INSURANCE

Addresses

Health Care: Representative Capps, E383-E385 [19MR]

Agreements

World Trade Center employers-Service Employees International Union Local 32B-32J Joint Building Service Industry Emergency Preferential Hiring Program, H69 [24JA]

Amendments

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S408, S419, S430, S431 [6FE], S442, S467, S469, S476, S498, S501, S504, S505, S506, S510 [7FE], S515, S516, S519, S522, S533, S557, S558, S564, S567 [8FE], S578, S590, S591 [11FE], S608, S610, S612, S613, S616, S617, S618, S619, S620, S621, S628, S629, S636, S645, S666, S667, S669, S670, S671, S672 [12FE], S675, S748 [13FE]

Health: reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps and establish Healthy Communities Access Program to coordinate services for uninsured and underinsured (S. 1533), S2741 [16AP], S10755 [17OC]

Housing: simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for single family homebuyers (S. 2239), S10739, S10743, S10745 [17OC]

Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), H3929 [25JN], H4226, H4297 [27JN]

Native Americans: improve effectiveness of the Indian Loan Guarantee and Insurance Program (S. 2017), S8694 [17SE], S11773 [20NO], H8913 [14NO]

Social Security: provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (H.R. 4070), S11316 [18NO]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), S841, S870 [14FE], S1659 [7MR], H744, H746 [7MR]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), consideration of Senate amendment with an amendment (H. Res. 360), H743 [7MR]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), S11060, S11136 [14NO]

Terrorism: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (S. 2600), S5462 [12JN], S5482, S5488, S5509, S5514, S5516, S5545, S5546, S5549, S5550, S5551, S5552, S5554, S5556 [13JN], S5635, S5636, S5637, S5638, S5639, S5640, S5641 [17JN], S5656, S5665, S5666, S5714 [18JN]

Analyses

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Programs Amendments (S. 2526), S4496 [16MY]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 3210, Terrorism Risk Protection Act, S7332 [25JY], H5962 [26JY]

Articles and editorials

Binge Mentality in the Federal Budget, E1357 [25JY]

Brain Storm at Last, Bush Grasps a Medical Fact, S3586 [1MY]

Breaking the Contract, H668 [5MR], E297 [7MR]

Daschle Blames Bush Tax Cut for Failure on Prescription Drug Reform, S7423 [26JY]

Delivering Ms. Kline's Baby, S7530 [30JY]

Editorials and Opinions About Medical Malpractice Claims (excerpts), S7517-S7519 [30JY]

Equity for Mental Illness, S8425 [10SE]

Finding a Formula for Medicare Drug Benefits, S7623 [31JY]

Firms Warned on Terrorism Insurance, S5644 [18JN]

GOP Plan To Link Drilling With Steel Aid Falls Through, S2716 [16AP]

Health Problems of Latino Children, E1439 [29JY]

Insurers' Price Wars Contributed to Doctors Facing Soaring Costs, H6738 [26SE]

Lower Payments Force FPs To Risk Personal Loss for Their Patients, Practices, S8370 [9SE]

``MediFair'' Is Workable Answer, S5567 [14JN]

Murray's Bill Rights Medicare Inequity, S5567 [14JN]

Murray's Medicare Plan a Step in Right Direction, S5566 [14JN]

President Puts Military Funds Ahead of Those for Health, E237 [28FE]

Rescue the Uninsured From Sea of Uncertainty, E275 [6MR]

Second Opinion—The Perils of Doing Right, S424 [6FE]

Terrifying Insurance Deal—A Bonanza for the Trial Lawyers, an Entitlement for Insurers, S11526 [19NO]

Top 50 Law Firm List Shows 9 in Mississippi, S7517 [30JY]

Toward Mental Health Parity, S3586 [1MY]

U.S. Corporations Are Using Bermuda To Slash Tax Bills, S1149 [26FE]

We Filled the Prescription, E1452 [29JY]

Bills and resolutions

Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund: allocate accruing interest to cover health care costs for certain miners (see H.R. 3813), H634 [27FE]

Antitrust policy: modify antitrust exemption for the insurance industry (see H.R. 5437), H6558 [24SE]

Aviation: provide liability protection to nonprofit volunteer pilot organizations flying for public benefit and to the pilots and staff of such organizations (see H.R. 5518), H6926 [1OC]

Budget: extend discretionary spending caps and the pay-as-you-go requirement, protect Social Security, institute biennial budgeting, and reform treatment of Federal insurance programs (see S. 3131), S10676 [17OC]

Business and industry: provide risk sharing and indemnification for government contractors supplying anti-terrorism technology and services (see S. 3076), S10117 [8OC]

———repeal law allowing for the redomestication of mutual insurance companies (see H.R. 4505), H1482 [18AP]

Children's Development Commission (Kiddie Mac): establish (see H.R. 5291), H5995 [26JY]

Citizens Health Care Working Group: establish (see S. 3063), S10040 [7OC]

Computers: encourage use of web-based enrollment systems in the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 5233), H5790 [25JY]

Dept. of HHS: establish the Medicare Benefits Administration (see H.R. 4988), H3824 [21JN]

———establish the Office of Health Care Competition to administer the National Practitioner Data Bank and to collect and make public more information on medical malpractice insurance (see H.R. 5435), H6558 [24SE]

———make grants to promote innovative outreach and enrollment efforts under State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4764), H2607 [16MY]

———support research on ovarian cancer screening tests and encourage coverage of effective techniques by health care programs and plans (see S. Con. Res. 138), S8384 [9SE] (see H. Con. Res. 385), H1532 [23AP]

Dept. of HUD: insure mortgages for acquisition, construction, or substantial rehabilitation of child care and development facilities (see H.R. 5291), H5995 [26JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish an Office of the National Insurers (see H.R. 3766), H523 [14FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow recovery of medical costs from third parties in the same manner as a preferred provider organization (see H.R. 5392), H6302 [17SE]

———amend programs (see S. 2526), S4492 [16MY]

———enhance right to recover payments by third parties for costs of providing non-service-connected care (see H.R. 5530), H6982 [2OC]

———extend the period for provision of noninstitutional extended care services and required nursing home care (see S. 2043), S2260 [21MR]

———maintain health care eligibility for veterans being held as a prisoner in a county or city jail (see H.R. 3772), H523 [14FE]

———place certain low-income veterans in a higher health-care priority category (see S. 2583), S5041 [5JN] (see H.R. 3796), H561 [26FE]

———provide guaranteed adequate level of funding for veterans health care (see S. 2903), S8300 [5SE] (see H.R. 5250), H5993 [26JY]

———repeal requirement that former POW must have been interred for a specified minimum period of time to be eligible for dental benefits (see H.R. 3826), H650 [28FE]

Diseases: combat cancer (see S. 1976), S1351 [28FE]

———improve data collection and dissemination between Federal and State registries to enhance the treatment and research of cancer (see S. 2955), S8753 [18SE]

———require coverage of hair prostheses under Federal health programs for individuals with scalp hair loss as a result of alopecia areata (see H.R. 5106), H4552 [11JY]

Domestic violence: provide coverage for screening and treatment, improve response of health care systems, and train health care providers and facilities on screening, identification, and treatment for families (see S. 2236), S3303 [24AP]

Drugs: coverage of prescription drugs (see H.R. 3913), H780 [7MR]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: freeze and repeal portions of the tax reduction and apply savings to a comprehensive Medicare outpatient prescription drug benefit (see H.R. 3757), H366 [13FE]

———make permanent the exclusion of reparations received by Holocaust survivors or their heirs or estates (see S. 2577), S4967 [4JN] (see H.R. 4823), H2944 [22MY]

Emergency Malpractice Liability Insurance Commission: establish (see H.R. 5434), H6558 [24SE]

ERISA: provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits (see S. 2904), S8300 [5SE]

Families and domestic relations: provide coverage of domestic violence screening and treatment under Maternal and Child Health Program, Medicaid, and Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 4032), H1087 [20MR]

Federal aid programs: provide assistance to displaced workers by extending unemployment benefits and by providing a tax credit for health insurance costs (see H.R. 3841), H686 [5MR]

Federal employees: allow the spouse or annuitant to obtain health benefits coverage for self alone (see H.R. 4997), H3825 [21JN]

———increase the Government contribution for Federal employee health insurance (see S. 1982), S1421 [4MR]

———provide benefits to domestic partners (see S. 2874), S7900 [1AU]

FEMA: extend the National Flood Insurance Program (see S. 13), S11736 [20NO] (see H.R. 5758, 5759), H9036 [19NO]

Financial institutions: exempt attorneys from privacy provisions of the law repealing restrictions on the affiliation of banks, securities firms, and insurance companies (see H.R. 5457), H6692 [25SE]

———merge bank and savings association deposit insurance funds and reform the Federal deposit insurance system (see S. 1945), S852 [14FE]

———protect customers whose identities are stolen from financial institutions (see H.R. 5474), H6776 [26SE]

———provide regulatory relief and improve productivity for insured depository institutions (see H.R. 3951), H906 [13MR]

———reform the Federal deposit insurance system (see H.R. 3717), H283 [12FE]

FTC: deem the nondisclosure of employer-owned life insurance coverage of employees an unfair trade practice (see H.R. 4551), H1532 [23AP]

Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (see H.R. 3897), H780 [7MR]

———coverage of certain reconstructive surgery (see H.R. 4959), H3668 [18JN]

———coverage of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and alternative treatments for hormone replacement therapy (see H.R. 5204), H5452 [24JY]

———encourage health care facilities, group health plans, and health insurance issuers to reduce administrative costs, and to improve access, convenience, quality, and safety (see S. 2638), S5696 [18JN]

———encourage private health insurance companies to take a proactive role in promoting healthy lifestyles (see H. Con. Res. 474), H6418 [19SE]

———ensure guaranteed renewability of individual health insurance coverage regardless of health status-related factors (see S. 3119), S10571 [16OC] (see H.R. 5682), H8022 [16OC]

———establish a program for promoting good health, disease prevention, and wellness and for the prevention of secondary conditions for persons with disabilities (see H.R. 4945), H3600 [17JN]

———establish a system independent of the FDA for the review of health claims and to define health claims (see H.R. 3811), H633 [27FE]

———establish health plan purchasing alliances (see S. 2035), S2183 [20MR]

———expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions (see S. 2008), S1782 [12MR] (see H.R. 4691), H2354 [9MY]

———expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions (H.R. 4691), consideration (see H. Res. 546), H6558 [24SE]

———improve the provision of health care in all areas (see S. 2873), S7900 [1AU]

———increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research, coordinate efforts and information on transplantation, and move transplantation from an experimental procedure to a standard therapy (see S. 2849), S7899 [1AU] (see H.R. 5462), H6692 [25SE]

———modify the rules for redistribution and extended availability of funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 2860), S7899 [1AU]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 2042), S2260 [21MR] (see S. 2502), S4145 [9MY] (see S. 2639), S5696 [18JN] (see H.R. 5269), H5994 [26JY] (see H.R. 5321), H6059 [4SE] (see H.R. 5726), H8732 [13NO]

———prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see S. 1995), S1599 [6MR]

———promote the development of health care cooperatives that will help businesses to pool the health care purchasing power of employers (see S. 2835), S7899 [1AU]

———provide certain caregivers with Medicare benefits, allow long-term care tax credit, and establish programs for patients with fatal chronic illnesses (see H.R. 5139), H4766 [16JY]

———provide grants to health care providers to implement electronic prescription drug programs (see H.R. 4989), H3824 [21JN]

———provide grants to States to provide access to affordable health insurance for certain child care providers and staff (see H.R. 5674), H8022 [16OC]

———provide health care coverage for qualified caregivers (see S. 3179), S11574 [19NO]

———provide health insurance protections for individuals who are living organ donors (see S. 2913), S8384 [9SE]

———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see S. 2793), S7372 [25JY] (see H.R. 4600), H1673 [25AP]

———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 4600), consideration (see H. Res. 553), H6692 [25SE]

———require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to provide prompt payment for health benefits claims (see H.R. 4983), H3824 [21JN]

———require group and individual health plans provide coverage for second opinions (see H.R. 5325), H6059 [4SE]

———stabilize medical malpractice premiums (see H.R. 5140), H4766 [16JY]

Housing: establish a Federal program to provide reinsurance to improve the availability of homeowners' insurance (see H.R. 4025), H1087 [20MR]

———simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for single family homebuyers (see S. 2239), S3303 [24AP] (see H.R. 3661), H104 [29JA]

Libby, MT: establish a trust fund to make medical benefit payments to current and former residents (see S. 3136), S10676 [17OC]

Malpractice: modify antitrust exemption for medical malpractice insurance, address current health care provider issues, and reform medical malpractice litigation process and insurance market (see H.R. 5253), H5993 [26JY]

Mammography Quality Standards Act: reauthorize (see S. 2591), S5041 [5JN] (see H.R. 4888), H3291 [6JN]

Medicaid: allow States to enter into drug rebate agreements to make prescription drugs available to individuals who are not otherwise eligible for medical assistance (see S. 2536), S4623 [21MY]

———apply the disproportionate share hospital payment transition rule to public hospitals (see S. 2391), S3505 [29AP]

———clarify the circumstances under which a ``hold harmless'' provision does not exist relative to broad-based health care taxes (see S. 1947), S852 [14FE]

———coverage of organ transplant procedures as an emergency medical procedure for certain alien children (see H.R. 5225), H5790 [25JY]

———expand coverage of certain uninsured women for breast or cervical cancer to also cover ovarian and uterine cancer (see H.R. 5068), H4350 [8JY]

———extend the transitional medical assistance program (see H.R. 4584), H1619 [24AP]

———permit additional States to enter into long-term care partnerships in order to promote the use of long-term care insurance (see S. 2199), S2950 [18AP]

———provide American Samoa with treatment similar to that provided to States (see H.R. 4631), H2018 [1MY]

———provide States with the option of covering intensive community mental health treatment (see S. 2072), S2326 [22MR]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 3612), H35 [23JA]

———require HMO's and other managed care plans providing medical assistance to beneficiaries to pay for assistance by health centers in federally-assisted housing for the elderly (see H.R. 3949), H833 [12MR]

———revise disproportionate share hospital payments (see H.R. 4991), H3824 [21JN]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see S. 2386), S3505 [29AP]

———area wage adjustments under the prospective payment system for skilled nursing facility services (see S. 1955), S853 [14FE]

———assure fair and adequate payment for high-risk beneficiaries and establish payment incentives for furnishing quality services to people with serious chronic conditions (see S. 2970), S8918 [19SE]

———assure that enrollment in any prescription drug program is voluntary (see H.R. 5236), H5790 [25JY]

———clarify definition of homebound relative to home health services (see S. 2085), S2485 [10AP] (see S. 2848), S7899 [1AU]

———clarify right of beneficiaries to enter into private contracts with physicians and other health care professionals for services not payable under Medicare (see H.R. 4702), H2355 [9MY]

———conduct demonstration program to examine the clinical and cost effectiveness of providing medical adult day care center services (see H.R. 4153), H1200 [10AP]

———consolidate and restate Federal laws relative to social health maintenance organization projects, make such projects permanent, and require a study on ways to expand such projects (see S. 2782), S7308 [24JY]

———coverage of certain self-administered intramuscular and subcutaneous drugs (see H.R. 5719), H8731 [13NO]

———coverage of chronic disease prescription drugs and disease management services (see H.R. 5219), H5790 [25JY]

———coverage of compression sleeves and stockings for the treatment of lymphedema (see H.R. 4154), H1200 [10AP]

———coverage of diabetes laboratory diagnostic tests and other diabetes screening services (see S. 3086), S10223 [9OC] (see H.R. 5666), H8021 [16OC]

———coverage of drugs and biologicals (see H.R. 5167), H4931 [18JY]

———coverage of marriage and family therapist services (see H.R. 3899), H780 [7MR]

———coverage of medication therapy management services, including disease specific management services, for certain high-risk patients (see H.R. 5539), H6982 [2OC]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see S. 2625), S5584 [14JN] (see S. 2757), S7033 [18JY] (see H.R. 3626), H78 [24JA] (see H.R. 3684), H141 [5FE] (see H.R. 4751), H2607 [16MY] (see H.R. 4984), H3824 [21JN] (see H. Con. Res. 328), H366 [13FE]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs for low-income beneficiaries and provision of stop-loss protection for outpatient prescription drug expenses (see H.R. 4741), H2511 [15MY]

———eliminate the geographic physician work adjustment factor used to adjust payments under the physician fee schedule (see S. 1953), S853 [14FE]

———enhance access of beneficiaries who live in medically underserved areas to critical primary and preventive health care benefits and improve the Medicare+Choice program (see S. 2067), S2326 [22MR] (see H.R. 4000), H1002 [19MR]

———enhance beneficiary access to quality health care services (see S. 3018), S9714 [1OC]

———ensure the quality of, and access to, skilled nursing facility services (see S. 2490), S4145 [9MY]

———establish a comprehensive centers for medical excellence demonstration program (see H.R. 3746), H366 [13FE]

———establish a demonstration project under which incentive payments are made in certain areas to improve access to primary care services (see S. 2542), S4702 [22MY] (see H.R. 4845), H3036 [23MY]

———establish a prescription drug discount card endorsement program (see H.R. 4930), H3561 [13JN]

———establish a program for the competitive acquisition of items and services (see S. 3098), S10359 [10OC]

———establish a subvention demonstration project for veterans (see S. 2233), S3165 [23AP]

———establish demonstration programs to improve health care quality (see S. 2752), S7033 [18JY]

———establish minimum geographic cost-of-practice index value for physicians' services (see H.R. 4215), H1283 [11AP]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see S. 2, 2729), S6808 [15JY] (see H.R. 4954), H3668 [18JN] (see H.R. 5019), H4068 [26JN]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), consideration (see H. Res. 465), H4068 [26JN]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), consideration (H. Res. 465), same-day consideration (see H. Res. 464), H4067 [26JN]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug discount and security program (see S. 2736), S6867 [16JY]

———exclude brachytherapy devices from the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient services (see H.R. 5508), H6925 [1OC]

———express importance of modernization, ensure solvency, and provide coverage options and prescription drug coverage (see S. Res. 269), S4330 [14MY]

———extend a temporary increase in payment for skilled nursing facility services (see H.R. 5411), H6417 [19SE]

———extend authorization for appropriations for certain rural grants (see S. 2135), S2723 [16AP] (see H.R. 4452), H1337 [16AP]

———extend the Social Health Maintenance Organization Demonstration Project (see S. 3043), S9901 [3OC]

———freeze the reduction in payments to hospitals for indirect costs of medical education (see S. 2447), S3843 [2MY]

———improve access to benefits for certain individuals and provide financial assistance to individuals who are too poor to afford premiums (see H.R. 4684), H2235 [8MY]

———improve access to health care and extend solvency of trust fund by reforming the health care liability system (see H.R. 4942), H3561 [13JN]

———improve access to Medicare+Choice plans for special needs beneficiaries (see S. 2557), S4839 [23MY]

———improve access to Medicare+Choice plans for special needs beneficiaries by targeting enrollment (see H.R. 5727), H8732 [13NO]

———improve access to services in rural hospitals and critical access hospitals (see S. 2615), S5454 [12JN] (see H.R. 4515), H1483 [18AP]

———improve disproportionate share payments to hospitals serving vulnerable populations (see S. 2854), S7899 [1AU]

———improve Medicare Incentive Payment Program (see S. 2529), S4492 [16MY]

———improve outpatient vision services (see S. 1967), S1208 [26FE]

———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see S. 1931), S586 [11FE] (see H.R. 3710), H230 [8FE]

———improve payments for physicians' services and other outpatient services (see H.R. 4986), H3824 [21JN]

———improve the provision of items and services to beneficiaries in rural areas (see S. 2555, 2568), S4839 [23MY] (see H.R. 4850), H3037 [23MY] (see H.R. 4962), H3720 [19JN]

———improve the qualified beneficiary and special low-income beneficiary programs (see S. 2855), S7899 [1AU] (see H.R. 5276), H5995 [26JY]

———improve the telemedicine program and provide grants for the development of telehealth networks (see S. 2750), S7033 [18JY]

———include new medical technologies under the inpatient hospital prospective payment system (see S. 3042), S9901 [3OC]

———make a technical correction in the definition of outpatient speech-language pathology services (see H.R. 4927), H3513 [12JN]

———prepare audit reports based upon financial auditing of Medicare+Choice organizations and make such reports available to the public (see H.R. 5171), H5086 [22JY]

———prohibit health care providers from charging membership or extraneous fees as a prerequisite to service to a patient (see H.R. 4752), H2607 [16MY]

———provide a direct supplemental insurance option (see H.R. 3976), H931 [14MR]

———provide appropriate incentive payments for physicians' services furnished in underserved areas (see S. 2914), S8384 [9SE]

———provide beneficiaries with access to prescription drugs at Federal Supply Schedule prices (see H.R. 5154), H4872 [17JY]

———provide coverage for kidney disease education services (see S. 2218), S3014 [22AP] (see H.R. 3770), H523 [14FE]

———provide coverage of certain tests to screen for ovarian cancer upon NIH certification that such tests are effective (see H.R. 3910), H780 [7MR]

———provide equity in payments (see H.R. 5045), H4324 [27JN]

———provide fair payments under the hospital outpatient department prospective payment system (see S. 2547), S4702 [22MY] (see H.R. 5234), H5790 [25JY]

———provide for equitable payments for health care services furnished to beneficiaries in hospital outpatient departments (see H.R. 5450), H6558 [24SE]

———provide for equitable reimbursement rates for thin prep pap smears tests (see H.R. 3835), H655 [4MR]

———provide incentives to attract educators and clinical practitioners to underserved areas (see S. 1954), S853 [14FE]

———reclassify certain counties for purposes of equitable hospital payment rates (see H.R. 4745), H2511 [15MY]

———reduce work hours and increase supervision of resident-physicians to ensure the safety of both patients and resident-physicians (see S. 2614), S5454 [12JN]

———reductions in prescription drug prices for beneficiaries and women with breast cancer (see S. 2747), S6947 [17JY]

———reform (see H.R. 5451), H6558 [24SE]

———reform payments to rural and other health care providers (see H.R. 5246), H5993 [26JY]

———reform the physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment update system (see H.R. 3882), H737 [6MR]

———reimburse Medicare+Choice plans located in the same metropolitan statistical area the same payment rate (see H.R. 3696), H227 [7FE]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 3834), H655 [4MR]

———require Dept. of HHS study on new technology payments under the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services (see S. 3041), S9901 [3OC]

———revise and improve payments to certain health care service providers (see H.R. 5729), H9023 [14NO]

———revise payment methodology for extra-depth shoes with inserts or custom molded shoes with inserts for individuals with diabetes (see H.R. 5430), H6558 [24SE]

———revitalize the Medicare+Choice program, establish a Medicare+Choice competition program, and improve payments to hospitals and other providers (see H.R. 4985), H3824 [21JN]

———reward and expand the number of health care providers delivering high-quality cost-effective health care to beneficiaries (see S. 1948), S852 [14FE]

———use estate tax revenue to finance an outpatient prescription drug program (see H.R. 4136), H1199 [10AP]

———waive late enrollment penalty and provide a special Part B enrollment period for certain military retirees (see S. 2688), S6249 [27JN]

———waive waiting period for coverage of certain disabled individuals (see H.R. 5667), H8022 [16OC]

Medicare/Medicaid: conduct studies on comparative effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of prescription drugs that account for high levels of expenditures or use by individuals (see H.R. 4832), H3036 [23MY]

———establish a national abusive and criminal background check system for patient care workers (see S. 3091), S10359 [10OC] (see H.R. 3933), H832 [12MR]

———improve access to long-term care services (see S. 2655), S5851 [20JN]

———improve availability of accurate nursing facility staffing information (see S. 2879), S7900 [1AU]

———require certain staffing in nursing facilities (see H.R. 4715), H2470 [14MY]

———streamline regulatory processes for home health agencies (see H.R. 4659), H2100 [2MY]

Members of Congress: deny eligibility for coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program and make eligible for coverage under Medicare (see H.R. 5500), H6783 [30SE]

Mental health: extend coverage parity (see H.R. 5716), H8731 [13NO]

———protect individuals who need mental health services (see S. 2393), S3505 [29AP]

———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H1089 [20MR]

———provide for research on, and services for individuals with, post-abortion depression and psychosis (see S. 2271), S3434 [25AP]

Motor vehicles: create a penalty for automobile insurance fraud (see S. 2850), S7899 [1AU]

National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicaid: establish (see H.R. 4961), H3720 [19JN]

National Importance of Health Care Coverage Month: designate (see S. Con. Res. 94), S100 [24JA]

Native Americans: improve effectiveness of the Indian Loan Guarantee and Insurance Program (see S. 2017), S1935 [14MR]

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act: ensure public safety officers receive benefits (see H.R. 5375), H6250 [12SE]

OPIC: provide health coverage to employees under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see S. 2527), S4492 [16MY]

OPM: administer a national health program to offer Federal employee health benefits plans to individuals who are not Federal employees (see S. 3173), S11574 [19NO]

President's Commission To Strengthen Social Security: enact certain reforms (see H.R. 4022, 4023, 4024), H1087 [20MR]

———oppose reductions in guaranteed Social Security benefits (see S. Res. 230), S2261 [21MR]

Privacy: prohibit use of patient databases for marketing without the express consent of the patient (see S. 3064), S10040 [7OC]

———restore certain standards to protect the privacy of individually identifiable health information (see H.R. 5646), H8021 [16OC]

Public Health Service Act: amend relative to mental health services for elderly individuals (see H.R. 5077), H4424 [9JY]

———establish Nationwide Health Tracking Network (see S. 2054), S2260 [21MR] (see H.R. 4061), H1089 [20MR]

Public safety officers: ensure that officers who suffer a fatal heart attack or stroke while on duty shall be presumed to have died in the line of duty for purposes of survivor benefits (see S. 3114), S10571 [16OC] (see H.R. 5334), H6084 [5SE]

Senior citizens: prevent and increase penalties for crimes such as health care, pension, and telemarketing fraud, and nursing home abuse and fraud (see S. 2240), S3303 [24AP]

Social Security: clarify level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death and increase lump sum death benefits to reflect cost-of-living changes (see H.R. 5404), H6373 [18SE]

———deny benefits to fugitive felons and individuals fleeing prosecution (see S. 2387), S3505 [29AP]

———eliminate the waiting period in the disability insurance program (see S. 2942), S8673 [17SE]

———expand dental coverage and community oral health services under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 5191), H5194 [23JY]

———extend abstinence education funding under maternal and child health programs and reauthorize Medicaid transitional medical assistance (see H.R. 4122), H1153 [9AP]

———extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 3180), S11736 [20NO] (see H.R. 5740), H9023 [14NO]

———extend rural Advanced Life Support intercept services to other areas (see H.R. 3715), H283 [12FE] (see H.R. 5464), H6692 [25SE]

———improve benefits for aged survivors, disabled survivors, and divorced spouses (see H.R. 4671), H2164 [7MY]

———improve coverage of certain pregnant women, infants, and children under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 3675), H140 [5FE] (see H.R. 3729), H284 [12FE]

———improve patient safety (see H.R. 4889), H3291 [6JN]

———modify attorney fee assessment system and extend attorney fee direct payment system to improve representation of disabled claimants (see S. 2700), S6318 [28JN]

———permit qualifying States to use unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments to expand health coverage under that program or for Medicaid expenditures (see S. 2819), S7579 [30JY] (see S. 3092), S10359 [10OC] (see H.R. 5656, 5662), H8021 [16OC]

———permit States the option of covering certain legal aliens under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 5067), H4350 [8JY]

———promote smoking cessation under Medicare, Medicaid, and the Maternal and Child Health Program (see H.R. 3676), H140 [5FE]

———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (see H.R. 4070), H1089 [20MR]

———provide miscellaneous enhancements in benefits for women (see S. 2533), S4568 [20MY] (see H.R. 4069), H1089 [20MR]

———reject proposals to partially or completely substitute private saving accounts for benefits provided through Social Security (see H.R. 4780), H2734 [21MY] (see H.R. 5541), H6983 [2OC]

States: extend Federal funding for operation of State high risk health insurance pools (see H.R. 5471), H6775 [26SE]

———provide for cooperative governing of health insurance policies and provide assistance to promote establishment of qualified high risk pools and incentives to encourage health coverage for employees and individuals (see H.R. 4170), H1281 [11AP]

———provide incentives to apply certain waivers to use Federal funds to provide affordable employer-based health insurance coverage for uninsured small business workers (see H.R. 4021), H1087 [20MR]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance (see S. 2889), S7900 [1AU] (see H.R. 4604), H1673 [25AP]

———allow self-employed individuals to deduct health insurance costs in computing self-employment taxes (see S. 2130), S2675 [15AP]

———allow small employers a tax credit for costs paid or incurred for employee health insurance expenses (see S. 2666), S5901 [21JN] (see S. 2710), S6498 [9JY]

———clarify exemption from the self-employment tax for termination payments received by former life insurance salesmen (see S. 2827), S7744 [31JY]

———clarify the exemption from tax for small property and casualty insurance companies (see S. 2084), S2485 [10AP]

———decrease the floor for the deduction for medical care (see H.R. 4001), H1002 [19MR]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for individuals (see H.R. 4801), H2943 [22MY]

———permit the deduction of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals to be allowed in computing self-employment taxes (see H.R. 5304), H5996 [26JY]

———provide a credit for offering employer-based health insurance coverage and establish health plan purchasing alliances (see S. 2679), S6013 [25JN]

———provide health care incentives relative to long-term care (see H.R. 4946), H3600 [17JN]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (see H.R. 3666), H104 [29JA]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), consideration of Senate amendment with an amendment (see H. Res. 360), H736 [6MR]

———provide incentives to small businesses to provide health insurance to their employees (see H.R. 5174), H5086 [22JY]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 4789), H2943 [22MY]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits and increase the distribution age for certain retirement plans (see H.R. 5568), H7172 [7OC]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 4002), H1002 [19MR]

———treatment of medical expenses (see H.R. 5705), H8060 [8NO]

———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (see S. 3113), S10442 [15OC] (see H.R. 4804), H2943 [22MY]

Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: extend and expand (see S. 2714), S6498 [9JY] (see H.R. 5089), H4497 [10JY] (see H.R. 5731), H9023 [14NO]

Terrorism: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (see S. 2600), S5256 [7JN]

———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 607), H8732 [13NO]

Unemployment: provide health care premium assistance and exclude unemployment compensation in determining food stamps eligibility (see H.R. 5297), H5996 [26JY]

———provide unemployed workers with health coverage assistance (see S. 1916), S487 [7FE]

Veterans: provide an additional program of service disabled veterans' insurance for veterans (see S. 2209), S2950 [18AP]

Chronologies

Centrist Coalition efforts on economic stimulus legislation, S402 [6FE]

Cloture motions

Terrorism: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), conference report, S11525 [19NO]

———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (S. 2600), S5575 [14JN], S5625 [17JN], S5646 [18JN]

Conference reports

Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (H.R. 3210), H8722-H8728 [13NO]

Cost Estimates

FHA Downpayment Simplification Act (S. 2239): CBO, S10744 [17OC]

Medicare coverage of outpatient prescription drugs: CBO, S7024 [18JY], S7537 [30JY]

Social Security Program Protection Act (H.R. 4070): CBO, S11559 [19NO]

Explanations

Social Security Benefit Enhancements for Women Act (H.R. 4069), H2415 [14MY]

Factsheets

Medicare Incentive Payment Program Improvement Act (S. 2529), S4502 [16MY]

Letters

Abortion Non-Discrimination Act: Laura W. Murphy and Gregory T. Nojeim, ACLU, H6569 [25SE]

———Michael D. Place, Catholic Health Association of the U.S., E1295 [18JY]

Beneficiary Access to Care and Medicare Equity Act: Senate Rural Health Caucus, S10662 [17OC]

Dept. of Defense and Dept. of Veterans Affairs demonstration project on the integrated management of health care resources: Joseph A. Violante, DAV, H2378 [9MY]

———Richard B. Fuller, Paralyzed Veterans of America (organization), H2378 [9MY]

———Robert E. Wallace, VFW, H2378 [9MY]

———Steve A. Robertson, American Legion, H2378 [9MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs issuance of regulations requiring prioritization of veterans' access to health care: Delatorro L. McNeil, Paralyzed Veterans of America (organization), S8748 [18SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs programs amendments: Anthony J. Principi, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S4495 [16MY]

Federal loan guarantee program for airlines: Nancy P. Dorn, OMB, H2918 [22MY]

Health care liability reform: Michael D. Maves, AMA, S7406 [26JY]

———Steven C. Williams, State Volunteer Mutual Insurance Co., S7408 [26JY]

Health insurance tax credits for workers negatively impacted by trade who participate in trade adjustment assistance programs: Senator Baucus, S10837, S10838 [12NO]

Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-Cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act: William McNary, USAction (organization), E1728 [2OC]

Holocaust Restitution Tax Fairness Act: Hannah Rosenthal, Jewish Council for Public Affairs, H3090 [4JN]

———Israel Singer and Gideon Taylor, Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, Inc., H3090 [4JN]

———Lawrence S. Eagleburger, International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims, H3090 [4JN]

———Richard T. Foltin, American Jewish Committee, H3090 [4JN]

———Roman Kent, American Gathering/Federation of Jewish Holocaust Survivors, H3090 [4JN]

———Samuel J. Dubbin and Judy Gilbert-Gould, Jewish Community Relations Council, H3090 [4JN]

Insurance companies raising of physician medical liability premiums: several Representatives, H6738 [26SE]

Medicare coverage of outpatient prescription drugs: several health care organizations, S7545 [30JY]

———William D. Novelli, AARP, S10532 [16OC]

———William D. Novelli, Cecil Malone, and Maria Reynolds-Diaz, AARP, S7100 [19JY]

Medicare demonstration project under which incentive payments are made in certain areas to improve access to primary care services: Samuel W. Cullison, Washington State Medical Association, S4710 [22MY]

Medicare Hospital Outpatient Department Fair Payment Act: Rick Pollack, American Hospital Association, S4719 [22MY]

Medicare hospital reimbursement rates: several Members of Congress, E752 [8MY]

Medicare Incentive Payment Program Improvement Act: Kenneth Brummel-Smith, American Geriatrics Society, S4502 [16MY]

———Richard G. Roberts, American Academy of Family Physicians, S4502 [16MY]

———Sara E. Walker, American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine, S4502 [16MY]

Medicare Modernization and Prescription Drug Act: William D. Novelli, AARP, H4288 [27JN]

Medicare Outpatient Prescription Drug Act: Barbara Kennelly, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S5586 [14JN], S7021 [18JY]

———Charles M. Loveless, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, S5586 [14JN], S7021 [18JY]

———Edward F. Coyle, Alliance for Retired Americans, S5587 [14JN], S7021 [18JY]

———James Firman, National Council on the Aging, S5585 [14JN], S7020 [18JY]

———Kathleen Jaeger, Generic Pharmaceutical Association, S5587 [14JN], S7020 [18JY]

———Ronald F. Pollack, Families USA (organization), S5586 [14JN], S7021 [18JY]

———William D. Novelli, AARP, S5585 [14JN], S7020 [18JY]

———William Samuel, AFL-CIO, S5586 [14JN], S7021 [18JY]

Medicare reimbursement rates in certain Pennsylvania counties: Berwick Hospital Center, S6568 [10JY]

———C. Richard Hartman, Community Medical Center Health Systems (business), S6349 [8JY]

———Conrad W. Schintz, Geisinger Health System (business), S6348 [8JY]

———James E. May, Mercy Health Partners (business), S6350 [8JY]

———Michael J. Clifford, Wayne Memorial Hospital, S6351 [8JY]

———Thomas L. Heron, Marian Community Hospital, S6568 [10JY]

———Tyler Memorial Hospital, S6569 [10JY]

———William J. Schoen, Allied Services (business), S6350 [8JY]

———William R. Host and Michael D. Scherneck, Wyoming Valley Health Care System (business), S6350 [8JY]

Medicare voluntary outpatient prescription drug discount and security program: William D. Novelli, AARP, S7210, S7217 [23JY], S7283 [24JY]

Mothers and Newborns Health Insurance Act: Senators Bingaman and Lincoln, S10058 [8OC]

———Tommy G. Thompson, Sec. of HHS, S9826 [2OC]

Resolution of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist billing issues: Representative Bereuter, E1601 [18SE]

Restrict insurance rate increases for terrorism risks: Terri Vaughan, National Association of Insurance Commissioners, S5498 [13JN]

Social Security Benefit Enhancements for Women Act: Barbara Kennelly, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, H2417, H2418 [14MY]

———Cindy Hounsell, Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement, H2417 [14MY]

———Edward F. Coyle, Alliance for Retired Americans, H2418 [14MY]

———Nancy Mitchell Pfotenhauer, Independent Women's Forum, H2417 [14MY]

———Terry Neese and Barbara Kasoff, Women Impacting Public Policy (organization), H2417 [14MY]

———William D. Novelli, AARP, H2416 [14MY]

Steelworker retiree eligibility for temporary health benefits under trade adjustment assistance programs: Bob Taft, Governor of Ohio, S4464 [16MY]

———Daniel R. DiMicco, Nucor Corp., S4464 [16MY]

Terrorism Risk Insurance Act: Paul H. O'Neill, Sec. of the Treasury, Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., OMB Director, Lawrence Lindsey, National Economic Council, and R. Glenn Hubbard, Council of Economic Advisors, S5436 [12JN], S5492 [13JN]

———several Governors, S5478 [13JN]

———several Senators, S5479 [13JN]

Terrorism Risk Protection Act: Deborah B. Beck, Real Estate Board of New York, H8806 [14NO]

———Peter L. Malkin, Wein & Malkin, LLP, H8807 [14NO]

———several Governors, S3454 [25AP]

Use Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas revenues to provide health insurance to retired steelworkers: Leo W. Gerard, United Steelworkers of America, S2887 [18AP]

———several Representatives, S2858 [17AP]

Lists

Amendments to S. 1731, Agriculture, Conservation, and Rural Enhancement Act, S473 [7FE]

Organizations supporting H.R. 4691/S. 2008, Abortion Non-Discrimination Act, E1295 [18JY]

Organizations supporting S. 724, Mothers and Newborns Health Insurance Act, S10061 [8OC]

Veterans waiting for initial, or follow-up, primary care appointments, S8748 [18SE]

Memorandums

Due Process Review of Punitive Damage Awards, S5658 [18JN]

Medicare Reimbursement Rates in Certain Pennsylvania Counties: Bernard C. Rudegeair, Greater Hazleton Health Alliance, S6348 [8JY]

———Robert J. Spinelli, Bloomsburg Hospital, S6351 [8JY]

———William Roe, Moses Taylor Healthcare System (business), S6349 [8JY]

Social Security Program Protection Act: Chris Chaplain and Alice H. Wade, SSA, S11351 [18NO]

State Statutes Which Permit Courts To Replace Prosecutors, S5658 [18JN]

Motions

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S609 [12FE]

Health: expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions (H.R. 4691), H6584 [25SE]

———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 4600), H6741 [26SE]

Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), H4297 [27JN]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), H746 [7MR]

Terrorism: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), H6107 [9SE], H6133 [10SE]

———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (S. 2600), S5487, S5499 [13JN]

Petitions and memorials

Colorado: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, E1108 [20JN]

Press releases

Social Security Benefit Enhancements for Women Act: National Council of Women's Organizations, H2418 [14MY]

———National Women's Law Center, H2418 [14MY]

———United Seniors Association, H2417 [14MY]

Proposals

Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, S5436-S5439 [12JN]

Questions and answers

Proposal to provide Medicare coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, S7624 [31JY]

Quotations

Economic dislocation resulting from terrorism insurance market turmoil, S5504-S5506 [13JN]

Remarks in House

Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund: allocate accruing interest to cover health care costs for certain miners (H.R. 3813), H6864 [1OC], E228 [28FE]

Air Transportation Stabilization Board: delay payments under the Airline Loan Guarantee Program, H2897, H2917-H2921 [22MY], H2958 [23MY], H3042, H3043 [24MY], E947 [5JN]

American Family Insurance (business): anniversary, E1763 [4OC]

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services, H2253 [9MY]

California: tribute to Blue Cross of California State Sponsored Programs, E1444 [29JY]

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: resolution of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist billing issues, E1601 [18SE]

Children's Development Commission (Kiddie Mac): establish (H.R. 5291), E1427 [29JY]

Committee on Appropriations (House): appropriations allocation revisions to Dept. of Defense and emergency appropriations legislation, H107 [4FE]

———appropriations allocation revisions to H.R. 3090, Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act, H2092 [2MY]

———appropriations allocation revisions to H.R. 4954, Medicare Modernization and Prescription Drug Act, H4322 [27JN]

Computers: encourage use of web-based enrollment systems in the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 5233), E1398 [25JY]

Congress: legislative priorities, H65 [24JA], H1205 [11AP], H1344 [17AP], H6391 [19SE]

Dept. of HHS: Community Access Program funding, H6804, H6805, H6807 [1OC]

———make grants to promote innovative outreach and enrollment efforts under State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 4764), E847 [17MY]

———support research on ovarian cancer screening tests and encourage coverage of effective techniques by health care programs and plans (H. Con. Res. 385), H5050-H5053, H5065 [22JY], E608 [23AP], E1324, E1330 [24JY]

Dept. of HUD: insure mortgages for acquisition, construction, or substantial rehabilitation of child care and development facilities (H.R. 5291), E1427 [29JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish an Office of the National Insurers (H.R. 3766), E181 [15FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enhance right to recover payments by third parties for costs of providing non-service-connected care (H.R. 5530), E1746 [3OC]

———GAO study of a pilot project with the Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, TN, to provide medical care to veterans, H4881 [18JY]

———improve veterans access to health care, H657 [5MR]

———provide guaranteed adequate level of funding for veterans health care (H.R. 5250), E1447, E1449 [29JY]

Diseases: require coverage of hair prostheses under Federal health programs for individuals with scalp hair loss as a result of alopecia areata (H.R. 5106), E1236 [11JY]

———require group and individual health insurance plans to provide coverage of cancer screening (H.R. 1809), E1878 [17OC]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make permanent the exclusion of reparations received by Holocaust survivors or their heirs or estates (H.R. 4823), H3076, H3089-H3092 [4JN], E970 [6JN]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H6962 [2OC]

Fallon Community Health Plan (organization): anniversary, E1499 [5SE]

Families and domestic relations: provide coverage of domestic violence screening and treatment under Maternal and Child Health Program, Medicaid, and Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (H.R. 4032), H2208 [8MY], H6932 [2OC]

Federal employees: cost accounting standards for health insurance companies relative to Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, H5260-H5263 [23JY]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of contraceptives under any plan providing prescription drug coverage, H4915 [18JY]

Financial institutions: exempt attorneys from privacy provisions of the law repealing restrictions on the affiliation of banks, securities firms, and insurance companies (H.R. 5457), H6685, H6686 [25SE]

———further protect customers whose identities are stolen from the financial institution (H.R. 5474), E1692 [30SE]

———reform the Federal deposit insurance system (H.R. 3717), H2787-H2803 [21MY], E951 [5JN]

FTC: deem the nondisclosure of employer-owned life insurance coverage of employees an unfair trade practice (H.R. 4551), E604 [23AP]

Genetics: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (H.R. 602), H2095 [2MY]

Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (H.R. 3897), E293 [7MR]

———classify multiple employer welfare arrangements as association health plans, E127 [12FE]

———coverage of certain reconstructive surgery (H.R. 4959), H4522 [11JY]

———ensure guaranteed renewability of individual health insurance coverage regardless of health status-related factors (H.R. 5682), E1917 [17OC]

———establish a system independent of the FDA for the review of health claims and to define health claims (H.R. 3811), E218 [27FE]

———establish Dept. of Defense and Dept. of Veterans Affairs demonstration project on the integrated management of health care resources, H2377-H2380 [9MY]

———expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions (H.R. 4691), H6574-H6586 [25SE], E1295 [18JY], E1677, E1682, E1683 [30SE]

———expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions (H.R. 4691), consideration (H. Res. 546), H6566-H6574 [25SE]

———expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions (H.R. 4691), motion to recommit, H6584, H6585 [25SE]

———increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research, coordinate efforts and information on transplantation, and move transplantation from an experimental procedure to a standard therapy (H.R. 5462), E1660 [26SE]

———limit medical malpractice claims, H4567 [12JY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H1053 [20MR], H4540-H4545 [11JY], H5092 [23JY], E274 [6MR], E1108 [20JN], E1240 [11JY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H. Con. Res. 99), E1255 [15JY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 1200), H2111 [7MY]

———prohibit institutions from withholding medically appropriate information from patients, H6584, H6585 [25SE]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, H2136 [7MY], E127 [12FE]

———provide certain caregivers with Medicare benefits, allow long-term care tax credit, and establish programs for patients with fatal chronic illnesses (H.R. 5139), E1272 [16JY]

———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps and establish Healthy Communities Access Program to coordinate services for uninsured and underinsured (S. 1533), H7932-H7947 [16OC]

———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (H.R. 3450), H6793-H6808 [1OC], E1860 [11OC]

———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 4600), H6697, H6720-H6743 [26SE], E1727 [2OC], E1764, E1765 [4OC]

———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 4600), consideration (H. Res. 553), H6705-H6720 [26SE]

———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 4600), motion to recommit, H6741, H6742 [26SE]

———require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to provide prompt payment for health benefits claims (H.R. 4983), E1127 [21JN]

———require group and individual health plans provide coverage for second opinions (H.R. 5325), E1490 [4SE]

Health care professionals: ensure jury awards exceeding certain limits are used to reduce medical liability premiums for physicians, H6706, H6708, H6726-H6729, H6732, H6737 [26SE]

Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-Cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act: ensure the preservation of State patient liability protections, H6741, H6742 [26SE]

House of Representatives: legislative priorities, H147 [6FE], H6475-H6478 [24SE]

Housing: simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for single family homebuyers (S. 2239), H8927 [14NO]

Mammography Quality Standards Act: reauthorize (H.R. 4888), E988 [7JN]

Medicaid: coverage of organ transplant procedures as an emergency medical procedure for certain alien children (H.R. 5225), E1390 [25JY]

———expand coverage of certain uninsured women for breast or cervical cancer to also cover ovarian and uterine cancer (H.R. 5068), E1260 [15JY]

———provide American Samoa with treatment similar to that provided to States (H.R. 4631), E674 [2MY]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (H.R. 3612), H6289 [17SE], E1469 [29JY], E1929 [17OC]

Medicare: coverage of chronic disease prescription drugs and disease management services (H.R. 5219), E1386 [25JY]

———coverage of compression sleeves and stockings for the treatment of lymphedema (H.R. 4154), E488 [10AP]

———coverage of diabetes laboratory diagnostic tests and other diabetes screening services (H.R. 5666), E1888 [17OC]

———coverage of drugs and biologicals (H.R. 5167), E1302 [18JY]

———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (H.R. 1624), H2095 [2MY], E1878 [17OC]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H83, H85 [29JA], H1027, H1052, H1071, H1084 [20MR], H1690 [30AP], H2109, H2133, H2134, H2135, H2136 [7MY], H2169, H2170, H2227-H2233 [8MY], H2648-H2654 [20MY], H2664, H2665, H2815-H2820 [21MY], H2837, H2916, H2919 [22MY], H3076, H3143-H3150 [4JN], H3165, H3166, H3167, H3206 [5JN], H3299, H3300, H3301, H3397, H3398, H3399, H3437-H3442 [11JN], H3495, H3501-H3507 [12JN], H3548 [13JN], H3566, H3587-H3593 [17JN], H4342 [8JY], H4664-H4670 [15JY], H4678 [16JY], H4771 [17JY], H5093, H5094 [23JY], H6032-H6036 [4SE], H6078, H6079 [5SE], H6258, H6259, H6295-H6298 [17SE], H6352-H6357 [18SE], H8062 [12NO], E689 [3MY], E742 [8MY], E773 [10MY], E878 [22MY], E1014 [12JN], E1582 [17SE], E1611 [19SE]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs for women, H4075, H4150 [27JN]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (H.R. 3626), H740 [7MR], H910 [14MR]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (H.R. 3684), H4291 [27JN], E71 [5FE]

———establish minimum geographic cost-of-practice index value for physicians' services (H.R. 4215), E507 [12AP]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), H3605, H3610, H3613, H3641, H3652-H3659 [18JN], H3673, H3674, H3676, H3677, H3702, H3712-H3719 [19JN], H3725, H3726, H3727, H3728, H3750, H3753-H3760 [20JN], H3779, H3780, H3781, H3812 [21JN], H3827, H3828, H3841, H3842-H3849, H3852-H3854 [24JN], H3861, H3862, H3864, H3866, H3917-H3920 [25JN], H3932, H3933, H3934, H4030, H4031, H4032, H4039-H4045, H4051-H4056 [26JN], H4073, H4074, H4075, H4076, H4078, H4182-H4320 [27JN], H4330 [8JY], H4356 [9JY], H4578, H4664, H4665 [15JY], H4772 [17JY], H5093, H5094 [23JY], H5321 [24JY], H8027 [17OC], H8760 [14NO], E1107 [20JN], E1199, E1201, E1202, E1203 [8JY], E1220, E1223 [9JY], E1226 [10JY], E1913 [17OC]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), consideration (H. Res. 465), H4166-H4182 [27JN]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), consideration (H. Res. 465), same-day consideration (H. Res. 464), H6241 [12SE]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), motion to recommit, H4318, H4319 [27JN]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 5019), H4029 [26JN], H4338-H4342 [8JY], E1161, E1163 [27JN]

———improve outpatient vision services (H.R. 2484), E612 [23AP]

———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (H.R. 3710), E123 [8FE]

———improve reimbursement payments to physicians, H2667 [21MY]

———improve the provision of items and services to beneficiaries in rural areas (H.R. 4962), E1107 [20JN]

———improve the qualified beneficiary and special low-income beneficiary programs (H.R. 5276), E1449 [29JY]

———increase reimbursement for screening mammography services and funding for additional radiology residents and radiologic technologists (H.R. 1354), E1878 [17OC]

———maintain availability of health insurance from HMOs to senior citizens, H2841 [22MY]

———make the social HMO a permanent option under Medicare+Choice program (H.R. 2953), E611 [23AP]

———privatization, H83 [29JA]

———promote research for health promotion and disease prevention and add preventive benefits (H.R. 2058), H511 [14FE]

———provide coverage for kidney disease education services (H.R. 3770), E172 [15FE]

———provide coverage of certain tests to screen for ovarian cancer upon NIH certification that such tests are effective (H.R. 3910), E293 [7MR]

———provide fair payments under the hospital outpatient department prospective payment system (H.R. 5234), E1379 [25JY]

———reductions in prescription drug prices, H6295-H6298 [17SE]

———reductions in prescription drug prices (H.R. 1400), H2650, H2651 [20MY], H3145 [4JN]

———reform, H1416 [18AP], H6696 [26SE]

———reform (H.R. 5451), E1643 [25SE]

———reform the physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment update system (H.R. 3882), E286 [6MR]

———revise and improve payments to certain health care service providers, H8758-H8764, H8799-H8801 [14NO]

———specify the update for physician fee schedule payments and conduct a study on replacing the use of the sustainable growth rate as a factor in such update (H.R. 3351), E2065 [15NO]

———treatment of certain counties relative to reimbursement rates, H2911 [22MY], H2976, H3027, H3028, H3029 [23MY], H5222 [23JY], H6732 [26SE], E911, E931, E937 [24MY]

———treatment of certain New York counties relative to reimbursement rates, H3023 [23MY]

———waive waiting period for coverage of certain disabled individuals (H.R. 5667), E1890 [17OC]

Mental health: extend coverage parity (H.R. 5716), H8926 [14NO]

———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (H.R. 4066), E397 [21MR], E989 [7JN]

Military Retiree Grassroots Group: tribute, H4657 [15JY]

Minorities: expand health care for children, E1439 [29JY]

Mutual life insurance companies: protect ownership rights of policyholders, E560 [17AP]

National Association of Insurance Women, International: tribute, E640 [26AP]

National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicaid: establish (H.R. 4961), E1107 [20JN]

National Importance of Health Care Coverage Month: designate (H. Con. Res. 271), H2132-H2137 [7MY], E751 [8MY]

Native Americans: improve effectiveness of the Indian Loan Guarantee and Insurance Program (S. 2017), H8912, H8923 [14NO]

Pharmaceuticals: provide access and choice for use of generic drugs under State Medicaid programs, H539 [26FE]

President's Commission To Strengthen Social Security: enact certain reforms (H.R. 4022), E438 [21MR]

———enact certain reforms (H.R. 4023), E438 [21MR]

———enact certain reforms (H.R. 4024), E438 [21MR]

———oppose reductions in guaranteed Social Security benefits, E425 [21MR]

Privacy: restore certain standards to protect the privacy of individually identifiable health information (H.R. 5646), E1926, E1927 [17OC]

Public safety officers: ensure that officers who suffer a fatal heart attack or stroke while on duty shall be presumed to have died in the line of duty for purposes of survivor benefits (H.R. 5334), H6965, H6966 [2OC], H8925 [14NO], E1518 [5SE]

Public welfare programs: abstinence education funding, H2549-H2552, H2580 [16MY]

———transitional medical assistance funding, H2549 [16MY]

Social Security: ensure solvency, H667 [5MR], H720-H728 [6MR], H837, H894-H899 [13MR], H1624 [25AP], E297 [7MR]

———extend State Children's Health Insurance Program coverage to low-income pregnant women and their unborn children, E109 [7FE]

———improve benefits for aged survivors, disabled survivors, and divorced spouses (H.R. 4671), E736 [7MY], E878 [22MY]

———permit qualifying States to use unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments to expand health coverage under that program or for Medicaid expenditures, H7955 [16OC]

———permit qualifying States to use unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments to expand health coverage under that program or for Medicaid expenditures (H.R. 5656), E1911 [17OC]

———permit States the option of covering certain legal aliens under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 5067), E1300 [18JY]

———preserve all budget surpluses until legislation is enacted to strengthen and protect Social Security and Medicare trust funds, H152 [6FE]

———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (H.R. 4070), H3888-H3900 [25JN], E420 [21MR], E1157 [27JN], E1196 [28JN], E2131 [22NO]

———provide miscellaneous enhancements in benefits for women (H.R. 4069), H2413-H2422 [14MY], E416, E435 [21MR]

Taxation: decrease the floor for the deduction for medical care (H.R. 4001), E379 [19MR]

———provide health care incentives relative to long-term care (H.R. 4946), H5107-H5114 [23JY], H5608 [25JY], E1451 [29JY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery, H236 [12FE], H468-H477, H494-H508, H512 [14FE], H545-H551 [26FE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), H744-H767 [7MR], H939 [19MR], E311 [11MR], E319 [12MR], E329 [13MR]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), consideration of Senate amendment with an amendment (H. Res. 360), H742-H744 [7MR]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), H4 [23JA], H114 [5FE], H216, H217 [7FE], H9109-H9115 [22NO]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), unanimous-consent request, H9114 [22NO]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3666), E47 [29JA]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (H.R. 4789), E887 [23MY]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (H.R. 4002), E387 [19MR]

Terrorism: allow offering of indemnity to companies that sell anti-terrorism technology and services to Federal, State, and local governments, H5657 [25JY], H5824, H5830-H5836 [26JY], E1467 [29JY]

———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), H5962 [26JY], H6107 [9SE], E474 [9AP], E1468 [29JY]

———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), conference report, H8802-H8809 [14NO]

———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 607), H8738-H8741 [14NO]

———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), motion to instruct conferees, H6133-H6137 [10SE], E1590 [17SE]

———liability protections to companies that sell anti-terrorism technology and services to Federal, State, and local governments, E2079 [15NO]

Touchpoint Health Plan, Inc.: National Committee for Quality Assurance (nonprofit organization) Excellent Accreditation Status award recipient, E1601 [18SE]

Unemployment: provide health care premium assistance and exclude unemployment compensation in determining food stamps eligibility (H.R. 5297), E1460 [29JY]

Veterans: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services, H4657 [15JY]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S52 [24JA], S115 [25JA], S173 [28JA], S402-S423 [6FE], S441-S479 [7FE], S513-S525, S528-S537, S540 [8FE], S577-S582 [11FE], S597-S653 [12FE], S675-S699, S709 [13FE], S835 [14FE], S7860 [1AU]

———continue certain programs (S. 1731), unanimous-consent agreement, S473 [7FE], S592 [11FE]

Air Transportation Stabilization Board: delay payments under the Airline Loan Guarantee Program, S4934-S4942, S4953 [4JN]

———expand Airline Loan Guarantee Program eligibility to include small jet turbo fan aircraft manufacturers, S5179 [6JN]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: use oil and gas revenues to sustain and consolidate domestic steel producers, provide health insurance to retired steelworkers, and increase steel production to build natural gas pipeline, S2660, S2664-S2666 [15AP], S2707-S2716 [16AP], S2780, S2793, S2799, S2806, S2815-S2818, S2857, S2861 [17AP], S2872, S2874, S2875, S2879, S2884, S2885, S2887, S2890 [18AP], S3160 [23AP], S4511-S4513 [17MY], S4585, S4586 [21MY]

Atlanta Life Insurance Co.: anniversary, S5770 [19JN]

Budget: extend discretionary spending caps and the pay-as-you-go requirement, protect Social Security, institute biennial budgeting, and reform treatment of Federal insurance programs (S. 3131), S10687 [17OC]

Citizens Health Care Working Group: establish (S. 3063), S10041-S10046 [7OC], S11381-S11384 [19NO]

Congress: legislative priorities, S8629-S8631 [17SE]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans, S7535 [30JY]

Dept. of HHS: State Children's Health Insurance Program expansion and funding, S10539 [16OC]

———support research on ovarian cancer screening tests and encourage coverage of effective techniques by health care programs and plans (S. Con. Res. 138), S8388 [9SE]

Dept. of Justice: status of tobacco industry lawsuit relative to health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices, S1925 [14MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: amend programs (S. 2526), S4494 [16MY]

———extend the period for provision of noninstitutional extended care services and required nursing home care (S. 2043), S2265 [21MR], S10797 [28OC]

———improve outreach programs to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (S. 612), S10664 [17OC]

———issuance of regulations requiring prioritization of veterans' access to health care, S8747-S8749 [18SE]

———place certain low-income veterans in a higher health-care priority category (S. 2583), S5049 [5JN]

———provide guaranteed adequate level of funding for veterans health care (S. 2903), S8302 [5SE], S10880 [13NO]

Diseases: combat cancer (S. 1976), S1361-S1365 [28FE], S4615 [21MY]

———establish national smallpox vaccination policy, S9096 [24SE]

———improve data collection and dissemination between Federal and State registries to enhance the treatment and research of cancer (S. 2955), S8757, S8758 [18SE]

Domestic violence: provide coverage for screening and treatment, improve response of health care systems, and train health care providers and facilities on screening, identification, and treatment for families (S. 2236), S3304 [24AP]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make permanent the exclusion of reparations received by Holocaust survivors or their heirs or estates (H.R. 4823), S5243 [6JN], S5245 [7JN], S11797 [20NO]

———make permanent the exclusion of reparations received by Holocaust survivors or their heirs or estates (S. 2577), S4972 [4JN], S11796, S11797 [20NO]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, S8711-S8718 [18SE], S8889, S8892-S8894, S8913 [19SE], S9005-S9008, S9010, S9011 [23SE], S9099 [24SE], S9179-S9183 [25SE]

Employment: prohibit the establishment of wage insurance for workers adversely affected by foreign trade, S4359, S4378-S4381 [15MY], S4434-S4442 [16MY]

Eugene, OR: tribute to Volunteers in Medicine Clinic, S1930 [14MR]

Federal employees: increase the Government contribution for Federal employee health insurance (S. 1982), S1422 [4MR]

FEMA: extend the National Flood Insurance Program (S. 13), S11789 [20NO]

Financial institutions: merge bank and savings association deposit insurance funds and reform the Federal deposit insurance system (S. 1945), S854 [14FE], S895 [15FE]

Foreign trade: eligibility of unemployed textile and apparel workers for trade adjustment assistance and health insurance benefits, S4751, S4752 [23MY]

Health: encourage health care facilities, group health plans, and health insurance issuers to reduce administrative costs, and to improve access, convenience, quality, and safety (S. 2638), S5706 [18JN]

———ensure guaranteed renewability of individual health insurance coverage regardless of health status-related factors (S. 3119), S10575 [16OC]

———expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions (H.R. 4691), S9550 [26SE], S9561 [30SE]

———improve access to health care for the uninsured, S3 [23JA]

———increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research, coordinate efforts and information on transplantation, and move transplantation from an experimental procedure to a standard therapy (S. 2849), S7914 [1AU]

———limit medical malpractice claims, S7359 [25JY], S8369 [9SE]

———modify the rules for redistribution and extended availability of funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 2860), S7926-S7929 [1AU]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S423 [6FE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 2042), S2262-S2265 [21MR], S2321 [22MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 2639), S5707 [18JN]

———prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (S. 1995), S1594, S1613, S1614 [6MR]

———promote the development of health care cooperatives that will help businesses to pool the health care purchasing power of employers (S. 2835), S7903 [1AU]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), unanimous-consent request, S8012, S8013 [1AU]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 6), S10610 [17OC]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), S7359 [25JY], S7839-S7843, S7853 [1AU]

———provide for health care liability reform, S7398-S7413 [26JY], S7448 [29JY], S7516-S7535 [30JY]

———provide health insurance protections for individuals who are living organ donors (S. 2913), S8386 [9SE]

———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps and establish Healthy Communities Access Program to coordinate services for uninsured and underinsured (S. 1533), S2754 [16AP], S2821 [17AP], S10754-S10767 [17OC]

Housing: simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for single family homebuyers (S. 2239), S3308, S3309 [24AP], S10743 [17OC], S10787 [21OC]

Iron and steel industry: make certain steelworker retirees eligible for temporary health benefits under trade adjustment assistance programs, S4086, S4112, S4134-S4137 [9MY], S4439, S4459-S4472 [16MY], S4559 [20MY], S4581-S4591 [21MY], S4801-S4803 [23MY]

———remedy certain injurious effects of steel imports by protecting benefits of steelworkers and retirees and strengthening the U.S. steel industry (S. 2189), S4586, S4589, S4590 [21MY]

Mammography Quality Standards Act: reauthorize (S. 2591), S5054 [5JN]

Medicaid: allow States to enter into drug rebate agreements to make prescription drugs available to individuals who are not otherwise eligible for medical assistance (S. 2536), S4626 [21MY]

———clarify the circumstances under which a ``hold harmless'' provision does not exist relative to broad-based health care taxes (S. 1947), S855 [14FE]

———delay changes in regulations that modify upper payment limit for non-State government-owned or operated hospitals, S270 [4FE]

———increase Federal matching contributions to State programs, S164 [28JA], S204-S207, S216-S219 [29JA], S266 [4FE], S335 [5FE]

———permit additional States to enter into long-term care partnerships in order to promote the use of long-term care insurance (S. 2199), S2956 [18AP]

———provide States with the option of covering intensive community mental health treatment (S. 2072), S2330 [22MR]

Medicare: area wage adjustments under the prospective payment system for skilled nursing facility services (S. 1955), S860-S862 [14FE]

———assure fair and adequate payment for high-risk beneficiaries and establish payment incentives for furnishing quality services to people with serious chronic conditions (S. 2970), S8927 [19SE]

———clarify definition of homebound relative to home health services (S. 2085), S2487 [10AP], S3835 [2MY]

———clarify definition of homebound relative to home health services (S. 2848), S7913 [1AU]

———consolidate and restate Federal laws relative to social health maintenance organization projects, make such projects permanent, and require a study on ways to expand such projects (S. 2782), S7311 [24JY]

———coverage of diabetes laboratory diagnostic tests and other diabetes screening services (S. 3086), S10224 [9OC]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, S2383 [9AP], S2909 [18AP], S3550-S3552 [30AP], S3589-S3591, S3606, S3607 [1MY], S3793-S3795 [2MY], S4087, S4088 [9MY], S4192 [10MY], S4293 [14MY], S4345 [15MY], S4513 [17MY], S4742-S4744, S4824, S4833 [23MY], S4933 [4JN], S5024 [5JN], S5341 [11JN], S5465-S5468 [13JN], S6802, S6811 [15JY], S6814, S6816-S6818 [16JY], S6887, S6890-S6892, S6894, S6922-S6926 [17JY], S6969-S6971, S6976-S6992, S7019-S7026 [18JY], S7095-S7100 [19JY], S7134-S7158 [22JY], S7180-S7189, S7194-S7207, S7216 [23JY], S7244-S7246 [24JY], S7327, S7359, S7366 [25JY], S7423, S7424 [26JY], S7446, S7464 [29JY], S7505, S7514, S7535-S7551, S7565, S7614-S7616 [30JY], S7618-S7633, S7642, S7646, S7647, S7649-S7651 [31JY], S7840, S7849-S7851, S7853-S7858 [1AU], S10408, S10410 [15OC], S10532-S10546 [16OC], S10637, S10655 [17OC]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (S. 10), S4618 [21MY]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (S. 2625), S5585-S5597 [14JN], S5663 [18JN], S5792-S5794 [20JN], S6180-S6182 [27JN], S6600-S6603 [11JY]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (S. 2757), S7041 [18JY]

———eliminate the geographic physician work adjustment factor used to adjust payments under the physician fee schedule (S. 1953), S860-S862 [14FE]

———enhance access of beneficiaries who live in medically underserved areas to critical primary and preventive health care benefits and improve the Medicare+Choice program (S. 2067), S2326 [22MR]

———enhance beneficiary access to quality health care services (S. 3018), S9715-S9717, S9776 [1OC], S9779, S9840 [2OC], S10531-S10546 [16OC], S10610, S10655, S10661 [17OC], S10884 [13NO]

———enhance beneficiary access to quality health care services (S. 3018), unanimous-consent request, S9939, S9940 [4OC], S10531, S10532 [16OC]

———ensure the quality of, and access to, skilled nursing facility services (S. 2490), S4153 [9MY], S10659 [17OC]

———establish a demonstration project under which incentive payments are made in certain areas to improve access to primary care services (S. 2542), S4709 [22MY]

———establish a floor on area wage adjustment factors used under the prospective payment system for hospital services, S5116, S5117 [6JN]

———establish a program for the competitive acquisition of items and services (S. 3098), S10378 [10OC]

———establish a subvention demonstration project for veterans (S. 2233), S3171, S3172 [23AP], S4251 [13MY]

———establish demonstration programs to improve health care quality (S. 2752), S7035 [18JY]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure, S6856-S6858 [16JY], S7001-S7005, S7022-S7026 [18JY], S7093-S7100 [19JY], S7134-S7146, S7157 [22JY], S7180-S7189, S7194-S7207, S7210 [23JY], S7464 [29JY], S7514-S7516, S7543-S7547 [30JY], S7621, S7626, S7627 [31JY]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), S5823 [20JN], S6594 [10JY], S6729 [15JY]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (S. 2), S6811 [15JY], S6873 [16JY]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (S. 2), unanimous-consent request, S10536 [16OC]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (S. 2729), S6873-S6875 [16JY]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug discount and security program, S6753 [15JY], S6924-S6926 [17JY], S7207-S7218 [23JY], S7249-S7263, S7282, S7283 [24JY]

———express importance of modernization, ensure solvency, and provide coverage options and prescription drug coverage (S. Res. 269), S4334 [14MY]

———extend authorization for appropriations for certain rural grants (S. 2135), S2727 [16AP]

———extend the Social Health Maintenance Organization Demonstration Project (S. 3043), S9907 [3OC]

———improve access to Medicare+Choice plans for special needs beneficiaries (S. 2557), S4844 [23MY]

———improve access to services in rural hospitals and critical access hospitals (S. 2615), S5458-S5460 [12JN]

———improve disproportionate share payments to hospitals serving vulnerable populations (S. 2854), S7917 [1AU]

———improve Medicare Incentive Payment Program (S. 2529), S4501-S4503 [16MY]

———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (S. 1931), S589, S590 [11FE]

———improve reimbursement payments to physicians, S8370 [9SE]

———improve the provision of items and services to beneficiaries in rural areas (S. 2555), S4843 [23MY]

———improve the provision of items and services to beneficiaries in rural areas (S. 2568), S4862 [23MY], S5563-S5566 [14JN]

———improve the qualified beneficiary and special low-income beneficiary programs (S. 2855), S7918 [1AU]

———improve the telemedicine program and provide grants for the development of telehealth networks (S. 2750), S7035 [18JY]

———increase the payment amount for inpatient hospital services and freeze the reduction in payments to hospitals for indirect costs of medical education (S. 839), S3588, S3594 [1MY]

———provide adequate coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for certain transplant patients, S7366 [25JY]

———provide appropriate incentive payments for physicians' services furnished in underserved areas (S. 2914), S8386 [9SE]

———provide fair payments under the hospital outpatient department prospective payment system (S. 2547), S4716-S4720 [22MY]

———provide incentives to attract educators and clinical practitioners to underserved areas (S. 1954), S860-S862 [14FE]

———reduce work hours and increase supervision of resident-physicians to ensure the safety of both patients and resident-physicians (S. 2614), S5456 [12JN]

———reform, S4781 [23MY]

———require Dept. of HHS study on new technology payments under the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services (S. 3041), S9907 [3OC]

———reward and expand the number of health care providers delivering high-quality cost-effective health care to beneficiaries (S. 1948), S856 [14FE]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (S. 885), S8667 [17SE]

———treatment of certain counties relative to reimbursement rates, S5187, S5188 [6JN], S6347-S6351 [8JY], S6568 [10JY]

Medicare/Medicaid: establish a national abusive and criminal background check system for patient care workers (S. 3091), S10363 [10OC]

———improve access to long-term care services (S. 2655), S5856 [20JN]

Mental health: extend coverage parity (H.R. 5716), S11222 [15NO]

———limit preexisting condition exclusions by insurance providers, S423 [6FE]

———protect individuals who need mental health services (S. 2393), S3510 [29AP]

———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (H.R. 4066), S5129 [6JN]

———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (S. 543), S3484 [29AP], S3586, S3587 [1MY], S8425-S8427 [10SE]

———provide for research on, and services for individuals with, post-abortion depression and psychosis (S. 2271), S3437 [25AP]

National Importance of Health Care Coverage Month: designate (S. Con. Res. 94), S103 [24JA], S11149 [14NO]

Native Americans: improve effectiveness of the Indian Loan Guarantee and Insurance Program (S. 2017), S1938 [14MR], S8694 [17SE]

———improve effectiveness of the Indian Loan Guarantee and Insurance Program (S. 2017), House amendment, S11773-S11783 [20NO]

Nottingham Insurance & Financial Services (business): Mercer County, NJ, Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Small Business of the Year award recipient, S2071 [19MR]

Older Americans Act: funding, S4833 [23MY]

OPIC: provide health coverage to employees under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (S. 2527), S4496 [16MY], S10767 [17OC]

OPM: administer a national health program to offer Federal employee health benefits plans to individuals who are not Federal employees (S. 3173), S11577 [19NO]

President's Commission To Strengthen Social Security: oppose reductions in guaranteed Social Security benefits (S. Res. 230), S2289 [21MR]

Privacy: ensure confidentiality of medical records and health care-related information, S2311 [22MR]

———prohibit use of patient databases for marketing without the express consent of the patient (S. 3064), S10046 [7OC]

Public safety officers: ensure that officers who suffer a fatal heart attack or stroke while on duty shall be presumed to have died in the line of duty for purposes of survivor benefits (H.R. 5334), S11246 [18NO]

———ensure that officers who suffer a fatal heart attack or stroke while on duty shall be presumed to have died in the line of duty for purposes of survivor benefits (S. 3114), S10573 [16OC]

Senate: legislative priorities, S9563 [30SE], S9678, S9679 [1OC], S10423 [15OC]

Senior citizens: prevent and increase penalties for crimes such as health care, pension, and telemarketing fraud, and nursing home abuse and fraud (S. 2240), S3310-S3316 [24AP]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (S. 858), S4188 [10MY], S9683 [1OC]

Social Security: allow coverage of pregnancy-related assistance for targeted low-income pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (S. 724), S9825-S9828 [2OC]

———allow coverage of pregnancy-related assistance for targeted low-income pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (S. 724), unanimous-consent request, S10057-S10063 [8OC]

———deny benefits to fugitive felons and individuals fleeing prosecution (S. 2387), S3509 [29AP]

———eliminate the waiting period in the disability insurance program (S. 2942), S8677 [17SE]

———ensure solvency, S3597 [1MY]

———extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 3180), S11278 [18NO], S11738 [20NO]

———extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 3180), unanimous-consent request, S11664 [20NO]

———modify attorney fee assessment system and extend attorney fee direct payment system to improve representation of disabled claimants (S. 2700), S6320 [28JN]

———permit qualifying States to use unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments to expand health coverage under that program or for Medicaid expenditures (S. 2819), S7580 [30JY]

———permit qualifying States to use unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments to expand health coverage under that program or for Medicaid expenditures (S. 3092), S10367 [10OC]

———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (H.R. 4070), S11343-S11352 [18NO]

———provide miscellaneous enhancements in benefits for women (H.R. 4069), unanimous-consent request, S9703 [1OC]

———provide miscellaneous enhancements in benefits for women (S. 2533), S4537 [17MY]

States: permit time to review terrorism insurance rates, S5667 [18JN]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance (S. 2889), S7953 [1AU]

———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (S. 1022), S7464 [29JY]

———allow self-employed individuals to deduct health insurance costs in computing self-employment taxes (S. 2130), S2678 [15AP]

———clarify the exemption from tax for small property and casualty insurance companies (S. 2084), S2487 [10AP]

———establish health insurance tax credits for workers negatively impacted by trade who participate in trade adjustment assistance programs, S4609 [21MY], S10837-S10839 [12NO]

———prevent companies from reinsuring income in Bermuda or other tax havens to avoid paying U.S. income tax, S1150 [26FE]

———provide a credit for offering employer-based health insurance coverage and establish health plan purchasing alliances (S. 2679), S6026-S6028 [25JN]

———provide incentives for economic recovery, S16, S17 [23JA], S51, S53-S92 [24JA], S111-S115, S117, S128 [25JA], S153, S154, S158-S165 [28JA], S194-S221 [29JA], S264-S276, S279-S281 [4FE], S321-S341 [5FE], S383-S402 [6FE], S481 [7FE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), S841, S842 [14FE], S888 [15FE], S1658-S1671 [7MR], S1689-S1692, S1694, S1698-S1702 [8MR], S1855 [13MR]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), S19-S21, S48 [23JA], S78 [24JA], S11060, S11061 [14NO], S11699, S11703 [20NO]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), unanimous-consent request, S4122 [9MY], S10620 [17OC]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (S. 237), unanimous-consent request, S10620 [17OC]

———treatment of certain medical savings accounts, S279 [4FE]

Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: extend and expand (S. 2714), S6616 [11JY]

Terrorism: ability of group life insurance providers to obtain reinsurance relative to coverage for risks from terrorism, S5527, S5528 [13JN]

———allow offering of indemnity to companies that sell anti-terrorism technology and services to Federal, State, and local governments, S9369 [26SE]

———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism, S8052 [3SE]

———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), S2346 [8AP], S2387 [9AP], S3454, S3455 [25AP], S3554 [30AP], S4250 [13MY], S6936 [17JY], S7335 [25JY], S9807, S9809 [2OC]

———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), conference report, S11162 [15NO], S11397-S11402, S11524-S11530 [19NO]

———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S11165, S11166 [15NO]

———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), insert S. 2600 language in lieu, S7332 [25JY]

———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), unanimous-consent request, S2347-S2349 [8AP], S3455 [25AP], S6877 [17JY], S7028 [18JY], S7175 [22JY], S7221, S7222 [23JY]

———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (S. 2600), S4932 [4JN], S5258 [7JN], S5262 [10JN], S5440, S5441 [12JN], S5472-S5501, S5503-S5528 [13JN], S5567-S5569, S5573, S5575, S5576, S5578-S5581 [14JN], S5624-S5627 [17JN], S5643-S5652, S5656-S5659, S5662-S5673 [18JN], S5768 [19JN], S10636, S10637 [17OC]

———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (S. 2600), unanimous-consent agreement, S5435-S5440 [12JN], S5567 [14JN]

———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (S. 2600), unanimous-consent request, S5574 [14JN]

———establish procedures for civil actions and limit liability for punitive damages relative to acts of terrorism, S5481-S5488, S5492, S5493 [13JN], S5657-S5659, S5668 [18JN], S11525-S11529 [19NO]

———liability protections to companies that sell anti-terrorism technology and services to Federal, State, and local governments, S11405, S11419 [19NO]

———restrict rate increases for terrorism risks, S5488-S5491, S5494-S5500 [13JN], S5673 [18JN]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, S8960 [20SE]

Veterans: provide an additional program of service disabled veterans' insurance for veterans (S. 2209), S2965 [18AP]

Reports filed

Coal Accountability and Retired Employee Act for the 21st Century: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 3813) (H. Rept. 107-647), H6128 [9SE]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 3210, Terrorism Risk Insurance Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 607) (H. Rept. 107-782), H8731 [13NO]

Consideration of H.R. 4600, Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-Cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 553) (H. Rept. 107-697), H6692 [25SE]

Consideration of H.R. 4691, Abortion Non-Discrimination Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 546) (H. Rept. 107-683), H6558 [24SE]

Consideration of H.R. 4954, Medicare Modernization and Prescription Drug Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 465) (H. Rept. 107-553), H4068 [26JN]

Consideration of Senate Amendment With an Amendment to H.R. 3090, Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 360) (H. Rept. 107-367), H736 [6MR]

Dept. of HHS Medicare Benefits Administration Establishment: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4988) (H. Rept. 107-542), H4064, H4067 [26JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Extension of Period for Provision of Noninstitutional Extended Care Services and Required Nursing Home Care: Committee on Veterans Affairs (Senate) (S. 2043) (S. Rept. 107-231), S7898 [1AU]

Eliminate Colorectal Cancer Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 710) (S. Rept. 107-245), S8091 [3SE]

Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 3717) (H. Rept. 107-467), H2606 [16MY]

FHA Downpayment Simplification Act: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 2239), S10442 [15OC]

Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act: Committee on Financial Service (House) (H.R. 3951) (H. Rept. 107-516), H3668 [18JN]

———Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3951) (H. Rept. 107-516), H5086 [22JY]

Health Care Providers Grants To Implement Electronic Prescription Drug Programs: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4989) (H. Rept. 107-545), H4064, H4067 [26JN]

Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-Cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4600) (H. Rept. 107-693), H6692 [25SE]

———Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 4600) (H. Rept. 107-693), H6692 [25SE]

Hometown Heroes Survivors Benefits Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 5334) (H. Rept. 107-786), H9023 [14NO]

Improve the Provision of Items and Services to Medicare Beneficiaries in Rural Areas: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4962) (H. Rept. 107-540), H4064, H4067 [26JN]

Improving Access to Long-Term Care Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 4946) (H. Rept. 107-572), H4604 [15JY]

Indian Loan Guarantee and Insurance Program Effectiveness Improvement: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 2017) (S. Rept. 107-249), S8091 [3SE]

———Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 3407) (H. Rept. 107-630), H6058 [4SE]

Mammography Quality Standards Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4888) (H. Rept. 107-601), H5086 [22JY]

Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments Revision: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4991) (H. Rept. 107-547), H4064, H4067 [26JN]

Medicaid Transitional Medical Assistance Program Extension: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4584) (H. Rept. 107-461), H2465, H2469 [14MY]

Medicare Coverage of Outpatient Prescription Drugs: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4984) (H. Rept. 107-551), H4064, H4067 [26JN]

Medicare Modernization and Prescription Drug Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 4954) (H. Rept. 107-539), H4064, H4067 [26JN]

Medicare Payments Improvement for Physicians' Services and Other Outpatient Services: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4986) (H. Rept. 107-549), H4064, H4067 [26JN]

Medicare+Choice Program Revitalization, Medicare+Choice Competition Program Establishment, and Hospitals and Other Providers Payment Improvement: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4985) (H. Rept. 107-550), H4064, H4067 [26JN]

Mothers and Newborns Health Insurance Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 724) (S. Rept. 107-233), S7898 [1AU]

National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicaid: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4961) (H. Rept. 107-544), H4064, H4067 [26JN]

National Importance of Health Care Coverage Month: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Con. Res. 94), S11079 [14NO]

OPIC Employees Health Coverage Under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 2527), S10442 [15OC]

Patient Safety Improvement Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 4889) (H. Rept. 107-714), H6925 [1OC]

Provide Families of Disabled Children With the Opportunity To Purchase Medicaid Coverage: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 321) (S. Rept. 107-265), S8383 [9SE]

Same-Day Consideration of H. Res. 465, Consideration of H.R. 4954, Medicare Modernization and Prescription Drug Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 464) (H. Rept. 107-552), H4067 [26JN]

Terrorism Risk Insurance Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 3210) (H. Rept. 107-779), H8731 [13NO]

Rulings of the Chair

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), consideration of Senate amendment with an amendment (H. Res. 360), H744 [7MR]

Terrorism: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (S. 2600), S5649, S5665 [18JN]

Statements

No Help for Retirees With Employer or Union Coverage From Graham, S7624 [31JY]

Social Security Benefit Enhancements for Women Act: John J. Sweeney, AFL-CIO, H2419 [14MY]

Studies

Do Doctors Practice Defensive Medicine?, H6711-H6718 [26SE]

Summaries

Beneficiary Access to Care and Medicare Equity Act (S. 3018), S10663 [17OC]

Domestic Violence Screening and Services Act (S. 2236), S3305 [24AP]

Holocaust Restitution Tax Fairness Act (H.R. 4823), H3092 [4JN]

Social Security Program Protection Act (H.R. 4070), S11344-S11351 [18NO]

Tables

CBO projected economic growth, S402 [6FE]

Comparison of State Federal Medicaid assistance percentages and temporary health assistance under several economic stimulus proposals, S205 [29JA]

Cost to States of proposal to provide Medicare coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, S7623 [31JY]

Coverage gap in proposal to provide Medicare coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, S7623 [31JY]

Estimated revenue effects of making certain steelworker retirees eligible for temporary health benefits under trade adjustment assistance programs, S4590 [21MY]

Treatment costs for certain medical ailments in North Dakota, California, New York, and the District of Columbia, S8668 [17SE]

Testimonies

Health Care and Pension Issues Affecting Steelworkers: Leo W. Gerard, United Steelworkers of America, S2817 [17AP]

Pension Reform: Betty R. Moss, E151-E153 [14FE]

———Karl V. Farmer, E155 [14FE]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 271, National Importance of Health Care Coverage Month, H2132 [7MY]

H. Con. Res. 385, support research on ovarian cancer screening tests and encourage coverage of effective techniques by health care programs and plans, H5050 [22JY]

H. Res. 360, consideration of Senate amendment with an amendment to H.R. 3090, Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act, H742 [7MR]

H. Res. 465, consideration of H.R. 4954, Medicare Modernization and Prescription Drug Act, H4166 [27JN]

H. Res. 546, consideration of H.R. 4691, Abortion Non-Discrimination Act, H6566 [25SE]

H. Res. 553, consideration of H.R. 4600, Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-Cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act, H6705 [26SE]

H. Res. 607, consideration of conference report on H.R. 3210, Terrorism Risk Protection Act, H8738 [14NO]

H.R. 3090, Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act, S1659-S1670 [7MR]

H.R. 3450, Health Care Safety Net Improvement Act, H6793-H6804 [1OC]

H.R. 3717, Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Act, H2787-H2794 [21MY]

H.R. 3813, Coal Accountability and Retired Employee Act for the 21st Century, H6864 [1OC]

H.R. 4069, Social Security Benefit Enhancements for Women Act, H2413 [14MY]

H.R. 4070, Social Security Program Protection Act, H3888-H3895 [25JN]

H.R. 4600, Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-Cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act, H6720-H6725 [26SE]

H.R. 4691, Abortion Non-Discrimination Act, H6574 [25SE]

H.R. 4823, Holocaust Restitution Tax Fairness Act, H3089 [4JN]

H.R. 4946, Improving Access to Long-Term Care Act, H5107-H5109 [23JY]

H.R. 4954, Medicare Modernization and Prescription Drug Act, H4182, H4226-H4269 [27JN]

H.R. 5334, Hometown Heroes Survivors Benefits Act, H8925 [14NO]

H.R. 5716, mental health insurance coverage parity extension, H8926 [14NO]

S. 13, National Flood Insurance Program extension, S11738, S11789 [20NO]

S. 1533, reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps and establish Healthy Communities Access Program to coordinate services for uninsured and underinsured, S10755-S10766 [17OC], H7932-H7944 [16OC]

S. 2008, expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions, S1785 [12MR]

S. 2017, improve effectiveness of the Indian Loan Guarantee and Insurance Program, S8694-S8696 [17SE]

S. 2017, Indian Loan Guarantee and Insurance Program effectiveness improvement, S1939 [14MR], S11773-S11783 [20NO], H8912-H8923 [14NO]

S. 2067, Medicare Safety Net Access Act, S2327 [22MR]

S. 2084, clarify the exemption from tax for small property and casualty insurance companies, S2487 [10AP]

S. 2130, allow self-employed individuals to deduct health insurance costs in computing self-employment taxes, S2679 [15AP]

S. 2199, Long-Term Care Insurance Partnership Program Act, S2956 [18AP]

S. 2209, Service Disabled Veterans' Insurance Act, S2966 [18AP]

S. 2239, FHA Downpayment Simplification Act, S3309 [24AP], S10743 [17OC], S10787 [21OC], H8927 [14NO]

S. 2240, Seniors Safety Act, S3311-S3315 [24AP]

S. 2271, Post-Abortion Support and Services Act, S3437 [25AP]

S. 2387, deny Social Security benefits to fugitive felons and individuals fleeing prosecution, S3510 [29AP]

S. 2393, Mental Health Patients' Rights Act, S3512 [29AP]

S. 2526, Dept. of Veterans Affairs programs amendments, S4494 [16MY]

S. 2527, provide health coverage to OPIC employees under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, S4497 [16MY], S10767 [17OC]

S. 2529, Medicare Incentive Payment Program Improvement Act, S4502 [16MY]

S. 2533, Social Security Benefit Enhancements for Women Act, S4537 [17MY]

S. 2536, Rx Flexibility for States Act, S4627 [21MY]

S. 2547, Medicare Hospital Outpatient Department Fair Payment Act, S4717-S4719 [22MY]

S. 2568, MediFair Act, S4862 [23MY]

S. 2577, Holocaust Restitution Tax Fairness Act, S4972 [4JN], S11797 [20NO]

S. 2583, place certain low-income veterans in a higher health-care priority category, S5049 [5JN]

S. 2600, Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, S5669-S5673 [18JN]

S. 2614, Patient and Physician Safety and Protection Act, S5457 [12JN]

S. 2615, Rural Community Hospital Assistance Act, S5458-S5460 [12JN]

S. 2625, Medicare Outpatient Prescription Drug Act, S5587-S5597 [14JN]

S. 2655, A First Step to Long-Term Care Act, S5856 [20JN]

S. 2782, Seniors Health and Independence Preservation Act, S7312-S7314 [24JY]

S. 2854, Medicare Safety Net Hospital Improvement Act, S7917 [1AU]

S. 2855, Medicare Beneficiary Assistance Improvement Act, S7919 [1AU]

S. 2860, Children's Health Improvement and Protection Act, S7926 [1AU]

S. 2914, Medicare Incentive Payment Program Refinement Act, S8387 [9SE]

S. 2942, Social Security Act Improvements for the Terminally Ill Act, S8677 [17SE]

S. 3063, Health Care That Works for All Americans Act, S10043-S10045 [7OC]

S. 3064, Health Records Confidentiality Act, S10047 [7OC]

S. 3091, Patient Abuse Prevention Act, S10363-S10367 [10OC]

S. 3131, Truth in Budgeting and Social Security Protection Act, S10680-S10687 [17OC]

S. 3173, Offering People True Insurance Options Nationwide Act, S11578 [19NO]

S. 3180, State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments availability extension, S11739 [20NO]

S. Con. Res. 94, National Importance of Health Care Coverage Month, S103 [24JA], S11149 [14NO]

S. Con. Res. 138, support research on ovarian cancer screening tests and encourage coverage of effective techniques by health care programs and plans, S8388 [9SE]

S. Res. 230, oppose the reductions in guaranteed Social Security benefits proposed by President's Commission To Strengthen Social Security, S2288 [21MR]

S. Res. 269, express importance of Medicare modernization, ensure solvency, and provide coverage options and prescription drug coverage, S4334 [14MY]