract Act: Henry E. Simmons, National Coalition on Health Care, S12081 [8NO]

———Herbert S. Gross, S12081 [8NO]

———Robert L. Soley, S12081 [8NO]

Medicare copayment for home health patients: Frank E. Moss, S6113 [24JN]

Medicare coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips: Ronald L. Ziegler and Calvin N. Anthony, Community Retail Pharmacy Coalition, E65 [7JA]

Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment: Donna E. Shalala, Sec. of HHS, E132 [4FE]

Medicare overpayment collection fees and require prepayment screening of claims: Martha A. McSteen, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S1021 [5FE]

Medicare overpayments to HMO's: Representative Stark, E1887 [29SE]

Medicare payments and charges for outpatient services, E618, E619 [9AP]

———Keith L. Roberts, E499 [18MR]

———Warren H. Risser, E499 [18MR]

Medicare preventive care benefits: Morris L. Shearin, NAACP, E989 [20MY]

Medicare reform: P. John Seward, AMA, H8658-H8661 [8OC]

———Robert B. Helms, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, S6072 [23JN]

———Stuart Butler, Heritage Foundation, S6072 [23JN]

Medicare reimbursement for home oxygen therapy: Laurie Keiper, E1541 [28JY]

Medicare Universal Product Number Act: Cara C. Bachenheimer, Health Industry Distributors Association, S11686 [4NO]

———William D. Coughlan, National Association for Medical Equipment Services, S11686 [4NO]

Medicare waste, fraud, and abuse: Martha A. McSteen, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S1018 [5FE]

———Thair Phillips, Seniors Coalition, S1019 [5FE]

Medicare/Medicaid referral information requirements of hospitals relative to post-hospital services: Stephen W. Holt, Visiting Nurse Association of Greater Philadelphia, E238 [12FE]

Prohibit persons from charging for services or products that the SSA and Dept. of HHS provide without charge: Martha A. McSteen, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S5457 [10JN]

Provider-Sponsored Organization Act: several health associations and organizations, S530 [21JA]

Public welfare programs reform: Shelley Read, H5002 [9JY]

Repeal computation system that reduces annuity for surviving veterans' spouses at age 62 relative to Social Security offset, H3572 [6JN]

Requirements to increase debt limit in balanced budget constitutional amendment: Martha A. McSteen, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S1695 [27FE]

Social Security earnings test for blind individuals: Charles H. Crawford, National Council of State Agencies for the Blind, Inc., S1748 [27FE]

———Curtis Chong, Rehabilitation Advisory Council for the Blind, S1748 [27FE]

———Harvey Heagy, National Federation of the Blind, S1748 [27FE]

———James Gashel, National Federation of the Blind, S1749 [27FE]

———Joanne Wilson, Louisiana Center for the Blind, S1748 [27FE]

———Judith D. Moore, National Industries for the Blind, S1748 [27FE]

———Julie H. Carroll, American Council of the Blind, S1748 [27FE]

———Paula A. Krauss, Connecticut Community Advocates (organization), S1749 [27FE]

Social Security reform: several former Senators, S6384 [25JN]

State use of nongovernmental personnel in determining Medicaid, food stamp, and WIC program eligibility: June E. O'Neill, CBO, E1039 [22MY]

Tax exemption for children from international adoptions: David and Carolyn Steigman, H2023 [30AP]

———Representative Kucinich, H2023 [30AP]

Tax treatment of Social Security benefits: Martha A. McSteen, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S878 [30JA]

———Thair Phillips, Seniors Coalition, S878 [30JA]

Tobacco product excise tax increase to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction: Kenneth J. Kies, Committee on Taxation (Joint), S4789 [21MY]

Treatment of Social Security under balanced budget constitutional amendment: Daniel P. Mulhollan, Congressional Research Service, S1531 [25FE]

———Dorothy Ray, S1811 [3MR]

———Franklin D. Raines, OMB, S1541 [25FE]

———Johnny H. Killian, Congressional Research Service, S1294, S1332 [12FE], S1533, S1534 [25FE]

———Senator Domenici, S1364 [13FE]

———Senator Hollings, S1506 [25FE]

———several Senators, S1362 [13FE]

Voter Eligibility Verification Act: Bill Jones, California Sec. of State, H1855 [24AP]

Welfare Reform Technical Corrections Act: Representative Goodling, Committee on Education and Labor (House), H1933 [29AP]

———Representative Stump, Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House), H1933 [29AP]

Lists

Committee on the Budget (Senate) vote on Hollings motion to report the Social Security Preservation Act (1990), S1360 [13FE], S1507 [25FE]

Cosponsors of H.R. 1428, Voter Eligibility Verification Act, H1855 [24AP]

Rollcall vote on Social Security trust fund provisions of the budget reconciliation (1990), S1360 [13FE], S1507 [25FE]

Supporters of S. 238, Emergency Medical Services Efficiency Act, S872 [30JA]

Memorandums

External Audits of Managed Health Care Plans: Claudia Schlosberg, National Health Law Program, E1494-E1496 [23JY]

Health Care Govenment Regulations: Melody Harned, Health Insurance Association of America, E2178 [4NO]

Health Insurance for Uninsured Children: Jean P. Hearn, Congressional Research Service, S8990 [9SE]

Sale of Duplicate Insurance Policies to Medicare Beneficiaries: Institute on Law and Rights of Older Adults, E80 [9JA]

Treatment of Social Security Under Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment: David Koitz and Johnny H. Killian, Congressional Research Service, S1906 [4MR]

———Johnny H. Hillian, Congressional Research Service, S1364 [13FE]

Why Health Centers Merit a Special Wraparound Payment: National Association of Community Health Centers, E2288 [9NO]

Messages

U.S.-Canada Social Security Agreement: President Clinton, S1827 [3MR], H703 [3MR]

U.S.-United Kingdom Social Security Agreement: President Clinton, S1549 [25FE], H618 [25FE]

Opinion polls

Tobacco product excise tax increase to fund health insurance for uninsured children: Wall Street Journal/NBC, S4105 [7MY], S4272 [9MY], S4784 [21MY]

Papers

Gimmick Even the President Won't Embrace—Clinton's Remarks Undercut BBCA Opponents: Senate Republican Policy Committee, S1873 [4MR]

Overlooked Effects of Excluding Social Security From BBCA: Senate Republican Policy Committee, S1872 [4MR]

Why a Legislated Change in the Use of the CPI Is Necessary, H2185 [6MY]

Petitions and memorials

Massachusetts: Federal benefits for legal immigrants, E761 [28AP]

Press releases

AHA Applauds Bill Which Helps Hospitals Caring for Large Numbers of Poor Americans: American Hospital Association, E2099 [28OC]

Treatment of Social Security Under Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment: Concord Coalition, S1532 [25FE]

———Congressional Leaders United for a Balanced Budget, S1865, S1906 [4MR]

Projections

Welfare Reform Impact, E1168 [10JN]

Remarks in House

Armed Forces: grant health benefits for life upon retirement, E1308 [24JN]

Benefits: computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (H.R. 146), E32 [7JA]

———earnings test for blind individuals (H.R. 612), E165 [5FE]

Budget: allocation of funds, H2434-H2440 [8MY]

———treatment under balanced budget, H814 [11MR]

Children and youth: provide health insurance for uninsured children, H267 [4FE], H598 [25FE], H631 [26FE], H676, H677, H678, H679, H683-H689 [27FE], H715 [4MR], H729, H747 [5MR], H770, H771, H772 [6MR], H813, H817, H819, H854-H856 [11MR], H894 [12MR], H953, H954, H1004-H1009 [13MR], H1345 [9AP], H1513-H1516 [15AP], H1546 [16AP], H3148 [21MY], H4557, H4564, H4566, H4570, H4572, H4575, H4576-H4581, H4603-H4605 [25JN], H4921 [9JY], H5038 [10JY], H5897, H5898 [28JY], H6323, H6339 [30JY], H6620 [31JY], E160 [5FE], E704 [17AP], E2297 [10NO]

———provide health insurance for uninsured children (H.R. 1363), E1322 [25JN]

———provide health insurance for uninsured children (S. 525), H1295 [8AP], H1395 [10AP]

Commission on Privacy of Government Records: establish (H.R. 1330), H1346 [9AP]

Congress: national agenda, H1382 [9AP], H2011 [30AP]

Constitutional amendments: treatment under balanced budget, H314-H321 [5FE], H644, H660 [26FE]

Consumer Price Index: calculation relative to correction of cost-of-living adjustments, H816 [11MR], H1429-H1431 [10AP], H2259 [7MY], H4226 [24JN], E852 [6MY]

———calculation relative to correction of cost-of-living adjustments (H. Res. 93), H2179, H2183-H2188 [6MY], H2258, H2337 [7MY]

———calculation relative to correction of cost-of-living adjustments (H.R. 1052), E464 [13MR]

Courts: provide procedures for future adjustments of salaries of administrative appeals and administrative law judges, H7476 [17SE]

Death and dying: prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (H.R. 1003), H1397-H1405 [10AP], E431 [11MR], E647 [14AP], E657 [15AP], E683 [16AP]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H1343, H1344, H1345, H1346 [9AP], H1415-H1419 [10AP], H2779, H2781 [15MY], H2927, H2935 [20MY]

Dept. of Defense: include certain beneficiaries in National Mail Order Pharmacy Program (H.R. 1773), H3958 [19JN]

Disabled: establish Transition to Work Program for individuals entitled to disability benefits (H.R. 534), E142 [4FE]

Diseases: efforts to prevent transmission of HIV (H.R. 1219), H1960 [29AP], E551 [21MR]

———Medicare coverage and research funding for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (H.R. 2009), H4228 [24JN], E1298 [23JN]

Employment: improve quality of Social Security card and criminalize the counterfeiting of work authorization documents (H.R. 231), E55 [7JA]

———treatment of severe spinal cord injuries relative to certain earnings (H.R. 577), E156 [4FE]

Families and domestic relations: reduction of teenage pregnancy rates and encouragement of parental responsibility, H1285 [21MR]

Government: define role and scope, H2866 [16MY]

———privatization, E517 [19MR]

Health: establish State and community assistance programs for providers of health care services and maintenance of safety net hospital infrastructure (H.R. 735), E241-E243 [12FE]

———establish teaching hospital and graduate medical education trust fund, E1487 [23JY]

———establish teaching hospital and graduate medical education trust fund (H.R. 106), E50 [7JA]

———external audits of managed care plans, E1494 [23JY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H853 [11MR], H6623 [31JY], E85 [9JA], E357 [3MR], E2178 [4NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 1200), E548 [21MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 1374), E700 [17AP]

———national policy to provide health care coverage of mental illnesses (H.R. 621), E172 [5FE]

———national policy to provide health care to children and pregnant women (H.R. 560), H1007 [13MR], E128 [4FE]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 1222), E564 [21MR]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 337), E46 [7JA], E89 [9JA], E1352 [27JN]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 820), E313 [25FE]

———treatment of long-term health care insurance (H.R. 1464), E760 [28AP]

Health Care Financing Administration: graduate medical education reimbursement for combined residencies producing primary care physicians (H.R. 689), E210 [11FE]

Income: eliminate benefit penalties to individuals receiving pensions from noncovered employmentt (H.R. 3077), E2370 [13NO]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (H.R. 815), E310 [25FE]

———health care administrative simplification, E2065 [23OC]

———legality of sale of duplicate coverage relative to health insurance policies, E80 [9JA]

IRS: requirements relative to printing of Social Security numbers on certain mailings, H7475, H7476 [17SE]

Medicaid: coverage of community-based attendant services (H.R. 2020), H10774 [13NO], E1303 [24JN]

———coverage of services provided by nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists (H.R. 258), E26 [7JA]

———disproportionate share hospital payments, H4570, H4579, H4587, H4590 [25JN], H5898 [28JY], H6322, H6323, H6341 [30JY], H6658 [31JY]

———expand State health care coverage of low-income children and pregnant women and fund enrollment in health insurance programs for certain children, H2568 [13MY], H2657-H2662 [14MY]

———Federal funding of abortions, H4560 [25JN], H7229-H7231 [11SE]

———funding, E309, E310 [25FE]

———post-eligibility treatment of certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs pension or compensation payments (H.R. 1269), H1393 [10AP]

———reform, H4587, H4590, H4593 [25JN], H6339 [30JY]

———State expansion of health care coverage of low-income children and pregnant women and fund enrollment in health insurance programs for certain children (H.R. 1491), E796, E803 [30AP]

———waiver of enrollment composition rule for the Better Health Plan of Amherst, NY (H.R. 2018), H4873, H4874 [8JY]

Medicare: accreditation requirements relative to public representation and meetings (H.R. 800), E250 [13FE]

———age eligibility requirements, H5031-H5040 [10JY]

———allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for services, E1820, E1823 [23SE]

———allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for services (H.R. 2497), E2181 [4NO], E2290 [9NO], E2295 [10NO]

———bone mass measurements (H.R. 1002), H1960 [29AP], H4585 [25JN], E417 [10MR]

———change payment system for HMO's and competitive medical plans (H.R. 2484), E1766 [16SE]

———claim status for permanently disabled, H6940 [5SE]

———colorectal screening, H6330 [30JY], E325 [26FE], E1587 [1AU]

———colorectal screening (H.R. 1128), E520 [19MR], E988 [20MY]

———combat fraud and abuse relative to partial hospitalization services (H.R. 2640), E1978 [8OC]

———continuous open enrollment of individuals in Medicare+Choice plans (H.R. 2703), E2048 [22OC]

———contracting with certain hospitals to provide certain surgical procedures and related services (H.R. 2726), E2069 [23OC]

———coverage of dental services (H.R. 1288), E634 [10AP]

———coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips, H6325, H6337 [30JY]

———coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (H.R. 58), E40, E56, E63 [7JA]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (H.R. 1375), E696 [17AP]

———coverage of screening mammography, E854 [6MY]

———coverage of screening mammography (H.R. 417), E85 [9JA]

———effects of increase in copayments and deductibles on the poor, E58 [7JA]

———ensure that incentives for teaching hospitals to voluntarily reduce the number of medical residents do not adversely affect rural areas, H7237 [11SE]

———establish consumer protections for supplemental insurance plans (H.R. 566), E140 [4FE]

———establish consumer protections for supplemental insurance plans (H.R. 625), H290 [5FE], E165 [5FE], E186 [6FE]

———extend community nursing organization demonstration projects (H.R. 686), E213 [11FE]

———hospice care reform (H.R. 521), E133 [4FE]

———hospital treatment of noncontiguous facilities as outpatient departments (H.R. 2559), E1859 [25SE]

———impose fees for overpayment collection and require prepayment screening of claims (H.R. 1769), E1080 [3JN]

———improve health services to rural areas (H.R. 554), E144 [4FE]

———improve preventive care benefits (H.R. 15), H1344 [9AP], E68 [7JA], E988 [20MY]

———improve quality of dialysis centers, E2282 [9NO]

———medical savings accounts, H3807, H3834 [17JN], H3906-H3908 [18JN], H4558, H4565, H4566, H4574, H4583, H4584, H4592 [25JN], H5306 [16JY]

———overpayments to HMO's, E1887 [29SE]

———payment for ultrasonic nebulizers as items of durable medical equipment (H.R. 2671), E2002 [9OC]

———payment of certain venipuncture services and prevention of potential fraud and abuse (H.R. 2912), E2216 [7NO]

———payments and charges for outpatient services (H.R. 2558), E1859 [25SE]

———payments and charges for outpatient services (H.R. 582), E122, E131, E140, E151 [4FE], E302 [25FE], E499 [18MR], E618 [9AP], E723 [23AP]

———payments for certain drugs relative to hospital outpatient department services (H.R. 2687), E2033 [21OC]

———payments to Medicare+Choice organizations amounts attributable to disproportionate share hospital payments (H.R. 2701), E2065 [23OC], E2099 [28OC]

———pharmaceutical care services (H.R. 1201), E547 [21MR], E810 [1MY]

———prohibit payments to nonprofit hospitals that convert to for-profit status without proper disclosure (H.R. 443), E82 [9JA]

———provide greater flexibility and choice, H4573 [25JN]

———provide payment for community health center services relative to coverage of individuals under managed care plans (H.R. 2962), E2288 [9NO]

———provide prospective payments for inpatient services relative to rehabilitation hospitals and units (H.R. 585), E188 [6FE]

———reform, H1394, H1395 [10AP], H1546, H1547, H1597-H1602 [16AP], H1773-H1777 [23AP], H1797, H1798, H1799, H1800, H1856 [24AP], H1916, H1956 [29AP], H2010, H2011, H2084-H2086 [30AP], H2662-H2669 [14MY], H2981 [20MY], H3906-H3908 [18JN], H3933 [19JN], H4379, H4559-H4571, H4583, H4586, H4589, H4590, H4592, H4593, H4617 [25JN], H4688 [26JN], H5190 [15JY], H5306, H5385 [16JY], H5410 [17JY], H5583 [23JY], H5668 [24JY], H5831 [28JY], H5923, H5927, H5928, H5995 [29JY], H6322, H6323, H6334, H6338-H6341 [30JY], H6658 [31JY], H8122 [29SE], E1541 [28JY], E1598 [1AU], E1843 [24SE]

———reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (H.R. 1362), H8668 [8OC], E697 [17AP]

———reimbursement for use of certain medical products by diabetics with traumatic foot ulcerations, H5895 [28JY]

———remove requirement of an x ray as a condition of coverage of chiropractic services (H.R. 916), E369 [4MR]

———repeal authority to offer private fee-for-service plans under Medicare+Choice Program (H.R. 2725), E2067 [23OC]

———require surety bonds and disclosure of certain ownership information for suppliers of durable medical equipment, home health agencies, and other health care providers (H.R. 1457), E741 [24AP]

———require use of hollow-bore needle devices at health care facilities (H.R. 2754), E2101 [28OC]

———treatment under balanced budget constitutional amendment, H771 [6MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: combat waste, fraud, and abuse (H.R. 1770), E1082 [3JN]

———combat waste, fraud, and abuse (H.R. 2632), E1952 [7OC]

———ensure that HMO's provide coverage for and do not try to influence medically necessary treatment decisions made by health care professionals, H7381 [17SE]

———establish an Office of Inspector General (H.R. 251), E5 [7JA]

———expand and clarify requirements regarding advance directives to ensure that an individual's health care decisions are observed (H.R. 2999), E2318 [10NO]

———referral information requirements of hospitals relative to post-hospital services (H.R. 734), E237 [12FE]

———require health care facilities and services to fund annual financial and compliance audits (H.R. 2543), E1845 [24SE], E1930 [2OC]

———use of bankruptcy courts by suppliers and providers to discharge claims and by professionals excluded from health care programs seeking automatic stays from exclusion (H.R. 2466), E1739 [11SE]

National objectives: provide for the retirement of every U.S. citizen (H.R. 2768), H9713 [29OC]

Nursing homes: nurse aide training and competency evaluation programs (H.R. 968), H1297-H1299 [8AP]

Pensions: create alternative personal savings accounts, H4073 [19JN]

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act: technical amendments (H.R. 1048), H1917-H1935 [29AP], H2060 [30AP]

Personal savings accounts: transition, H853 [11MR]

Postal Service: prevent certain mass mailings to senior citizens relative to Medicare and Social Security, H10353 [8NO]

Prisoners: prevent distribution of benefits (H.R. 530), E151 [4FE]

Privacy: prohibit Federal agencies from making certain individual records available through interactive computer services (H.R. 1330), H1346 [9AP]

———protection of Social Security numbers and other personal information (H.R. 1813), H3583 [10JN], H3870 [18JN], E1126 [5JN], E1526 [25JY], E1550 [29JY]

Privatization, E129 [4FE]

Prospective Payment Assessment Commission: release of report on Medicare and the U.S. health care system, E1308 [24JN]

Public welfare programs: approval of State plans reforming federally funded health and human services programs, H2772, H2773 [15MY]

———eligibility of Hmong refugees for SSI benefits, H1934 [29AP]

———exceptions to SSI naturalization requirements for blind legal aliens, H2053 [30AP]

———improve child care and family support services, H2060 [30AP]

———make progress toward completion of high school or college a permissible work activity (H.R. 1616), H2429 [8MY], H3172 [22MY]

———permit State use of nongovernmental personnel in determining Medicaid, food stamp, and WIC program eligibility (H.R. 1709), E1039 [22MY]

———prohibit States from penalizing single parents for not meeting work requirements if the parent cannot find suitable child care (H.R. 1615), H2429 [8MY]

———reform, H592 [25FE], H883-H885 [11MR], H1322 [8AP], H2246 [6MY], H2430 [8MY], H3266 [3JN], H4566, H4568, H4577, H4578, H4589, H4633, H4636 [25JN], H4897, H4898 [8JY], H5002 [9JY], H6688 [31JY], H6886, H6887 [4SE], E355, E357 [3MR], E986 [20MY], E1168 [10JN], E1251 [18JN], E1604 [1AU], E1684, E1685 [8SE]

———repeal restrictions on eligibility for public benefits for certain aliens, H3277 [4JN]

———restore benefits to legal immigrants through reductions in arms transfer subsidies (H.R. 2597), E1922 [2OC]

———treatment of certain legal immigrants, H1717, H1718 [23AP], H1916 [29AP], H2010 [30AP], H2096 [1MY], H4379, H4380, H4574, H4582, H4591 [25JN], H6325 [30JY], E761 [28AP], E766 [29AP], E1501 [23JY], E2098 [28OC]

Puerto Rico: Medicaid funding, H4377 [25JN]

Reform, H1857 [24AP]

Republican Party: national agenda, H729, H730 [5MR], H856-H859 [11MR], H1023-H1030 [17MR], H1281 [21MR], H1584 [16AP], H1917 [29AP], H2082-H2088 [30AP], H2097 [1MY], H4075 [19JN], H5170 [11JY], H5580 [23JY], H5921 [29JY], H6765-H6772 [3SE], H9784 [30OC]

Rural areas: improve health services, H6340 [30JY]

Social Security Disability Insurance Program: funding for SSI presumptive disability benefit programs (H.R. 2422), E1670 [5SE]

Social Security Information Safeguards Panel: establish (H.R. 1331), E665 [15AP]

SSI: eligibility of children for benefits, E839 [5MY]

———extend transition period for legal aliens receiving benefits, H2605 [14MY], H2690, H2694, H2709, H2711, H2739-H2743 [15MY]

Taxation: deductibility of the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance taxes paid by employees and self-employed individuals (H.R. 1333), H1459 [15AP], H5305 [16JY]

———eliminate payroll taxes and increase taxes on energy and pollutants, E2024 [21OC]

———index the basis of certain assets for purposes of determining gain, H4892 [8JY]

———index the basis of certain assets for purposes of determining gain (H.R. 1266), H1388 [9AP], H1461 [15AP]

———prohibit tax-related mailings from publicly disclosing an individual's Social Security number (H.R. 2404), H6956 [5SE]

———rates, H1384-H1386 [9AP]

———reduce employer and employee Social Security taxes to the extent there is a Federal budget surplus (H.R. 2933), E2284 [9NO]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code, H8163, H8165, H8168, H8169 [30SE], H8362 [6OC]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 2483), H7353 [16SE], H7369 [17SE], H7594-H7596 [18SE], H7721, H7722 [23SE], H7836 [25SE], H8038-H8040 [26SE], E1843 [24SE]

———treatment of certain election officials and workers (H.R. 2113), H4840 [8JY]

———treatment of Social Security benefits (H.R. 693), H458 [12FE]

Texas: Medicaid block grant process, H2599 [14MY]

———reform of public welfare programs, H1913 [29AP], H2491 [13MY]

Tobacco products: increase excise taxes to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction, H5831 [28JY], H6340 [30JY]

———increase excise taxes to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction (H.R. 1364), E1322 [25JN]

Trust funds: budget treatment, H300 [5FE], H514 [12FE], H566 [13FE], H1319-H1326 [8AP], H1599-H1602 [16AP], H1780 [23AP], H1856 [24AP], H5606, H5608, H5609, H5611, H5620 [23JY], H6008 [29JY], H7022 [9SE], H7254 [11SE], H7719-H7722 [23SE], E1402 [11JY], E2128 [30OC]

———ensure integrity, H1858-H1865 [24AP], H2431 [8MY]

———ensure integrity (H.R. 857), H850 [11MR], H4123 [20JN], H8122, H8123 [29SE], H8447 [7OC], H8702 [8OC], H9792-H9794 [30OC], H9854-H9856 [31OC]

———payroll taxes, H794 [6MR], H5305 [16JY], H7254 [11SE]

———solvency, H773, H794 [6MR]

———use of Federal revenues under existing cap to pay back, H9479 [23OC]

Veterans: repeal computation system that reduces annuity for surviving spouses at age 62 relative to Social Security offset (H.R. 165), H79 [9JA], H3571 [6JN]

———treatment of lump sum payments to U.S. trained Vietnamese commandos relative to eligibility for certain welfare benefits, H7122 [10SE]

Voting: establish a system to respond to inquiries about the citizenship of registration applicants and require use of Social Security number to register to vote (H.R. 1428), H1854, H1855 [24AP]

Remarks in Senate

Appropriations: funding of entitlement programs, S5028 [23MY]

Armed Forces: feasibility of using the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program for Medicare-eligible retirees under the military health care system (S. 1334), S11350 [29OC], S11699 [4NO]

———grant health benefits for life upon retirement, S6965, S6980 [8JY]

———payment of certain health care expenses under CHAMPUS that are not payable under Medicare (S. 166), S545 [21JA]

Balanced Budget Act: disapproval of line-item veto of certain Medicaid provisions (S. 1144), S8725-S8728 [3SE]

Benefits: earnings test for blind individuals (S. 375), S1747-S1749 [27FE]

———earnings test for blind individuals (S. 1054), S8379 [30JY]

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (S. 202), S680 [23JA], S973 [4FE], S2573 [19MR]

———termination for elderly legal immigrants, S2236 [13MR]

———termination for mentally disabled legal immigrants, S2637 [20MR]

———treatment of final payment to surviving spouse or family members after death of beneficiary (S. 1370), S11764 [5NO]

Budget: comparison between congressional and Clinton administration proposals relative to Medicare, S3397 [22AP]

———mandatory spending, S4831 [21MY]

———requirements to increase debt limit in balanced budget constitutional amendment, S1690-S1698 [27FE]

Business and industry: treatment of personal employment information reported to the National Directory of New Hires (S. 1223), S10056 [26SE]

Children and youth: clarify that foster care reasonable effort requirements include consideration of child health and safety (S. 178), S551 [21JA], S1431 [24FE], S12668 [13NO]

———ensure mental health parity in block grants to States providing health insurance for uninsured children, S6150, S6151 [24JN]

———modify certain adoption and foster care placement procedures (S. 511), S2701-S2706, S2728 [20MR], S3841 [30AP]

———provide health insurance for uninsured children, S2644 [20MR], S3244 [16AP], S6165-S6167 [24JN], S6293, S6317, S6318, S6350 [25JN], S6434-S6437, S6455 [26JN], S7223 [10JY], S8329, S8341 [30JY], S8389, S8392, S8402, S8469 [31JY], S8923 [8SE], S8951, S8990-S8993 [9SE]

———provide health insurance for uninsured children (S. 435), S2223-S2225 [13MR]

———provide health insurance for uninsured children (S. 525), S2846-S2853 [8AP], S3063 [10AP], S3410 [22AP]

———set standards for benefits and deductibles/copayments for block grants to provide health insurance for uninsured children, S6149, S6150 [24JN]

———treatment of adult relatives willing to provide care, S12201 [8NO]

———treatment of adult relatives willing to provide care (S. 822), S5253 [3JN]

Constitutional amendments: treatment under balanced budget, S989, S996, S1002, S1004, S1007, S1010 [5FE], S1069, S1087, S1091 [6FE], S1129 [7FE], S1152, S1167-S1170, S1182 [10FE], S1211 [11FE], S1294, S1331-S1336 [12FE], S1340-S1342, S1350-S1353, S1359-S1366, S1372-S1375 [13FE], S1459-S1468 [24FE], S1496-S1516, S1525-S1547 [25FE], S1594-S1596, S1600-S1605, S1630-S1635, S1637-S1649 [26FE], S1811-S1813 [3MR], S1852, S1868, S1869, S1877, S1882, S1885, S1889, S1897, S1901, S1905, S1911, S1913 [4MR]

Consumer Price Index: calculation relative to correction of cost-of-living adjustments, S2309-S2311 [14MR], S4994 [22MY], S10826 [9OC], S11211 [24OC]

———calculation relative to correction of cost-of-living adjustments (S. Res. 50), S1034, S1035 [5FE]

Consumers: prohibit persons from charging for services or products that the SSA and Dept. of HHS provide without charge (S. 868), S5456 [10JN]

Cost-of-Living Board: establish (S. 425), S2143-S2145 [11MR]

Crime: identity fraud (S. 512), S2741 [21MR]

Death and dying: prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (H.R. 1003), S3249-S3266 [16AP]

———prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (S. 304), S1300-S1305 [12FE], S1729 [27FE]

Democratic Party: national agenda, S127-S130, S134 [21JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: food stamp nutrition education program funding, S6322 [25JN]

Dept. of Defense: include certain beneficiaries in National Mail Order Pharmacy Program (S. 1273), S10648 [8OC]

Dept. of HHS: Health Care Financing Administration competitive pricing demonstration program for Medicare, S4194 [8MY]

Disabilities: establish demonstration project to assist persons with the loss of a limb to return to work, S8913 [8SE]

Disabled: home and community-based services for individuals with disabilities (S. 879), S5511-S5514 [11JN]

———provide health care to children with special needs, S6318 [25JN]

Diseases: efforts to prevent transmission of HIV (S. 503), S2675 [20MR]

———provide information relative to prostate cancer screening and drug treatments and expand research programs (S. 902), S5620 [12JN]

Families and domestic relations: child support enforcement (S. 1074), S8187 [28JY]

Federal employees: computation system for Social Security benefits relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions (S. 1365), S11688 [4NO]

Government: privatization, S12484 [10NO]

Hawaii: increase the Federal medical assistance percentage (S. 1376), S11771 [5NO]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S132-S134 [21JA], S1052 [6FE], S8634, S8638 [2SE], S11229 [27OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 24), S376-S383 [21JA]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 24), star print, S1201 [10FE], S2219 [12MR]

———national policy to provide health care coverage of mental illnesses, S3263 [16AP]

———national policy to provide health insurance to children and pregnant women (S. 13), S128, S131, S134, S144, S304, S305, S576 [21JA], S1052 [6FE]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 353), S1559 [25FE]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 373), S1738 [27FE]

Health care facilities: reimbursement of secular nursing care services in religious nonmedical health care institutions, S6321 [25JN]

Health Care Financing Administration: graduate medical education reimbursement for combined residencies producing primary care physicians (S. 637), S3558 [23AP]

Health care professionals: ensure Medicare reimbursement for certain ambulance services and improve the efficiency of the emergency medical system, S6321 [25JN]

———ensure Medicare reimbursement for certain ambulance services and improve the efficiency of the emergency medical system (S. 238), S871 [30JA], S4766 [20MY]

Immigration: treatment of legal immigrants relative to public welfare programs, S846-S848 [30JA], S2126 [11MR]

Income: exemption from the requirement that all Federal payments be made by electronic funds transfer (S. 874), S5464 [10JN]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (S. 356), S1570 [25FE]

———coverage of screening mammography (S. 727), S4242 [8MY]

Medicaid: adjust Federal medical assistance formula for Alaska (S. 424), S2142 [11MR]

———alcoholism and drug dependency treatment services for pregnant women (S. 147), S530, S534 [21JA]

———allow certain recipients to reside in alternative housing instead of nursing homes, S6030 [20JN]

———continuation of certain State waivers, S6168 [24JN], S6294, S6295, S6327 [25JN]

———coverage of attendant services for the disabled, S8702 [3SE]

———coverage of services provided by nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists (S. 1326), S11294 [28OC]

———coverage of services provided by nursing school clinics (S. 157), S541 [21JA]

———disproportionate share hospital payments, S6067 [23JN], S6156 [24JN], S6312, S6315 [25JN]

———disproportionate share hospital payments funding, S4959-S4962, S4986 [22MY]

———eligibility of certain disabled children, S6295, S6296 [25JN]

———enforcement of State guardianship laws relative to benefit eligibility proceedings (S. 655), S3729 [25AP]

———equitable treatment of certain benefits received by veterans in State and privately owned nursing homes (S. 502), S2674 [20MR]

———expand State health care coverage of low-income children and pregnant women and fund enrollment in health insurance programs for certain children (S. 674), S3849-S3851 [30AP], S3918, S3926 [1MY], S4801 [21MY]

———Federal funding of abortions, S6319 [25JN], S8690, S8691 [3SE]

———improve provision of managed care (S. 864), S5445 [10JN]

———increase the minimum Federal medical assistance percentage (S. 125), S509 [21JA]

———limitations on payments to institutions for mental diseases, S6303 [25JN]

———modify estate recovery provisions relative to recovery of home and community-based services costs for individuals over age 55 (S. 58), S435 [21JA]

———provide beneficiaries with certain information relative to managed care plans, S6156 [24JN]

———provide States greater flexibility in setting provider reimbursement rates (S. 700), S4000 [6MY]

———reform, S5335 [5JN], S6067 [23JN], S8320-S8322 [30JY]

———reimbursement rates for nursing homes, S6174 [24JN], S6305 [25JN]

———repeal criminal penalties for fraudulent disposition of assets (S. 369), S1734, S1736 [27FE]

———treatment of payments made as a result of tobacco industry liability settlement (S. 1471), S12138-S12140 [8NO]

———waiver of enrollment composition rule for the Better Health Plan of Amherst, NY (H.R. 2018), S7318 [11JY]

Medical Education Trust Fund: establish (S. 21), S361 [21JA]

Medicare: age eligibility requirements, S6084-S6094 [23JN], S6117-S6132 [24JN], S6325, S6330 [25JN], S6778, S6784 [27JN]

———allocate savings from waste, fraud, and abuse enforcement programs to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund (S. 865), S5455 [10JN]

———allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for services, S6298, S6383 [25JN]

———allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for services (S. 1194), S10715 [8OC], S11229 [27OC], S11403-S11406 [30OC], S12080 [8NO]

———bone mass measurements (S. 649), S3682, S3683 [24AP]

———change payment system for HMO's and competitive medical plans, S6321 [25JN]

———change payment system for HMO's and competitive medical plans (S. 359), S1785-S1787 [28FE]

———classification of Stanly Memorial Hospital relative to reimbursement regulations, S6294 [25JN]

———colorectal screening, S8395 [31JY]

———colorectal screening (S. 690), S3912 [1MY]

———combat waste, fraud, and abuse, S6075-S6077 [23JN], S6291, S6326 [25JN], S8174 [28JY], S8915 [8SE]

———combat waste, fraud, and abuse (S. 264), S1018 [5FE]

———copayment for home health patients, S6078-S6084 [23JN], S6107-S6114 [24JN], S6316, S6317 [25JN]

———coverage for home health services (S. 913), S6094 [23JN]

———coverage for skilled nursing facility services (S. 914), S6094 [23JN]

———coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips, S8399 [31JY]

———coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (S. 102), S482 [21JA]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (S. 597), S3288 [16AP]

———coverage of oral anticancer drugs, S6162 [24JN]

———coverage of screening mammography (S. 540), S2926 [9AP]

———demonstration project to provide coverage for cancer patients enrolled in certain clinical trials (S. 381), S1761, S1762 [27FE], S2295 [13MR]

———develop percentage increases to assure quality services in dependent hospitals and other beneficiary facilities (S. 372), S1738 [27FE]

———eliminate incentives for teaching hospitals to voluntarily reduce the number of medical residents, S8901, S8902 [8SE], S8950, S8951, S8959-S8961, S8965-S8968, S8994 [9SE]

———eliminate means-testing requirements for premiums, S6133-S6142 [24JN]

———eliminate time limitation on benefits for immunosuppressive drugs (S. 1481), S12146 [8NO]

———ensure reimbursement for certain ambulance services (S. 292), S1191 [10FE]

———establish consumer protections for supplemental insurance plans, S8347 [30JY]

———establish consumer protections for supplemental insurance plans (S. 302), S1236-S1239 [11FE]

———establish consumer protections for supplemental insurance plans (S. 701), S4000, S4003 [6MY]

———expand and strengthen the telemedicine demonstration project (S. 848), S5367, S5376 [5JN]

———funding, S4956-S4959, S4984, S4985 [22MY]

———hospice care reform (S. 734), S4320 [12MY]

———impose fees for overpayment collection and require prepayment screening of claims (S. 267), S1020 [5FE]

———improve health services to rural areas, S6321 [25JN], S8348 [30JY]

———improve health services to rural areas (S. 415), S2084-S2086 [10MR], S2152 [11MR], S2728 [20MR]

———improved reimbursement for clinical social worker services (S. 158), S542 [21JA]

———increase access to quality health care in frontier communities by allowing clinics and health centers greater flexibility and reimbursement (S. 1342), S11358 [29OC], S11493 [30OC]

———increase the number of physicians that complete fellowships in geriatric medicine and psychiatry (S. 779), S5002, S5003 [22MY]

———medical savings accounts, S5960-S5962 [19JN]

———payment of income related premium, S6132 [24JN]

———postpone effective date of means-testing premium increase, S6144 [24JN]

———promote use of universal product numbers on claims forms used for reimbursement (S. 1362), S11685 [4NO]

———provide beneficiaries with additional information to select health care plans (S. 789), S5007 [22MY]

———provide coverage through qualified provider-sponsored organizations (S. 146), S524-S530 [21JA], S3690-S3692 [24AP]

———provide greater flexibility and choice, S6063, S6065, S6067-S6072 [23JN], S6105-S6107 [24JN], S6303, S6304 [25JN]

———provide greater flexibility and choice (S. 246), S880-S883 [30JA]

———provide greater flexibility and choice (S. 904), S5694 [16JN]

———reclassification and rebasing of hospital payment amounts and improve rural health services (S. 817), S5103 [23MY], S5194 [2JN]

———reform, S128 [21JA], S714 [28JA], S935 [4FE], S1726 [27FE], S2017-S2019 [6MR], S2866-S2870 [9AP], S2966-S2968 [10AP], S3069-S3071 [14AP], S3704-S3710 [25AP], S3981 [6MY], S4837 [21MY], S5045 [23MY], S5542 [11JN], S5960-S5962 [19JN], S6024-S6026 [20JN], S6061, S6070-S6072, S6088 [23JN], S6145, S6146, S6157-S6168 [24JN], S6291, S6312, S6315, S6326, S6331 [25JN], S6489, S6557 [26JN], S6778, S6784 [27JN], S7426 [14JY], S7738 [17JY], S8320-S8322, S8324, S8331-S8333, S8341, S8342, S8347, S8352, S8353 [30JY], S8387, S8389, S8392, S8400, S8401, S8404, S8436, S8449, S8496 [31JY], S8636 [2SE]

———reform (S. 386), S1832 [3MR], S2764-S2766 [7AP], S2813-S2817 [8AP]

———reimbursement for nurse practitioners in health professional shortage areas (S. 370), S1736, S1737 [27FE]

———reimbursement for physician assistants in health professional shortage areas (S. 371), S1737 [27FE]

———reimbursement for telehealth services (S. 385), S1828 [3MR]

———reimbursement formula, S2866-S2870 [9AP]

———remove requirement of an x ray as a condition of coverage of chiropractic services (S. 524), S2846 [8AP]

———require managed care organizations to provide annual data to enrollees relative to non-health expenditures, S6156 [24JN]

———restrictions on services provided by clinical psychologists or social workers in outpatient rehabilitation facilities (S. 159), S542 [21JA]

———subsidize low-income beneficiaries through Medicaid, S6302, S6303 [25JN]

———subvention test programs relative to retired military personnel, S6322 [25JN]

———treatment under balanced budget constitutional amendment, S2000 [5MR]

———waive enrollment composition rules for Wellness Plan (S. 303), S1239 [11FE]

Medicare Payment Review Commission: establish, S6155, S6156 [24JN]

Medicare/Medicaid: coverage of long-term care services (S. 720), S4227-S4232 [8MY]

———expand and clarify requirements regarding advance directives to ensure that an individual's health care decisions are observed (S. 1345), S11451-S11453, S11455 [30OC], S11627, S11628 [4NO]

National Academy of Sciences: study medical nutrition therapy services, S6156, S6157 [24JN]

National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare: establish (S. 341), S1405-S1407 [13FE], S1726 [27FE]

———funding, S8965, S9013 [9SE]

Native Americans: adoption and foster care programs funding, S12564, S12565 [13NO]

Nursing homes: nurse aide training and competency evaluation programs (H.R. 968), S3858, S3859 [30AP]

———nurse aide training and competency evaluation programs (S. 452), S2372, S2373 [17MR]

Pennsylvania: evaluation of Federal Government at open house town meetings, S8640 [2SE]

Personal investment plans: diversion of percentage of payroll tax payments and extend the old age, survivors, and disability insurance program (S. 321), S1791 [28FE]

Prisoners: prevent distribution of benefits (S. 438), S2279 [13MR], S3315 [17AP]

Privacy: protection of Social Security numbers and other personal information (S. 600), S3292-S3294 [16AP]

Public welfare programs: approval of State plans reforming federally funded health and human services programs, S6177-S6180 [24JN], S6308 [25JN]

———exception to limited SSI eligibility for severely disabled aliens, S6302 [25JN]

———extend transition period for legal aliens receiving SSI and food stamps (S. 640), S3559 [23AP]

———make postsecondary or vocational education training a permissible work activity, S6297, S6298, S6331 [25JN]

———nutrition programs funding, S10246 [1OC]

———provide an exemption to restrictions on eligibility for public benefits for certain aliens (S. 392), S1980 [5MR]

———reform, S846-S848 [30JA], S3084 [14AP], S6299-S6301 [25JN], S8388, S8496 [31JY]

———reform relative to localities with high unemployment rates, S846-S848 [30JA]

———repeal restrictions on eligibility for public benefits for certain aliens (S. 480), S2568 [19MR]

———SSI and food stamp eligibility for legal aliens (S. 615), S3362, S3363 [17AP], S3417 [22AP]

———treatment of certain legal immigrants, S3562 [23AP], S6294, S6320 [25JN], S8349 [30JY], S8388 [31JY]

———treatment of elderly and disabled legal immigrants, S3082-S3084 [14AP], S5331 [5JN]

———treatment of legal immigrants, S3077 [14AP]

Reform, S6384 [25JN]

Religion: permit members of the clergy to revoke their exemption from coverage (S. 567), S3119 [14AP]

Republican Party: national agenda, S134 [21JA], S674-S676 [23JA], S2575-S2577 [20MR]

Rural areas: improve health services (S. 860), S5423 [9JN]

SSA: application of public meeting and disclosure requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act to the Social Security Advisory Board (S. 1165), S9210 [11SE]

———modify Personal Earnings and Benefit Estimate Statements to include employer's contributions, S8963, S8993 [9SE]

———provide information on Social Security trust funds, personal earnings, and benefit estimates to eligible individuals (S. 1145), S8728 [3SE]

SSI: extend transition period for legal aliens receiving benefits, S4046-S4050-S4068, S4090 [7MY], S4194 [8MY], S4869, S4870 [21MY]

Taxation: deductibility of the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance taxes paid by employees and self-employed individuals (S. 579), S3210 [15AP]

———payroll tax contributions relative to personal retirement accounts, S4920 [21MY]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code, S10270 [1OC]

———treatment of Social Security benefits (S. 244), S878 [30JA]

———treatment of Social Security benefits (S. 859), S5423 [9JN]

Texas: reform of public welfare programs, S3781, S3783 [29AP], S4203 [8MY]

Tobacco products: increase excise taxes to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction, S4782-S4828 [21MY], S5097 [23MY], S6428, S6432, S6435-S6437 [26JN], S6682, S6704 [27JN], S8447 [31JY]

———increase excise taxes to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction (S. 526), S2846-S2853 [8AP], S3703 [25AP], S4104 [7MY], S4272 [9MY]

Trust funds: budget treatment, S714 [28JA], S3704-S3710 [25AP], S8344-S8346 [30JY]

———payroll taxes, S3069-S3071 [14AP]

———require specific legislative recommendations to ensure solvency (S. 221), S753 [28JA]

———solvency, S2017-S2019 [6MR]

Veterans: provide enrollment period for Medicare and Medigap relative to certain military retirees and dependents (S. 912), S5702 [16JN]

———treatment of lump sum payments to U.S. trained Vietnamese commandos relative to eligibility for certain welfare benefits, S8902 [8SE]

Reports

Balanced Budget Amendment and Social Security: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, S1069 [6FE], S1363 [13FE]

Centers of Excellence Demonstration, E2069 [23OC]

Denver, CO, HMO Bidding Demonstration: Managed Medicare & Medicaid News (publication), E1888 [29SE]

Increase in Medicare Eligibility Age Should Be Deleted From the Budget Reconciliation Bill: Association of Private Pension and Welfare Plans, S6087 [23JN]

Medicare and the American Health Care System: Prospective Payment Assessment Commission, E1308 [24JN]

Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment: Dept. of HHS, E132 [4FE]

Reports filed

Disapproval of Line-Item Veto of Certain Medicaid Provisions in the Balanced Budget Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1144), S9411 [16SE]

Medicaid Waiver of Enrollment Composition Rule for the Better Health Plan of Amherst, NY (H.R. 2018): Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 2018) (H. Rept. 105-165), H4912 [8JY]

Medicare Eligibility for Benefits for Certain Divorced Individuals Relative to Marriage Requirements: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1956) (H. Rept. 105-208), H5915 [28JY]

Medicare Reimbursement for Services Provided to Eligible Veterans by Certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs Facilities: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 1362) (H. Rept. 105-186), H5400 [16JY]

Nomination of Kenneth S. Apfel To Be Commissioner of Social Security: Committee on Finance (Senate), S9197 [11SE]

Nomination of Nancy-Ann M. Deparle To Be Administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration: Committee on Finance (Senate), S9197 [11SE]

Nomination of Stanford G. Ross to the Social Security Advisory Board: Committee on Finance (Senate), S11341 [29OC]

Nursing Home Aide Training and Competency Evaluation Programs: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 968) (H. Rept. 105-23), H1110 [18MR]

———Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 968) (H. Rept. 105-23), H1016 [13MR]

Prohibit Federal Funding for Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, or Mercy Killing: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 1003) (H. Rept. 105-46), H1337 [8AP]

Welfare Reform Technical Corrections Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 1048) (H. Rept. 105-78), H1908 [28AP]

Reports to constituents

Hamilton, Representative: Medicaid, E441 [12MR]

———Outlook for Social Security, E1560 [30JY]

———Reforming Medicare, E1720 [10SE]

———State of the Union Address, E227 [12FE]

Statements

Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act (H.R. 1003): OMB, S3264 [16AP]

Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments: Lawrence A. McAndrews, National Association of Children's Hospitals, S4960 [22MY]

Medicare Coverage of Diabetes Outpatient Self-Management Training Services and Blood-Testing Strips: American Association of Diabetes Educators, E64 [7JA]

———American Diabetes Association, E63 [7JA]

———American Dietetic Association, E64 [7JA]

———Eli Lilly and Co., E65 [7JA]

———Juvenille Diabetes Foundation International, E64 [7JA]

———P. Michael Conn, Endocrine Society, E64 [7JA]

Social Security Trust Funds: Senator Domenici, S761 [28JA], S1361 [13FE], S1507 [25FE]

Social Security Viability: Matthew Nesto and Lucas Hersey, E1131 [5JN]

Summaries

Advance Planning and Compassionate Care Act (S. 1345), S11454 [30OC]

California Policy Seminar on Access to Maternity Care in California, E1502 [23JY]

Combat Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Medicare and Medicaid (H.R. 1770), E1083 [3JN]

Coverage and Treatment of Emergency Services Under Health Plans (H.R. 815), E311 [25FE]

Health Insurance Bill of Rights Act (S. 353), S1568 [25FE]

Increase Tobacco Excise Taxes To Fund Health Insurance for Uninsured Children, S8448 [31JY]

Long-Term Care Reform and Deficit Reduction Act (S. 879), S5526 [11JN]

Managed Care Consumer Protection Act (H.R. 337), E47 [7JA]

Medical Education Trust Fund Act (S. 21), S366 [21JA]

Medicare Cancer Clinical Trial Coverage Act (S. 381), S1762 [27FE]

Medicare Patient Choice and Access Act (S. 701), S4003 [6MY]

Medicare Pharmaceutical Care Services (H.R. 1201), E547 [21MR]

National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare (S. 341), S1406 [13FE]

National Policy To Provide Health Care And Reform Insurance Procedures (S. 24), S383 [21JA]

National Policy To Provide Health Care Coverage of Mental Illnesses (H.R. 621), E173 [5FE]

Prospective Payment Assessment Commission Meeting Minutes: Gray & Associates, E1887 [29SE]

Voter Eligibility Verification Act (H.R. 1428), H1855 [24AP]

Tables

Aliens receiving SSI payments, S4870 [21MY]

CBO baseline deficit estimates (1991-1995), S762 [28JA]

CBO baseline deficit estimates (1997-2007), S9193 [11SE]

Comparison of benefits offered under Medicaid and Blue Cross, S6149 [24JN]

Comparison of hospital and ambulatory surgical center fees, E723 [23AP]

Cost-of-living income adjustments for Members of Congress, Federal employees and retirees, and Social Security recipients, S7657 [17JY]

Economic assumptions underlying the mid-session review of President Clinton's fiscal year 1998 budget: SSA, S11211 [24OC]

Effects of balanced budget constitutional amendment on Social Security, S1874, S1905 [4MR]

Federal budget deficits, surpluses, and trust funds (1945-1996), S760 [28JA], S1359 [13FE], S1505 [25FE]

Federal budget deficits, surpluses, and trust funds (1945-1997), S3400 [22AP], S8345 [30JY], S9194 [11SE]

Federal budget trust fund borrowing, S760 [28JA], S1360 [13FE], S8344 [30JY]

Medicare eligibility age, S6127, S6130 [24JN]

Monthly Payment Rates to Medicare-Managed Care Plans, E144 [4FE]

Number of aliens receiving SSI payments by legal status and State, S1981 [5MR]

Numbers of SSI recipients receiving preliminary noncitizen status notices by State, S3364 [17AP]

Payroll tax data for employee and employers relative to Medicare eligibility age, S6127 [24JN]

Tax treatment of Social Security benefits, S879 [30JA]

Texts of

H. Res. 93, calculation of Consumer Price Index relative to correction of cost-of-living adjustments, H2183 [6MY]

H.R. 968, nurse aide training and competency evaluation programs in nursing homes, H1297 [8AP]

H.R. 1003, Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act, H1397-H1399 [10AP]

H.R. 1048, Welfare Reform Technical Corrections Act, H1917-H1931 [29AP]

H.R. 1428, Voter Eligibility Verification Act, H1855 [24AP]

H.R. 2018, waiver of Medicaid enrollment composition rule for the Better Health Plan of Amherst, NY, H4873 [8JY]

S. 13, Children's Health Coverage Act, S305-S309 [21JA]

S. 21, Medical Education Trust Fund Act, S362-S366 [21JA]

S. 58, modify estate recovery provisions relative to recovery of home and community-based service costs for Medicaid beneficiaries over age 55, S436 [21JA]

S. 146, Provider-Sponsored Organization Act, S525-S528 [21JA]

S. 147, Medicaid Substance Abuse Treatment Act, S531-S533 [21JA]

S. 157, Medicaid coverage of services provided by nursing school clinics, S542 [21JA]

S. 158, improved Medicare reimbursement for clinical social worker services, S542 [21JA]

S. 159, restrictions on services provided by clinical psychologists or social workers in Medicare outpatient rehabilitation facilities, S542 [21JA]

S. 166, Armed Forces: payment of certain health care expenses under CHAMPUS that are not payable under Medicare, S545 [21JA]

S. 202, Older Americans' Freedom To Work Act, S681 [23JA]

S. 238, Emergency Medical Services Efficiency Act, S872-S874 [30JA]

S. 292, Ambulance Services Act, S1191 [10FE]

S. 303, waive Medicare enrollment composition rules for Wellness Plan, S1239 [11FE]

S. 304, Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act, S1301 [12FE]

S. 353, Health Insurance Bill of Rights Act, S1560-S1568 [25FE]

S. 369, repeal criminal penalties for fraudulent disposition of assets relative to Medicaid, S1736 [27FE]

S. 373, Health Insurance Bill of Rights Act, S1738-S1747 [27FE]

S. 381, Medicare Cancer Clinical Trial Coverage Act, S1761 [27FE]

S. 385, Comprehensive Telehealth Act, S1829-S1832 [3MR]

S. 392, provide an exemption to restrictions on eligibility for public benefits for certain aliens, S1980 [5MR]

S. 425, Cost-of-Living Board Act, S2143 [11MR]

S. 452, nurse aide training and competency evaluation programs, S2373 [17MR]

S. 480, repeal restrictions on eligibility for public welfare benefits for certain aliens, S2568 [19MR]

S. 503, HIV Prevention Act, S2676 [20MR]

S. 511, Safe Adoptions and Family Environments Act, S2701-S2706 [20MR]

S. 524, remove requirement of an x ray as a condition of Medicare coverage of chiropractic services, S2846 [8AP]

S. 579, Working Americans Wage Restoration Act, S3211 [15AP]

S. 597, Medicare Medical Nutrition Therapy Act, S3288 [16AP]

S. 600, Personal Information Privacy Act, S3293 [16AP]

S. 674, Children's Health Insurance Provides Security (CHIPS) Act, S3926 [1MY]

S. 690, Colorectal Cancer Screening Act, S3913 [1MY]

S. 701, Medicare Patient Choice and Access Act, S4001-S4003 [6MY]

S. 720, Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) Coverage Act, S4228-S4231 [8MY]

S. 734, Medicare hospice care reform, S4320 [12MY]

S. 789, Medicare Beneficiary Information Act, S5008 [22MY]

S. 822, Kinship Care Act, S5254 [3JN]

S. 848, Rural Telemedicine Demonstration Act, S5368 [5JN]

S. 864, Medicaid Managed Care Improvement Act, S5445-S5455 [10JN]

S. 879, Long-Term Care Reform and Deficit Reduction Act, S5514-S5526 [11JN]

S. 902, Prostate Testing Full Information Act, S5621 [12JN]

S. 1074, Child Support Reform Act, S8187-S8189 [28JY]

S. 1223, Employee Information Protection Act, S10056 [26SE]

S. 1273, include certain Dept. of Defense beneficiaries in National Mail Order Pharmacy Program, S10649 [8OC]

S. 1326, Medicaid coverage of services provided by nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists, S11294 [28OC]

S. 1345, Advance Planning and Compassionate Care Act, S11453 [30OC]

S. 1362, Medicare Universal Product Number Act, S11686 [4NO]

S. 1365, Federal employees computation system for Social Security benefits relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions, S11688 [4NO]

S. 1376, increase the medical assistance percentage for Hawaii, S11772 [5NO]

S. Res. 50, Consumer Price Index calculation relative to correction of cost-of-living adjustments, S1034 [5FE]