    [Congressional Record Index (1998)]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    SOCIAL SECURITY related term(s) Public Welfare Programs
      Addresses
        Health Care Reform in 1998--What Can We Expect From the 105th
            Congress? Representative Gingrich, E911 [20MY]
        National Policy Objectives:  Speaker Gingrich, E272-E275 [3MR]
        Protection of Enrollees in Managed Health Care Plans and HMO's:
            Beverly L. Malone, S11542 [6OC]
        Social Security Saved! Senator Moynihan, S2155-S2157 [18MR]
        Surplus Politics--What Congress Should Do:  Senator Abraham,
            S1291-S1293 [3MR]
      Amendments
        Crime:  identity fraud (S. 512), S9476 [30JY], S9501 [30JY]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's
            (H.R. 4250), H6187 [22JY], H6283 [23JY], H6295 [23JY], H6382
            [24JY]
        Medicare:  revise certain payment limits for health services (H.R.
            4567), H10077 [8OC]
        Protect Social Security Account:  establish account into which
            budget surpluses will be deposited until long-term reform is
            enacted (H.R. 4578), H8627 [24SE], H8746 [25SE]
        Taxation:  provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and
            small businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R.
            4579), S11614 [6OC], H8628 [24SE], H8641 [24SE], H8947 [26SE]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 3097), H4655 [17JN]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 3097), consideration
            (H. Res. 472), H4649 [17JN]
      Analyses
        Patient Protection Act (H.R. 4250), E1402-E1418 [23JY]
      Appointments
        National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare, H6418
            [24JY]
      Articles and editorials
        AARP Answers ``Scare Campaign'' on Medicare Private Contracting,
            E134 [11FE]
        Common Ground on Patient Rights Hides a Chasm, H7563 [10SE]
        Congress v. HCFA--Bureaucracy Bashing 101, E779 [6MY]
        Congressional Agenda--Goals for a Generation, E259 [3MR]
        End Welfare's Catch-22, S7819 [9JY]
        Expanding Medicare Means Bigger Problems in Long Term, E507 [27MR]
        For Medicaid Patients, Doors Slam Closed, S4631 [11MY]
        Hands Tied, Judges Rue Law That Limits HMO Liability, S8051 [13JY]
        Huckabee Flees Forum After Welfare Protest, E704 [29AP]
        Let's Really Save Social Security, S1767 [11MR]
        Losing Patients Over Home Health Care Cuts, H5283 [24JN]
        Man Behind the Votes, E2336 [17DE]
        Many Elders Receive Care at Criminals' Hands, S3092 [2AP]
        Medicare Cure--Biomedical Research?, E2348 [18DE]
        Medicare's Assault Against the Elderly, S89 [28JA]
        1974 Pensions Law Sparks Political Fire, S7254 [26JN]
        Paying the Price for Mismanagement, H5284 [24JN]
        Pessimism Retains Grip on Appalachian Poor, S503 [9FE]
        Plans' Access to Pharmacy Data Raises Privacy Issue--Benefit Firms
            Delve Into Patient Records, E2149-E2151 [13OC]
        Public Trust Busting, S2154 [18MR], S2927 [1AP]
        Region's Home-Care Firms Face Being Punished for Their Efficiency,
            S3711 [28AP]
        Social Security Needs Repair, but Poor Shouldn't Pay for It--
            Moynihan's Plan Isn't Perfect, but at Least He's Got People
            Talking, S2926 [1AP]
        SOS for SS, S2927 [1AP]
        States Must Ask the Right Questions, S502 [9FE]
        Statewide Regionalization of Pancreaticoduodenectomy and Its Effect
            on In-Hospital Mortality, E1664 [9SE]
        Tinkering Won't Do the Job--The Only Sensible Solution Allows
            Private Investment, S2926 [1AP]
        Voters Are Ready for Social Security Reform, E785 [7MY]
        Way Out of Europe's Pension Crisis, E1577 [7AU]
        Wrong Way on Social Security, S2927 [1AP]
      Bills and resolutions
        Account statements:  include retirees among recipients of annual
            account statements, (see H.R. 3649), H2053 [1AP]
        Armed Forces:  interdepartmental cooperation between the Depts. of
            Defense and Veterans Affairs relative to medical care delivery,
            (see S. 2009), S3919 [30AP]
        ------ permit certain beneficiaries to enroll in the Federal
            Employees Health Program and improve health benefits under
            CHAMPUS and TRICARE standard, (see S. 2020), S3919 [30AP]
        Benefits:  allow for distribution of the lump sum death payment, in
            the absence of a widow or widower or surviving children, to any
            other person as certified by the deceased worker, (see H.R.
            3739), H2423 [28AP]
        ------ computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in
            or after 1982, (see S. 2003), S3783 [29AP]
        ------ determination of benefit amounts relative to provision of
            child care or care to a chronically ill dependent relative, (see
            H.R. 4456), H7412 [6AU]
        ------ eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals, (see
            S. 1571), S48 [27JA], (see H.R. 3912), H3624 [20MY]
        ------ eliminate waiting period for divorced spouse's benefits
            following the divorce, (see H.R. 4458), H7412 [6AU]
        ------ increase widow's and widower's insurance benefits by reason
            of delayed retirement, (see H.R. 4459), H7412 [6AU]
        ------ provide a more equitable application of the earnings test in
            the first year of eligibility for retirement age individuals,
            (see H.R. 4369), H6879 [31JY]
        ------ provide full benefits for disabled widows and widowers
            regardless of age, (see H.R. 4460), H7412 [6AU]
        ------ repeal eligibility restrictions on widow's and widower's
            insurance benefits based on disability, (see H.R. 4457), H7412
            [6AU]
        Bipartisan Panel To Design Long-Range Social Security Reform:
            establish, (see H.R. 3095), H62 [27JA], (see H.R. 3546), H1549
            [25MR]
        ----- establish (H.R. 3546), consideration, (see H. Res. 410), H2422
            [28AP]
        Budget:  constitutional amendment to require balanced without
            counting Social Security surpluses, (see S.J. Res. 59), S11279
            [1OC], (see S.J. Res. 60), S11279 [1OC]
        ------ ensure continued enforcement of pay-as-you-go requirements
            relative to trust funds, (see S. 1587), S226 [29JA]
        ------ exclude old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program
            outlay and revenue totals from OMB and CBO budget
            pronouncements, (see H.R. 4503), H7413 [6AU]
        ------ investment of certain Federal budgetary surpluses into
            program, (see H. Res. 340), H63 [27JA]
        ------ modify certain allocations in the Senate for fiscal year 1999
            and include appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2000-
            2003, (see S. Res. 312), S12871 [21OC]
        ------ require two-thirds vote for legislation changing
            discretionary spending limits or pay-as-you-go requirements if
            the budget for the current or immediately preceding year was not
            in surplus, (see H.R. 3832), H3104 [12MY]
        ------ treatment of any future budget surpluses, (see H. Con. Res.
            216), H446 [11FE]
        ------ treatment of certain trust funds relative to the annual
            baseline, (see S. 1588), S226 [29JA]
        Business and industry:  treatment of personal employment information
            reported to the National Directory of New Hires, (see S. 1865),
            S2660 [26MR]
        Children and youth:  improve coverage of low-income children under
            State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid, (see
            H.R. 4767), H10352 [9OC]
        ------ require proof of screening for lead poisoning and follow-up
            services for those testing positive, (see S. 2598), S12163
            [9OC], (see H.R. 4825), H10832 [13OC]
        Committee on Social Security Reform (Joint):  establish, (see H.J.
            Res. 112), H677 [26FE]
        Crime:  identity fraud, (see H.R. 3551), H1549 [25MR], (see H.R.
            3601), H1776 [30MR], (see H.R. 4151), H5402 [25JN]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  study options for the design, development,
            implementation, and operation of a national database to track
            participation in Federal means-tested public assistance
            programs, (see S. 2447), S9973 [8SE]
        Dept. of Defense:  exclude monthly insurance benefits in determining
            the income of certain surviving spouses of military retirees,
            (see H.R. 4582), H7914 [16SE]
        Dept. of HHS:  disapprove rule submitted on surety bond requirements
            for home health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid, (see
            S.J. Res. 50), S6037 [10JN], (see H.J. Res. 123), H4711 [17JN]
        ------ provide additional exceptions to the imposition of civil
            money penalties in cases of payments to beneficiaries, (see H.R.
            3511), H1336 [19MR]
        Disabled:  provide beneficiaries opportunities to return to work,
            and extend Medicare coverage and tax credits for such
            beneficiaries, (see H.R. 3433), H1111 [11MR]
        ----- provide beneficiaries opportunities to return to work, and
            extend Medicare coverage and tax credits for such beneficiaries
            (H.R. 3433), consideration, (see H. Res. 450), H3970 [22MY]
        ------ provide certain beneficiaries with opportunities to return to
            work by improving access to health care, (see S. 1858), S2570
            [25MR]
        ------ waive waiting period for benefits relative to individuals
            with terminal illnesses, and provide for appropriate treatment
            of prisoners, (see H.R. 3732), H2318 [23AP]
        Diseases:  Medicare coverage and research funding for amyotrophic
            lateral sclerosis, (see S. 2265), S7574 [7JY]
        Employment:  provide State authority to permit certain employers of
            domestic workers to make annual wage reports, (see S. 1880),
            S2764 [30MR]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
            affordability, and quality of child care, (see H.R. 3292), H676
            [26FE]
        Federal-State relations:  provide prisoner information obtained by
            States to Federal benefit programs to prevent erroneous
            provision of benefits, (see H.R. 4172), H5403 [25JN]
        Government:  require a balanced Federal budget, repayment of the
            national debt, and Social Security system solvency, (see H. Con.
            Res. 228), H678 [26FE]
        Hawaii:  increase the Federal medical assistance percentage, (see
            H.R. 3118), H99 [28JA]
        Health:  distinguish between health care claims fraud and
            unavoidable billing errors, (see S. 2007), S3783 [29AP]
        ------ national policy to provide health care and reform insurance
            procedures, (see S. 2074), S4823 [13MY]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
            S. 1890), S2851 [31MR], (see S. 1891), S2851 [31MR], (see H.
            Con. Res. 272, S. 2529), S11122 [29SE], H2931 [6MY], (see H.R.
            4250), H5736 [16JY]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R.
            4250), consideration, (see H. Res. 509), H6281 [23JY]
        ------ provide a safe harbor under the anti-kickback statute for
            hospital restocking of certain ambulance drugs and supplies,
            (see H.R. 3247), H577 [24FE]
        Health care facilities:  allow medical treatment of emergency cases
            near the emergency room entrance, (see H.R. 3937), H3743 [21MY]
        ------ require nursing facilities filing for relief to provide
            written notice of such filing to appropriate State agencies,
            (see H.R. 4843), H11023 [15OC]
        House of Representatives:  require that excess amounts from Members'
            official allowances be applied to old-age, survivors, and
            disability insurance programs, (see H.R. 3804), H2931 [6MY]
        Income:  exemption from the requirement that all Federal payments be
            made by electronic funds transfer, (see H.R. 4405), H7289 [5AU]
        Indian Health Service:  extend program for direct billing of
            Medicare, Medicaid, and other third party payors, (see H.R.
            4088), H4834 [18JN]
        Individual security accounts:  diversion of percentage of payroll
            tax payments and extend the old age, survivors, and disability
            insurance program, (see H.R. 4256), H5737 [16JY]
        ------ diversion of percentage of payroll tax payments and extend
            the old age, survivors, and disability insurance program, (see
            H.R. 4824), H10832 [13OC]
        Insurance:  allow children covered under private health insurance
            under a State health plan to continue receiving benefits under
            the Vaccines for Children Program, (see H.R. 3794), H2813 [5MY]
        ------ coverage of long-term care services, (see H. Con. Res. 210,
            S. Con. Res. 95), S4713 [12MY], H385 [5FE]
        ------ coverage of prescription drugs, (see H.R. 4559), H7690 [14SE]
        ------ establish hospital lengths of stay based on a determination
            by an appropriate physician in consultation with the patient,
            (see S. 2315), S8241 [15JY], (see H.R. 4222), H5593 [15JY]
        ------ prevent conflicts of interest in the use of administrative
            vendors in the administration of State children's health
            insurance plans, (see H.R. 3713), H2236 [22AP]
        Investments:  establish and maintain individual investment accounts,
            (see H.R. 4076), H4711 [17JN]
        KidSave accounts:  open for every child at birth and invest such
            accounts to build retirement savings, (see S. 2184), S6488
            [17JN]
        Medicaid:  allow children covered under a State health plan to
            continue receiving benefits under the Vaccines for Children
            Program, (see S. 2013), S3919 [30AP]
        ------ allow fraud control units to investigate and prosecute fraud
            in Medicare and other Federal programs and elder abuse in
            residential facilities, (see S. 2040), S4528 [7MY], (see H.R.
            4155), H5403 [25JN]
        ------ allow fraud control units to investigate and prosecute fraud
            in Medicare and other Federal programs and elder abuse in
            residential facilities, (see H.R. 4650), H9178 [28SE]
        ------ allow States to exempt trust funds for the disabled from
            estate recovery programs, (see S. 2462), S10240 [11SE]
        ------ allow States to use State Children's Health Insurance Program
            allotment to cover additional low-income children, (see S.
            2485), S10423 [16SE], (see H.R. 4583), H7914 [16SE]
        ------ deduct a children's contribution from the income amount
            applied monthly to payment for the cost of care in an
            institution for an individual receiving medical assistance, (see
            H.R. 4723), H10011 [7OC]
        ------ exempt disabled individuals from being required to enroll
            with a managed care entity, (see S. 1649), S731 [12FE], (see
            H.R. 3281), H676 [26FE]
        ------ extend the higher Federal medical assistance payment
            percentage for Indian Health Service facilities to urban Indian
            health programs, (see H.R. 4480), H7413 [6AU]
        ------ permit presumptive eligibility for low-income children, (see
            H.R. 3640, S. 2382), S9425 [30JY], H2052 [1AP]
        ------ prohibit transfers or discharges of residents of nursing
            facilities, (see S. 2061), S4630 [11MY], (see H.R. 4046, S.
            2308), S8240 [15JY], H4549 [11JN]
        ------ provide States with a children's enrollment performance
            bonus, (see S. 2626), S12402 [12OC]
        Medicare:  adhere to the statutory deadlines for implementation of
            the prospective payment system for home health services, (see H.
            Res. 585), H10076 [8OC]
        ------ adjust formula used to determine cost limits for home health
            agencies, (see S. 1993), S3709 [28AP]
        ------ allocate savings from waste, fraud, and abuse enforcement
            programs to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, (see H.
            Con. Res. 321), H7290 [5AU]
        ------ allow beneficiaries to remain enrolled in their chosen health
            plan, (see S. 2611), S12164 [9OC]
        ------ allow certain military retirees and their dependents a
            special enrollment period to qualify for TRICARE demonstration
            sites, (see H.R. 4160), H5403 [25JN]
        ------ clarify non-preemption of State prescription drug benefit
            laws relative to Medicare+Choice plans, (see H.R. 4648), H9084
            [26SE]
        ------ clarify that any restrictions on private contracts for
            beneficiaries do not apply to non-covered services, (see H.R.
            3259), H630 [25FE]
        ------ combat waste, fraud, and abuse, (see H.R. 3471, S. 2335),
            S8658 [21JY], H1235 [17MR]
        ------ combat waste, fraud, and abuse in home health service
            payments, (see S. 2031), S4357 [5MY]
        ------ combat waste, fraud and abuse, (see S. 1788), S2114 [17MR]
        ------ comprehensive financing for graduate medical education, (see
            H.R. 4739), H10075 [8OC]
        ------ continuous open enrollment of individuals in Medicare+Choice
            plans, (see H.R. 4653), H9178 [28SE]
        ------ coverage of acupuncturist services, (see S. 2340), S8778
            [22JY]
        ------ coverage of adult day care services, (see H.R. 4403), H7289
            [5AU]
        ------ coverage of outpatient prescription drugs and home infusion
            drug therapy, (see H.R. 4753), H10076 [8OC]
        ------ delay implementation of changes in coverage of venipuncture
            services under home health services, (see H.R. 3137), H240 [3FE]
        ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services, (see S. 1643), S730 [12FE],
            (see H.R. 3108), H63 [27JA], (see H.R. 3162), H329 [4FE], (see
            H.R. 3205), H495 [12FE], (see H.R. 3567), H1642 [26MR], (see
            H.R. 4339), H6487 [27JY]
        ------ delay reduction and make revisions to the per beneficiary and
            per visit payment limit, (see S. 2616), S12164 [9OC], (see H.R.
            4727), H10011 [7OC], (see H.R. 4727), H10512 [10OC]
        ------ Dept. of HHS authority to make adjustments to payments made
            to skilled nursing facilities, (see S. Res. 314), S12871 [21OC]
        ------ documentation requirements for physicians who submit claims
            for office visits and for other evaluation and management
            services, (see H. Con. Res. 264, S. Con. Res. 93), S4206 [4MY],
            H2423 [28AP]
        ------ election of Medicare+Choice organizations to exclude payment
            for abortion services, (see H.R. 4228, S. 2403), S9556 [31JY],
            H5593 [15JY]
        ------ eliminate budget neutrality adjustment factor used in
            calculating blended capitation rate for Medicare+Choice
            organizations, (see S. 2227), S7172 [25JN], (see H.R. 4492),
            H7413 [6AU]
        ------ enhance and expand special enrollment periods for certain
            military retirees and dependents, (see H.R. 3863), H3246 [13MY]
        ------ enroll eligible low-income beneficiaries in certain cost-
            sharing assistance programs, (see H.R. 4836), H10917 [14OC]
        ------ ensure access to comparable prescription drug coverage in
            Medigap policies relative to termination of Medicare+Choice
            plans, (see H.R. 4862), H11695 [20OC]
        ------ ensure access to mental health services, (see H.R. 3988),
            H4055 [3JN]
        ------ ensure access to obstetrician-gynecologist services and
            assure continuity of care, (see H.R. 3997), H4165 [4JN]
        ------ ensure proper payment of approved nursing and paramedical
            education programs, (see H.R. 4736), H10075 [8OC]
        ------ ensure reimbursement for certain ambulance services and
            improve the efficiency of the emergency medical system, (see S.
            2091), S5129 [19MY]
        ------ establish a demonstration project to increase awareness of
            the availability of costsharing assistance to eligible
            beneficiaries, (see S. 2528), S11122 [29SE], (see H.R. 4662),
            H9274 [1OC]
        ------ establish a prospective payment system for psychiatric
            hospital services, (see H.R. 3780), H2705 [30AP]
        ------ establish a prospective payment system for psychiatric
            hospital services, (see S. 2582), S11970 [8OC]
        ------ establish a standard of efficiency in home health services
            and reward agencies who meet or exceed the standard, (see H.R.
            3651), H2053 [1AP]
        ------ establish medical necessity standard for Medicare+Choice
            plans, (see H.R. 4674), H9274 [1OC]
        ------ exclude clinical social worker services from coverage under
            the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system, (see S.
            1864), S2660 [26MR], (see H.R. 3570), H1643 [26MR]
        ------ exempt certain facilities from transition period under the
            prospective payment system for skilled nursing facilities, (see
            S. 2342), S8778 [22JY]
        ------ exempt licensed pharmacists from surety bond requirements for
            suppliers of durable medical equipment, (see S. 1680), S1003
            [25FE], (see H.R. 3284), H676 [26FE]
        ------ extend health care coverage, (see H.R. 4177), H5403 [25JN]
        ------ extend the contracts of certain managed care organizations,
            (see S. 2562), S11582 [6OC], (see H.R. 4720), H10011 [7OC]
        ------ graduate medical education payments, (see S. 2259), S7256
            [26JN], (see H.R. 4219), H5593 [15JY]
        ------ graduate medical education reimbursement for certain
            osteopathy training programs whose operation is assumed by
            another hospital, (see H.R. 3914), H3624 [20MY]
        ------ implement a budget-neutral payment system for outpatient
            rehabilitation services, (see H.R. 4534), H7494 [9SE]
        ------ impose conditions on the implementation of interim payment
            system to home health agencies for home health services, (see S.
            2508), S10722 [22SE]
        ------ improve access to benefits for certain individuals and
            provide financial assistance to individuals who are too poor to
            afford premiums, (see H.R. 4799), H10513 [10OC]
        ------ improve access to health insurance and benefits for certain
            individuals, (see H.R. 3470), H1235 [17MR]
        ------ improve access to health insurance by offering certain
            individuals a Medicare buy-in option, (see S. 1789), S2114
            [17MR]
        ------ increase payment for pap smear laboratory tests, (see H.R.
            4092, S. 2378), S9425 [30JY], H4879 [19JN]
        ------ limit payments for drugs or biological products, (see H.R.
            3139), H240 [3FE]
        ------ payment for insulin pumps, (see H.R. 3814, S. 2292), S8056
            [13JY], H3013 [7MY]
        ------ payment of certain venipuncture services and prevention of
            potential fraud and abuse, (see S. 1580), S113 [28JA]
        ------ payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
            medical education programs, (see S. 2049), S4528 [7MY], (see
            H.R. 3855), H3246 [13MY]
        ------ payments to hospitals that have graduate medical education
            programs in critical need specialty areas, (see H.R. 3940, S.
            2216), S7172 [25JN], H3743 [21MY]
        ------ payments to Medicare+Choice organizations amounts
            attributable to disproportionate share hospital payments, (see
            S. 1908), S3119 [2AP]
        ------ permit the replacement of health insurance policies for
            certain disabled beneficiaries even if the replacement policies
            duplicate Medicare benefits, (see S. 2551), S11450 [5OC], (see
            H.R. 4710), H9722 [6OC]
        ------ preserve access to home health services for the sickest and
            most frail, continue participation by cost-effective providers,
            and reduce fraud and abuse, (see H.R. 4495), H7413 [6AU]
        ------ prevent sudden disruption of beneficiary enrollment in
            Medicare+Choice plans, (see S. 2545), S11339 [2OC]
        ------ prohibit use of cold-call marketing of Medicare+Choice plans,
            (see H.R. 4214), H5492 [14JY]
        ------ promote use of universal product numbers on claims forms used
            for reimbursement, (see H.R. 3255), H578 [24FE]
        ------ provide flexibility in contracting for claims processing,
            (see H.R. 4186), H5404 [25JN]
        ------ provide for independent case managers for home health
            services, (see H.R. 4591), H8035 [17SE]
        ------ provide that funds received from a tobacco industry
            settlement shall be used for part A, (see H.R. 3172), H385 [5FE]
        ------ reduce percentage of physicians' salaries dependent on
            financial incentives under Medicare+Choice plans, (see H.R.
            4726), H10011 [7OC]
        ------ reductions in prescription drug prices, (see H.R. 4627),
            H8931 [25SE], (see H.R. 4646), H9083 [26SE], (see H.R. 4794),
            H10513 [10OC]
        ------ reform payment system for certain long-term care hospitals,
            (see H.R. 4533), H7494 [9SE]
        ------ reform payment system for home health services, (see S.
            2323), S8382 [16JY], (see S. 2354), S8996 [24JY], (see H.R.
            4370), H6879 [31JY], (see H.R. 4404), H7289 [5AU]
        ------ reimbursement for nurse-midwife services and free-standing
            birth centers, (see H.R. 4872), H11695 [20OC]
        ------ reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by
            certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities, (see S. 2054),
            S4558 [8MY]
        ------ reimbursement of routine patient care costs for individuals
            participating in approved clinical trials, (see H.R. 3283), H676
            [26FE]
        ------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services,
            (see H.R. 3835, S. 2222), S7172 [25JN], H3104 [12MY]
        ------ repeal the restriction on payment for certain hospital
            discharges relative to post-acute care, (see S. 1604), S378
            [4FE]
        ------ require advanced notice to managed care plan enrollees of
            hospital termination under such plans, (see H.R. 4748), H10076
            [8OC]
        ------ require disclosure of certain information about benefit
            management for prescription drugs by Medicare+Choice
            organizations, (see H.R. 4187), H5404 [25JN]
        ------ require disclosure of staffing and performance data, provide
            whistleblower protection to employees, and review impact of
            proposed mergers and acquisitions relative to Medicare
            providers, (see S. 2055), S4558 [8MY]
        ------ require HMO's to disclose information to enrollees on
            physicians, finances, and compensation of executives of the
            organization, (see H.R. 3239), H496 [12FE]
        ------ require hospitals to establish and implement security
            procedures to reduce the likelihood of infant patient abduction
            and baby switching, (see H.R. 4680), H9344 [2OC]
        ------ require use of hollow-bore needle devices at health care
            facilities, (see S. 2056), S4558 [8MY]
        ------ requirements relative to anesthesia services, (see S. 1811),
            S2424 [23MR], (see H.R. 3629), H2052 [1AP]
        ------ respond to requests of skilled nursing facilities for private
            accreditation in the same manner as for other providers of
            services, (see H.R. 4075), H4711 [17JN]
        ------ restore full incentive payment percentages for prospective
            payment system-exempt rehabilitation hospitals and units, (see
            H.R. 4855), H11549 [19OC]
        ------ restore the non-applicability of private contracts for the
            provision of benefits, (see H.R. 3126), H99 [28JA]
        ------ restrictions on changes in benefits under Medicare+Choice
            plans, (see H.R. 3128), H99 [28JA]
        ------ revise certain payment limits for health services, (see H.R.
            4567), H7802 [15SE]
        ------ revise interim payment system to home health agencies for
            home health services, (see H.R. 4252), H5736 [16JY]
        ------ waiver of the late enrollment penalty for certain military
            retirees and dependents, (see H.R. 4771), H10352 [9OC]
        Medicare Eligible Military Retiree Health Care Consensus Task Force:
             establish, (see H.R. 4464), H7412 [6AU]
        Medicare Payment Advisory Commission:  expand membership, (see H.R.
            4377), H6879 [31JY]
        Medicare/Medicaid:  pilot program for the use of optical memory
            cards, (see H.R. 4317), H6281 [23JY]
        ------ require criminal and abusive work history background checks
            for direct care employees in nursing facilities, home health
            agencies, and hospice programs, (see H.R. 4789), H10513 [10OC]
        Native Americans:  make permanent and expand the demonstration
            program that allows for direct billing of Medicare and Medicaid,
            (see S. 2001), S3783 [29AP]
        Nursing facilities:  permit certain paid staff to provide feeding
            and hydration assistance to residents and ensure that
            individuals with a history of patient or resident abuse or
            criminal convictions are not employed, (see H.R. 4686), H9345
            [2OC], (see H.R. 4804), H10513 [10OC]
        Pensions:  create personalized retirement accounts, (see S. 2552),
            S11582 [6OC]
        ------ establish pilot program for personalized retirement security
            through personal retirement savings accounts, (see H.R. 3560, S.
            2369), S9243 [29JY], H1642 [26MR]
        ------ provide for accounts funded by surpluses in the budget and
            available for private investment in indexed funds, (see H.R.
            3456), H1158 [12MR]
        Privacy:  protect the integrity and confidentiality of Social
            Security numbers and prohibit the establishment of any uniform
            national identifying number, (see H.R. 3261), H630 [25FE]
        ------ repeal law creating unique health care identifiers for all
            citizens in order to create national medical history database,
            (see H.R. 4281), H6069 [21JY], (see H.R. 4312), H6186 [22JY]
        Privatization:  prohibit, (see H. Res. 483), H5064 [23JN]
        Protect Social Security Account:  establish account into which
            budget surpluses will be deposited, (see H.R. 3351), H902 [5MR]
        ------ establish account into which budget surpluses will be
            deposited until long-term reform is enacted, (see H.R. 4578),
            H7914 [16SE] establish account into which budget surpluses will
            be deposited until long-term reform is enacted (H.R. 4578),
            consideration, (see H. Res. 552), H8626 [24SE]
        Public welfare programs:  clarify and improve public assistance and
            benefits for noncitizens, (see H.R. 4558), H7690 [14SE]
        ------ disregard payment of earned income tax credits in determining
            eligibility for the temporary assistance for needy families
            program, SSI, Medicaid, and public housing programs, (see H.R.
            4818), H10667 [12OC]
        ------ extend transition period for legal aliens receiving SSI, (see
            H.R. 4426), H7411 [6AU]
        ------ food stamp eligibility for certain aliens, (see S. 1763),
            S1990 [16MR], H903 [5MR]
        ------ require States to pass child support directly through to
            families and disregard child support in determining eligibility
            for the temporary assistance to needy families program, (see S.
            2586), S11970 [8OC]
        Retirement:  divert percentage of payroll tax into personal
            investment plans, increase retirement age, adjust Consumer Price
            Index, and reduce benefits to wealthier individuals, (see S.
            2313), S8240 [15JY]
        Rural areas:  promote access to health care services, (see S. 2603),
            S12164 [9OC]
        Save Social Security First Reserve Fund:  establish, (see H.R.
            3207), H495 [12FE]
        Senior citizens:  establish a consumer price index for elderly
            consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social
            Security and Medicare benefits, (see H.R. 4084), H4834 [18JN]
        SSI:  reinstate the medical improvement test protection for certain
            low-income disabled children, (see H.R. 3459), H1158 [12MR]
        States:  modification of certain agreements relative to certain
            students, (see S. 2325), S8482 [17JY]
        ------ permit use of funds under the State Children's Health
            Insurance Program for coverage of uninsured pregnant women, (see
            H.R. 3837), H3104 [12MY]
        ------ provide medical assistance to certain legal immigrant
            children and increase allotments to territories under the State
            Children's Health Insurance Program, (see S. 2410), S9556
            [31JY], (see H.R. 4323), H6281 [23JY]
        ------ requirements for financial recovery from an individuals
            estate relative to any medical assistance under a State health
            plan, (see H.R. 4249), H5736 [16JY]
        Taxation:  adjust for inflation income levels for senior citizens at
            which Social Security benefits are taxed at a higher rate, (see
            H.R. 3448), H1158 [12MR]
        ------ allow a refundable credit for certain Medicare premiums, (see
            H.R. 4465), H7412 [6AU]
        ------ allow credit to military retirees for Medicare coverage, (see
            H.R. 4167), H5403 [25JN]
        ------ increase amount of Social Security benefits exempt from tax
            for single taxpayers, (see S. 2515), S10921 [24SE]
        ------ increase income levels for senior citizens at which Social
            Security benefits are taxed at a higher rate, (see H.R. 3447),
            H1158 [12MR]
        ------ promote retirement savings, (see S. 2635), S12558 [14OC],
            (see H.R. 4823), H10832 [13OC]
        ------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
            businesses, and establish incentives for education, (see H.R.
            4579), H7914 [16SE] provide relief for individuals, families,
            farmers, and small businesses, and establish incentives for
            education (H.R. 4579), consideration, (see H. Res. 552), H8626
            [24SE]
        ------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
            businesses, establish incentives for education, and protect the
            solvency of Social Security, (see H.R. 4597), H8083 [18SE]
        ------ reduce payroll taxes, (see S. 1792), S2214 [18MR]
        ------ reduce the marriage penalty, encourage health coverage, allow
            certain credits against the alternative minimum tax, increase
            the Social Security earnings limitation, and extend certain
            expiring provisions, (see H.R. 4542), H7583 [10SE]
        ------ reform Internal Revenue Code and protect Social Security and
            Medicare trust funds, (see H. Con. Res. 248), H1444 [24MR]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H62 [27JA]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 3097), consideration,
            (see H. Res. 472), H4628 [16JN]
        ------ treatment of Social Security benefits, (see H.R. 3122), H99
            [28JA], (see H.R. 4414), H7289 [5AU]
        Tobacco products:  specify uses of revenues from tobacco industry
            settlement, (see H.J. Res. 109), H446 [11FE]
        Trust funds:  budget treatment, (see S. 1634), S836 [23FE], (see S.
            Res. 185), S1070 [26FE]
        ------ budget treatment, extension of pay-as-you-go requirements,
            and reservation of all surpluses, (see S. Res. 282), S10921
            [24SE]
        ------ extend and clarify pay-as-you-go requirements, (see S. 1678),
            S1003 [25FE]
        ------ investment in marketable securities, (see H.R. 3822), H3013
            [7MY], (see H.R. 4033), H4479 [10JN]
        ------ investment of surplus and protection from public debt limit,
            (see S. 1790), S2213 [18MR]
        Unemployment:  improve the collection of Federal unemployment taxes
            and the provision of such revenues for employment security
            administration, (see H.R. 3684), H2054 [1AP]
        ------ improve the collection of Federal unemployment taxes and the
            provision of such revenues for employment security
            administration, (see S. 2556), S11582 [6OC]
        Veterans:  improve access to health care services for certain
            Medicare-eligible veterans, (see H.R. 3828), H3104 [12MY]
        Women:  address economic obstacles of domestic violence victims,
            (see S. 2558), S11582 [6OC]
      Descriptions
        Social Security Solvency Act (S. 1792), S2166 [18MR]
      Documents
        Republican Health Care Principles, S7927 [10JY]
      Excerpts
        Budget Act relative to budget treatment of Social Security trust
            funds, S8716 [22JY]
        Budget status report:  CBO, S8710-S8715 [22JY]
        Budget treatment of Social Security trust funds:  Budget Act, S199
            [29JA]
        Next Ten Years of Health Spending--What Does the Future Hold?, E2101
            [12OC]
      Explanations
        Medicare Home Health and Veterans Health Care Improvement Act (H.R.
            4567), H10254-H10256 [9OC]
        Substitute Amendment to H.R. 4151, Identity Theft and Assumption
            Deterrence Act:  Representative McCollum, H9997 [7OC]
      Factsheets
        Medicaid Protections for Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries, E2161
            [14OC]
      Letters
        Allow Medicare beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for
            services:  Charles R. Jackson, National Association of Retired
            Federal Employees, S2820 [31MR]
        ----- Steve Protulis, National Council of Senior Citizens, S2820
            [31MR]
        Children's Health Equity Act:  Washington congressional delegation,
            E1736 [16SE]
        Delay implementation of interim Medicare payment system to home
            health agencies for home health services:  Representative
            McGovern, H5287 [24JN]
        Delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services:  Ken McNulty and Patricia
            Kelleher, Home Care Association of Massachusetts, Inc., H450
            [12FE]
        ----- Val J. Halamandaris, National Association for Home Care, H450
            [12FE]
        Delay reduction and make revisions to the Medicare per beneficiary
            and per visit payment limit:  Carolyn Markey, Visiting Nurse
            Associations of America, S12344 [10OC]
        ----- Val J. Halamandaris, National Association for Home Care,
            S12344 [10OC]
        Disapprove Dept. of HHS rule submitted on surety bond requirements
            for home health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid:
            Jere W. Glover and Shawne Carter McGibbon, SBA, S6048-S6050
            [10JN]
        Exclude clinical social worker services from coverage under the
            Medicare skilled nursing facility prospective payment system:
            Muriel Ellman, MHM/Bay Colony Counseling Services, E483 [26MR]
        Exempt disabled individuals from being required to enroll with a
            managed care entity:  Polly Spare, Voice of the Retarded
            (organization), S766 [12FE]
        Food stamp eligibility for certain aliens:  Diana Aviv, Council of
            Jewish Federations, S4655 [12MY]
        ------ John Cardinal O'Connor, S4655 [12MY]
        Health Care Financing Administration home health surety bond
            requirements:  Nancy-Ann Min DeParle, Dept. of HHS, E1979 [9OC]
        Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act implementation:
            Consortium for Citizens With Disabilities, S2584 [25MR], S2626
            [26MR]
        ----- Fran Visco, National Breast Cancer Coalition, S2626 [26MR]
        ----- Gail Shearer and Adrienne Mitchem, Consumers Union, S2584
            [25MR], S2627 [26MR]
        ----- Laurie M. Flynn, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, S2584
            [25MR], S2626 [26MR]
        ----- Nancy-Ann Min DeParle, Health Care Financing Administration,
            S2584 [25MR]
        ----- Patrisha Wright, Disability Rights and Education Defense Fund,
            Inc., S2584 [25MR], S2627 [26MR]
        ----- Ron Pollack, Families USA Foundation, S2584 [25MR], S2627
            [26MR]
        ----- several mental health organizations, S2627 [26MR]
        Hospital Length of Stay Act:  Lynn E. Jensen, AMA, S8250 [15JY]
        ------ Marilyn S. Richmond, American Psychological Association,
            S8251 [15JY]
        ------ Paul A. Ebert, American College of Surgeons, S8250 [15JY]
        ------ Steven P. Ringel, American Academy of Neurology, S8251 [15JY]
        Investment of Social Security trust funds in marketable securities:
            Alan Greenspan, FRS, H4970 [23JN]
        Licensed pharmacists' exemption from surety bond requirements for
            suppliers of durable medical equipment under Medicare:  Galen
            Jordre, North Dakota Pharmaceutical Association, S1013 [25FE]
        ----- John A. Gans, American Pharmaceutical Association, S1013
            [25FE]
        ----- John M. Rector, National Community Pharmacists Association,
            S1013 [25FE]
        Make postsecondary or vocational education training a permissible
            work activity under public welfare programs:  Deborah L. Floyd,
            S7819 [9JY]
        ----- Milton J. Little, Jr., National Urban League, S7823 [9JY]
        ----- Sherri Barker and Daisy Johnson, Kentuckians for the
            Commonwealth (organization), S7818 [9JY]
        ----- Tom Burch, S7818 [9JY]
        ----- Viola P. Miller, Kentucky Dept. of Families and Children,
            S7818 [9JY]
        ----- several organizations, S7822 [9JY]
        Medicaid/Medicare insurance and benefits cost estimates:  Sol
            Mussey, Health Care Financing Administration, E978 [22MY]
        Medicare Beneficiary Freedom To Contract Act:  Senator Hollings,
            S11893 [8OC]
        Medicare payment system for home health services:  Randall L. Rutta,
            National Easter Seal Society, S8996 [24JY]
        ------ Senator Bond, Committee on Small Business (Senate), S8997
            [24JY]
        ------ Steve Protulis, National Council of Senior Citizens, S8997
            [24JY]
        National Dialogue on Social Security Act:  Horace B. Deets, AARP,
            H2491 [29AP]
        ------ Martha Phillips, Concord Coalition, H2491 [29AP]
        Noncitizen Benefit Clarification and Other Technical Amendments Act:
             Representative Archer, Committee on Ways and Means (House),
            H8500 [23SE]
        ------ Representative Bliley, Committee on Commerce (House), H8500
            [23SE]
        ------ Representative Hyde, Committee on the Judiciary (House),
            H8499 [23SE]
        Patient Protection Act:  David Sibley and John Smithee, Texas State
            Legislature, H6986 [3AU]
        ------ E. Ratcliffe Anderson, Jr., AMA, H6398 [24JY]
        ------ John Sharp, Texas Office of the Comptroller, H6987 [3AU]
        Patients' Bill of Rights Act:  Blue Cross and Blue Shield
            Association and Health Insurance Association of America, H5060
            [23JN]
        ------ Representative Stark, H5060 [23JN]
        ------ several organizations, S11327 [2OC]
        ------ Therese M. Vaughan, Iowa Dept. of Commerce, H5060 [23JN]
        Prevent use of tobacco products by minors and reduce use among
            adults:  A. Stuart Hanson, Smoke Free 2000 Coalition, S2841
            [31MR]
        ----- ENACT Coalition, S2840 [31MR]
        ----- Fran Du Melle, American Lung Association, S2840 [31MR]
        ----- Joan Claybrook, Public Citizen (organization), S2841 [31MR]
        Prohibit Federal funding of attorneys' fees, costs, and imposed
            sanctions of the President's Task Force on National Health Care
            Reform:  Peter Bouxsein, Health Care Financing Administration,
            H292 [4FE]
        Prohibit transfers or discharges of residents of nursing facilities
            under Medicaid:  Paul R. Willging, American Health Care
            Association, S8241 [15JY]
        ----- Toby S. Edelman, National Senior Citizens Law Center, S8242
            [15JY]
        Protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's:  Goran B.
            Klintmalm, E1979 [9OC]
        ------ Mental Health Liaison Group, S10820 [23SE]
        Protection of enrollees in managed health care plans and HMO's:
            Angela M. Hunter, Council for Affordable Health Insurance, S3051
            [2AP]
        ------ Dan Danner, Health Benefits Coalition for Affordable Choice &
            Quality, S3051 [2AP]
        ------ Pamela G. Bailey, Healthcare Leadership Council, S3050 [2AP]
        ------ President Clinton, S9735 [1SE], H7561 [10SE]
        ------ R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S3051 [2AP]
        ------ several health care consumer organizations, S6138 [11JN]
            several nurses, S6138 [11JN]
        ------ several women's organizations, S11542 [6OC]
        Revise certain Medicare payment limits for health services:  Frank
            E. Moss, E2293 [21OC]
        Social Security trust funds:  Andrew J. Mair, E1017 [4JN]
        Tax Code Termination Act:  Paul Cherecwich, Jr., Tax Executives
            Institutes, Inc., H4651 [17JN]
        ------ Paul R. Huard, National Association of Manufacturers, H4650
            [17JN]
        ------ Peggy Taylor, AFL-CIO, H4651 [17JN]
        ------ Robert E. Rubin, Sec. of the Treasury, H4650 [17JN]
        Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Act:  Martin Corry, AARP, H4020
            [3JN]
        ------ R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H4020 [3JN]
        Use of controlled substances for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or
            mercy killing:  Thomas A. Constantine, DEA, S12493 [14OC]
        Voter Eligibility Verification Pilot Program Act:  June E. O'Neill,
            CBO, H473 [12FE]
        ------ Representative Archer, Committee on Ways and Means (House),
            H468 [12FE]
      Lists
        Health Benefits Coalition for Affordable Choice & Quality, S3051
            [2AP]
        Issues of concern in H.R. 4250, Patient Protection Act, H6299 [24JY]
        Organizations supporting H.R. 3605, Patients' Bill of Rights Act,
            H5056 [23JN]
        Organizations supporting Wellstone amendment on making postsecondary
            or vocational education training a permissible work activity
            under public welfare programs to S. 1882, Higher Education Act
            reauthorization, S7823 [9JY]
      Memorandums
        Medicare Beneficiary Freedom To Contract Act (H.R. 2497), E368
            [12MR]
      Motions
        Bipartisan Panel To Design Long-Range Social Security Reform:
            establish (H.R. 3546), H2507 [29AP]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's
            (H.R. 4250), H6413 [24JY], H6414 [24JY], H6415 [24JY]
        Taxation:  terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 3097), H4675 [17JN]
      Papers
        Reforming Medicare--Strategies for Higher Quality, Lower Cost Care:
            David Nash, AARP, E2 [27JA]
      Petitions and memorials
        Massachusetts:  food stamp eligibility for legal aliens, S3113 [2AP]
      Press releases
        Allow Medicare Beneficiaries To Enter Into Private Contracts for
            Services:  Medicare Rights Center (organization), S2820 [31MR]
        ----- Older Women's League, S2821 [31MR]
      Quotations
        Kyl amendment to S. Con. Res. 86, setting forth the Federal budget
            for 1999-2003, relative to allowing Medicare beneficiaries to
            enter into private contracts for services, S2819 [31MR]
      Remarks in House
        Account statements:  include retirees among recipients of annual
            account statements (H.R. 3649), E560 [2AP]
        Armed Forces:  establish demonstration project relative to
            enrollment of Medicare-eligible military retirees in the Federal
            Employees Health Benefits Program, H3686-H3694 [21MY]
        ------ permit certain beneficiaries to enroll in the Federal
            Employees Health Program and improve health benefits under
            CHAMPUS and TRICARE standard (H.R. 1356), H1144 [12MR]
        Benefits:  choice of benefit payment method relative to computation
            rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982
            (H.R. 3008), H2082 [21AP]
        ------ eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R.
            3912), E915 [20MY]
        Bipartisan Panel To Design Long-Range Social Security Reform:
            establish (H.R. 3546), H2487-H2510 [29AP], E471 [25MR]
        ----- establish (H.R. 3546), consideration (H. Res. 410),
            H2478-H2487 [29AP]
        ----- establish (H.R. 3546), motion to recommit, H2507 [29AP]
        Budget:  allocation of funds, H508 [24FE], H10534 [11OC], H10535
            [11OC], H10563 [12OC], H10648 [12OC], H11034-H11041 [16OC]
        ------ treatment of any future budget surpluses, H22 [27JA], H634
            [26FE], H652 [26FE], H760 [4MR], H762 [4MR], H763 [4MR],
            H841-H845 [4MR], H897 [5MR], H911 [10MR], H919 [10MR], H1026
            [11MR], H2124 [22AP], H3618 [20MY], H5968 [21JY], H7567-H7571
            [10SE], H7890-H7903 [16SE], H8079 [18SE], H8509-H8516 [23SE],
            H8612-H8617 [24SE], H9190 [1OC], H9191 [1OC], H9201 [1OC], H9339
            [2OC], H9510 [5OC], H10223 [9OC], H10643 [12OC], H10670 [13OC],
            H10675 [13OC], H10905 [14OC], H10993 [15OC], H11014 [15OC],
            H11015 [15OC], H11642 [20OC], H11647 [20OC], H11655 [20OC], E189
            [12FE], E776 [6MY]
        ------ use of surplus relative to Social Security system solvency,
            H2507 [29AP]
        ------ use surplus to establish personal retirement savings
            accounts, H2085 [21AP], H2086 [21AP]
        Clinton, President:  State of the Union Message, H69 [28JA], H76
            [28JA]
        Congress:  accomplishments of the 105th Congress, H10565 [12OC],
            H10816 [13OC], H11019 [15OC]
        Courts:  require only Federal agencies which administer benefit
            programs or enforce the tax code to adhere to precedents
            established in Federal judicial circuits, H591-H595 [25FE]
        Crime:  identity fraud (H.R. 3551), E512 [30MR]
        ------ identity fraud (H.R. 4151), H9993-H9998 [7OC]
        Democratic Party:  national agenda, H20 [27JA], H21 [27JA], H452
            [12FE], H854 [5MR], H4067 [4JN], H7695 [15SE], H9595 [6OC],
            H10357 [10OC], H10359 [10OC], H10360 [10OC], H10362 [10OC],
            H10365 [10OC], H10516 [11OC], H10527 [11OC]
        Dept. of Defense:  include certain beneficiaries in National Mail
            Order Pharmacy Program, H3466 [19MY]
        Dept. of Education:  prohibit use of Social Security numbers as an
            electronic personal identifier for students receiving
            assistance, H2513 [29AP], H2538 [29AP], H2539 [29AP], H2767
            [5MY]
        Dept. of HHS:  provide additional exceptions to the imposition of
            civil money penalties in cases of payments to beneficiaries,
            H10258 [9OC]
        Disabled:  provide beneficiaries opportunities to return to work,
            and extend Medicare coverage and tax credits for such
            beneficiaries (H.R. 3433), H4007-H4024 [3JN], E347 [11MR]
        ----- provide beneficiaries opportunities to return to work, and
            extend Medicare coverage and tax credits for such beneficiaries
            (H.R. 3433), consideration (H. Res. 450), H4005-H4007 [3JN]
        Diseases:  efforts to prevent transmission of HIV (H.R. 1219), E241
            [26FE]
        ------ Medicare coverage and research funding for amyotrophic
            lateral sclerosis (H.R. 2009), H1623 [26MR]
        District of Columbia:  use of non-Federal funds for abortions, H7344
            [6AU], H7354-H7357 [6AU]
        Employee Benefit Research Institute:  anniversary, E2095 [12OC]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
            affordability, and quality of child care, H1279 [18MR], H1281
            [18MR]
        ----- increase availability, affordability, and quality of child
            care (H.R. 3292), E239 [26FE]
        ------ reduction of teenage pregnancy rates through evaluation of
            prevention programs (H.R. 1736), E968 [22MY]
        Federal-State relations:  provide prisoner information obtained by
            States to Federal benefit programs to prevent erroneous
            provision of benefits (H.R. 4172), E1275 [26JN]
        Government:  define role and scope, H5864 [20JY]
        ------ ensure solvency, H2139 [22AP], H2378 [28AP], H2780 [5MY],
            H3029 [12MY], E683 [28AP]
        ------ require a balanced Federal budget, repayment of the national
            debt, and Social Security system solvency (H. Con. Res. 228),
            E237 [26FE]
        ------ spending practices, H4967 [23JN]
        Hawaii:  increase the Federal medical assistance percentage (H.R.
            3118), E42 [28JA]
        Health:  managed care system reform proposal, H7927 [17SE]
        ------ national policy to provide health care and reform insurance
            procedures, H20 [27JA], H68 [28JA], H75 [28JA], H78-H84 [28JA],
            H293 [4FE], H307-H312 [4FE], H3632 [21MY], E501 [27MR], E910
            [20MY], E1122 [11JN]
        ------ national policy to provide health care and reform insurance
            procedures, H10523 [11OC]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
            H624-H626 [25FE], H935-H941 [10MR], H1025 [11MR], H1846-H1850
            [31MR], H1857 [1AP], H5417 [14JY], H5861 [20JY], H5962 [21JY],
            H5963 [21JY], H5965 [21JY], H5966 [21JY], H5967 [21JY], H5968
            [21JY], H5969 [21JY], H7473-H7476 [9SE], H7560-H7567 [10SE],
            H7567 [10SE], H7685-H7688 [14SE], H9086 [28SE], H9190 [1OC],
            H9511-H9514 [5OC], H9727 [7OC], H9728 [7OC], H10546-H10553
            [11OC], H10555 [11OC], H10557 [11OC], H10643 [12OC], H10866
            [14OC], H10887 [14OC], H10901 [14OC], E287 [4MR], E335 [10MR],
            E549 [1AP], E1950 [8OC]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R.
            4250), H10889-H10894 [14OC]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.
            Con. Res. 272), E769 [6MY] protection of enrollees in managed
            care plans and HMO's (H.R. 337), H581 [25FE], H584 [25FE], H633
            [26FE], H635 [26FE], E1 [27JA] protection of enrollees in
            managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 3605), H4705-H4709 [17JN],
            H5053-H5061 [23JN] protection of enrollees in managed care plans
            and HMO's (H.R. 4250), H6306-H6367 [24JY], H6420 [24JY], H6884
            [3AU], H6983-H6988 [3AU], H7002 [4AU], H7008 [4AU], H7183 [5AU],
            H7184 [5AU], E1318 [16JY], E1436 [24JY], E1445 [27JY], E1447
            [27JY], E1449 [27JY], E1459 [29JY], E1471 [30JY], E1474 [30JY],
            E1502-E1504 [31JY], E1621-E1623 [7AU] protection of enrollees in
            managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 4250), consideration (H. Res.
            509), H6297-H6306 [24JY] protection of enrollees in managed care
            plans and HMO's (H.R. 4250), motion to recommit, H6412 [24JY],
            H6415 [24JY] protection of enrollees in managed care plans and
            HMO's (H.R. 820), H1116 [12MR]
        ------ provide national quality standards for all health care plans,
            H295 [4FE], H296 [4FE]
        Health Care Financing Administration:  employee funding, E779 [6MY]
        Income:  allow personal retirement savings plans (H.R. 3082), H2378
            [28AP], H2780 [5MY]
        Indian Health Service:  extend program for direct billing of
            Medicare, Medicaid, and other third party payors (H.R. 4088),
            E1164 [18JN], E1165 [18JN]
        Insurance:  coverage and treatment of emergency services under
            health plans (H.R. 815), H6303 [24JY]
        ------ prevent conflicts of interest in the use of administrative
            vendors in the administration of State children's health
            insurance plans (H.R. 3713), E626 [22AP]
        Investments:  establish and maintain individual investment accounts,
            E1601 [7AU]
        Johnson, Lyndon B.:  lasting effect of programs on current
            Democratic Party initiatives, E2336 [17DE]
        Medicaid:  allow fraud control units to investigate and prosecute
            fraud in Medicare and other Federal programs and elder abuse in
            residential facilities (H.R. 4155), E1271 [26JN]
        ------ allow fraud control units to investigate and prosecute fraud
            in Medicare and other Federal programs and elder abuse in
            residential facilities (H.R. 4155), E1847 [29SE]
        ------ allow States to use State Children's Health Insurance Program
            allotment to cover additional low-income children (H.R. 4583),
            E1736 [16SE]
        ------ extend the higher Federal medical assistance payment
            percentage for Indian Health Service facilities to urban Indian
            health programs (H.R. 4480), E1606 [7AU]
        ------ permit presumptive eligibility for low-income children (H.R.
            3640), E562 [2AP]
        ------ reform, H4223 [5JN]
        Medicare:  accreditation requirements relative to public
            representation and meetings (H.R. 800), E337 [10MR]
        ------ accreditation requirements relative to public representation
            and meetings (H.R. 800), E2139 [13OC]
        ------ allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for
            services (H.R. 2497), E133 [11FE], E368 [12MR]
        ------ allow certain military retirees and their dependents a
            special enrollment period to qualify for TRICARE demonstration
            sites (H.R. 4160), E1273 [26JN]
        ------ budget treatment of trust funds, E978 [22MY], E1387 [22JY]
        ------ clarify that any restrictions on private contracts for
            beneficiaries do not apply to non-covered services (H.R. 3259),
            E219 [25FE]
        ------ combat waste, fraud, and abuse (H.R. 3471), E396 [17MR], E978
            [22MY]
        ------ comprehensive financing for graduate medical education (H.R.
            4739), E2005 [9OC]
        ------ continuous open enrollment of individuals in Medicare+Choice
            plans (H.R. 4653), E1845 [29SE]
        ------ contracting with certain hospitals to provide certain
            surgical procedures and related services (H.R. 2726), E2 [27JA],
            E3 [27JA]
        ------ contracting with certain hospitals to provide certain
            surgical procedures and related services (H.R. 2726), E1664
            [9SE]
        ------ coverage of adult day care services (H.R. 4403), E1550 [5AU]
        ------ coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (H.R. 1375),
            E2083 [11OC], E2100 [12OC], E2167 [14OC]
        ------ coverage of outpatient prescription drugs and home infusion
            drug therapy (H.R. 4753), E1956 [8OC], E1969 [8OC], E1980 [9OC],
            E2101 [12OC]
        ------ delay implementation of changes in coverage of venipuncture
            services under home health services (H.R. 2912), H305 [4FE],
            H409 [11FE], H410 [11FE], H411 [11FE], H488 [12FE], E109 [5FE],
            E1446 [27JY], E1552 [5AU] delay implementation of changes in
            coverage of venipuncture services under home health services
            (H.R. 3137), H110 [3FE], H338 [5FE], H409 [11FE], E141 [11FE]
        ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services (H.R. 3108), E71 [3FE] delay
            implementation of interim payment system to home health agencies
            for home health services (H.R. 3205), H450 [12FE], H5275-H5287
            [24JN], E177 [12FE], E206 [24FE] delay implementation of interim
            payment system to home health agencies for home health services
            (H.R. 3567), E494 [26MR], E495 [26MR], E1096 [10JN] delay
            implementation of interim payment system to home health agencies
            for home health services (H.R. 4339), H7004 [4AU], E1552 [5AU]
        ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services, E2297 [21OC]
        ------ eliminate budget neutrality adjustment factor used in
            calculating blended capitation rate for Medicare+Choice
            organizations (H.R. 4492), H9086 [28SE]
        ------ enroll eligible low-income beneficiaries in certain cost-
            sharing assistance programs (H.R. 4836), E2161 [14OC], E2171
            [14OC]
        ------ ensure access to mental health services (H.R. 3988), E985
            [3JN]
        ------ ensure access to obstetrician-gynecologist services and
            assure continuity of care (H.R. 3997), E1026 [4JN]
        ------ ensure proper payment of approved nursing and paramedical
            education programs (H.R. 4736), E1988 [9OC]
        ------ establish a prospective payment system for psychiatric
            hospital services (H.R. 3780), E721 [30AP]
        ------ establish a standard of efficiency in home health services
            and reward agencies who meet or exceed the standard (H.R. 3651),
            H5287 [24JN]
        ------ establish medical necessity standard for Medicare+Choice
            plans (H.R. 4674), E1870 [1OC]
        ------ exclude clinical social worker services from coverage under
            the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system (H.R.
            3570), E483 [26MR]
        ------ exempt licensed pharmacists from surety bond requirements for
            suppliers of durable medical equipment, H614 [25FE]
        ------ extension of coverage to early retirees and dependents
            through equal-to-cost premiums, E74 [3FE]
        ------ funding, H4215 [5JN]
        ------ graduate medical education payments (H.R. 4219), E1311 [15JY]
        ------ implement a budget-neutral payment system for outpatient
            rehabilitation services (H.R. 4534), E1662 [9SE]
        ------ improve access to health insurance and benefits for certain
            individuals, H1174 [17MR] improve access to health insurance and
            benefits for certain individuals (H.R. 3470), H1239 [18MR],
            H1241 [18MR], H1242 [18MR], H1295 [18MR], E978 [22MY]
        ------ investigate referral policies for home health agencies, E1666
            [9SE]
        ------ limit payments for drugs or biological products (H.R. 3139),
            H302 [4FE]
        ------ payments to hospitals that have graduate medical education
            programs in critical need specialty areas (H.R. 3940), E932
            [21MY]
        ------ permit the replacement of health insurance policies for
            certain disabled beneficiaries even if the replacement policies
            duplicate Medicare benefits (H.R. 4710), E1925 [6OC]
        ------ prohibit use of cold-call marketing of Medicare+Choice plans
            (H.R. 4214), E1295 [14JY]
        ------ promote use of universal product numbers on claims forms used
            for reimbursement (H.R. 3255), E212 [24FE]
        ------ provide flexibility in contracting for claims processing
            (H.R. 4186), E1232 [25JN]
        ------ provide for independent case managers for home health
            services (H.R. 4591), E1751 [17SE]
        ------ reduce percentage of physicians' salaries dependent on
            financial incentives under Medicare+Choice plans (H.R. 4726),
            E1962 [8OC]
        ------ reductions in prescription drug prices (H.R. 4627), H10920
            [15OC], E1898 [2OC], E2060 [11OC], E2061 [11OC], E2065 [11OC]
        ------ reductions in prescription drug prices (H.R. 4646), H9182
            [29SE], H9183 [29SE], H9195-H9201 [1OC], H9352 [5OC], E1866
            [1OC], E1869 [1OC], E1893 [2OC], E2059 [11OC], E2060 [11OC]
        ------ reform, H80-H84 [28JA], H368 [5FE], H840 [4MR], H1174 [17MR],
            H1282 [18MR], H2922 [6MY], E507 [27MR], E1655 [9SE], E1697
            [11SE]
        ------ reform (H.R. 1165), E795 [7MY]
        ------ reform payment system for certain long-term care hospitals
            (H.R. 4533), E1668 [9SE]
        ------ reform payment system for home health services, H6871 [31JY],
            H7007 [4AU], H11658 [20OC]
        ------ reform payment system for home health services (H.R. 4370),
            H7004 [4AU] reform payment system for home health services (H.R.
            4404), E1552 [5AU], E1556 [5AU]
        ------ reimbursement for nurse-midwife services and free-standing
            birth centers (H.R. 4872), E2263 [20OC]
        ------ reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by
            certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (H.R. 1362), E2071
            [11OC]
        ------ reimbursement of routine patient care costs for individuals
            participating in approved clinical trials (H.R. 3283), H653
            [26FE]
        ------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services
            (H.R. 3835), E831 [12MY], E853 [13MY]
        ------ require disclosure of certain information about benefit
            management for prescription drugs by Medicare+Choice
            organizations (H.R. 4187), E1238 [25JN]
        ------ require HMO's to disclose information to enrollees on
            physicians, finances, and compensation of executives of the
            organization (H.R. 3239), E168 [12FE]
        ------ require use of hollow-bore needle devices at health care
            facilities (H.R. 2754), E795 [7MY]
        ------ restore full incentive payment percentages for prospective
            payment system-exempt rehabilitation hospitals and units, E2234
            [19OC] restore full incentive payment percentages for
            prospective payment system-exempt rehabilitation hospitals and
            units (H.R. 4855), E2259 [20OC]
        ------ restore the non-applicability of private contracts for the
            provision of benefits (H.R. 3126), H67 [28JA]
        ------ revise certain payment limits for health services, H11659
            [20OC], E2245 [20OC]
        ------ revise certain payment limits for health services (H.R.
            4567), H10243-H10259 [9OC], H10886 [14OC], E2013 [10OC], E2071
            [11OC], E2076 [11OC], E2081 [11OC], E2145 [13OC], E2293 [21OC]
        ------ treatment of prescription drugs (H.R. 4627), H9163 [28SE]
        Medicare Eligible Military Retiree Health Care Consensus Task Force:
             establish (H.R. 4464), E1631 [7AU]
        Medicare Payment Advisory Commission:  appointment of individual
            from medical supply industry, H10256 [9OC]
        Medicare/Medicaid:  require health care facilities and services to
            fund annual financial and compliance audits (H.R. 2543), E228
            [25FE]
        ------ surety bond requirements for home health care providers,
            H1145 [12MR]
        Morality and ethics:  national objectives, H2088 [21AP]
        National objectives:  comparison between congressional and Clinton
            administration proposals, H10517 [11OC]
        Nursing facilities:  permit certain paid staff to provide feeding
            and hydration assistance to residents and ensure that
            individuals with a history of patient or resident abuse or
            criminal convictions are not employed (H.R. 4686), E2066 [11OC]
        Oregon:  use of State funds for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or
            mercy killing, E363 [12MR]
        Pensions:  establish pilot program for personalized retirement
            security through personal retirement savings accounts (H.R.
            3560), H2299 [23AP], H2378 [28AP], H2780 [5MY]
        Privacy:  protect the integrity and confidentiality of Social
            Security numbers and prohibit the establishment of any uniform
            national identifying number (H.R. 3261), E223 [25FE]
        ------ repeal law creating unique health care identifiers for all
            citizens in order to create national medical history database
            (H.R. 4281), E1369 [21JY], E1474 [30JY] repeal law creating
            unique health care identifiers for all citizens in order to
            create national medical history database (H.R. 4312), H6076
            [22JY]
        ------ repeal law creating unique health care identifiers for all
            citizens in order to create national medical history database,
            H10140 [8OC], E2149 [13OC]
        Privatization, H4842 [19JN], E1577 [7AU]
        ------ prohibit (H. Res. 483), H5039 [23JN], E1201 [23JN]
        Protect Social Security Account:  establish account into which
            budget surpluses will be deposited (H.R. 3351), E315 [5MR]
        ------ establish account into which budget surpluses will be
            deposited until long-term reform is enacted (H.R. 4578), H7812
            [16SE], H7813 [16SE], H7814 [16SE], H7890-H7903 [16SE], H7926
            [17SE], H7927 [17SE], H7928 [17SE], H7929 [17SE], H7930 [17SE],
            H8019 [17SE], H8021 [17SE], H8079 [18SE], H8080 [18SE], H8463
            [23SE], H8464 [23SE], H8465 [23SE], H8536 [24SE], H8537 [24SE],
            H8538 [24SE], H8539 [24SE], H8605 [24SE], H8612-H8619 [24SE],
            H8619 [24SE], H8719 [25SE], H8720 [25SE], H8721 [25SE], H8722
            [25SE], H8732-H8756 [25SE], H8839 [25SE], H8841 [25SE], H8842
            [25SE], H8940 [26SE], H8943 [26SE], H8974 [26SE], H9085 [28SE],
            H9090 [28SE], H9091 [28SE], H9092 [28SE], H9165 [28SE], H9191
            [1OC], H9201 [1OC], H9210 [1OC], H9263-H9270 [1OC], H9339 [2OC],
            H9349 [5OC], H9593 [6OC], H9728 [7OC], E1834 [28SE], E1846
            [29SE], E1856 [1OC], E1887 [2OC] establish account into which
            budget surpluses will be deposited until long-term reform is
            enacted (H.R. 4578), consideration (H. Res. 552), H8722-H8732
            [25SE]
        Public welfare programs:  clarify and improve public assistance and
            benefits for noncitizens (H.R. 4558), H8498-H8501 [23SE], E1796
            [24SE]
        ------ disregard payment of earned income tax credits in determining
            eligibility for the temporary assistance for needy families
            program, SSI, Medicaid, and public housing programs (H.R. 4818),
            E2097 [12OC]
        ------ food stamp eligibility for certain aliens, H3762-H3773 [22MY]
        ------ food stamp eligibility for legal aliens, H4066 [4JN]
        ------ reform, H848 [4MR], H945 [10MR], H1223 [17MR], H1427 [24MR],
            H2084 [21AP], H2085 [21AP], H7814 [16SE], H10839 [14OC], E703
            [29AP], E1542 [4AU]
        Reform, H368 [5FE], E785 [7MY], E1601 [7AU]
        Republican Party:  national agenda, H613 [25FE], H762 [4MR], H843
            [4MR], H848 [4MR], H1151-H1156 [12MR], H1221 [17MR], H1239
            [18MR], H1284-H1291 [18MR], H1857 [1AP], H2044-H2049 [1AP],
            H2100-H2106 [21AP], H2305-H2312 [23AP], H3302-H3306 [14MY],
            H5288 [24JN], H6869 [31JY], H9088 [28SE], H9352 [5OC], H9596
            [6OC], H9597 [6OC], H9726 [7OC], H10360 [10OC], H10363 [10OC],
            H10364 [10OC], H10511 [10OC], H10516 [11OC], H10517 [11OC],
            H10518 [11OC], H10519 [11OC], H10520 [11OC], H10527 [11OC],
            H10531-H10546 [11OC], H10553 [11OC], H10559-H10659 [12OC],
            H10670 [13OC], H10894 [14OC], H10921 [15OC], H10922 [15OC],
            H10923 [15OC]
        Save Social Security First Reserve Fund:  establish (H.R. 3207),
            H7891 [16SE], E176 [12FE]
        Senior citizens:  nutrition programs funding, H5197 [24JN], H5198
            [24JN]
        SSA:  reopening of Chicago East Field Office, E2305 [21OC]
        SSI:  eligibility of territories for benefits, E1796 [24SE]
        ------ reinstate the medical improvement test protection for certain
            low-income disabled children (H.R. 3459), E361 [12MR]
        ------ treatment of certain cash awards from tax-exempt groups
            relative to fulfilling wishes for children with life-threatening
            diseases, H8500 [23SE]
        Taxation:  adjust for inflation income levels for senior citizens at
            which Social Security benefits are taxed at a higher rate (H.R.
            3448), H1143 [12MR]
        ------ allow a refundable credit for certain Medicare premiums (H.R.
            4465), E1619 [7AU]
        ------ allow credit to military retirees for Medicare coverage (H.R.
            4167), E1258 [26JN]
        ------ increase income levels for senior citizens at which Social
            Security benefits are taxed at a higher rate (H.R. 3447), H1143
            [12MR]
        ------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
            businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R. 4579),
            H7812 [16SE], H7813 [16SE], H7814 [16SE], H7890-H7903 [16SE],
            H7926 [17SE], H7927 [17SE], H7928 [17SE], H7929 [17SE], H7930
            [17SE], H8021 [17SE], H8079 [18SE], H8080 [18SE], H8463 [23SE],
            H8464 [23SE], H8465 [23SE], H8536 [24SE], H8537 [24SE], H8538
            [24SE], H8539 [24SE], H8605 [24SE], H8612-H8619 [24SE], H8619
            [24SE], H8719 [25SE], H8720 [25SE], H8721 [25SE], H8722 [25SE],
            H8733-H8756 [25SE], H8805 [25SE], H8806-H8839 [25SE], H8839
            [25SE], H8841 [25SE], H8973-H9085 [25SE]
        ------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
            businesses, establish incentives for education, and protect the
            solvency of Social Security (H.R. 4597), E1767 [18SE]
        ------ reduce the marriage penalty, encourage health coverage, allow
            certain credits against the alternative minimum tax, increase
            the Social Security earnings limitation, and extend certain
            expiring provisions (H.R. 4542), H7499 [10SE]
        ------ reform Internal Revenue Code, H2141 [22AP], H2144 [22AP],
            H2153 [22AP]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, H844-H847 [4MR], H1453
            [25MR], H1558 [26MR], H1626-H1631 [26MR], H1649 [27MR],
            H2106-H2111 [21AP], H2147 [22AP]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 3097), H732 [3MR], H734
            [3MR], H735 [3MR], H1304 [19MR], H4483 [11JN], H4638 [17JN],
            H4639 [17JN], H4640 [17JN], H4641 [17JN], H4654-H4678 [17JN],
            H4726 [18JN], H4973 [23JN], E271 [3MR], E1160 [18JN]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 3097), consideration
            (H. Res. 472), H4643-H4654 [17JN]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 3097), motion to
            recommit, H4675 [17JN], H4676 [17JN]
        Tobacco products:  specify uses of revenues from tobacco industry
            settlement (H.J. Res. 109), E149 [11FE]
        Trust funds:  budget treatment, H107 [3FE], H111 [3FE], H227-H231
            [3FE], H506 [24FE], H508 [24FE], H541 [24FE], H556-H558 [24FE],
            H584 [25FE], H585 [25FE], H636 [26FE], H684 [2MR], H744-H746
            [3MR], H840 [4MR], H841-H845 [4MR], H848 [4MR], H890 [5MR],
            H1302 [19MR], H1412 [24MR], H1452 [25MR], H1706 [30MR], H1785
            [31MR], H2082 [21AP], H2083 [21AP], H2303 [23AP], H2822 [6MY],
            H3029 [12MY], H4197 [5JN], H4198 [5JN], H4204 [5JN], H4219
            [5JN], H5044 [23JN], H5047 [23JN], H5049 [23JN], H5050 [23JN],
            H5051 [23JN], H6515 [29JY], H7571-H7574 [10SE], H7694 [15SE],
            H7695 [15SE], H7696 [15SE], H7698 [15SE], H7793-H7796 [15SE],
            H9263-H9270 [1OC], H9282 [2OC], H9728 [7OC], H10363 [10OC],
            H10547 [11OC], H10551 [11OC], H10552 [11OC], H10557 [11OC],
            H10559 [11OC], H10817 [13OC], H10819 [13OC], H11642 [20OC],
            H11644 [20OC], H11646 [20OC], H11647 [20OC], H11655 [20OC],
            E1017 [4JN], E1087 [10JN], E2289 [21OC], E2301 [21OC]
        ------ ensure integrity, H2348 [28AP]
        ------ ensure integrity (H.R. 857), H23-H28 [27JA], H227 [3FE],
            H556-H558 [24FE], H652 [26FE], H662-H670 [26FE], H724-H730
            [3MR], H839 [4MR], H941-H949 [10MR], H1286-H1288 [18MR],
            H2080-H2082 [21AP], H3300 [14MY], H5044 [23JN], H8511-H8516
            [23SE]
        ------ investment in marketable securities, H7434 [9SE]
        ------ investment in marketable securities (H.R. 3822), H3029 [12MY]
        ------ investment in marketable securities (H.R. 4033), H4970
            [23JN], H5069 [24JN], H6515 [29JY], H7929 [17SE]
        ------ payroll taxes, H1384 [24MR]
        ------ require specific legislative recommendations to ensure
            solvency, H1384 [24MR]
        Veterans:  improve access to health care services for certain
            Medicare-eligible veterans, H10248-H10253 [9OC], H10259 [9OC]
        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, H6804-H6810 [30JY]
        ----- 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), H388 [11FE],
            H392-H394 [11FE], H464-H477 [12FE], H1738 [30MR], E153 [11FE],
            E205 [24FE]
      Remarks in Senate
        Armed Forces:  establish demonstration project relative to
            enrollment of Medicare-eligible military retirees in the Federal
            Employees Health Benefits Program, S6691 [19JN], S7082 [25JN]
        ------ interdepartmental cooperation between the Depts. of Defense
            and Veterans Affairs relative to medical care delivery (S.
            2009), S3919-S3921 [30AP], S4550-S4552 [7MY]
        ------ permit certain beneficiaries to enroll in the Federal
            Employees Health Program and improve health benefits under
            CHAMPUS and TRICARE standard (S. 2020), S3937 [30AP]
        Benefits:  computation rule application to workers attaining age 65
            in or after 1982 (S. 2003), S3785 [29AP]
        ------ eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (S.
            1571), S49 [27JA]
        ------ reform relative to women and minorities, S8985-S8987 [24JY]
        Budget:  allocation of funds, S522 [9FE], S852 [23FE], S12622-S12624
            [15OC]
        ------ constitutional amendment to require balanced without counting
            Social Security surpluses (S.J. Res. 59), S11284 [1OC], S11303
            [1OC]
        ------ ensure compliance with congressional spending guidelines and
            outlays, S2471-S2479 [24MR]
        ------ ensure continued enforcement of pay-as-you-go requirements
            relative to trust funds (S. 1587), S199-S201 [29JA]
        ------ establish reserve fund to provide certain disabled
            beneficiaries with opportunities to return to work, S3088 [2AP]
        ------ modify certain allocations in the Senate for fiscal year 1999
            and include appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2000-
            2003 (S. Res. 312), S12915 [21OC]
        ------ modify pay-as-you-go requirements to require that direct
            spending increases be offset with direct spending decreases,
            S3038-S3040 [2AP]
        ------ reform entitlement programs, S2890 [1AP]
        ------ treatment of any future budget surpluses, S5 [27JA], S7
            [27JA], S10-S12 [27JA], S109 [28JA], S590-S592 [10FE], S1291
            [3MR], S1381-S1386 [5MR], S2209 [18MR], S3100 [2AP], S10454
            [17SE], S10815 [23SE], S10870 [24SE], S11020 [28SE],
            S11148-S11152 [30SE], S11154-S11321 [2OC], S11401-S11405 [5OC],
            S11407-S11409 [5OC], S12372 [12OC], S12373 [12OC]
        ------ treatment of certain trust funds relative to the annual
            baseline (S. 1588), S199-S201 [29JA]
        ------ use of budget surplus to reduce Social Security payroll tax
            and establish personal retirement accounts, S3080 [2AP]
        ------ use of Federal share of receipts from any tobacco industry
            liability settlement or legislation, S2755-S2757 [30MR],
            S2831-S2841 [31MR], S2905-S2909 [1AP], S3089 [2AP]
        ------ use of surplus for tax relief, deficit reduction or Social
            Security reform, S3065-S3067 [2AP], S3078 [2AP]
        ------ use surplus to establish personal retirement savings
            accounts, S2917-S2929 [1AP]
        Business and industry:  treatment of personal employment information
            reported to the National Directory of New Hires (S. 1865), S2661
            [26MR]
        CBO:  budget analysis, S8273 [16JY], S8458 [17JY]
        Children and youth:  modify certain adoption and foster care
            placement procedures, S10639 [21SE]
        ------ provide health insurance for uninsured children, S2746 [30MR]
        ------ require proof of screening for lead poisoning and follow-up
            services for those testing positive (S. 2598), S12165 [9OC]
        Civil liberties:  protection from personal intrusion and prevent
            sharing of personal data by Federal, State, and local agencies
            without consent, S12907 [21OC]
        Congress:  accomplishments of the 105th Congress, S12373-S12375
            [12OC]
        Crime:  identity fraud (H.R. 4151), S12604 [14OC], S12605 [14OC]
        ------ identity fraud (S. 512), S9501-S9504 [30JY], S12854 [21OC]
        Death and dying:  prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide,
            euthanasia, or mercy killing (S. 304), S12491-S12494 [14OC]
        Democratic Party:  national agenda, S3 [27JA], S99-S109 [28JA],
            S700-S704 [12FE], S707 [12FE], S4139-S4141 [1MY], S4606 [11MY]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  study options for the design, development,
            implementation, and operation of a national database to track
            participation in Federal means-tested public assistance programs
            (S. 2447), S9977 [8SE]
        Dept. of HHS:  disapprove rule submitted on surety bond requirements
            for home health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid (S.J.
            Res. 50), S6046-S6051 [10JN], S6261 [11JN]
        Disabled:  provide accessible and affordable health care for
            disabled persons, S2746 [30MR]
        ------ provide beneficiaries opportunities to return to work, and
            extend Medicare coverage and tax credits for such beneficiaries
            (H.R. 3433), S5733 [5JN], S5737 [9JN]
        ------ provide beneficiaries opportunities to return to work, and
            extend Medicare coverage and tax credits for such beneficiaries
            (H.R. 3433), S12593 [14OC]
        ------ provide certain beneficiaries with opportunities to return to
            work by improving access to health care (S. 1858), S2571 [25MR],
            S2572 [25MR], S2752 [30MR]
        ------ provide certain beneficiaries with opportunities to return to
            work by improving access to health care (S. 1858), S12545 [14OC]
        Diseases:  Medicare coverage and research funding for amyotrophic
            lateral sclerosis (S. 2265), S7575 [7JY]
        ------ prostate cancer research programs funding, S8442 [17JY]
        Employment:  provide State authority to permit certain employers of
            domestic workers to make annual wage reports (S. 1880), S2765
            [30MR]
        Foreign countries:  comparison of U.S. retirement security system
            with other countries, S8653-S8655 [21JY]
        Government:  ensure solvency, S3092 [2AP], S8464-S8466 [17JY]
        ------ reform, S262 [2FE]
        Health:  distinguish between health care claims fraud and
            unavoidable billing errors (S. 2007), S3789-S3791 [29AP],
            S7675-S7677 [8JY]
        ------ national policy to provide health care and reform insurance
            procedures, S13-S15 [27JA], S679-S682 [12FE], S707 [12FE], S4198
            [4MY], S7606 [7JY], S8266 [15JY] national policy to provide
            health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 2074),
            S4825-S4827 [13MY]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
            S1687 [10MR], S3045-S3055 [2AP], S3077 [2AP], S3666 [28AP],
            S4235 [5MY], S4236 [5MY], S4467 [7MY], S4556-S4558 [8MY], S6133
            [11JN], S6137 [11JN], S6694-S6696 [19JN], S7230 [26JN], S7562
            [7JY], S7563 [7JY], S7566-S7573 [7JY], S7610 [7JY], S7700-S7704
            [8JY], S7924 [10JY], S7925-S7927 [10JY], S7962 [10JY], S8019
            [13JY], S8050-S8052 [13JY], S8638 [21JY], S8639 [21JY], S9677
            [31AU], S9901-S9903 [3SE], S9917 [3SE], S9921 [3SE], S9950
            [8SE], S9966 [8SE], S10043 [8SE], S10094 [9SE], S10097 [9SE],
            S10819-S10823 [23SE], S10972-S10975 [25SE], S10977-S10979
            [25SE], S11272-S11275 [1OC], S11531 [6OC], S11541-S11543 [6OC],
            S12292 [10OC], S12903 [21OC]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R.
            4250), S12238 [9OC]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R.
            4250), motion to proceed, S12100 [9OC]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R.
            4250), unanimous-consent request, S9971 [8SE], S10099 [9SE],
            S10100 [9SE]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R.
            4250), S9099 [28JY]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S.
            1890), S11325-S11327 [2OC], S12125-S12128 [9OC], S12137 [9OC]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S.
            2529), S11091 [29SE]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S.
            1890), S3749 [29AP], S4640-S4642 [12MY], S4664 [12MY], S5492
            [1JN], S5568 [2JN], S5665 [5JN], S5767 [9JN], S6273 [12JN],
            S6450 [17JN], S7253 [26JN], S8596 [21JY] protection of enrollees
            in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1890), unanimous-consent
            request, S4642 [12MY] protection of enrollees in managed care
            plans and HMO's (S. 1891), S2861 [31MR]
        Health care facilities:  prevent abuse and mistreatment of elderly
            and disabled patients, S3091 [2AP]
        Health Care Financing Administration:  consideration of new provider
            status for Heartland Manor relative to Medicare certification,
            S12904 [21OC]
        ------ defer to State laws relative to physician supervision of
            nurse anesthetists, S12742 [21OC], S12743 [21OC]
        ------ employee funding, S2514-S2524 [25MR], S2526 [25MR], S2527
            [25MR], S2529 [25MR], S2583-S2585 [25MR], S2619-S2629 [26MR]
        Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act:
            implementation, S1661 [9MR], S2104 [17MR], S2514-S2524 [25MR],
            S2526 [25MR], S2527 [25MR], S2529 [25MR], S2583-S2585 [25MR],
            S2619-S2629 [26MR]
        Insurance:  coverage of long-term care services (S. Con. Res. 95),
            S4728 [12MY]
        ------ establish hospital lengths of stay based on a determination
            by an appropriate physician in consultation with the patient (S.
            2315), S8248 [15JY]
        KidSave accounts:  open for every child at birth and invest such
            accounts to build retirement savings (S. 2184), S6491 [17JN],
            S6492 [17JN]
        Medicaid:  allow children covered under a State health plan to
            continue receiving benefits under the Vaccines for Children
            Program (S. 2013), S3930 [30AP]
        ------ allow fraud control units to investigate and prosecute fraud
            in Medicare and other Federal programs and elder abuse in
            residential facilities (S. 2040), S4528-S4530 [7MY]
        ------ allow States to exempt trust funds for the disabled from
            estate recovery programs (S. 2462), S10241 [11SE]
        ------ allow States to use State Children's Health Insurance Program
            allotment to cover additional low-income children (S. 2485),
            S10437 [16SE]
        ------ exempt disabled individuals from being required to enroll
            with a managed care entity (S. 1649), S766 [12FE]
        ------ permit presumptive eligibility for low-income children (S.
            2382), S9439 [30JY], S9440 [30JY]
        ------ prohibit transfers or discharges of residents of nursing
            facilities (S. 2061), S4630-S4632 [11MY] prohibit transfers or
            discharges of residents of nursing facilities (S. 2308), S8241
            [15JY]
        ------ prohibit transfers or discharges of residents of nursing
            facilities (S. 2308), S9993 [8SE]
        ------ provide States with a children's enrollment performance bonus
            (S. 2626), S12402 [12OC]
        Medical Education Trust Fund:  establish (S. 21), S4538 [7MY]
        Medicare:  adjust formula used to determine cost limits for home
            health agencies (S. 1993), S3709-S3715 [28AP], S6342 [15JN]
        ------ adjust formula used to determine cost limits for home health
            agencies (S. 1993), S12276 [10OC]
        ------ allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for
            services, S2747 [30MR], S2813-S2825 [31MR], S2893 [1AP], S2894
            [1AP] allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for
            services (S. 1194), S89 [28JA], S247 [2FE]
        ------ allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for
            services, S12826-S12828 [21OC]
        ------ allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for
            services (S. 1194), S11892-S11896 [8OC]
        ------ allow beneficiaries to remain enrolled in their chosen health
            plan (S. 2611), S12178 [9OC]
        ------ combat waste, fraud, and abuse in home health service
            payments (S. 2031), S4488 [7MY]
        ------ combat waste, fraud, and abuse (S. 2335), S8658 [21JY]
        ------ coverage of acupuncturist services (S. 2340), S8779 [22JY],
            S8780 [22JY], S8880 [23JY]
        ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services (S. 1643), S749 [12FE]
        ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services (S. 1643), S12660 [16OC]
        ------ delay reduction and make revisions to the per beneficiary and
            per visit payment limit (S. 2616), S12182 [9OC], S12343-S12348
            [10OC]
        ------ Dept. of HHS authority to make adjustments to payments made
            to skilled nursing facilities (S. Res. 314), S12876 [21OC]
        ------ documentation requirements for physicians who submit claims
            for office visits and for other evaluation and management
            services (S. Con. Res. 93), S4208 [4MY]
        ------ election of Medicare+Choice organizations to exclude payment
            for abortion services (S. 2403), S9561 [31JY]
        ------ eliminate budget neutrality adjustment factor used in
            calculating blended capitation rate for Medicare+Choice
            organizations (S. 2227), S7190 [25JN]
        ------ ensure reimbursement for certain ambulance services and
            improve the efficiency of the emergency medical system (S.
            2091), S5129-S5131 [19MY]
        ------ establish a demonstration project to increase awareness of
            the availability of costsharing assistance to eligible
            beneficiaries (S. 2528), S11126 [29SE]
        ------ establish a prospective payment system for psychiatric
            hospital services (S. 2582), S11974-S11976 [8OC]
        ------ exclude clinical social worker services from coverage under
            the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system (S.
            1864), S2660 [26MR]
        ------ exempt certain facilities from transition period under the
            prospective payment system for skilled nursing facilities (S.
            2342), S8782 [22JY]
        ------ exempt licensed pharmacists from surety bond requirements for
            suppliers of durable medical equipment (S. 1680), S1012-S1014
            [25FE]
        ------ extend the contracts of certain managed care organizations
            (S. 2562), S12137 [9OC]
        ------ impose conditions on the implementation of interim payment
            system to home health agencies for home health services (S.
            2508), S10725 [22SE]
        ------ improve access to health insurance by offering certain
            individuals a Medicare buy-in option, S2708 [27MR], S2746 [30MR]
            improve access to health insurance by offering certain
            individuals a Medicare buy-in option (S. 1789), S2127-S2135
            [17MR]
        ------ increase payment for pap smear laboratory tests (S. 2378),
            S9436 [30JY]
        ------ payment for insulin pumps (S. 2292), S8056 [13JY]
        ------ payment of certain venipuncture services and prevention of
            potential fraud and abuse (S. 1580), S171 [28JA]
        ------ payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
            medical education programs (S. 2049), S4535-S4538 [7MY]
        ------ payments to hospitals that have graduate medical education
            programs in critical need specialty areas (S. 2216), S7176
            [25JN]
        ------ payments to Medicare+Choice organizations amounts
            attributable to disproportionate share hospital payments (S.
            1908), S3124 [2AP]
        ------ permit the replacement of health insurance policies for
            certain disabled beneficiaries even if the replacement policies
            duplicate Medicare benefits (S. 2551), S11451 [5OC]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
            S11531 [6OC]
        ------ provide that funds received from a tobacco industry
            settlement shall be used for part A, S2235 [18MR]
        ------ reform, S716 [12FE]
        ------ reform payment system for home health services, S12535
            [14OC], S12807 [21OC], S12896 [21OC]
        ------ reform payment system for home health services (S. 2323),
            S8383-S8386 [16JY] reform payment system for home health
            services (S. 2354), S8996 [24JY], S9609 [31JY]
        ------ reform payment system for home health services (S. 2323),
            S12284-S12286 [10OC]
        ------ reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by
            certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (S. 2054), S4558
            [8MY], S4559 [8MY], S4742 [12MY]
        ------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services
            (S. 2222), S7182 [25JN], S7183 [25JN]
        ------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services
            (S. 2222), S10719 [22SE]
        ------ repeal the restriction on payment for certain hospital
            discharges relative to post-acute care (S. 1604), S379 [4FE],
            S859 [23FE]
        ------ require disclosure of staffing and performance data, provide
            whistleblower protection to employees, and review impact of
            proposed mergers and acquisitions relative to Medicare providers
            (S. 2055), S4559 [8MY]
        ------ require use of hollow-bore needle devices at health care
            facilities (S. 2056), S4560 [8MY]
        ------ requirements relative to anesthesia services (S. 1811), S2430
            [23MR]
        ------ use of tobacco revenues to restore solvency, S2882 [1AP],
            S3212-S3214 [3AP]
        ------ withdrawl of managed care plans under Medicare+Choice
            organizations, S12273-S12275 [10OC]
        National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare:  field
            hearing in Minneapolis, MN, S7921 [10JY]
        ------ meeting, S1875 [12MR]
        Native Americans:  make permanent and expand the demonstration
            program that allows for direct billing of Medicare and Medicaid
            (S. 2001), S3784 [29AP]
        Oregon:  law relative to assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy
            killing, S12491-S12494 [14OC]
        Pensions:  create personalized retirement accounts (S. 2552),
            S11443-S11448 [5OC]
        ------ establish pilot program for personalized retirement security
            through personal retirement savings accounts (S. 2369), S9244
            [29JY]
        Privatization, S6004 [10JN]
        Public welfare programs:  clarify and improve public assistance and
            benefits for noncitizens (H.R. 4558), S12036 [8OC]
        ------ food stamp eligibility for certain aliens, S4653-S4659
            [12MY], S4665-S4680 [12MY], S5367 [22MY] food stamp eligibility
            for certain aliens (S. 1763), S1991 [16MR]
        ------ food stamp eligibility for legal aliens, S2966 [1AP], S3113
            [2AP]
        ------ make postsecondary or vocational education training a
            permissible work activity, S7795-S7797 [9JY], S7816-S7824 [9JY]
        ------ reform, S107-S109 [28JA], S502 [9FE], S504 [9FE],
            S10641-S10643 [21SE]
        ------ require States to pass child support directly through to
            families and disregard child support in determining eligibility
            for the temporary assistance to needy families program (S.
            2586), S11981 [8OC]
        Republican Party:  national agenda, S94-S98 [28JA], S4606 [11MY]
        Retirement:  divert percentage of payroll tax into personal
            investment plans, increase retirement age, adjust Consumer Price
            Index, and reduce benefits to wealthier individuals (S. 2313),
            S8244-S8248 [15JY]
        ------ divert percentage of payroll tax into personal investment
            plans, S10233 [11SE]
        Rural areas:  promote access to health care services (S. 2603),
            S12170-S12172 [9OC]
        Senate:  legislative priorities, S9677 [31AU]
        States:  provide medical assistance to certain legal immigrant
            children and increase allotments to territories under the State
            Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 2410), S9571 [31JY]
        Taxation:  increase amount of Social Security benefits exempt from
            tax for single taxpayers (S. 2515), S10923 [24SE]
        ------ promote retirement savings (S. 2635), S12563 [14OC]
        ------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
            businesses, and establish incentives for education,
            S11401-S11405 [5OC], S12216 [9OC] provide relief for
            individuals, families, farmers, and small businesses, and
            establish incentives for education (H.R. 4579), S11013 [28SE],
            S11017 [28SE], S11020 [28SE], S11068 [28SE], S11069 [29SE],
            S11148-S11152 [30SE], S11169 [30SE], S11170 [30SE],
            S11321-S11324 [2OC], S11406 [5OC], S11627 [6OC], S12279-S12281
            [10OC]
        ------ reduce payroll taxes, S9403 [30JY], S9404 [30JY]
        ------ reduce payroll taxes (S. 1792), S2154-S2168 [18MR], S8447
            [17JY]
        Tobacco products:  national policy to reduce tobacco use, S2235
            [18MR]
        ------ specify uses of revenues from tobacco industry settlement,
            S4934-S4936 [15MY]
        ------ tobacco industry liability settlement relative to Medicare
            funding, S6023 [10JN]
        Trust funds:  budget treatment, S109 [28JA], S199-S201 [29JA], S260
            [2FE], S1766-S1768 [11MR], S2150-S2154 [18MR], S2757 [30MR],
            S2940-S2944 [1AP], S2949 [1AP], S3215 [3AP], S3755 [29AP], S4611
            [11MY], S6028 [10JN], S7243-S7247 [26JN], S8710-S8734 [22JY],
            S9178 [29JY], S10234 [11SE], S10331 [15SE], S10454 [17SE],
            S10971 [25SE], S11013 [28SE], S11017 [28SE], S11148-S11152
            [30SE], S11169 [30SE], S11170 [30SE], S11321-S11324 [2OC],
            S11401-S11405 [5OC], S11407-S11409 [5OC], S11539 [6OC], S12216
            [9OC], S12366 [12OC], S12372 [12OC], S12374 [12OC], S12477
            [14OC]
        ------ budget treatment (S. Res. 185), S1080 [26FE]
        ------ ensure integrity, S8273 [16JY]
        ------ ensure solvency, S9545-S9547 [31JY]
        ------ extend and clarify pay-as-you-go requirements (S. 1678),
            S1011 [25FE]
        Unemployment:  improve the collection of Federal unemployment taxes
            and the provision of such revenues for employment security
            administration (S. 2556), S11583 [6OC]
        Veterans:  Federal Employees Health Benefits Program retiree
            benefits, S11228 [1OC]
        Women:  address economic obstacles of domestic violence victims (S.
            2558), S11584 [6OC]
      Reports
        Analysis of the President's Budgetary Proposals for Fiscal Year
            1999:  CBO, S1382-S1385 [5MR]
        Drug Pricing in the 9th Congressional District of Tennessee--Drug
            Companies Profit at the Expense of Older Americans:  Committee
            of Government Reform and Oversight (House), E2062-E2065 [11OC]
        Future of Public Hospitals:  Bailus Walker and Deitra Hazelwood Lee,
            E501 [27MR]
        Health Insurance Standards--New Federal Law Creates Challenges for
            Consumers, Insurers, Regulators:  GAO, S1662 [9MR]
        Social Security and the Unified Budget:  Greenspan Commission, S8715
            [22JY]
      Reports filed
        Bipartisan Panel To Design Long-Range Social Security Reform:
            Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 3546) (H. Rept. 105-
            493), H2317 [23AP]
        Consideration of H.R. 3097, Tax Code Termination Act:  Committee on
            Rules (House) (H. Res. 472) (H. Rept. 105-580), H4628 [16JN]
        Consideration of H.R. 3433, Provide Disabled Social Security
            Beneficiaries the Opportunities To Return to Work, Extend
            Medicare Coverage, and Continue Tax Credits:  Committee on Rules
            (House) (H. Res. 450) (H. Rept. 105-553), H3970 [22MY]
        Consideration of H.R. 3546, National Dialogue on Social Security
            Act:  Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 410) (H. Rept. 105-
            498), H2422 [28AP]
        Consideration of H.R. 4250, Patient Protection Act:  Committee on
            Rules (House) (H. Res. 509) (H. Rept. 105-643), H6281 [23JY]
        Consideration of H.R. 4578, Establish Protect Social Security
            Account Into Which Budget Surpluses Will Be Deposited Until
            Long-Term Reform Is Enacted:  Committee on Rules (House) (H.
            Res. 552) (H. Rept. 105-744), H8626 [24SE]
        Consideration of H.R. 4579, Taxpayer Relief Act:  Committee on Rules
            (House) (H. Res. 552) (H. Rept. 105-744), H8626 [24SE]
        Criminal Identity Fraud:  Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S.
            512), S7881 [9JY]
        Dept. of HHS Additional Exceptions to the Imposition of Civil Money
            Penalties in Cases of Payments to Beneficiaries:  Committee on
            Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 3511) (H. Rept. 105-772), H9536
            [5OC]
        Establish Protect Social Security Account Into Which Budget
            Surpluses Will Be Deposited Until Long-Term Reform Is Enacted:
            Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 4578) (H. Rept. 105-
            738), H8527 [23SE]
        Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act:  Committee on the
            Judiciary (Senate) (S. 512) (S. Rept. 105-274), S9243 [29JY]
        Medicare Home Health Care Interim Payment System Refinement Act:
            Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 4567) (H. Rept. 105-
            773), H9536 [5OC]
        Medicare Home Health Services--No Surety in Fight Against Fraud and
            Waste:  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight (House) (H.
            Rept. 105-821), H11023 [15OC]
        Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Membership Expansion:
            Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 4377) (H. Rept. 105-
            774), H9536 [5OC]
        Provide Disabled Social Security Beneficiaries the Opportunities To
            Return to Work, Extend Medicare Coverage, and Continue Tax
            Credits:  Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 3433) (H.
            Rept. 105-537), H3365 [18MY]
        Public Assistance and Benefits for Noncitizens Clarification and
            Improvement:  Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 4558)
            (H. Rept. 105-735), H8461 [22SE]
        Taxpayer Relief Act:  Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R.
            4579) (H. Rept. 105-739), H8527 [23SE]
        Veterans Medicare Access Improvement Act:  Committee on Ways and
            Means (House) (H.R. 3828) (H. Rept. 105-793), H10010 [7OC]
      Reports to constituents
        Hamilton, Representative:  Aging of America, E1671 [9SE]
        ------ New Choices in Medicare, E39 [28JA]
        ------ Social Security Reform, E1303 [15JY]
      Resolutions by organizations
        Tax Code Termination Act:  National Association of Manufacturers,
            H4650 [17JN]
      Rulings of the Chair
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's
            (H.R. 4250), H6414 [24JY]
      Statements
        Allow Medicare Beneficiaries To Enter Into Private Contracts for
            Services:  Howard Bedlin, National Council on the Aging, S2821
            [31MR]
        ----- Judy Waxman, Families USA Foundation, S2821 [31MR]
        ----- Patricia A. Ford, Service Employees International Union, S2820
            [31MR]
        Hospital Length of Stay Act:  Edward R. Laws, Jr., American College
            of Surgeons, S8250 [15JY]
        Medicare Coverage to Early Retirees and Their Dependents:  Alan
            Cranston, E75 [3FE]
        ------ Edward J. Gurney, E75 [3FE]
        Medicare Fraud and Abuse:  Home Care Alliance of Maine, S716 [12FE]
        National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare:  Senator
            Breaux, S1876 [12MR]
        Noncitizen Benefit Clarification and Other Technical Amendments Act:
             Executive Office of the President, H8499 [23SE]
        Patients' Bill of Rights Act:  A.G. Newmyer III, Epilepsy
            Foundation, S11326 [2OC]
        ------ Debra L. Ness, National Partnership for Women & Families,
            S11326 [2OC]
        Protection of Enrollees In Managed Health Care Plans and HMO's:
            A.G. Newmyer, III, E1950 [8OC]
        Protection of Enrollees in Managed Health Care Plans and HMO's:
            American Hospital Association, S3055 [2AP]
        ------ Baylor Health Care System, S3054 [2AP]
        ------ Cleveland Clinic, S3054 [2AP]
        ------ Frances M. Visco, S11543 [6OC]
        ------ Mayo Clinic, S3054 [2AP]
        SSI Treatment of Certain Cash Awards Relative to Fulfilling Wishes
            for Children With Life-Threatening Diseases:  Tony Leal, Jr.,
            Make-A-Wish Foundation, H8500 [23SE]
      Studies
        European Health Care Reform:  WHO, E1655 [9SE]
      Summaries
        Delay Reduction and Make Revisions to the Medicare Per Beneficiary
            and Per Visit Payment Limit (S. 2616), S12343 [10OC]
        Hospital Length of Stay Act (S. 2315), S8250 [15JY]
        Medicare Coverage of Outpatient Prescription Drugs and Home Infusion
            Drug Therapy (H.R. 4753), E1957 [8OC]
        Medicare Early Access Act (S. 1789), S2133 [17MR]
        Medicare Home Health Equity Act (S. 1993), S3711 [28AP]
        Medicare Waste Tax Reduction Act (S. 2335), S8659 [21JY]
        Social Security and Welfare Reform (1972), E74 [3FE]
        States' Consumer Protection Laws for Health Insurance, E287 [4MR]
        Taxpayer Relief Act (H.R. 4579):  Lautenberg Amendment, S11627 [6OC]
      Surveys
        Social Security Trust Fund Surpluses, H839 [4MR]
      Tables
        Budget deficits and Social Security, S2921 [1AP]
        Budget treatment of Social Security trust funds, S8727 [22JY]
        CBO budget projections (1997-2008), S8730 [22JY]
        ------, S200 [29JA]
        Comparison of protections in Medicare+Choice vs. Patients' Bill of
            Rights Act, H5057 [23JN]
        Federal budget deficits, surpluses, and trust funds (1945-1998),
            S259 [2FE], S8717 [22JY], S8731 [22JY]
        Federal budget trust fund borrowing, S260 [2FE], S8727 [22JY]
        Federal cost of illustrative Medicare benefits package including
            prescription drug and stop-loss coverage, E1981 [9OC]
        Federal cost of Medicare drug coverage under alternative cost
            sharing requirements with Medicaid offsets, E1981 [9OC]
        How NCQA accreditation compares to U.S. News & World Report
            (publication) rankings of HMO's, E338 [10MR]
        Medicare payments for certain benefits and procedures, E369 [12MR]
        Pap smear production costs, S9437 [30JY]
        Payroll taxes, S2921 [1AP]
        Prescription drug benefit costs for SMI enrollees, E1981 [9OC]
        Prescription drug price differentials, H9183 [29SE]
        States' consumer protection laws for health insurance, E287 [4MR]
      Testimonies
        Efforts To Prevent Transmission of HIV:  Representative Lantos, E241
            [26FE]
        Jobs With Justice (organization) Hearing on Welfare/Workfare Issues:
             David Roth, Cleveland Works (organization), E734 [1MY]
        ----- Paul Booth, American Federation of State, County and Municipal
            Employees, E806 [7MY]
        National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare:
            Representative Pelosi, E1809-E1810 [25SE]
        Protection of Enrollees in Managed Care Plans and HMO's:  Charlotte
            Yeh, American College of Emergency Physicians, S10822 [23SE]
        ------ Cheryl Bolinger, H941 [10MR]
        Require Disclosure of Certain Information About Benefit Management
            for Prescription Drugs by Medicare+Choice Organizations:  Mark
            Green, E1239 [25JN]
      Texts of
        H. Res. 410, consideration of H.R. 3546, National Dialogue on Social
            Security Act, H2478 [29AP]
        H. Res. 450, consideration of H.R. 3433, Ticket to Work and Self-
            Sufficiency Act, H4006 [3JN]
        H. Res. 472, consideration of H.R. 3097, Tax Code Termination Act,
            H4643 [17JN]
        H. Res. 509, consideration of H.R. 4250, Patient Protection Act,
            H6297 [24JY]
        H. Res. 552, consideration of H.R. 4578, establish Protect Social
            Security Account into which budget surpluses will be deposited
            until long-term reform is enacted, and H.R. 4579, Taxpayer
            Relief Act, H8722 [25SE]
        H.R. 1428, Voter Eligibility Verification Pilot Program Act, H464
            [12FE]
        H.R. 3097, Tax Code Termination Act, H4654 [17JN], H4655 [17JN]
        H.R. 3433, Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Act, H4007-H4018
            [3JN]
        H.R. 3546, National Dialogue on Social Security Act, H2487-H2490
            [29AP]
        H.R. 3912, Senior Citizens' Freedom To Work Act, E915 [20MY]
        H.R. 4151, Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act, H9993 [7OC]
        H.R. 4250, Patient Protection Act, H6307-H6337 [24JY], H6367 [24JY]
        H.R. 4558, Noncitizen Benefit Clarification and Other Technical
            Amendments Act, H8498 [23SE]
        H.R. 4567, Medicare Home Health and Veterans Health Care Improvement
            Act, H10243-H10247 [9OC]
        H.R. 4578, establish Protect Social Security Account into which
            budget surpluses will be deposited until long-term reform is
            enacted, H8732 [25SE]
        H.R. 4579, Taxpayer Relief Act, H8806-H8835 [25SE]
        S. 512, Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act, S9501 [30JY]
        S. 1587, Pay-As-You-Go Extension Act, S200 [29JA]
        S. 1588, Deficit Integrity Act, S200 [29JA]
        S. 1604, repeal the Medicare restriction on payment for certain
            hospital discharges relative to post-acute care, S380 [4FE]
        S. 1643, delay implementation of interim payment system to home
            health agencies for home health services, S749 [12FE]
        S. 1678, Social Security Trust Fund Protection Act, S1012 [25FE]
        S. 1680, exempt licensed pharmacists from surety bond requirements
            for suppliers of durable medical equipment under Medicare, S1013
            [25FE]
        S. 1763, Food Stamp Benefits for Aliens Restoration Act, S1992
            [16MR]
        S. 1788, Medicare Fraud and Overpayment Act, S2125-S2127 [17MR]
        S. 1789, Medicare Early Access Act, S2127-S2133 [17MR]
        S. 1792, Social Security Solvency Act, S2160-S2166 [18MR]
        S. 1880, State authority to permit certain employers of domestic
            workers to make annual wage reports, S2766 [30MR]
        S. 1908, Managed Care Fair Payment Act, S3125 [2AP]
        S. 1993, Medicare Home Health Equity Act, S3710 [28AP]
        S. 2007, Health Care Claims Guidance Act, S3790 [29AP]
        S. 2009, interdepartmental cooperation between the Depts. of Defense
            and Veterans Affairs relative to medical care delivery, S3921
            [30AP]
        S. 2013, allow children covered under a State Medicaid health plan
            to continue receiving benefits under the Vaccines for Children
            Program, S3931 [30AP]
        S. 2049, Children's Hospitals Education and Research Act, S4536
            [7MY]
        S. 2216, Medicare payments to hospitals that have graduate medical
            education programs in critical need specialty areas, S7177
            [25JN]
        S. 2222, repeal Medicare financial limitations on rehabilitation
            services, S7182 [25JN]
        S. 2227, Medicare+Choice Equity Payment Act, S7190 [25JN]
        S. 2265, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Research, Treatment,
            and Assistance Act, S7575 [7JY]
        S. 2292, Medicare Insulin Pump Coverage Act, S8057 [13JY]
        S. 2340, Patient Access to Acupuncture Services Act, S8779 [22JY]
        S. 2369, Personal Retirement Accounts Act, S9245-S9253 [29JY]
        S. 2382, Children's Health Assurance Through the Medicaid Program
            (CHAMP) Act, S9440 [30JY]
        S. 2410, provide medical assistance to certain legal immigrant
            children and increase allotments to territories under the State
            Children's Health Insurance Program, S9571 [31JY]
        S. 2447, Dept. of Agriculture study of options for the design,
            development, implementation, and operation of a national
            database to track participation in Federal means-tested public
            assistance programs, S9977 [8SE]
        S. 2462, allow States to exempt Medicaid trust funds for the
            disabled from estate recovery programs, S10241 [11SE]
        S. 2582, Medicare Psychiatric Hospital Prospective Payment System
            Act, S11975 [8OC]
        S. 2586, Children First Child Support Reform Act, S11982 [8OC]
        S. 2598, Children's Lead Prevention and Inclusive Treatment Act,
            S12165-S12167 [9OC]
        S. 2626, Health Care for America's Children Act, S12402 [12OC]
        S. Con. Res. 95, coverage of long-term care services, S4728 [12MY]
        S. Res. 185, budget treatment of Social Security trust funds, S1080
            [26FE]
        S. Res. 282, budget treatment of trust funds, extension of pay-as-
            you-go requirements, and reservation of all surpluses relative
            to Social Security, S10929 [24SE]
        S. Res. 312, modify certain allocations in the Senate for fiscal
            year 1999 and include appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal
            years 2000-2003, S12875 [21OC]
        S. Res. 312, modify certain budget allocations in the Senate for
            fiscal year 1999 and include appropriate budgetary levels for
            fiscal years 2000-2003, S12916 [21OC]
        S. Res. 314, Dept. of HHS authority to make adjustments to payments
            made to skilled nursing facilities under Medicare, S12876 [21OC]
      Transcripts
        Telephone Respondents to Marshfield, MA, Area Newspaper Articles on
            Home Health Care, H5285 [24JN]