SOCIAL SECURITY

Addresses

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

Amendments

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

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]

Appointments

Social Security Advisory Board, H1094 [9AP]

Articles and editorials

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

Bush Continues To Back Privatized Social Security, S7416 [26JY]

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

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

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]

Report Predicts Deep Benefit Cuts Under Bush Social Security Plan, S5724 [19JN]

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

Social Security Continues To Work for Us, Here's How, E676 [2MY]

Social Security Fine—Why Rush To Fix It?, E639 [26AP]

Social Security Reform Defended, S5394 [12JN]

We Filled the Prescription, E1452 [29JY]

Bills and resolutions

Benefits: 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 to fugitive felons and individuals fleeing prosecution (see S. 2387), S3505 [29AP]

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

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

Birth control: extend abstinence education funding under maternal and child health programs (see H.R. 4585), H1619 [24AP]

Budget: extend budget discipline and enforcement procedures (see S. 2791), S7372 [25JY]

———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]

———increase statutory debt limit and require a Presidential plan to restore balanced budgets and protect Social Security (see H.R. 4594), H1673 [25AP]

———provide a responsible increase in the debt limit, restore fiscal discipline, and safeguard Social Security (see H.R. 4758), H2607 [16MY]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: congressional disapproval of rule that lowers the Medicaid upper payment limit for non-State owned or operated hospitals (see S.J. Res. 37), S4330 [14MY] (see H.J. Res. 92), H2471 [14MY]

Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (see H.R. 5098), H4552 [11JY]

———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]

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

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

Courts: overrule U.S. v. Fior D'Italia, Inc. (see H.R. 5101), H4552 [11JY]

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

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

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

Disability insurance program: eliminate the waiting period (see S. 2942), S8673 [17SE]

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]

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]

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]

Employment: clarify rules for determining whether certain agent-drivers and commission-drivers are employees (see H.R. 3877), H736 [6MR]

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

Families and domestic relations: improve collection of child support arrears in interstate cases (see H.R. 5061), H4325 [27JN]

———modify calculation of the child support automation penalty and provide for reinvestment of any such penalty (see H.R. 4857), H3160 [4JN]

———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]

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

———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 coordination between Federal agencies and local emergency medical service providers (see S. 2014), S1935 [14MR]

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

———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 H.R. 5269), H5994 [26JY] (see H.R. 5321), H6059 [4SE]

———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]

———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]

———support Federal and State funded in-home care for the elderly (see H. Res. 503), H5790 [25JY]

Income: credit prospectively individuals serving as caregivers of dependent relatives with deemed wages for up to five years of such service (see H.R. 4743), H2511 [15MY]

———protect beneficiaries against any reduction in benefits (see H.R. 3981), H931 [14MR]

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see S. 2521), S4387 [15MY]

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

———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]

Investments: strengthen and permanently preserve through the power of investment and compound interest without benefit reductions or tax increases (see S. 5), S11574 [19NO]

Kentucky: permit the operation of a separate retirement system for certain public employees under Social Security (see S. 1929), S586 [11FE] (see H.R. 3852), H687 [5MR]

Key West, FL: enable residents of the Bayshore Manor assisted living facility to continue to receive supplemental security income benefits (see H.R. 3878), H736 [6MR]

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

Medicaid: allow payment for dialysis, chemotherapy, pregnancy-related services, communicable diseases testing and treatment, and other emergency care to certain aliens (see S. 2449), S3843 [2MY]

———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]

———increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States (see S. 2110), S2577 [11AP] (see S. 2221), S3014 [22AP] (see S. 2570), S4839 [23MY]

———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]

———reimbursement of nursing facilities located on an Indian reservation in South Dakota and owned or operated by an Indian tribe or tribal organization (see S. 2738), S6947 [17JY]

———require drug manufacturers to pay rebates to State drug discount programs to participate in Medicaid drug rebate agreements and increase rebate payments to State Medicaid programs (see S. 3142), S10676 [17OC]

———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]

Medical Education Trust Fund: establish (see H.R. 4856), H3159 [4JN]

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]

———coverage of paramedic intercept ambulance support services (see H.R. 5511), H6926 [1OC]

———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 reimbursement for certain FDA-approved cancer drug therapies administered in hospital outpatient settings (see S. 2795), S7372 [25JY] (see H.R. 5218), H5789 [25JY]

———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 continuous quality improvement program for providers that furnish services to individuals with end stage renal disease (see H.R. 5141), H4766 [16JY]

———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]

———expand medical residency training programs in geriatric medicine and provide for reimbursement of care coordination and assessment services (see S. 2057), S2260 [21MR]

———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]

———geographically adjust the amount of premiums based on the use of health care items and services in the State in which the beneficiary resides (see S. 2605), S5285 [10JN]

———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 home health services and for direct graduate medical education (see H.R. 4987), H3824 [21JN]

———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]

———promote access to health care services in rural areas (see H.R. 4112), H1153 [9AP]

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

———provide access to kidney disease health care, management, and end stage renal disease prevention services (see H.R. 4729), H2470 [14MY]

———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]

———reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see S. 2232), S3165 [23AP] (see H.R. 4890), H3291 [6JN] (see H.R. 4939), H3561 [13JN]

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

———require any reductions in payment rates for home respiratory medication nebulizer drugs to be offset by an equal increase in reimbursement for home respiratory medication professional services (see H.R. 4901), H3452 [11JN]

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

———require home health agencies to conduct criminal background checks for all applicants for employment as patient care providers (see H.R. 5170), H5086 [22JY] (see H.R. 5565), H7171 [7OC]

———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 advance directive requirements to ensure compliance with individual health care decisions (see S. 2857), S7899 [1AU]

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

———reform Federal survey and certification process for nursing facilities (see H.R. 4030), H1087 [20MR]

———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]

———provide that adjustments in rates of pay may not exceed cost-of-living increases in certain Social Security benefits (see H.R. 3845), H687 [5MR]

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

Pensions: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions (H.R. 664), consideration (see H. Res. 493), H4931 [18JY]

———create personal guarantee accounts ensuring full benefits for all workers and their families, restore long-term solvency, and make certain benefit improvements (H.R. 3497), consideration (see H. Res. 425), H2735 [21MY]

———provide for personal retirement savings accounts, increase individual control over retirement income, protect surpluses, and reform certain benefits (see H.R. 5734), H9023 [14NO]

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: limit the misuse of Social Security numbers and establish criminal penalties for such misuse (see S. 3100), S10359 [10OC]

———protect individuals from certain acts and practices in the sale and purchase of Social Security numbers and Social Security account numbers (see H.R. 4513), H1482 [18AP]

Public welfare programs: address barriers to employment as a work activity under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 2610), S5366 [11JN] (see H.R. 5344), H6129 [9SE]

———ensure fair treatment and due process protections for enhanced data collection and reporting requirements under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 2878), S7900 [1AU]

———ignore certain time limits for assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program for recipients in States experiencing significant increases in unemployment (see S. 2669), S5956 [24JN]

———improve provision of education and job training under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 2548), S4703 [22MY]

———permit States to create a program that allows individuals to obtain post-secondary or vocational education under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 2552), S4703 [22MY]

———promote secure and healthy families under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 2876), S7900 [1AU]

———provide access to tools to stimulate employment (see H.R. 4236), H1333 [16AP]

———provide grants for transitional jobs programs under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 2631), S5696 [18JN]

SSA: establish an Office of Administrative Law Judges (see H.R. 4932), H3561 [13JN]

SSI: clarify that the value of certain funeral and burial arrangements are not to be considered available resources (see S. 3144), S10676 [17OC] (see H.R. 5444), H6558 [24SE]

———disregard certain gifts in determining income (see H.R. 4908), H3453 [11JN]

———disregard State annuities paid to blind veterans in the determination of benefits (see S. 2775), S7226 [23JY]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit against payroll taxes (see H.R. 5735), H9023 [14NO]

———encourage retirement savings for individuals by providing a refundable credit for individuals to deposit in a Social Security Plus account (see S. 2693), S6250 [27JN]

———provide for employer liability for Social Security taxes on unreported tips paid to an employee after the IRS establishes the amount of tips received (see H.R. 5445), H6558 [24SE]

———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 Social Security benefits (see H.R. 4790), H2943 [22MY]

———waive the employee portion of Social Security taxes imposed on individuals who have been diagnosed with cancer or a terminal disease (see H.R. 4875), H3229 [5JN]

Terrorism: treatment of monthly survivor benefits and lump sum death benefits relative to receipt of compensation by victims of terrorist attacks (see H.R. 5330), H6059 [4SE]

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

Trust funds: protect by ensuring the Government repays its debts to the trust funds (see H.R. 5252), H5993 [26JY]

Unemployment: modernize benefit system (see H.R. 4373), H1336 [16AP]

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

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

Cost Estimates

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

Advance Planning and Compassionate Care Act: Galen Miller, National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, S7924 [1AU]

———Karen Orloff Kaplan, Partnership for Caring, Inc., S7924 [1AU]

———Robert D. Evans, ABA, S7925 [1AU]

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

Child Support Reinvestment Act: Geraldine Jensen, Association for Children for Enforcement of Support, Inc., E945 [5JN]

———Melanie Snider, National Organization for Women, E945 [5JN]

———Vicki Turetsky, Center for Law and Social Policy, and Joan Entmacher, National Women's Law Center, E946 [5JN]

Medicaid reimbursements to States: Carolyn Markey, Visiting Nurse Associations of America, S7293 [24JY]

———Paul E. Patton and Dirk Kempthorne, National Governors Association, S7296 [24JY]

———Tommy G. Thompson, Sec. of HHS, S7333 [25JY]

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]

Permit Kentucky to operate a separate retirement system for certain public employees under Social Security: Anthony J. Cobaugh, Jefferson County, KY, Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 14, S588 [11FE]

———David James, Louisville, KY, Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 6, S588 [11FE]

———Michael J. (Howdy) Kurtsinger, Louisville, KY, Professional Fire Fighters Union Local 345, S588 [11FE]

———Patrick L. Doyle, Kentucky Division of Social Security, S588 [11FE]

———T. Kevin Flanery, Kentucky Sec. of Finance and Administration, S589 [11FE]

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

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]

Social Security investment of trust funds in private financial markets: Senator Corzine, S5109 [6JN], S5395 [12JN]

Lists

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

Memorandums

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]

Messages

Social Security Agreement Between the U.S. and Australia: President Bush, S1781 [12MR], H816 [12MR]

Social Security Agreement Between the U.S. and the Netherlands: President Bush, S6011 [25JN], H3915 [25JN]

Motions

Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (H.R. 854), complete congressional action, H7002 [3OC]

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

Papers

Feingold Amendment to the Defense Authorization Bill—A Workable and Responsible Strengthening of Fiscal Discipline: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, S5811 [20JN]

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

Complete congressional action on H.R. 854, Medicaid Safety Net Hospital Continued Preservation Act, H6961 [2OC], H7001 [3OC]

Questions and answers

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

Remarks in House

Benefits: computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982, E227 [28FE]

———earnings test for blind individuals (H.R. 498), E612 [23AP]

———guarantee the right of individuals to receive certain benefits in full with an accurate annual cost-of-living adjustment (H.R. 3135), E584 [18AP]

———impact of privatization on minorities, women, and low-income workers, E676 [2MY]

———impact of privatization on women, H3429, H3430 [11JN], H3584 [17JN], H3916 [25JN]

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

———issue certificate to guarantee the right of individuals to receive certain benefits in full with an accurate annual cost-of-living adjustment, H722, H723 [6MR]

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

Birth control: extend abstinence education funding under maternal and child health programs, H1751-H1757 [30AP]

Budget: allocation of funds, H85 [29JA], H545-H551 [26FE], H2893 [22MY]

———deficit, H52-H59 [24JA]

———extend budget discipline and enforcement procedures, H6288 [17SE], H6538-H6544 [24SE]

———provide a responsible increase in the debt limit, restore fiscal discipline, and safeguard Social Security (H.R. 4758), H4159 [27JN]

———treatment of any budget surpluses, H720 [6MR], H742 [7MR], H1065 [20MR], E224 [28FE]

———treatment of public debt, H133-H138 [5FE]

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

Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (H.R. 5098), E1240 [11JY]

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

Colorado: results of 4th Congressional District constituent survey on national issues, E948 [5JN]

Committee on Appropriations (House): 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]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H1474-H1480 [18AP], H8026 [17OC]

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

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]

Employment: clarify rules for determining whether certain agent-drivers and commission-drivers are employees (H.R. 3877), E285 [6MR]

Families and domestic relations: modify calculation of the child support automation penalty and provide for reinvestment of any such penalty (H.R. 4857), E945 [5JN]

———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 aid programs: recognize importance of programs designed to be safety nets, H63-H70 [24JA]

Head Start Program: anniversary, E603 [23AP]

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

———maternal and child health programs funding, E777 [10MY]

———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]

———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]

———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]

———support Federal and State funded in-home care for the elderly (H. Res. 503), E1369 [25JY]

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

Insurance: 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]

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

Medicaid: congressional disapproval of rule that lowers the upper payment limit for non-State owned or operated hospitals, H4571 [12JY]

———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]

———extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (H.R. 854), E1928 [17OC]

———extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (H.R. 854), complete congressional action, H7001 [3OC]

———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]

———require States that provide prescription drug coverage to cover drugs that treat obesity (H.R. 1641), H268 [12FE]

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 a continuous quality improvement program for providers that furnish services to individuals with end stage renal disease (H.R. 5141), E1264 [16JY]

———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 access to kidney disease health care, management, and end stage renal disease prevention services (H.R. 4729), E802 [14MY]

———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]

Medicare/Medicaid: reform Federal survey and certification process for nursing facilities (H.R. 4030), E433 [21MR]

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

Pensions: create individual accounts ensuring full benefits for all workers and their families, give Americans ownership of their retirement, and restore long-term solvency, H725 [6MR]

———divert percentage of payroll taxes into personal retirement savings accounts, H7173-H7176 [8OC]

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: protect individuals from certain acts and practices in the sale and purchase of Social Security numbers and Social Security account numbers (H.R. 4513), E585 [18AP]

Public debt: ceiling, H888-H894 [13MR], H990-H996 [19MR], H1492 [23AP]

Public welfare programs: address barriers to employment as a work activity under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, E1519 [5SE]

———provide access to tools to stimulate employment (H.R. 4236), H2212 [8MY]

———reform, H566 [27FE], H742 [7MR], H1491 [23AP]

Republican Party: national agenda, H145 [6FE], H3753 [20JN], H3780 [21JN]

Solvency: ensure, H667 [5MR], H720-H728 [6MR], H837, H894-H899 [13MR], H1624 [25AP], H3548-H3555 [13JN], H4924 [18JY], E297 [7MR]

SSA: establish an Office of Administrative Law Judges (H.R. 4932), E1056 [14JN]

SSI: disregard certain gifts in determining income (H.R. 4908), E1024 [12JN]

Taxation: increase individual income tax rates and deposit increased funds into the Social Security trust funds (H.R. 2935), E117 [7FE]

———prohibit use of Social Security trust funds to make repeal of estate taxes permanent, H3274, H3275 [6JN]

———prohibit use of Social Security trust funds to make repeal of marriage taxes permanent, H3527-H3539 [13JN]

———provide for employer liability for Social Security taxes on unreported tips paid to an employee after the IRS establishes the amount of tips received (H.R. 5445), E1641 [25SE]

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

———treatment of Social Security benefits (H.R. 4790), E887 [23MY]

Terrorism: treatment of monthly survivor benefits and lump sum death benefits relative to receipt of compensation by victims of terrorist attacks (H.R. 5330), E1502 [5SE]

Trust funds: budget treatment, H111, H133-H138 [5FE], H146-H154 [6FE], H658, H659, H669 [5MR], H689, H690 [6MR], H788-H790, H792, H823-H828 [12MR], H837 [13MR], H909 [14MR], H941, H942, H944, H983 [19MR], H1007, H1008, H1022-H1024, H1027-H1029, H1044, H1045, H1047-H1052, H1057-H1071, H1081 [20MR], H1318-H1324 [16AP], H1417, H1420, H1422-H1427, H1437-H1452 [18AP], H1757-H1762 [30AP], H2145-H2151 [7MY], H2668, H2669, H2686-H2688 [21MY], H2910, H2913, H2915, H2916, H2919, H2922, H2923, H2924 [22MY], H2952, H2955, H2961, H2965, H2991-H2994, H3014-H3022, H3026-H3032 [23MY], H3250, H3253-H3257, H3283, H3284 [6JN], H3428 [11JN], H3463-H3471 [12JN], H4036 [26JN], H4399 [9JY], H4748, H4750 [16JY], H4924 [18JY], H6533-H6544 [24SE], H6990 [3OC], H8014 [16OC], E289 [6MR], E639 [26AP], E934 [24MY], E947 [5JN], E1956 [24OC]

———investment of trust funds in private financial markets, H722, H728 [6MR], H823-H828 [12MR], H1386-H1389 [17AP], H2515, H2516, H2517 [16MY], H2668 [21MY], H2837 [22MY], H3584 [17JN], H4025, H4036 [26JN], H4682 [16JY], H7173-H7176 [8OC], E1956 [24OC]

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

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

Week of the Young Child: observance, E603 [23AP]

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

Remarks in Senate

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

———impact of privatization on women, S4294-S4297 [14MY]

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

Budget: allocation of funds, S3913-S3917 [7MY]

———extend budget discipline and enforcement procedures, S9703 [1OC]

———extend budget discipline and enforcement procedures (S. 2791), S7324 [25JY]

———extend discretionary spending caps and the pay-as-you-go requirement, S5015-S5018 [5JN], S5337 [11JN], S5809-S5812 [20JN], S7866 [1AU]

———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]

———treatment of any budget surpluses, S4556 [20MY], S9659 [1OC]

———treatment of public debt, S154-S158 [28JA]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: congressional disapproval of rule that lowers the Medicaid upper payment limit for non-State owned or operated hospitals (S.J. Res. 37), S4333 [14MY]

Children and youth: extend Promoting Safe and Stable Families and Foster Care Independent Living programs, support mentoring programs for children of incarcerated parents, and assist youths aging out of foster care (H.R. 2873), S2406 [9AP]

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

Constitutional amendments: treatment under balanced budget (S.J. Res. 2), S8668 [17SE]

Democratic Party: national agenda, S4555 [20MY]

Dept. of HHS: allow Federal health programs flexibility in providing health care services during emergencies, S4780 [23MY]

———State Children's Health Insurance Program expansion and funding, S10539 [16OC]

Disability insurance program: eliminate the waiting period (S. 2942), S8677 [17SE]

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

———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]

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

Elections: permit use of Social Security numbers for voter registration and election administration, S809-S811, S829, S830 [14FE]

Health: 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]

———improve coordination between Federal agencies and local emergency medical service providers (S. 2014), S1937 [14MR]

———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]

———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]

———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]

Income: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (S. 1523), S7572 [30JY]

Investments: strengthen and permanently preserve through the power of investment and compound interest without benefit reductions or tax increases (S. 5), S11577 [19NO]

Kentucky: permit the operation of a separate retirement system for certain public employees under Social Security (S. 1929), S587 [11FE]

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

Medicaid: allow payment for dialysis, chemotherapy, pregnancy-related services, communicable diseases testing and treatment, and other emergency care to certain aliens (S. 2449), S3872 [2MY]

———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]

———increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States, S5111-S5113 [6JN], S7285-S7299 [24JY], S7328-S7336 [25JY]

———increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States (S. 2110), S2582, S2583 [11AP]

———increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States (S. 2221), S3018 [22AP]

———increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States (S. 2570), S4863, S4864 [23MY]

———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]

———reimbursement of nursing facilities located on an Indian reservation in South Dakota and owned or operated by an Indian tribe or tribal organization (S. 2738), S6949, S6950 [17JY]

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 reimbursement for certain FDA-approved cancer drug therapies administered in hospital outpatient settings (S. 2795), S7374 [25JY]

———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]

———geographically adjust the amount of premiums based on the use of health care items and services in the State in which the beneficiary resides (S. 2605), S5286 [10JN]

———impact of reduction of indirect medical education payments on teaching hospitals, S3588, S3591 [1MY]

———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 geographic disparities in payment rates, S8246-S8249 [5SE]

———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]

———improve advance directive requirements to ensure compliance with individual health care decisions (S. 2857), S7920-S7926 [1AU]

Older Americans Act: funding, S4833 [23MY]

Older Americans Month: observance, S4618 [21MY]

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

Privacy: limit the misuse of Social Security numbers and establish criminal penalties for such misuse (S. 3100), S10379, S10396 [10OC]

———limit the misuse of Social Security numbers and establish criminal penalties for such misuse (S. 848), S4509 [16MY]

Public debt: ceiling, S2231 [21MR]

Public welfare programs: address barriers to employment as a work activity under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (S. 2610), S5371 [11JN]

———ignore certain time limits for assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program for recipients in States experiencing significant increases in unemployment (S. 2669), S5958 [24JN]

———improve provision of education and job training under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (S. 2548), S4720 [22MY]

———permit States to create a program that allows individuals to obtain post-secondary or vocational education under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (S. 2552), S4725 [22MY]

———promote secure and healthy families under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (S. 2876), S7941 [1AU]

———provide grants for transitional jobs programs under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (S. 2631), S5699 [18JN]

———restore Social Services Block Grant funding and the ability of States to transfer Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds to such block grant (S. 501), S2406 [9AP]

Republican Party: national agenda, S3257 [24AP]

Rural areas: promote and improve access to health care services (S. 1030), S8667 [17SE]

Senate: legislative priorities, S9003 [23SE]

Solvency: ensure, S984-S986 [25FE], S3597 [1MY]

SSI: clarify that the value of certain funeral and burial arrangements are not to be considered available resources (S. 3144), S10710 [17OC]

States: clarify authority to enter into drug rebate agreements with manufacturers in order to provide prescription drug coverage to individuals not covered by Medicaid, S6978-S6982, S7010-S7016 [18JY]

Taxation: encourage retirement savings for individuals by providing a refundable credit for individuals to deposit in a Social Security Plus account (S. 2693), S6253-S6255 [27JN]

———prohibit use of Social Security trust funds to make permanent certain scheduled tax cuts, S639, S640, S644, S645 [12FE], S676, S677, S691 [13FE]

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

Treaties and agreements: ensure that trade agreements protect national security, Social Security, public health and safety, and education, S4756, S4757 [23MY]

Trust funds: budget treatment, S157 [28JA], S257, S259 [4FE], S312, S316 [5FE], S2907 [18AP], S2999 [22AP], S3460 [26AP], S4293 [14MY], S4364 [15MY], S5338 [11JN], S5393 [12JN], S6934-S6936 [17JY], S7866 [1AU], S8714 [18SE], S8892-S8894 [19SE], S9654 [1OC]

———investment of trust funds in private financial markets, S4577-S4579 [21MY], S5108-S5111 [6JN], S5393-S5395 [12JN], S5722-S5725 [19JN], S6732 [15JY], S7414-S7417 [26JY], S7851, S7852 [1AU]

Women: 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]

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

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

Reports filed

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

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

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]

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 Home Health Services and Direct Graduate Medical Education: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4987) (H. Rept. 107-541), 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]

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]

Social Security Abstinence Education Funding Extension Under Maternal and Child Health Programs: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4585) (H. Rept. 107-462), H2466, H2469 [14MY]

Social Security Number Misuse Prevention Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 848), S4491 [16MY]

Rulings of the Chair

Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (H.R. 854), complete congressional action, H7002 [3OC]

Statements

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

Simple Truths About the Budget and the Debt, H1443 [18AP]

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

Summaries

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

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

Social Security and Women: Older Womens League, S4295 [14MY]

Social Security Commission Plans Would Entail Substantial Benefit Reductions and Large Subsidies for Private Accounts: Century Foundation and Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, S5724 [19JN]

Social Security Plus Account Act (S. 2693), S6255 [27JN]

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

Tables

Budget estimates from President Bush's budget submission relative to use of Social Security trust funds to make permanent certain scheduled tax cuts, S676 [13FE]

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]

Debt owed to Federal trust funds, H1443 [18AP]

Trust funds used to balance the budget, S155 [28JA]

Texts of

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

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

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

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

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

S. 2449, Federal Responsibility for Immigrant Health Act, S3874 [2MY]

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. 2548, Education Works Act, S4721 [22MY]

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

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. 2631, Support, Training, Employment Programs (STEP) Act, S5699-S5704 [18JN]

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

S. 2669, Unemployment Protection for Low-Income Families Through TANF (UPLIFT) Act, S5958 [24JN]

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. 2857, Advance Planning and Compassionate Care Act, S7921-S7924 [1AU]

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

S. 2878, Fair Treatment and Due Process Protection Act, S7946-S7949 [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. 3091, Patient Abuse Prevention Act, S10363-S10367 [10OC]

S. 3131, Truth in Budgeting and Social Security Protection Act, S10680-S10687 [17OC]

S. 3180, State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments availability extension, S11739 [20NO]

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]