MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG AND MODERNIZATION ACT

Amendments

Enact (H.R. 1), S8898 [7JY], H5912, H5929, H5930, H5939 [25JN], H6121 [26JN]

———consideration (H. Res. 299), H5963 [26JN]

———consideration of conference report (H. Res. 463), H12245 [21NO]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 1, provisions, H6681 [14JY]

Articles and editorials

AARP Accused of Conflict of Interest, H12254 [21NO]

AARP Calls on Vermont Congressional Delegation To Vote for Medicare Rx Bill, S15694 [24NO]

Drug Plan a Placebo, H7234 [22JY]

Drugmakers Protect Their Turf—Medicare Bill Represents Success for Pharmaceutical Lobby, H12110 [21NO]

Hobson's Medicare, S15536 [22NO], S15897 [25NO]

Medicare Bill Would Enrich Companies, S15724 [24NO]

Medicare Debate Turns to Pricing of Drug Benefits, S15735 [24NO]

Medicare Reform—Try Again, S15909 [25NO]

Prescription Drug Benefit Imminent, H6087 [26JN]

Some Successful Models Ignored as Congress Works on Drug Bill, S11074 [4SE]

2 Bills Would Benefit Top Bush Fundraisers—Executives' Companies Could Get Billions, S15558 [22NO], S15728 [24NO]

When Half a Loaf Isn't Nearly Enough, S15606 [23NO]

Bills and resolutions

AARP: decision to support Medicare reform legislation (see H. Res. 461), H11702 [20NO]

Enact (see H.R. 1), H5928 [25JN] (see H.R. 2473), H5407 [16JN]

Enact (H.R. 1): consideration (see H. Res. 299), H5928 [25JN]

———consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 463), H12306 [21NO]

———consideration of conference report (H. Res. 463), same-day consideration (see H. Res. 459), H11700 [20NO]

Cloture motions

Enact (H.R. 1): conference report, S15561 [22NO], S15698 [24NO]

Conference reports

Provisions (H.R. 1), H11877-H12103 [20NO]

Explanations

Changes in Conference Report on H.R. 1, Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act, Relative to Payment System for Cancer Drugs, S15887 [25NO]

Letters

Greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals: Business for Affordable Medicine (organization), H6121 [26JN]

Medicare payments to rural health care providers and facilities: Kimberly A. Russel and Kirk Norris, Iowa Hospital Association, S15580 [22NO]

Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act: John Yoo, S15752-S15755 [24NO]

———several Representatives, H12109 [21NO]

Provisions: Edward G. Rendell, Governor of Pennsylvania, H12252 [21NO]

———Gary Locke, Tom Vilsack and Bill Richardson, Democratic Governors' Association, S15636 [23NO]

———Jeb Bush, Governor of Florida, H12243 [21NO]

———Representative Thomas, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H6086 [26JN]

———Representative Tom Davis, Committee on Government Reform (House), H6086 [26JN]

———Republican Governors Association, H12243 [21NO]

———Richard McGraw, H6088 [26JN]

———several Members of Congress, S15536 [22NO]

———several Representatives, H12184 [21NO]

———several Senators, S15536 [22NO], S15897 [25NO]

Lists

Organizations opposed to H.R. 1, provisions, S15038 [18NO]

Pharmaceutical industry contributions to political parties, H6455 [9JY]

Senate and House staff members who contributed to H.R. 1, Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act, S15914 [25NO]

Votes on point of order against Greater Access to Affordable Pharmaceuticals Act (2002), S15702 [24NO]

Motions

Enact (H.R. 1), H6181 [26JN], H6658 [14JY], H8063 [9SE], H8182 [10SE], H8257 [16SE], H8361 [17SE], H8467 [23SE], H8879, H8880 [24SE], H8925 [25SE], H8996 [30SE], H9062 [1OC], H9171, H9180 [2OC], H9252 [7OC], H9349 [8OC], H9708 [20OC], H9780 [21OC], H9967 [28OC], H10083 [29OC], H10314 [4NO], H10428, H10438 [5NO], H10528 [6NO], H11186 [17NO], H11395, H11493 [18NO], H11598 [19NO], H11845 [20NO]

———conference report, S15698 [24NO], H12294 [21NO]

———motion to instruct conferees, H10106 [29OC]

Press releases

AARP Endorses Medicare Prescription Drug Bill: AARP, H11498 [18NO]

Provisions: Iowa Hospital Association, S15580 [22NO]

Vermont Physicians and Hospitals Strongly Support Passage of Medicare Reform Legislation: Vermont Medical Society, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems, and Fletcher Allen Health Care, Inc., S15694 [24NO]

Questions and answers

Access to HIV/AIDS drugs under H.R. 1, Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act: Senator Feinstein and Tommy G. Thompson, Sec. of HHS, S15597 [23NO]

Remarks in House

AARP: alleged conflict of interest relative to endorsement of Medicare reform and prescription drug coverage, H11494-H11496, H11498 [18NO], H11520 [19NO], H12253 [21NO]

———decision to support Medicare reform legislation, H11635, H11638 [19NO]

Dept. of HHS: promulgate regulations for the reimportation of prescription drugs, H9354 [8OC], H9969 [28OC], H12106 [21NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: negotiated prices for prescription drugs, H11499 [18NO]

Enact (H.R. 1), H5820, H5821, H5822, H5903-H5922 [25JN], H5942, H5943, H6007-H6104, H6107-H6256 [26JN], H6273, H6304-H6309 [8JY], H6438, H6448-H6455 [9JY], H6585 [10JY], H6658, H6685, H6700 [14JY], H7200 [21JY], H7234 [22JY], H7335 [23JY], H7792, H7812, H7813 [3SE], H8021 [9SE], H8262 [16SE], H9001 [30SE], H9219 [7OC], H9354 [8OC], H9488 [16OC], H9972 [28OC], H10159, H10160 [30OC], H10316, H10318 [4NO], H10347 [5NO], H11122 [7NO], H11191-H11199 [17NO], H11365, H11367, H11368, H11504, H11509-H11512 [18NO], H11518-H11520, H11629, H11634-H11647 [19NO], H11658, H11659, H11660, H11661, H11856-H11858, H11860, H11862, H11868-H11874 [20NO], E1411, E1415, E1416, E1419, E1422 [8JY], E1489, E1490 [15JY], E1642 [25JY], E1800 [16SE], E1956 [2OC]

———conference report, H11362 [18NO], H12106, H12107, H12108-H12113, H12184, H12185, H12247-H12297 [21NO], H12750, H12752, H12761, H12846-H12854, H12879, H12883, H12901-H12908 [8DE], E2455 [25NO], E2474 [8DE]

———conference report, unanimous-consent agreement, H12239 [21NO]

———consideration (H. Res. 299), H5948, H5949, H5952-H5973 [26JN]

———consideration of conference report, H12230-H12246 [21NO]

———consideration of conference report (H. Res. 463), same-day consideration (H. Res. 459), H12174-H12181 [21NO]

———motion to instruct conferees, H6658-H6666 [14JY], H8182-H8189 [10SE], H8361-H8365 [17SE], H8879, H8880-H8887 [24SE], H8925-H8930 [25SE], H9062-H9067 [1OC], H9171-H9187 [2OC], H9349-H9354 [8OC], H9780-H9784 [21OC], H10106-H10112 [29OC], H10438-H10443 [5NO], H10528-H10534 [6NO], H11493-H11500 [18NO], H11598-H11605 [19NO], H11845-H11853 [20NO], E1907 [25SE], E1968 [2OC], E2013 [8OC], E2250 [6NO]

———motion to recommit, H6254, H6255 [26JN]

Enact (H.R. 2473), H5386-H5388, H5392-H5405 [16JN], H5415, H5417, H5446, H5449-H5451, H5453 [17JN], H5473, H5474, H5542-H5549 [18JN], H5553, H5555, H5639-H5642 [19JN], H5688, H5690-H5701 [23JN], H5717, H5718, H5719, H5720, H5796, H5799-H5808 [24JN], E1671 [3SE]

Medicaid: increase floor for treatment as an extremely low disproportionate share hospital State, H6119 [26JN]

Medicare: allow negotiated pricing for prescription drugs, H5912 [25JN]

———coverage of cancer drugs and treatments, E1800 [16SE]

———earnings test for beneficiaries relative to prescription drug coverage, H9181-H9187 [2OC], H9219 [7OC]

———eliminate gap in coverage of prescription drug benefit relative to cancer drugs, H5959 [26JN]

———enhance beneficiary access to quality health care services in rural areas, H5807 [24JN], H9062-H9067 [1OC]

———ensure Medicare+Choice and Medicare Advantage payments attributable to disproportionate share hospitals are paid directly to such hospitals, H8880-H8886 [24SE], H8925-H8930 [25SE], H10528-H10534 [6NO], E1907 [25SE], E1968 [2OC]

———improve access to services in rural hospitals and critical access hospitals, H12106 [21NO]

———improve reimbursement payments to physicians, H11198 [17NO], H11493-H11500 [18NO], H11598-H11605, H11637, H11639 [19NO], H11845-H11853 [20NO]

———increase payments to rural health care providers and facilities, H11870-H11872 [20NO], H12241 [21NO], E1956 [2OC]

———privatization, H5915-H5921 [25JN], H8182-H8189 [10SE], H9780-H9784 [21OC], H10439-H10443 [5NO], H11600, H11603, H11643 [19NO], H12903, H12905 [8DE], E2250 [6NO]

———prohibit implementation of premium support system which would require competition with private insurance carriers in delivering basic services, H10106-H10112 [29OC], H10528-H10534 [6NO]

———provide for expeditious coverage of new medical technology, H12294 [21NO]

———reductions in prescription drug prices, H5916-H5921 [25JN], H11857 [20NO]

———restore the full market basket percentage increase applied to payments to hospitals for inpatient hospital services furnished to beneficiaries, H11519 [19NO]

———treatment of women, H5904, H5909, H5911 [25JN], H5954-H5956, H5959, H5961, H5962, H6109 [26JN]

Members of Congress: provide that prescription drug coverage under a Federal health benefits plan not exceed the level of coverage under Medicare, E1490 [15JY]

New Jersey: impact of Medicare legislation on Pharmaceutical Assistance to the Aged & Disabled (PAAD) program, H12262 [21NO]

Pharmaceuticals: permit commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada, E1489 [15JY]

———reductions in prescription drug prices, H5796 [24JN]

Taxation: treatment of amounts contributed to medical savings accounts and unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements, H9171-H9180 [2OC], H9349-H9354 [8OC], H11872 [20NO]

Remarks in Senate

AARP: alleged conflict of interest relative to endorsement of Medicare reform and prescription drug coverage, S15585 [22NO], S15729 [24NO]

Dept. of HHS: promulgate regulations for the reimportation of prescription drugs, S15531 [22NO]

Enact (H.R. 1), S8898 [7JY], S9295-S9298 [11JY], S9581, S9582 [17JY], S10960, S10962 [2SE], S11073 [4SE], S11146, S11155 [5SE], S11305 [10SE], S12151 [30SE], S14925-S14927 [17NO], S15036-S15038, S15047-S15051 [18NO], S15110, S15147-S15149, S15167-S15170, S15172-S15175 [19NO]

———conference report, S15362-S15368, S15373-S15376, S15379-S15385, S15399 [21NO], S15514, S15519, S15521-S15569, S15574-S15588 [22NO], S15592-S15644, S15663-S15667 [23NO], S15670-S15771 [24NO], S15882-S15902, S15904-S15915, S15918, S15919, S15927-S15932, S15950 [25NO], S16104-S16107 [9DE]

———conference report, unanimous-consent agreement, S15510 [21NO], S15528 [22NO]

———insert S. 1 language in lieu, S8898 [7JY]

Medicare: coverage of cancer drugs and treatments, S11305 [10SE], S15739, S15740 [24NO]

———hospital ownership exceptions to physician self-referral restrictions, S9581, S9582 [17JY]

———improve reimbursement payments to physicians, S15399 [21NO]

———increase payments to rural health care providers and facilities, S15579 [22NO]

Reports

Impact of Republican Medicare Proposals on Insurance Industry Revenues and Profits: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) Minority Staff, S15769 [24NO]

Reports filed

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 1, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 463) (H. Rept. 108-394), H12306 [21NO]

Consideration of H.R. 1, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 299) (H. Rept. 108-181), H5928 [25JN]

Provisions: Committee of Conference (H.R. 1) (H. Rept. 108-391), H11700 [20NO]

———Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2473) (H. Rept. 108-178), H5927 [25JN]

———Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2473) (H. Rept. 108-178), H6867 [15JY]

Same-Day Consideration of H. Res. 463, Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 1, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 459) (H. Rept. 108-390), H11700 [20NO]

Tables

Estimated revenue effects of Committee on Ways and Means (House) substitute amendment to H.R. 2351, Health Savings Account Availability Act, H9173 [2OC]

Estimated revenue effects of H.R. 2351, Health Savings Account Availability Act, H9173 [2OC]

Estimated revenue effects of H.R. 2596, Health Savings and Affordability Act, H9173 [2OC]

Pharmaceutical company contributions by party (2002), H5912 [25JN]

U.S., Canadian negotiated Dept. of Veterans Affairs and Dept. of Defense prescription drug prices, H5912 [25JN]

Texts of

H. Res. 299, consideration of H.R. 1, provisions, H5952 [26JN]

H. Res. 459, same-day consideration of H. Res. 463, consideration of conference report on H.R. 1, provisions, H12174 [21NO]

H. Res. 463, consideration of conference report on H.R. 1, provisions, H12230 [21NO]

H.R. 1, provisions, H6007-H6077 [26JN]