[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]
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