SENIOR CITIZENS

Addresses

Health Care Delivery System Reform: Daniel E. Smith, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, S4138 [1AP]

———Timothy J. Gardner, American Heart Association, S4138 [1AP]

Joint Congressional Address on Health Care Reform: President Obama, S9179-S9183 [9SE], H9391-H9394 [9SE]

Amendments

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S11607 [19NO], S11886 [20NO], S11973 [21NO], S11987, S12013, S12015 [30NO], S12072, S12073, S12087 [1DE], S12152, S12164, S12165, S12166, S12167, S12168, S12169, S12170, S12171, S12172, S12250, S12251, S12252, S12253, S12254, S12255, S12256, S12257, S12258 [2DE], S12276, S12278, S12304, S12334, S12335, S12337, S12340, S12341, S12342, S12343, S12344, S12345, S12346, S12349 [3DE], S12389, S12391, S12397, S12416, S12418, S12419, S12420, S12421, S12422, S12423, S12424, S12425, S12426, S12427, S12428, S12429, S12430, S12431, S12432, S12433 [4DE], S12495, S12496, S12517, S12518, S12519, S12520, S12521 [5DE], S12544, S12552, S12553, S12555, S12556, S12561 [6DE], S12600, S12621, S12622, S12623, S12624, S12626, S12627, S12628, S12629, S12630, S12631, S12632, S12633, S12634, S12635, S12636, S12637, S12638, S12639, S12640, S12641, S12644, S12645 [7DE], S12715, S12716, S12717, S12718, S12719, S12720, S12721, S12722, S12723, S12724, S12725, S12726, S12727, S12728, S12734, S12738, S12739, S12740, S12741 [8DE], S12768, S12819, S12820, S12821, S12822, S12823, S12825, S12826, S12827, S12828, S12829, S12830, S12831, S12832 [9DE], S12914, S12916, S12917, S12922, S12923, S12924, S12925, S12926, S12931, S12934, S12935, S12936, S12937, S12939, S12940, S12943, S12944, S12947, S12961, S12964, S12967, S12968 [10DE], S13039, S13040, S13041, S13042, S13043, S13047, S13048, S13049, S13059 [11DE], S13096, S13100 [12DE], S13193, S13194, S13195, S13198, S13199, S13200, S13201 [14DE], S13205, S13255, S13259, S13260, S13261, S13263, S13265, S13266, S13268, S13273, S13274 [15DE], S13326, S13327, S13330, S13334, S13337, S13338, S13340 [16DE], S13395, S13396, S13397, S13399 [17DE], S13464, S13465, S13466, S13467 [18DE], S13478, S13490, S13529 [19DE], S13628, S13631, S13632, S13633 [20DE], S13716, S13791, S13792 [22DE], S14139 [24DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), H12198 [2NO], H12921, H12927 [7NO]

Analyses

Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R. 3962): 18th Congressional District of Texas Benefits, H12855 [7NO]

Affordable Health Choices Act: HSI Network, LLC, S6617-S6620 [16JN]

Appointments

Social Security Advisory Board, S11818 [19NO]

Articles and editorials

AARP—Reform Advocate and Insurance Salesman, S12054 [1DE]

Age Never Slowed This Athlete, Love for Senior Softball and Kids and Kubs Was Intense, E200 [4FE]

Are Republicans Serious About Fixing Health Care?, S13877 [23DE]

Baucus Aides Warn K Street, S6484 [11JN]

Baucus Bill Is a Tax Bill, S10393 [14OC], S10447 [15OC]

Caring for the Caregivers, S1799 [6FE]

Change Nobody Believes In, S13726 [22DE]

Coming Deficit Disaster, S12585 [7DE]

Constitutionality of Health Insurance Reform, Part II—Congressional Power, S13842 [23DE]

Constitutionality of Healthcare, S13753, S13766 [22DE]

Cost Conundrum (excerpt), S13581 [20DE]

Crazy Math of Health-Care Reform, S12394 [4DE]

Credit for Service—Restore Retirement Pay to the Eskimo Scouts, S997 [28JA]

Danger of Success, S13615 [20DE]

Democratic Fratricide, S13615 [20DE]

Democrats' Blues Grow Deeper in New Poll, S13347 [17DE]

Democrats Find Rallying Points on Health Reform, but Splinters Remain, S12902 [10DE]

Doctors and Patients, Not Feds, Know Best, S13772, S13774 [22DE]

Fewer Taxpayers Are Penalized for Not Having Health Coverage, S12860 [10DE]

Fix This Now—Cut Is No Way To Treat Old Vets, S997 [28JA]

Fixing Health Care, E1587 [26JN]

Flawed Aid for Long-Term Care—A Piece of Health Reform With Too Much Financial Risk, S14124 [24DE]

Half Done on Health Reform, H12985 [16NO]

Hardest Call, S13673 [21DE]

Health Care Reform Is Constitutional, S13841 [23DE]

Health Gap Kills 3,200 Black Chicagoans Every Year, S13420 [18DE]

Health Reform's Hidden Victims, S8129 [27JY]

Health-Care Nation, S12572 [7DE]

Honest Case for a Bungled Healthcare Reform, S13806 [23DE]

How To Fix the Health-Care ``Wedge'', S8895 [6AU]

How We Can Achieve Bipartisan Health Reform, S8894 [6AU]

In Health Reform, a Cancer Offers an Acid Test, S7224 [8JY]

Majority Leader Protects Home State, S9945 [30SE]

Max's Mad Mandate, S9946 [30SE]

Medicare Expansion Won't Get Us There—Proposal Would Not Increase Access to Health Care Services or Control Costs, S12854 [10DE]

Medicare Part D `Reforms' Will Harm Seniors, S12469 [5DE]

Medicare Sausage?—The Emerging Buy-In Proposal Could Have Costly Unintended Consequences, S12853, S12868 [10DE]

Moment Ted Kennedy Would Not Want To Lose, S13480 [19DE], S13608 [20DE]

More Talk, Less Support, S13616 [20DE]

ObamaCare's Longshoremen Rules, S13813 [23DE]

ObamaCare's Real Price Tag, S9069 [7AU]

Obama's False Medicare Claim, S12103 [2DE], S12493 [5DE]

Obama's Plan Isn't the Answer, S8157 [28JY], S8264 [29JY]

Of NICE and Men, H7828 [8JY]

Reform or Else, S12359 [4DE]

Reform That Falls Short, S13615 [20DE]

Reforming Health Care, S4794 [28AP]

Reid Compares Opponents of Health Care Reform to Supporters of Slavery, S12606 [7DE]

Report—Bill Would Reduce Senior Care, S11398 [17NO]

Ruin Your Health With the Obama Stimulus Plan, H1137 [10FE]

Snow Jobs, S13813 [23DE]

Specific Plan of Action—Lowering Health Care Costs, S13124 [12DE]

Support for Health Overhaul Wanes, S13347 [17DE]

To Pay for Health Care, Obama Looks to Taxes on Affluent, S12766 [9DE]

Whoa, Trigger, S9110 [8SE]

Will the Reid Health Bill Really Reduce the Deficit?—CBO Says That This Bill Will Reduce the Deficit, S13482 [19DE]

Worst Bill Ever, S10970 [2NO]

Yes, It's All About Him, S14124 [24DE]

Bills and resolutions

Age Discrimination in Employment Act: clarify appropriate standard of proof (see S. 1756), S10162 [6OC] (see H.R. 3721), H10518 [6OC]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: extend program for economic recovery payments (see H.R. 3691), H10455 [1OC]

Armed Forces: enable State homes to furnish nursing home care to parents whose children died while serving in the Armed Forces (see S. 1450), S7480 [14JY]

———treat service as a member of the Alaska Territorial Guard during World War II as active service for purposes of retired pay (see S. 342), S994 [28JA]

Benefits: provide emergency relief to Social Security recipients, railroad retirees, SSI beneficiaries, and certain veterans in 2010 to compensate for the lack of cost-of-living adjustment (see S. 1685), S9554 [17SE]

———provide relief payments to Social Security recipients and railroad retirees (see H.R. 3677), H10407 [30SE]

Citizenship: exempt certain elderly persons from English language and government and history knowledge requirements for naturalization, and permit others to take the examinations in other languages (see H.R. 3604), H9729 [17SE]

Corp. for National and Community Service: establish Encore Service programs, Encore Fellowship programs, and Silver Scholarship programs (see S. 467), S2423 [24FE] (see H.R. 1151), H2631 [24FE]

———establish the Silver Scholarship program to encourage increased volunteer work by seniors (see H.R. 1047), H1519 [12FE]

Crime: ensure adequate public-private infrastructure and resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation (see S. 795), S4310 [2AP] (see H.R. 2006), H4580 [21AP]

———increase penalties for violations of securities protections that involve targeting senior citizens (see S. 1659), S9264 [10SE] (see H.R. 3550), H9441 [10SE]

———prevent, promote awareness of, and educate the public on mail, telemarketing, and Internet fraud targeting senior citizens (see H.R. 3040), H7445 [25JN]

———prevent abuse and exploitation of older individuals (see H.R. 1374), H3077 [6MR]

———protect seniors from elder abuse by improving prosecution, law enforcement, and assistance to victims (see S. 1821), S10635 [21OC] (see H.R. 448), H162 [9JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: reduce hunger through expanding Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program eligibility (see H.R. 596), H381 [15JA]

Dept. of HHS: count fellowship training in geriatric specialties as obligated service under the National Health Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1457), H3399 [12MR]

———establish a Medicare Chronic Care Rapid Learning Network (see H.R. 3340), H8809 [24JY]

———establish a small house nursing home loan program (see S. 776), S4172 [1AP]

———establish Office of the Deputy Sec. for Health Care Fraud Prevention (see S. 2128), S10916 [29OC] (see H.R. 4222), H13627 (see H.R. 4222), H14371 [8DE]

———integrate mental health services for older adults into primary care settings and provide grants for geriatric mental health treatment outreach teams (see H.R. 3191), H8024 [13JY]

———make grants to promote professional retrofit installation of fire alarm detection systems and other fire detection and prevention technologies in nursing homes, hospice facilities and other appropriate facilities (see H.R. 1680), H3833 [24MR]

Dept. of HUD: expand supply of affordable housing with supportive services for the elderly (see S. 118), S42 [6JA]

Dept. of Justice: encourage, enhance, and integrate Silver Alert plans throughout the U.S. (see S. 557), S2964 [10MR] (see H.R. 632), H484 [22JA]

———establish pilot programs that provide for emergency crisis response teams to combat elder abuse (see H.R. 973), H1158 [10FE]

———provide grants to States to protect older Americans from misleading and fradulent marketing practices, with the goal of increasing retirement security (see S. 906), S4806 [28AP]

———provide grants to States to protect older Americans from misleading and fraudulent marketing practices, with the goal of increasing retirement security (see S. 1661), S9264 [10SE] (see H.R. 3551), H9441 [10SE]

———reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program (see H.R. 908), H1044 [4FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend certain economic recovery payments that benefit senior citizens (see H.R. 3597), H9729 [17SE] (see H.R. 3810), H11383 [14OC]

Dept. of Transportation: carry out a program to improve roadway safety infrastructure in all States to enhance the safety of older drivers and pedestrians (see H.R. 3355), H8873 [27JY]

Diseases: fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see S. 1492), S7868 [22JY] (see H.R. 3286), H8584 [22JY]

———increase Alzheimer's disease research funding and promote public awareness and risk reduction relative to Alzheimer's disease with particular emphasis in Hispanic populations (see H.R. 2987), H7085 [19JN]

———issue semipostal stamp to support Alzheimer's disease research (see H. Res. 516), H6306 [8JN]

Economy: improve lives of middle class families and provide them with greater opportunity to achieve the American dream (see S. 2), S39 [6JA]

———provide economic recovery payments to recipients of Social Security, railroad retirement, and veterans disability benefits (see H.R. 746), H777 [28JA]

———reform health care, Social Security, tax code for individuals and small businesses, and the budget process (see S. 1240), S6542 [11JN]

Education: make social work students and schools eligible for certain programs and grants, and establish a social work training program (see S. 1403), S7192 [7JY]

Employment: promote labor force participation of older Americans to increase retirement security, reduce shortage of experienced workers, maintain economic growth, and improve nation's fiscal outlook (see S. 281), S652 [16JA] (see S. 502), S2592 [27FE]

ERISA: provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits (see H.R. 1322), H3052 [5MR]

———require a lifetime income disclosure (see S. 2832), S12322 [3DE]

Executive Office of the President: establish the Office of the National Alzheimer's Project (see S. 1555), S8631 [31JY]

Families and domestic relations: authorize additional appropriations for the family caregiver support program and for the National Clearinghouse for Long-Term Care Information (see H.R. 519), H324 [14JA]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow employees to take parental involvement leave for educational and extracurricular activities, and clarify leave may be used for medical needs or to assist elderly relatives (see H.R. 824), H921 [3FE]

Federal employees: modify computation for part-time service under the Civil Service Retirement System (see S. 469), S2473 [25FE] (see H.R. 1198), H2835 [25FE]

Fort Sam Houston, TX: tribute to Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery Memorial Service Detachment unit for performance of military funeral honors for veterans (see H. Res. 916), H13266 [18NO]

Health: ensure no American is penalized for failing to purchase Government-mandated health coverage (see H. Res. 796), H10519 [6OC]

———establish certain requirements for any national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3700), H10456 [1OC]

———establish guidelines to enhance use and interoperability of electronic medical records with personal health records, including for purposes of Medicare and Medicaid payment incentives (see H.R. 4216), H13550 [7DE]

———establish long-term services and supports through single-entry point systems, evidence based disease prevention and health promotion programs, and enhanced nursing home diversion programs (see S. 1257), S6543 [11JN] (see H.R. 2852), H6743 [12JN]

———improve palliative and end-of-life care provided to patients with life-threatening conditions (see S. 1150), S5819 [21MY] (see H.R. 2911), H6971 [17JN]

———improve provision of Medicare telehealth services and provide grants for development of telehealth networks (see H.R. 2068), H4731 [23AP]

———improve research, diagnosis, and treatment of musculoskeletal diseases, conditions, and injuries and conduct a longitudinal study on aging (see S. 1548), S8557 [30JY] (see H.R. 1021), H1517 [12FE]

———integrate long-term care strategies into a comprehensive health care reform agenda (see H. Res. 271), H3705 [19MR]

———national policy to provide health care, control costs, and enhance the quality of the health care system (see S. 703), S3785 [25MR] (see H.R. 1200), H2835 [25FE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 441), S2322 [13FE] (see S. 1324), S6938 [23JN] (see S. 1679), S9554 [17SE] (see S. 1796), S10520 [19OC] (see H.R. 15), H28 [6JA] (see H.R. 676), H525 [26JA] (see H.R. 956), H1157 [10FE] (see H.R. 3067), H7703 [26JN] (see H.R. 3200), H8099 [14JY] (see H.R. 3713), H10456 [1OC] (see H.R. 3889), H11581 [21OC] (see H.R. 3962, 3970), H12140 [29OC] (see H.R. 4038), H12586 [6NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), consideration (see H. Res. 903), H12586 [6NO]

———provide affordable, guaranteed private health coverage (see S. 391), S1677 [5FE] (see H.R. 1321), H3052 [5MR]

———provide for health insurance coverage premium discounts for healthy behavior and improvements toward healthy behavior (see H.R. 3472), H9277 [31JY]

———provide greater health care freedom (see H.R. 164), H34 [6JA]

———reform health care delivery by providing incentives for bringing health services to the patient through locating health centers near settings already serving a target population (see H.R. 3158), H7946 [9JY]

———require any proposal for health care reform slow the long-term growth of health care costs and reduce the growth rate of Federal health care spending (see S. Res. 231), S8557 [30JY]

———support goals and ideals of senior caregiving and affordability (see S. Con. Res. 37), S8196 [28JY] (see H. Con. Res. 59), H2632 [24FE]

Health care facilities: ensure that private for-profit nursing homes affected by major disasters receive the same reimbursement as public nursing homes (see H.R. 1494), H3400 [12MR]

———expand pilot program for national and State background checks on direct patient access employees of long-term care facilities or providers (see S. 631), S3368 [18MR] (see H.R. 2223), H5061 [30AP]

———require that agreements to arbitrate nursing home disputes be made after the dispute has arisen (see S. 512), S2691 [3MR]

Health care professionals: attract and retain trained health care professionals and direct care workers dedicated to providing quality care to the growing population of older Americans (see S. 750), S4062 [31MR] (see H.R. 3098), H7704 [26JN]

———expand, train, and support all sectors of the health care workforce to care for the growing population of older individuals (see S. 245), S388 [14JA] (see H.R. 468), H194 [13JA]

House of Representatives: move forward with health care reform legislation and contain costs through prevention and wellness initiatives (see H. Res. 683), H8959 [28JY]

———require any conference committee or other meetings held to determine health care legislation be conducted publicly (see H. Res. 847), H11515 [20OC]

House Rules: continue application of certain procedures applicable to Medicare funding (see H.R. 2321), H5398 [7MY]

Housing: train public housing residents as home health aides and in home-based health services to provide such services to certain elderly or disabled public or federally-assisted housing residents (see H.R. 4224), H13627 (see H.R. 4224), H14371 [8DE]

Hunger: address global hunger and improve food security through development and implementation of a comprehensive governmentwide global hunger reduction strategy (see H.R. 2795), H6537 [10JN] (see H.R. 2817), H6617 [11JN]

Insurance: develop a model disclosure form to assist consumers in purchasing long-term care insurance (see S. 1636), S8993 [6AU]

———improve prescription drug coverage under Medicare and private health insurance (see S. 1630), S8993 [6AU] (see H.R. 3799), H11297 [13OC]

IRS: verify income eligibility of persons for certain Dept. of Agriculture payments and benefits (see H.R. 1609), H3703 [19MR]

LIHEAP: extend energy assistance to households headed by certain senior citizens (see H.R. 1140), H2602 [23FE]

Medicaid: continue impoverishment protections for spouses of beneficiaries receiving home and community based services equivalent to protections afforded spouses of nursing home residents (see H.R. 3055), H7445 [25JN]

———establish financial incentives for States to expand the provision of long-term services and supports to beneficiaries who do not reside in an institution (see S. 1256), S6542 [11JN]

———improve and protect rehabilitative and case management services to improve the health and welfare of the most vulnerable seniors and children (see S. 1217), S6364 [9JN]

———improve the State plan amendment option for providing home and community-based services (see S. 434), S2322 [13FE] (see H.R. 2688), H6154 [3JN]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see S. 683), S3657 [24MR] (see H.R. 1670), H3748 [23MR]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see S. 950), S4963 [30AP] (see H.R. 1829), H4250 [31MR]

———allow early access to benefits for individuals aged 55 to 65 and allow tax credits for payment of premiums for such benefits (see S. 960), S5014 [1MY]

———allow waiver of drive requirement for designations of critical access hospitals (see H.R. 487), H195 [13JA]

———amend special needs plans and the alignment of Medicare and Medicaid for dually eligible individuals (see S. 1307), S6845 [19JN] (see H.R. 2758), H6306 [8JN]

———amend the application of secondary payer rules to workers' compensation settlement agreements and set-asides under such agreements (see H.R. 2641), H6012 [21MY]

———apply a consistent premium for all beneficiaries in a budget neutral manner (see H.R. 3631), H9898 [23SE]

———apply a consistent premium for all beneficiaries in a budget neutral manner (H.R. 3631), allow consideration under suspension of the rules (see H. Res. 766), H9898 [23SE]

———apply exceptions process for tiered formulary drugs to specialty tier drugs (see H.R. 3418), H9205 [30JY]

———assist low-income beneficiaries by improving eligibility and services under the Medicare Savings Program (see S. 1185), S6185 [4JN] (see H.R. 2716), H6264 [4JN]

———clarify use of private contracts by beneficiaries for professional services and allow individuals to opt out of certain benefits (see H.R. 3356), H8959 [28JY]

———combat waste, fraud, and abuse (see H.R. 27), H28 [6JA]

———continue ability of hospitals to supply a needed workforce of nurses and allied health professionals by preserving funding for hospital operated nursing and allied health education programs (see H.R. 2176), H4999 [29AP]

———continue using current practice expense relative value units for certain cardiology services (see H.R. 4371), H15500 [16DE]

———cover hearing aids and auditory rehabilitation services (see S. 1837), S10700 [22OC] (see H.R. 504), H323 [14JA]

———cover marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services (see S. 671), S3609 [23MR] (see H.R. 1693), H3834 [24MR]

———cover supplies associated with insulin injection, home needle removal, decontamination, and disposal devices, and disposal of needles and syringes through a sharps-by-mail or similar program (see S. 1312), S6845 [19JN] (see H.R. 2976), H7084 [19JN]

———cover transitional care services to improve the quality and cost effectiveness of care (see S. 1295), S6804 [18JN]

———coverage of intravenous immune globulin for in-home treatments of primary immune deficiency diseases and of certain disposable pumps as durable medical equipment (see H.R. 1765), H4063 [26MR]

———delay date on which accreditation requirement applies to suppliers of durable medical equipment that are pharmacies (see H.R. 3663), H10069 [29SE]

———delay phase out of the hospice budget neutrality adjustment factor (see S. 421), S2229 [12FE]

———deliver a meaningful drug benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see S. 330), S894 [27JA] (see H.R. 684), H525 [26JA] (see H.R. 2860), H6743 [12JN]

———eliminate coinsurance for screening mammography and colorectal cancer screening tests (see H.R. 2291), H5307 [6MY]

———eliminate disparities in breast cancer treatment through development of a uniform set of treatment performance measures for a quality reporting system and value-based purchasing system (see H.R. 2279), H5306 [6MY]

———eliminate in-home restriction for coverage of mobility devices for individuals with long-term needs (see S. 1186), S6185 [4JN] (see H.R. 3184), H8024 [13JY]

———eliminate phase out of the hospice budget neutrality adjustment factor (see H.R. 3831), H11457 [15OC]

———eliminate the sunset for reimbursement for services furnished by certain Indian hospitals and clinics (see H.R. 4313), H14980 [15DE]

———ensure access to quality home health services (see H.R. 3495), H9278 [31JY]

———ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see S. 2814), S11883 [20NO]

———ensure that home health agencies assign the most appropriate skilled service to make the initial assessment visit for home health services for beneficiaries requiring rehabilitation therapy (see H.R. 1094), H1606 [13FE]

———enter into negotiated rulemaking to modernize Part B fee schedule for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests and adjust the fee for collecting specimens for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests (see H.R. 1452), H3338 [11MR]

———establish a Care Transitions Program to improve quality and cost-effectiveness of care for beneficiaries (see S. 1009), S5282 [7MY] (see H.R. 2773), H6413 [9JN]

———establish a demonstration project to examine whether community-level public health interventions can result in lower rates of chronic disease for individuals entering the program (see S. 1181), S6185 [4JN]

———establish a hospice care demonstration program and grant programs for cancer palliative care and symptom management programs (see S. 1773), S10361 [13OC] (see H.R. 1844), H4396 [1AP]

———establish a loan repayment program for participating qualifying physicians and nurse practitioners (see H.R. 2784), H6537 [10JN]

———establish an accountable care organization pilot program to reduce the growth of expenditures and improve health outcomes (see H.R. 2959), H7022 [18JN]

———establish demonstration projects to study and improve the quality and cost effectiveness of cancer care services provided to beneficiaries (see H.R. 2872), H6805 [15JN] (see H.R. 3675), H10407 [30SE]

———establish Independence at Home Chronic Care Coordination Demonstration Project (see S. 1131), S5819 [21MY]

———establish pilot projects to provide incentives for home health agencies to utilize home monitoring and communications technologies (see S. 457), S2423 [24FE] (see H.R. 3030), H7250 [24JN]

———establish telehealth pilot projects, expand and improve access to telehealth services in certain facilities, reimburse Indian Health Service facilities, and establish certain standards for originating sites (see S. 2741), S11205 [5NO]

———exempt pharmacies and pharmacists from certain accreditation requirements in the same manner as such exemption applies to certain professionals (see S. 511), S2691 [3MR] (see H.R. 616), H442 [21JA]

———exempt small pharmacies from certain accreditation requirements for the purpose of providing diabetic testing strips (see S. 1746), S10061 [1OC]

———expand coverage of paramedic intercept services (see H.R. 1915), H4520 [2AP]

———expand development of quality measures for inpatient hospital services and implement a performance-based payment methodology for such services (see H.R. 1776), H4128 [30MR]

———expedite application and qualification process of low-income individuals obtaining subsidized prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 2700), H6263 [4JN]

———extend and improve protections for sole community hospitals (see H.R. 1051), H1519 [12FE]

———extend reasonable cost contracts (see S. 1079), S5614 [19MY] (see H.R. 2501), H5791 [19MY]

———improve access of beneficiaries to intravenous immune globulins (IVIG) (see S. 701), S3785 [25MR] (see H.R. 2002), H4580 [21AP]

———improve access to, and increase utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits (see S. 769), S4172 [1AP] (see H.R. 1894), H4519 [2AP]

———improve access to health care for beneficiaries in rural areas (see S. 318), S826 [26JA] (see S. 1355), S7070 [25JN] (see H.R. 3896), H11581 [21OC]

———improve access to physical medicine and rehabilitation services (see H.R. 1137), H2602 [23FE]

———improve fairness and reduce regional inequities in reimbursement payments to providers (see S. 382), S1542 [4FE]

———improve payment methodology for radiopharmaceuticals under hospital outpatient prospective payment system and ensure equitable payment and access to certain radiopharmaceuticals (see H.R. 3917), H11712 [22OC]

———improve quality and efficiency through measurement of readmission rates and resource use and provide payments to certain groups of providers and suppliers for hospitalization relative to high cost diagnoses (see S. 295), S719 [21JA]

———improve quality of care in skilled nursing facilities through requiring the reporting of expenditures for nursing (see H.R. 1125), H2601 [23FE]

———improve reimbursement for clinical social worker services (see S. 55), S41 [6JA]

———improve the provision of items and services to beneficiaries in rural areas (see H.R. 902), H1043 [4FE]

———improve the provision of services to beneficiaries in rural areas (see S. 712), S3897 [26MR]

———include costs incurred by certain agencies, health centers, or drug assistance programs toward the out-of-pocket threshold of the prescription drug program (see S. 1201), S6255 [8JN] (see H.R. 2777), H6414 [9JN]

———include vision restoration therapy devices and associated software used to treat impaired visual function due to acquired brain injury within the definition of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 2951), H7022 [18JN]

———increase inpatient hospital payments to hospitals in Puerto Rico (see H.R. 1501), H3401 [12MR]

———limit penalty for late enrollment under part B and exclude periods of COBRA and retiree coverage from such late enrollment penalty (see H.R. 2235), H5096 [4MY]

———limit prescription drug program premium increases to no more than Social Security cost-of-living adjustment and require Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower prescription drug prices (see H.R. 1832), H4250 [31MR]

———make temporary improvements to the inpatient payment adjustment for low-volume hospitals (see H.R. 3422), H9205 [30JY]

———modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers (see H.R. 2049), H4686 [22AP]

———modernize quality improvement organization (QIO) program (see H.R. 2858), H6743 [12JN]

———permit beneficiaries to elect to take or decline ownership of certain items of complex durable medical equipment after capped rental period ends (see S. 880), S4669 [23AP] (see H.R. 2945), H7022 [18JN]

———permit direct payment for clinical social worker services provided to residents of skilled nursing facilities (see S. 687), S3658 [24MR]

———permit eligible seniors to elect to receive vouchers for health savings accounts and/or premiums for high deductible health insurance plan and suspend certain late enrollment penalties (see H.R. 1118), H2601 [23FE]

———permit physical therapy services to be furnished to individuals under the care of a dentist (see H.R. 1430), H3337 [11MR]

———preserve access to ambulance services (see S. 1066), S5555 [18MY] (see H.R. 2443), H5665 [14MY]

———preserve care for ventilator-dependent patients (see S. 716), S3897 [26MR]

———prevent payments being lost to fraud, waste, or abuse (see S. 2774), S11382 [16NO]

———promote medication therapy management under the part D prescription drug program (see H.R. 3108), H7704 [26JN]

———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers (see S. 1157), S5820 [21MY]

———provide a certain limit for the practice expense and the work expense geographic practice cost indices (GPCI) (see H.R. 2201), H5060 [30AP]

———provide a five-year payment increase for home health services furnished in a rural area (see S. 1123), S5819 [21MY]

———provide a senior housing facility plan option under the Medicare Advantage program (see S. 1384), S7070 [25JN]

———provide all beneficiaries with the right to guaranteed issue of a supplemental policy (see S. 1669), S9371 [15SE]

———provide beneficiaries greater choice with regard to accessing hearing health services and benefits (see H.R. 3024), H7249 [24JN]

———provide beneficiaries with access to geriatric assessments and chronic care management and coordination services (see S. 1004), S5281 [7MY] (see H.R. 2307), H5397 [7MY]

———provide certain beneficiaries suffering from multiple chronic conditions with access to medical services in lower cost treatment settings under a professionally developed care plan (see H.R. 2560), H6009 [21MY]

———provide continued coverage for immunosuppressive drugs furnished to beneficiaries that have received a kidney transplant and whose coverage would otherwise expire (see S. 565), S2965 [10MR] (see H.R. 1458), H3399 [12MR]

———provide coverage for consultations regarding orders for life sustaining treatment and provide grants for development and expansion of programs for such orders (see H.R. 1898), H4519 [2AP]

———provide coverage for the shingles vaccine (see H.R. 1038), H1518 [12FE]

———provide coverage of acupuncturist services (see H.R. 646), H485 [22JA]

———provide coverage of intensive lifestyle treatment (see S. 1640), S8993 [6AU]

———provide coverage of kidney disease education services (see H.R. 306), H88 [8JA]

———provide coverage of services of qualified respiratory therapists performed under the general supervision of a physician (see H.R. 1077), H1605 [13FE]

———provide coverage of substitute adult day care services (see H.R. 3043), H7445 [25JN]

———provide flexibility in the manner in which beds are counted for purposes of critical access hospital designation and exempt beds provided for veterans from certain limitations (see S. 307), S787 [22JA] (see H.R. 668), H493 [23JA]

———provide for a pilot program to improve the quality of oncology care (see H.R. 2939), H7021 [18JN]

———provide for advanced illness care management services for beneficiaries (see S. 1251), S6542 [11JN] (see S. 1263), S6580 [15JN] (see H.R. 3172), H8008 [10JY]

———provide for consolidated coverage of home infusion drug therapy (see S. 254), S598 [15JA] (see H.R. 574), H380 [15JA]

———provide payments to Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical facilities for items and services provided to eligible veterans for non-service-connected conditions (see H.R. 3365), H8959 [28JY]

———provide process for public comment and Medicare Evidence Development & Coverage Advisory Committee review of certain national coverage determinations (see H.R. 3361), H8959 [28JY]

———provide temporary improvements to inpatient hospital payment adjustment for low-volume hospitals and use the non-wage adjusted PPS rate under the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program (see H.R. 362), H158 [9JA]

———provide that initial preventive physical examinations not be required for referrals for ultrasound screenings for abdominal aortic aneurysms and for such screenings for at-risk beneficiaries (see H.R. 1213), H2873 [26FE]

———recognize certain certified diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes self-management training services (see H.R. 2425), H5665 [14MY]

———reduce coverage gap in prescription drug coverage through savings resulting from negotiation of prescription drug prices (see S. 266), S598 [15JA]

———reduce fraud (see S. 975), S5127 [5MY]

———reduce occurrence of diabetes in beneficiaries by extending coverage for medical nutrition therapy services to beneficiaries with pre-diabetes or with risk factors for developing type 2 diabetes (see H.R. 2590), H6010 [21MY]

———reform coverage and reimbursement for home oxygen therapy services (see H.R. 3220), H8184 [15JY]

———remove limiting charges for non-participating physicians with beneficiary notice and preempt State laws that prohibit balance billing (see H.R. 1384), H3103 [9MR]

———remove restrictions on clinical psychologists or social workers providing services in outpatient rehabilitation facilities (see S. 56), S41 [6JA]

———repeal competitive acquisition program for durable medical equipment and prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) in a budget neutral manner (see H.R. 3790), H11297 [13OC]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see S. 46), S40 [6JA] (see H.R. 43), H29 [6JA]

———require continued application of budget neutrality on a national basis in calculation of the urban and rural State hospital wage index floor (see S. 1108), S5700 [20MY] (see H.R. 2525), H5891 [20MY]

———require that certain tests performed by an independent laboratory of a specimen collected by a hospital be treated as services for which payment may be made directly to the laboratory (see S. 1220), S6364 [9JN] (see H.R. 1699), H4025 [25MR]

———require use of generic drugs under the prescription drug program when available unless the brand name is determined to be medically necessary (see S. 75), S41 [6JA]

———require wealthy beneficiaries to pay a greater share of their premiums under the prescription drug program (see S. 677), S3657 [24MR]

———restore payments for home oxygen therapy through the beneficiary's period of medical need (see H.R. 2373), H5484 [12MY]

———stabilize and modernize the provision of partial hospitalization services (see S. 1522), S8196 [28JY] (see H.R. 4373), H15500 [16DE]

———treatment of certain physician pathology services (see S. 947), S4963 [30AP] (see H.R. 2534), H5891 [20MY]

———utilize Value-Based Insurance Design to demonstrate that reducing copayments or coinsurance charged to beneficiaries for selected medications can increase adherence to prescribed medication (see S. 1040), S5501 [14MY]

Medicare Payment Advisory Commission: provide for annual review of geographic access to services (see H.R. 2921), H6972 [17JN]

———rename as Medicare Payment and Access Commission, restructure as independent executive agency, and reform (see S. 1110), S5700 [20MY] (see S. 1380), S7070 [25JN] (see H.R. 2718), H6264 [4JN]

Medicare/Medicaid: amend qualifications of the director of food services of a skilled nursing facility (see H.R. 1636), H3704 [19MR]

———ensure low-income beneficiaries have improved access to prescription drugs (see H.R. 3152), H7946 [9JY]

———establish prescription drug outreach demonstration program for certain eligible individuals with mental disabilities (see H.R. 2390), H5580 [13MY]

———improve awareness and access to colorectal cancer screening tests (see S. 1511), S8039 [23JY] (see H.R. 3559), H9490 [14SE]

———improve transparency of information on nursing and skilled nursing facilities and clarify and improve enforcement of requirements on such facilities (see S. 647), S3550 [19MR]

———promote use of advance directives (see H.R. 3253), H8355 [17JY]

———protect and improve prescription drug benefits provided to dual eligible individuals (see S. 1634), S8993 [6AU]

———provide the authorized representative of a deceased beneficiary full access to information with respect to the deceased beneficiary's benefits (see S. 1680), S9554 [17SE]

———reduce cost-sharing for certain dual eligible populations under the prescription drug benefit (see S. 534), S2828 [5MR] (see H.R. 1407), H3144 [10MR]

———require any savings to be reinvested back into Medicare and used to increase Federal medical assistance percentage to reduce State burdens (see S. Res. 212), S7639 [16JY] (see H. Res. 663), H8495 [21JY]

National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 185), S6650 [16JN] (see H. Res. 910), H13069 [17NO]

National Commission on Entitlement Solvency: establish (see S. 276), S652 [16JA]

National Falls Prevention Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 276), S9589 [21SE]

National Memory Screening Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 185), S6650 [16JN] (see H. Res. 910), H13069 [17NO]

National Save for Retirement Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 234), S8681 [3AU] (see H. Res. 647), H8100 [14JY] (see H. Res. 662), H8409 [20JY]

National Senior Citizens Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 157), H6972 [17JN]

Pensions: increase age at which distributions from qualified retirement plans are required to begin (see H.R. 882), H1043 [4FE]

———suspend minimum distribution requirements for certain retirement plans (see S. 157), S43 [6JA] (see H.R. 424), H161 [9JA]

Pharmaceuticals: provide tax credit to retirement age individuals, remove barriers to importation, and prohibit certain regulation of Internet sites relative to prescription drugs (see H.R. 163), H34 [6JA]

Safety: encourage States to adopt laws that set clear guidelines for contact protocols for personal emergency response systems used by senior citizens (see H. Res. 751), H9730 [17SE]

Social Security: allow choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 between 1982 and 1992 (see S. 81), S41 [6JA]

———allow choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 1067), H1604 [13FE]

———apply a consistent premium for all Medicare beneficiaries in a budget neutral manner, provide economic recovery payments to recipients, and assess need for a consumer price index for elderly consumers (see S. 2926), S13883 [23DE]

———continue sole community hospital treatment for certain hospitals (see H.R. 2610), H6011 [21MY]

———credit prospectively individuals serving as caregivers of dependent relatives with deemed wages for up to five years of such service (see H.R. 769), H778 [28JA]

———eliminate waiting period for divorced spouse's benefits following the divorce (see H.R. 771), H778 [28JA]

———enhance program and provider protections under the Medicare, Medicaid, and Children's Health Insurance programs (see H.R. 4390), H15501 [16DE]

———ensure percentage increase applied to cost-of-living benefits is no less than the percentage increase in compensation for Members of Congress (see H.R. 3211), H8099 [14JY]

———ensure that trust fund receipts and disbursements are not included in a unified Federal budget and protect solvency by mandating that trust fund monies not be diverted to private accounts (see H.R. 1276), H2924 [3MR]

———establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security (see H.R. 2429), H5665 [14MY]

———establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 2365), H5484 [12MY]

———establish a procedure to safeguard trust funds (see S. 86), S41 [6JA]

———establish a Social Security Surplus Protection Account in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and suspend investment of such funds until certain legislation is enacted (see H.R. 1712), H4025 [25MR]

———establish Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for certain Social Security benefits (see H.R. 4193), H13519 [3DE]

———establish regional consumer price indices to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 1371), H3055 [5MR]

———establish the Personal Social Security Savings Program (see H.R. 107), H31 [6JA]

———improve benefit computation formula for certain workers affected by changes in benefit computation rules (see H.R. 238), H69 [7JA]

———increase benefits for one month in 2010 to compensate for the lack of cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 3536), H9341 [8SE] (see H.R. 3672), H10069 [29SE]

———increase in widow's and widower's insurance benefits relative to delayed retirement (see H.R. 773), H779 [28JA]

———increase maximum level of fees authorized to be charged by representatives relative to claims of entitlement to past-due benefits and require cost-of-living adjustments to such fees (see H.R. 1093), H1606 [13FE]

———invest trust funds in marketable interest-bearing securities and insured certificates of deposit, and protect trust funds from public debt limit (see H.R. 219), H36 [6JA]

———level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (see H.R. 954), H1157 [10FE]

———prohibit the display of account numbers on Government-issued identification cards issued in connection with benefits under Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 2417), H5664 [14MY]

———prohibit the display of account numbers on Medicare cards (see H.R. 3653), H9998 [25SE]

———promote tobacco use cessation under Medicare, Medicaid, and the maternal and child health program (see S. 770), S4172 [1AP] (see H.R. 1850), H4396 [1AP]

———promote use of health information technology to better coordinate health care (see H.R. 3987), H12287 [3NO]

———protect beneficiaries against any reduction in benefits (see H.R. 236), H69 [7JA]

———protect seniors from identity theft and strengthen our national security by providing for the issuance of a secure Social Security card (see H.R. 50), H30 [6JA]

———provide a cost-of-living benefits increase (see H.R. 3572), H9549 [15SE]

———provide additional resources for primary care services, create new Medicare service payment models, and expand provision of non-institutionally-based long-term services (see S. 1262), S6580 [15JN]

———provide an emergency cost-of-living benefits increase (see H.R. 3557), H9490 [14SE]

———provide for progressive indexing and longevity indexing of old-age insurance benefits for newly retired and aged surviving spouses (see S. 426), S2229 [12FE]

———provide full benefits for disabled widows and widowers regardless of age (see H.R. 772), H779 [28JA]

———repeal eligibility restrictions on widow's and widower's insurance benefits based on disability (see H.R. 770), H778 [28JA]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see S. 484), S2474 [25FE] (see H.R. 235), H69 [7JA]

———repeal the windfall elimination provision and protect the retirement of public servants (see S. 490), S2558 [26FE] (see H.R. 1221), H2873 [26FE]

———require that projected benefit estimates included on annual account statements indicate the impact of possible future trust fund insolvency on benefit levels (see H.R. 2440), H5665 [14MY]

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to individuals whose benefits exceed certain levels (see H.R. 2145), H4914 [28AP]

———waive certain waiting periods for disability and Medicare benefits in the case of terminally ill, disabled beneficiaries (see H.R. 2881), H6806 [15JN]

Social Security Investment Commission: establish (see H.R. 1712), H4025 [25MR]

SSI: clarify that the value of certain funeral and burial arrangements are not to be considered available resources (see S. 427), S2229 [12FE] (see H.R. 1352), H3054 [5MR]

Taxation: allow a deduction for qualified long-term care insurance and a credit for individuals who care for those with long-term care needs (see H.R. 897), H1043 [4FE]

———allow a refundable credit to military retirees for certain Medicare premiums (see H.R. 237), H69 [7JA]

———allow an above-the-line deduction for half of an individual's long-term care insurance premiums (see H.R. 1891), H4519 [2AP]

———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see S. 491), S2558 [26FE] (see H.R. 1203), H2835 [25FE]

———allow long-term care insurance to be offered under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements and provide additional consumer protections for long-term care insurance (see S. 702), S3785 [25MR] (see H.R. 2096), H4733 [23AP]

———allow seniors with Social Security and pension income to file income tax form 1040S without regard to amount of interest or taxable income (see H.R. 720, 728), H602 [27JA]

———allow tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable contributions (see S. 864), S4573 [22AP] (see H.R. 1250), H2886 [2MR] (see H.R. 2435), H5665 [14MY]

———exclude from income and employment taxes real property tax abatements for seniors and disabled individuals in exchange for services (see H.R. 2208), H5061 [30AP]

———increase amount excludable from the sale of a principal residence by taxpayers who have attained age 50 (see H.R. 674), H525 [26JA]

———increase standard charitable mileage rate for delivery of meals to elderly, disabled, frail, and at-risk individuals (see H.R. 271), H70 [7JA]

———modify dependent care credit to take into account expenses for care of parents and grandparents who do not live with the taxpayer (see H.R. 517), H324 [14JA]

———provide a credit for eldercare expenses (see S. 1604), S8992 [6AU]

———provide a nonrefundable credit for long-term care insurance premiums (see S. 94), S42 [6JA]

———provide more help to Alzheimer's disease caregivers (see H.R. 1192), H2834 [25FE]

———provide that certain net capital gain of individuals 65 or over shall not be subject to tax (see H.R. 396), H160 [9JA]

———repeal inclusion in gross income of Social Security benefits and tier 1 railroad retirement benefits (see H.R. 1058), H1604 [13FE]

———repeal inclusion of gross income in Social Security benefits (see H.R. 162), H34 [6JA]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 161), H34 [6JA] (see H.R. 883), H1043 [4FE] (see H.R. 1519), H3437 [16MR]

———treatment of income earned by individuals who are not citizens or U.S. nationals relative to coverage under the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program (see H.R. 160), H34 [6JA]

———waive penalty on distributions from qualified retirement plans for certain mortgage payments and for unemployed individuals, and increase age at which distributions from such plans are to begin (see H.R. 2331), H5398 [7MY]

Transportation: ensure that all transportation system users can travel safely and conveniently on and across federally funded streets and highways (see S. 584), S3073 [12MR] (see H.R. 1443), H3337 [11MR]

———improve transit services in rural States (see S. 1144), S5819 [21MY]

Veterans Health Administration: establish position of Director of Physical Therapy Service and a fellowship program for physical therapists in geriatrics, rehabilitation, and polytrauma care (see H.R. 1036), H1518 [12FE]

Wilson, Representative Joe: disapprove interruption of President Obama's joint congressional address on health care reform (see H. Res. 744), H9549 [15SE]

Cloture motions

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S13477, S13478 [19DE], S13646 [21DE], S13716 [22DE], S13834 [23DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), motion to commit, S13132 [13DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), motion to proceed, S11578 [19NO], S11967 [21NO], S13376 [17DE]

Descriptions

60 Plus Association: Wikipedia.org (Internet site), S12290 [3DE]

E-mails

National policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S13674-S13676 [21DE]

Letters

Affordable Health Care for America Act: Chris Benge, Oklahoma State House of Representatives, H12610 [7NO]

———Glenn Coffee, Oklahoma State Senate, H12609 [7NO]

———Representative Cole, H12609, H12610 [7NO]

———Susan Eckerly, National Federation of Independent Business, H12871 [7NO]

———Thomas A. Barthold, Committee on Taxation (Joint), H12864 [7NO]

AMA position on health care reform proposals: Ned P. Masbaum, H9980, H9981 [25SE]

Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program funding: several Senators, S12389 [4DE], S13566 [20DE]

Comparative effectiveness research for health care funding: several health organizations, S3355 [18MR]

Elder Abuse Victims Act: Thomas M. Susman, ABA, H1122 [10FE]

Impact of Medicaid eligibility expansion: Douglas W. Elmendorf, CBO, S7220 [8JY]

Impact of proposed Medicare funding cuts and buy-in option on States: Janice K. Brewer, Governor of Arizona, S13153 [14DE]

Medicare Advantage program funding: several Senators, S12385 [4DE]

Medicare funding cuts: Addison B. Rand, Alliance for Retired Americans, S12289 [3DE]

———Barbara B. Kennelly, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S12041, S12050 [1DE], S12290 [3DE]

———Barbara J. Easterling, Ruben Burks, and Edward F. Coyle, Alliance for Retired Americans, S12289 [3DE]

———several Hispanic organizations, S12043 [1DE]

Medicare home health services cuts: Jane Kelly, Kansas Heine Care Association, S12482 [5DE]

———Judy Adams, Georgia Association for Home Health Agencies, Inc., S12468 [5DE]

———Mari Irelan, Home Health Care Alliance of Wyoming, S12484, S12495 [5DE]

———Mark Wheeler, Iowa Alliance in Home Care, S12406 [4DE]

———several Senators (2007), S12407 [4DE]

———Val J. Halamandaris, National Association for Home Care & Hospice, S12406 [4DE]

Medicare Premium Fairness Act: Barbara B. Kennelly, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, H9912 [24SE]

———Chris Koyanagi, Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, H9911 [24SE]

———Consortium for Citizens With Disabilities, H9912 [24SE]

———Edward F. Coyle, Alliance for Retired Americans, H9912 [24SE]

———Margaret L. Baptiste, National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, H9912 [24SE]

———Vicki Gottlich, Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc., H9913 [24SE]

National policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures: Douglas W. Elmendorf, CBO, S6622 [16JN]

———Haley Barbour, Governor of Mississippi, S10006 [1OC], E2473, E2474 [8OC]

———Joseph D. Zuckerman, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, H9802 [22SE]

———Phil Bredesen, Governor of Tennessee, S10178 [7OC]

———Philip Painter, Humana Inc., H9882 [23SE]

———Representative Burgess, H11380, H11381 [14OC], H12123 [29OC]

———Senator Reid, S10972 [2NO]

———several health care organizations, S7748 [21JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Diann Howland and William Samuel, AFL-CIO, S13081 [12DE]

———Kim Holland, Oklahoma Insurance Dept., S12543 [6DE]

———Lorne Bretz, Anchorage, AK, Police & Fire Retiree Medical Trust, S13773 [22DE]

———several economists, S13581 [20DE]

———several Palm Beach Cardiovascular Clinic physicians, S13606 [20DE]

———several Senators, S13001 [11DE]

———several State and National medical associations and societies, S13562 [20DE]

———several State and national speciality medical societies, S12857 [10DE]

———several surgeon and anethesiologist organizations, S12857 [10DE]

———Small Business Coalition for Affordable Healthcare, S12975 [11DE]

———Thomas A. Barthold, Committee on Taxation (Joint), S13023-S13025 [11DE]

———Thomas A. Schatz, Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, S12039 [1DE]

Prohibit reduction of guaranteed Medicare benefits and extend solvency, reduce premiums, expand benefits, and protect access to providers: Barbara B. Kennelly, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S12289 [3DE]

Public Good IRA Rollover Act: Dana Schaar, North Dakota Association of Nonprofit Organizations, S4580 [22AP]

———Patricia Read, Independent Sector (organization), S4580 [22AP]

———Steve Gunderson, Council on Foundations, S4580 [22AP]

———Tanya Howe Johnson, Partnership for Philanthropic Planning, S4580 [22AP]

Reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform: R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S12147 [2DE]

Senior Navigation and Planning Act: Eric J. Hall, Alzheimer's Foundation of America, S6574 [15JN]

———J. Donald Schumacher, National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, S6574 [15JN]

———Lonny Reisman and Randall Krakauer, Aetna Inc., S6575 [15JN]

———Reed V. Tuckson, UnitedHealth Group, S6575 [15JN]

———Richard Payne, Duke Institute on Care at the End of Life, S6574 [15JN]

Support goals and ideals of senior caregiving and affordability: Sheila McMackin, National Private Duty Association, H9454 [14SE]

———Suzanne Mintz, National Family Caregivers Association, H9455 [14SE]

———Val J. Halamandaris, National Association for Home Care & Hospice, H9455 [14SE]

Lists

CBO staff who worked on analyzing H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act, H12855 [7NO]

Congressional and executive branch staff working on H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S11966 [21NO]

Groups opposing H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act, H12617 [7NO]

National organizations supporting a single-payer health care system, S13291 [16DE]

Organizations opposing use of budget reconciliation for health care reform and global warming pollution emission cap and trade program, S4291 [2AP]

Physician organizations opposing H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S12857 [10DE]

Sec. of the Senate staff who read aloud the manager's amendment to H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S13646 [21DE]

Senate and Obama administration staff who worked on H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S13781 [22DE]

State organizations supporting a single-payer health care system, S13291 [16DE]

Tax increases included in H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act, H12618 [7NO]

Memorandums

Ban on Mailings Sent by Medicare Advantage Providers Relative to the Effect of Health Care Reform Proposals on the Quality and Cost of Such Plans: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, H9882 [23SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Estimated Effects on Medicare Trust Fund, Premiums, and Coinsurance Amounts: Richard S. Foster, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, S13827 [23DE]

Motions

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S11578 [19NO], S11997 [30NO], S12306 [3DE], S12397 [4DE], S12603 [7DE], S12683, S12685 [8DE], S13239 [15DE], S13295 [16DE], S13376 [17DE], S13478 [19DE], S13792 [22DE], S13804, S13810, S13833 [23DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), H12963 [7NO]

Papers

Specific Plan of Action—Lowering Health Care Costs: Senator McCain, S12490 [5DE]

Petitions and memorials

Rosenberg-Richmond, TX, Area Chamber of Commerce: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H8949 [28JY]

Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce, Inc.: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H8683 [23JY]

Press releases

AARP Applauds New Bill To Help Seniors Struggling in Tough Economy: AARP, H9912 [24SE]

Affordable Health Care for America Act: Representative Wolf, H12845 [7NO]

MAG in Group Representing 92,000 Doctors Opposing Senate Health Bill: Medical Association of Georgia, S13562 [20DE]

Medicare Issues New Guidance to Insurance Companies on Medicare Mailings: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, H9882 [23SE]

Proclamations

Tribute to Martha Miller: Representative Space, E550 [4MR]

Remarks in House

AARP: anniversary of Peachtree Chapter, E1307 [4JN]

———support for national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures relative to Medicare Advantage benefits, H10492 [6OC]

Affordable Health Care for America Act: tribute to congressional staff who worked on H.R. 3962, provisions, H12855, H12969 [7NO]

Appropriations: revised allocation of spending authority to certain committees of the House, H12970 [7NO], H13328 [19NO]

———revised allocation of spending authority to Committee on Appropriations (House), H9918 [24SE]

Broward County, FL: tribute to Senior Hall of Fame Breakfast honorees, E1143 [13MY]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: ban on mailings sent by Medicare Advantage providers relative to the effect of health care reform proposals on the quality and cost of such plans, H9810, H9811, H9880 [23SE], H9909, H9911, H9913 [24SE], H9979, H9980 [25SE]

———release of report on impact of Affordable Health Care for America Act, H13010 [17NO]

Cockeysville, MD: anniversary of Maryland Masonic Home, E1047 [4MY]

Coconut Creek, FL: anniversary of Wynmoor Village, E2577 [20OC]

Consumers Union: opinion poll results relative to national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H5171 [6MY]

Corp. for National and Community Service: direct volunteers towards programs that combat childhood obesity through physical education and provide services to homebound senior citizens, H3594, H3595 [18MR]

Cover the Uninsured Week: observance, H3759 [24MR], H3838 [25MR], H4030 [26MR], H4256 [1AP]

Crime: allow imposition of death penalty for certain hate crime offenses and include the elderly, Armed Forces members, and law enforcement officers as hate crime victim categories, H4956, H4957 [29AP]

———protect seniors from elder abuse by improving prosecution, law enforcement, and assistance to victims (H.R. 448), H1120-H1123 [10FE]

Cullen, Dorothy: MetLife Foundation Older Volunteers Enrich America Award recipient, E1005 [29AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: tribute to Commodity Supplemental Food Program, E1693 [9JY]

Dept. of HHS: count fellowship training in geriatric specialties as obligated service under the National Health Corps Loan Repayment Program (H.R. 1457), E662 [12MR]

Dept. of HUD: prohibit funding to enforce regulations against veteran's preference in Dept. of HUD financed housing for the elderly built on a Dept. of Veterans Affairs campus or using a VA-enhanced use lease, H8650 [23JY]

Dept. of Justice: encourage, enhance, and integrate Silver Alert plans throughout the U.S. (H.R. 632), H1123-H1128 [10FE], E240 [11FE], E259 [12FE]

———reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program (H.R. 908), H1118-H1120 [10FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend certain economic recovery payments that benefit senior citizens (H.R. 3810), H11357 [14OC]

Dept. of Transportation: carry out a program to improve roadway safety infrastructure in all States to enhance the safety of older drivers and pedestrians (H.R. 3355), H10490 [6OC]

Diseases: fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (H.R. 3286), H11373 [14OC], E1887 [22JY], E2335 [22SE]

Downingtown Area Senior Center, Inc.: anniversary, E1159 [14MY]

Dunedin, FL: Florida Dept. of Elder Affairs Communities for a Lifetime Award recipient, E2213 [9SE]

Economy: impact of economic downturn on the lives of constituents in California, H2837 [26FE]

———impact of economic downturn on the lives of constituents in Connecticut, H11483 [20OC]

———impact of economic downturn on the lives of constituents in North Carolina, H3339 [12MR]

———provide economic recovery payments to recipients of Social Security, railroad retirement, and veterans disability benefits, H5635 [14MY]

Executive Office of the President: convening of fiscal responsibility summit, H1610 [23FE]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow employees to take parental involvement leave for educational and extracurricular activities, and clarify leave may be used for medical needs or to assist elderly relatives (H.R. 824), E187 [3FE]

Federal aid programs: solvency of Social Security and Medicare Programs, H5585 [14MY]

———Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, unemployment benefits, senior nutrition services, after-school meals, food bank assistance, and community service block grants funding, H513 [26JA]

Federal employees: modify computation for part-time service under the Civil Service Retirement System, H11118, H11135, H11140 [8OC]

———modify computation for part-time service under the Civil Service Retirement System (H.R. 1198), E413 [25FE]

Fort Sam Houston, TX: tribute to Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery Memorial Service Detachment unit for performance of military funeral honors for veterans, H12492 [6NO]

Friends House (organization): anniversary, E838 [1AP]

General Motors Corp.: impact of bankruptcy on retirees health care, H8903 [28JY]

Grayson, Representative: characterization of Republican health care plan, H10092 [30SE]

Health: allow States to implement single-payer health care plans, H4753 [27AP]

———coverage of mental health and substance abuse prevention and screening, E1862 [21JY]

———establish certain requirements for any national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3700), H10443-H10445 [1OC], H11578 [21OC]

———establish guidelines to enhance use and interoperability of electronic medical records with personal health records, including for purposes of Medicare and Medicaid payment incentives (H.R. 4216), E2897 [7DE]

———impact of economic stimulus legislation on health care, H1136 [10FE], H1219 [11FE], H1592 [13FE]

———impose criminal penalties for failure to purchase health insurance, H12860, H12891 [7NO]

———improve palliative and end-of-life care provided to patients with life-threatening conditions, H9261 [31JY]

———improve palliative and end-of-life care provided to patients with life-threatening conditions (H.R. 2911), E1474 [17JN]

———integrate long-term care strategies into a comprehensive health care reform agenda (H. Res. 271), E726 [19MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H423 [21JA], H1026 [4FE], H1289-H1295 [12FE], H2611, H2612 [24FE], H2839 [26FE], H2931 [4MR], H2984, H2985 [5MR], H3057 [6MR], H3109, H3110, H3111, H3112 [10MR], H3147, H3150, H3320 [11MR], H3340 [12MR], H3441, H3508-H3514 [17MR], H3530, H3532, H3610 [18MR], H3739-H3745 [23MR], H3757, H3758, H3759 [24MR], H3838 [25MR], H4030 [26MR], H4114, H4120-H4126 [30MR], H4143 [31MR], H4255, H4256, H4373, H4374 [1AP], H4571-H4576 [21AP], H4769-H4774 [27AP], H4845, H4847, H4893, H4895, H4898-H4905 [28AP], H5083, H5091-H5094 [4MY], H5173, H5293-H5299 [6MY], H5376, H5381-H5385 [7MY], H5410, H5448, H5452 [12MY], H5489, H5492 [13MY], H5694, H5695-H5700, H5706-H5710 [18MY], H5720, H5782, H5783, H5784-H5788 [19MY], H5866 [20MY], H6000-H6003 [21MY], H6096, H6138-H6146 [3JN], H6160, H6243, H6248-H6254, H6260, H6261 [4JN], H6270, H6301 [8JN], H6309-H6311, H6316, H6317, H6318, H6319, H6387-H6393, H6400-H6406 [9JN], H6418, H6419, H6420 [10JN], H6542, H6543, H6544, H6545, H6604-H6615 [11JN], H6622, H6666 [12JN], H6748, H6782 [15JN], H6817, H6829, H6830, H6831, H6832 [16JN], H6907, H6908, H6909 [17JN], H6976, H6977, H6978 [18JN], H7026, H7027 [19JN], H7089, H7090, H7114, H7127-H7133 [23JN], H7150, H7153 [24JN], H7254, H7256, H7257 [25JN], H7451 [26JN], H7709, H7710, H7726, H7727 [7JY], H7743, H7744, H7745, H7746, H7747, H7828 [8JY], H7839, H7840, H7841, H7842, H7921, H7925-H7943 [9JY], H7949, H7950, H7951, H7997, H8000-H8006 [10JY], H11115 [8OC], E156 [27JA], E631 [11MR], E1587 [26JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3200), H8030, H8031, H8032, H8033, H8034, H8050, H8065, H8069, H8071-H8092 [14JY], H8103, H8104, H8105, H8106, H8160, H8162, H8163, H8170-H8183 [15JY], H8187, H8188, H8189, H8190, H8191, H8270, H8273-H8287, H8294, H8298 [16JY], H8305, H8306, H8307, H8310, H8313, H8343, H8345, H8348-H8353 [17JY], H8395-H8403, H8407, H8408 [20JY], H8411, H8412, H8416, H8418, H8419, H8420, H8421, H8422, H8423, H8424, H8425, H8426, H8427, H8428, H8429, H8430, H8431, H8432, H8433, H8436, H8437, H8438, H8439, H8440, H8441, H8442, H8443, H8444, H8454, H8469, H8474, H8475, H8486, H8488-H8493 [21JY], H8498, H8499, H8500, H8501, H8558-H8583 [22JY], H8588, H8589, H8590, H8591, H8682, H8683, H8684, H8686, H8689, H8692-H8705 [23JY], H8711, H8712, H8713, H8753, H8794, H8796-H8798, H8803 [24JY], H8811, H8813, H8849-H8852, H8854-H8869 [27JY], H8877, H8879, H8880, H8881, H8882, H8883, H8884, H8885, H8886, H8887, H8888, H8889, H8890, H8891, H8892, H8893, H8894, H8895, H8896, H8897, H8898, H8899, H8900, H8901, H8902, H8903, H8904, H8905, H8906, H8907, H8908, H8909, H8910, H8911, H8948, H8951-H8957 [28JY], H8964, H8965, H8966, H8967, H9041-H9049 [29JY], H9059, H9060, H9061, H9062, H9166, H9167, H9173-H9190, H9199-H9203 [30JY], H9210, H9211, H9247, H9252-H9256, H9261, H9264-H9272 [31JY], H9286, H9287, H9303, H9304, H9308, H9311, H9319-H9332 [8SE], H9345, H9346, H9347, H9348, H9349, H9350 [9SE], H9399, H9400, H9401, H9406, H9407, H9411-H9415, H9416, H9422-H9439 [10SE], H9446, H9447, H9465, H9469, H9470, H9481-H9485 [14SE], H9493-H9496, H9497, H9498, H9499, H9500, H9501, H9530-H9534, H9542-H9546 [15SE], H9555, H9556, H9557, H9638-H9646, H9652 [16SE], H9674, H9675, H9702, H9706, H9708-H9726 [17SE], H9742, H9780-H9784, H9786, H9790-H9794, H9796-H9802 [22SE], H9809, H9810, H9811, H9812, H9873, H9875-H9890 [23SE], H9902, H9903, H9910, H9911, H9919-H9924, H9953-H9960 [24SE], H9963, H9964, H9979 [25SE], H10001, H10044, H10046 [29SE], H10075, H10076, H10077, H10123, H10124, H10127, H10130-H10137, H10139-H10147, H10149, H10150, H10402-H10406 [30SE], H10412, H10436, H10437, H10438, H10440-H10452 [1OC], H10461, H10464, H10465, H10491, H10492, H10494-H10500 [6OC], H10523, H10524, H10526, H10527, H11080, H11082, H11083, H11085-H11092 [7OC], H11114, H11115, H11143, H11144, H11145, H11148, H11150-H11156, H11161-H11163 [8OC], H11175, H11268, H11269, H11272-H11279, H11281, H11285-H11296 [13OC], H11302, H11303, H11304, H11362-H11381 [14OC], H11386, H11387, H11388, H11389, H11434, H11437-H11449 [15OC], H11465, H11466, H11483, H11484, H11496-H11500 [20OC], H11520, H11521, H11522, H11523, H11557, H11558, H11561-H11579 [21OC], H11583, H11585, H11586, H11685-H11705 [22OC], H11715, H11716, H11717, H11726, H11728, H11729, H11734, H11736 [23OC], H11742, H11763, H11764, H11768, H11769, H11777-H11788 [26OC], H11794, H11795, H11796, H11797, H11798, H11799, H11800, H11801, H11802, H11803, H11804, H11805, H11806, H11807, H11808, H11809, H11810, H11811, H11812, H11813, H11814, H11815, H11816, H11817, H11818, H11819, H11820, H11821, H11822, H11823, H11833, H11836-H11866 [27OC], H11983, H11984, H11985, H11986, H12012, H12013-H12016, H12018-H12034 [28OC], E1862 [21JY], E1971 [24JY], E2039 [28JY], E2130, E2151, E2155, E2176 [31JY], E2225 [9SE], E2423 [1OC], E2466, E2468, E2471, E2473, E2476, E2478, E2481 [8OC], E2641 [27OC], E2650 [28OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3713), H12184 [2NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3889), H11574 [21OC], H11802 [27OC], H12276 [3NO], H12592 [7NO], H13331 [19NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), H12047, H12048, H12049, H12050, H12118-H12121, H12122, H12123, H12126, H12132-H12138 [29OC], H12143, H12145, H12175, H12176, H12180, H12181, H12182-H12195 [2NO], H12199, H12206, H12207, H12208, H12209, H12210, H12211, H12212, H12213, H12214, H12215, H12216, H12217, H12218, H12219, H12220, H12221, H12222, H12223, H12224, H12225, H12226, H12227, H12228, H12229, H12230, H12231, H12232, H12258-H12266, H12272-H12285 [3NO], H12291, H12292, H12293, H12296-H12299, H12306, H12312, H12314, H12337, H12338, H12339, H12341-H12361 [4NO], H12367, H12368, H12369, H12370, H12389, H12429-H12453 [5NO], H12459, H12460, H12461, H12463-H12465, H12467, H12468, H12475, H12485, H12537-H12540, H12542, H12543, H12549, H12550, H12551, H12552, H12553, H12554-H12582 [6NO], H12591, H12592, H12593, H12594, H12623-H12968 [7NO], H12982, H12983, H12984, H12989 [16NO], H13007, H13009, H13010, H13011, H13012, H13013, H13038-H13056 [17NO], H13073, H13119, H13126-H13133, H13262-H13264 [18NO], H13270, H13271, H13276, H13303-H13307, H13329-H13331, H13334 [19NO], H13358 [1DE], H13390, H13454-H13457 [2DE], H13511, H13513-H13516 [3DE], H13523, H13524 [7DE], H13552, H13583, H13584 [8DE], H14376, H14377, H14378, H14379 [9DE], H14449 [10DE], H14814-H14820 [11DE], H14847, H14851, H14857, H14861, H14862, H14867-H14874 [14DE], H14883, H14884, H14885, H14886, H14911, H14913, H14915, H14916, H14955, H14959, H14967, H14970 [15DE], H15480, H15486, H15487 [16DE], E2659 [29OC], E2698 [3NO], E2719 [4NO], E2729, E2731 [5NO], E2733 [6NO], E2755, E2756 [9NO], E2759, E2762, E2766, E2770, E2772, E2775 [16NO], E2779 [17NO], E2812, E2823, E2830, E2836 [19NO], E2858 [1DE], E2868 [2DE], E2922, E2925, E2932 [10DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), consideration (H. Res. 903), H12598-H12622 [7NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), corrections in engrossment, H12969 [7NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), motion to recommit, H12966, H12967 [7NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 4038), H12859, H12860, H12888 [7NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 676), H513 [26JA], H879 [3FE], H2609 [24FE], H5419 [12MY], H5696, H5700 [18MY], H5993-H5999 [21MY], H8696, H8697 [23JY], H9253 [31JY], H9304 [8SE], H9424 [10SE], H10405 [30SE], H10411 [1OC]

———provide for health insurance coverage premium discounts for healthy behavior and improvements toward healthy behavior (H.R. 3472), H9210 [31JY], H9555 [16SE], H9902 [24SE]

———provide greater health care freedom (H.R. 164), E15 [6JA]

———provide health insurance education and outreach, in coordination with the SBA, to hard-to-reach communities, H12844 [7NO]

———reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform and apply savings to establish a Seniors Protection and Medicare Regional Payment Equity Fund, H12966, H12967 [7NO]

———support goals and ideals of senior caregiving and affordability (H. Con. Res. 59), H9453-H9455 [14SE]

Health care facilities: ensure that private for-profit nursing homes affected by major disasters receive the same reimbursement as public nursing homes (H.R. 1494), E659 [12MR]

Health care professionals: home health care service funding, H12122 [29OC]

House of Representatives: importance of bipartisanship, H10045 [29SE]

———require any conference committee or other meetings held to determine health care legislation be conducted publicly (H. Res. 847), H11521 [21OC]

Independent Medicare Advisory Council: establish, H9252 [31JY]

Johnson City, TN: anniversary of Appalachian Christian Village Inc., E1836 [17JY]

Manassas, VA: anniversary of Project Mend-A-House, E2552 [15OC]

Medicaid: improve the State plan amendment option for providing home and community-based services (H.R. 2688), H12842 [7NO]

Medicare: allow waiver of copays for biosimilar interchangeable drugs, H12842 [7NO]

———apply a consistent premium for all beneficiaries in a budget neutral manner (H.R. 3631), H9908-H9915, H9917 [24SE], E2379 [25SE]

———apply a consistent premium for all beneficiaries in a budget neutral manner (H.R. 3631), allow consideration under suspension of the rules (H. Res. 766), H9905-H9907 [24SE]

———assist low-income beneficiaries by improving eligibility and services under the Medicare Savings Program (H.R. 2716), E1325 [4JN]

———combat waste, fraud, and abuse, H11575 [21OC], H12021, H12022 [28OC]

———delay date on which accreditation requirement applies to suppliers of durable medical equipment that are pharmacies (H.R. 3663), H10090-H10092 [30SE]

———deliver a meaningful drug benefit and lower prescription drug prices (H.R. 684), H7130 [23JN]

———eliminate funding cuts, H14378 [9DE], H14883 [15DE]

———eliminate gap in coverage of prescription drug benefit, H7025 [19JN], H7130 [23JN]

———eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse, H11293 [13OC]

———establish a Care Transitions Program to improve quality and cost-effectiveness of care for beneficiaries (H.R. 2773), E1347 [9JN]

———funding, H11697-H11699 [22OC]

———home health services funding, H11715 [23OC], H12339 [4NO], E2225 [9SE]

———improve fairness and reduce regional inequities in reimbursement payments to providers, H8033 [14JY], H8438, H8490, H8492 [21JY], H12262 [3NO], H12882, H12884, H12900, H12955 [7NO], E2155 [31JY]

———Medicare Advantage program funding, H8431 [21JY], H11522 [21OC], H11821, H11822 [27OC], H12262 [3NO], H12477 [6NO], H13270, H13271 [19NO], H14884 [15DE]

———modernize quality improvement organization (QIO) program (H.R. 2858), H7841 [9JY]

———preserve access to ambulance services (H.R. 2443), E1158 [14MY]

———preventative services insurance coverage, H11699 [22OC]

———provide certain beneficiaries suffering from multiple chronic conditions with access to medical services in lower cost treatment settings under a professionally developed care plan (H.R. 2560), E1236 [21MY]

———provide coverage for consultations regarding orders for life sustaining treatment and provide grants for development and expansion of programs for such orders (H.R. 1898), H4065 [30MR], E865 [2AP]

———provide coverage for end-of-life planning consultations, H8811 [27JY]

———provide coverage for the shingles vaccine (H.R. 1038), E265 [12FE]

———provide coverage of kidney disease education services (H.R. 306), E50 [8JA]

———provide payments to Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical facilities for items and services provided to eligible veterans for non-service-connected conditions (H.R. 3365), E2122 [31JY]

———recognize certain certified diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes self-management training services (H.R. 2425), E2810 [19NO], E2872 [2DE]

———reduce fraud, H8849 [27JY]

———reduce occurrence of diabetes in beneficiaries by extending coverage for medical nutrition therapy services to beneficiaries with pre-diabetes or with risk factors for developing type 2 diabetes (H.R. 2590), E2810 [19NO], E2872 [2DE]

———reform, H12562 [6NO]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (H.R. 43), E19 [6JA]

———solvency, H11443-H11446 [15OC], H12262 [3NO], H12982 [16NO], H13044 [17NO], H13131, H13132 [18NO]

———stabilize and modernize the provision of partial hospitalization services (H.R. 4373), E3048 [17DE]

Medicare Payment Advisory Commission: provide for annual review of geographic access to services (H.R. 2921), E1477 [17JN]

Medicare/Medicaid: amend qualifications of the director of food services of a skilled nursing facility (H.R. 1636), E728 [19MR]

———anniversary, H9040 [29JY]

———establish prescription drug outreach demonstration program for certain eligible individuals with mental disabilities (H.R. 2390), H5552 [13MY]

———improve awareness and access to colorectal cancer screening tests (H.R. 3559), E2256 [14SE]

National Save for Retirement Week: observance, H11520 [21OC]

———support goals and ideals (H. Res. 662), H9245 [31JY]

News media: allegations of media bias in coverage of issues based on political affiliation, H7256 [25JN]

Obama, President: evaluation of economic policies, H11562 [21OC], H11716 [23OC]

———joint congressional address on health care reform, H9477 [14SE]

Pantry of Broward, Inc.: tribute, E2821 [19NO]

Pharmaceuticals: lower prescription drug prices, H13272 [19NO]

———provide tax credit to retirement age individuals, remove barriers to importation, and prohibit certain regulation of Internet sites relative to prescription drugs (H.R. 163), E5 [6JA]

Philadelphia, PA: anniversary of Philadelphia Senior Center, E2513 [13OC]

Republican Party: allegations of censorship relative to block of Republican mailing on H.R. 3200, America's Affordable Health Choices Act, H8682, H8683, H8684, H8686 [23JY], H8854-H8859 [27JY], H8888, H8909 [28JY]

———national agenda, H12018 [28OC], H12132, H12133 [29OC], E2698 [3NO]

Ridgewood Foundation, Inc.: tribute, E2439 [2OC]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H9918 [24SE]

———establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (H.R. 2365), H9917, H9918 [24SE], H11357 [14OC]

———impact of benefit levels on living standards of senior citizens, H11370 [14OC]

———impact of lack of cost-of-living adjustment, H11483 [20OC], E2564 [15OC]

———increase benefits for one month in 2010 to compensate for the lack of cost-of-living adjustment (H.R. 3672), H11373 [14OC]

———invest trust funds in marketable interest-bearing securities and insured certificates of deposit, and protect trust funds from public debt limit (H.R. 219), E3 [6JA]

———lack of cost-of-living increase in benefits, H5409 [12MY]

———protect seniors from identity theft and strengthen our national security by providing for the issuance of a secure Social Security card (H.R. 50), E1 [6JA]

———waive certain waiting periods for disability and Medicare benefits in the case of terminally ill, disabled beneficiaries (H.R. 2881), H7745 [8JY]

Taxation: allow a deduction for qualified long-term care insurance and a credit for individuals who care for those with long-term care needs (H.R. 897), E274 [13FE]

———allow seniors with Social Security and pension income to file income tax form 1040S without regard to amount of interest or taxable income (H.R. 728), E306 [23FE]

———increase amount excludable from the sale of a principal residence by taxpayers who have attained age 50 (H.R. 674), E165 [28JA]

———repeal inclusion of gross income in Social Security benefits (H.R. 162), E1 [6JA]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (H.R. 161), E1 [6JA]

———treatment of income earned by individuals who are not citizens or U.S. nationals relative to coverage under the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program (H.R. 190), E10 [6JA]

Territories: eligibility of residents for health care affordability credits, H9446 [14SE]

Wall Street Journal: assessment of H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act, H12210 [3NO]

Wilson, Representative Joe: disapprove interruption of President Obama's joint congressional address on health care reform (H. Res. 744), H9529-H9534, H9541 [15SE], E2274 [15SE], E2290 [16SE]

———interruption of President Obama's joint congressional address on health care reform, H9417 [10SE], H9447, H9471, H9475, H9485 [14SE]

Women: health care for women and role of women in health care decisions, H12182-H12189 [2NO]

World Alzheimer's Day: observance, E2335 [22SE]

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day: observance, E1357 [9JN]

Remarks in Senate

Age Discrimination in Employment Act: clarify appropriate standard of proof (S. 1756), S10164 [6OC], S10313 [8OC]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: impact of stimulus funding on Florida economy, S6160 [4JN]

Arkansas: improve access, quality, and affordability of health care for State residents, S4626 [23AP]

Armed Forces: enable State homes to furnish nursing home care to parents whose children died while serving in the Armed Forces, S7519 [15JY]

———treat service as a member of the Alaska Territorial Guard during World War II as active service for purposes of retired pay, S776-S778 [22JA], S7542 [15JY], S10007-S10009 [1OC], S11021 [3NO]

———treat service as a member of the Alaska Territorial Guard during World War II as active service for purposes of retired pay (S. 342), S997 [28JA]

Benefits: provide emergency relief to Social Security recipients, railroad retirees, SSI beneficiaries, and certain veterans in 2010 to compensate for the lack of cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1685), S9354 [15SE], S10406 [14OC], S10473 [15OC]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: actuarial report on impact of H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, on Medicare and Medicaid programs, S13088-S13092 [12DE]

———ban on mailings sent by Medicare Advantage providers relative to the effect of health care reform proposals on the quality and cost of such plans, S9637 [22SE], S9694 [23SE]

Cleveland, OH: commend efforts of health care professionals and volunteers to provide free health care to the underinsured and uninsured, S8526 [30JY]

Committee on the Budget (Senate): appropriations allocation revisions to S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014, S11971 [21NO], S12066 [1DE], S13751 [22DE]

Community service: integration of retired science, technical, engineering, and mathematics professionals into community-based service learning programs, S3642 [24MR]

Corp. for National and Community Service: establish Encore Service programs, Encore Fellowship programs, and Silver Scholarship programs (S. 467), S2429 [24FE]

———evaluate and improve administration of Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP), S3837 [26MR]

———require criminal history check and drug test for controlled substances for certain individuals with access to vulnerable populations, S3826-S3828, S3836 [26MR]

Crime: ensure adequate public-private infrastructure and resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, S12699 [8DE]

———ensure adequate public-private infrastructure and resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation (S. 795), S4331 [2AP]

———increase penalties for violations of securities protections that involve targeting senior citizens (S. 1659), S9268 [10SE]

———protect seniors from elder abuse by improving prosecution, law enforcement, and assistance to victims (S. 1821), S10641 [21OC]

Dept. of HHS: establish an online database of enrollee satisfaction information relative to health plans offered through the health insurance exchange, S12570, S12592, S12596, S12597, S12599 [7DE]

———establish Office of Deputy Sec. for Health Care Fraud Prevention (S. 2128), S10950 [30OC], S10973 [2NO]

———establish Office of the Deputy Sec. for Health Care Fraud Prevention, S13768, S13769 [22DE]

———establish the Long-Term Care Worker Recruitment and Investment Demonstration Program, S1798, S1799 [6FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: prevent Customs and Border Protection seizure of imported prescription drugs for personal use, S7305, S7306 [9JY]

Dept. of HUD: expand supply of affordable housing with supportive services for the elderly (S. 118), S89 [6JA]

———strengthen regulations to prevent, detect, and prosecute certain fraudulent practices of reverse mortgage industry, S4628, S4629 [23AP]

Dept. of Justice: provide grants to States to protect older Americans from misleading and fraudulent marketing practices, with the goal of increasing retirement security, S4612 [23AP]

Diseases: fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (S. 1492), S7884 [22JY], S9584 [21SE]

Economy: improve lives of middle class families and provide them with greater opportunity to achieve the American dream (S. 2), S44 [6JA], S153 [7JA]

ERISA: require a lifetime income disclosure (S. 2832), S12327 [3DE]

Federal aid programs: establish a task force to recommend comprehensive legislation addressing expected shortfalls in certain entitlement programs, S5398 [13MY]

Federal employees: modify computation for part-time service under the Civil Service Retirement System, S6140 [4JN], S6245 [8JN]

———modify computation for part-time service under the Civil Service Retirement System (S. 469), S2475 [25FE]

Foreign countries: analysis of universal health care coverage plans, S12501-S12504 [5DE]

Health: allow States to implement single-payer health care plans, S11466 [18NO]

———Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program funding, S12389, S12390, S12393-S12395 [4DE], S13565, S13566, S13620 [20DE], S13744 [22DE], S13840 [23DE]

———comparative effectiveness research funding, S3354-S3356 [18MR]

———establish long-term services and supports through single-entry point systems, evidence based disease prevention and health promotion programs, and enhanced nursing home diversion programs (S. 1257), S6564 [11JN]

———exempt nonprofit organizations with high payout rates from health insurance provider annual fees, S13692 [21DE]

———health insurance premiums rates, S11007 [3NO], S12107 [2DE], S12487 [5DE], S12581, S12582 [7DE]

———impact of economic stimulus legislation on health care, S2197, S2199 [12FE]

———impact of media coverage on public perception of health care reform, S11823 [19NO]

———impact of tax increases on health insurance premiums rates, S11017 [3NO]

———improve palliative and end-of-life care provided to patients with life-threatening conditions (S. 1150), S5862 [21MY]

———integrate long-term care strategies into a comprehensive health care reform agenda, S7299-S7301 [9JY]

———national policy to provide health care, control costs, and enhance the quality of the health care system (H.R. 1200), S13291 [16DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S195 [8JA], S2354 [23FE], S2780 [5MR], S3002 [11MR], S3354-S3356 [18MR], S3545 [19MR], S3587-S3589 [23MR], S3743 [25MR], S4137-S4140 [1AP], S4626 [23AP], S4782-S4788, S4792 [28AP], S4845, S4847-S4852, S4858, S4863, S4873-S4878 [29AP], S5007 [1MY], S5061 [4MY], S5250, S5270-S5272 [7MY], S5472 [14MY], S5544-S5548 [18MY], S5777-S5780, S5805 [21MY], S5893 [1JN], S5911, S5926 [2JN], S5986, S5996 [3JN], S6136, S6137, S6174-S6178 [4JN], S6232, S6240 [8JN], S6319-S6325, S6332, S6349-S6352, S6356-S6358 [9JN], S6393, S6394, S6396, S6400-S6405, S6419-S6424, S6426-S6429 [10JN], S6482-S6484, S6488, S6491-S6496, S6523-S6526, S6530, S6533 [11JN], S6576 [15JN], S6611, S6612, S6614-S6617, S6621, S6626, S6632-S6634, S6637-S6640 [16JN], S6670-S6673, S6678-S6682, S6688-S6690, S6701-S6703 [17JN], S6751-S6753, S6759-S6761, S6771, S6772, S6793 [18JN], S6829-S6831, S6833-S6839 [19JN], S6864-S6870, S6874 [22JN], S6900-S6907, S6915-S6918, S6921-S6925 [23JN], S6966, S6969, S6975-S6977 [24JN], S7026-S7030, S7035, S7038-S7041 [25JN], S7115, S7118, S7119, S7122 [6JY], S7154, S7156, S7158, S7162, S7170, S7182-S7186, S7188 [7JY], S7218-S7222, S7224, S7226, S7252, S7254 [8JY], S7287, S7297 [9JY], S7333-S7341, S7348-S7350, S7353-S7355 [10JY], S7377, S7390-S7392, S7407 [13JY], S7443-S7446, S7453-S7455 [14JY], S7510, S7526, S7548-S7550, S7578 [15JY], S7584-S7591, S7593-S7595, S7603, S7605-S7611, S7619-S7621, S7624-S7626 [16JY], S7678, S7681, S7687, S7697 [20JY], S7725, S7743-S7751, S7754, S7762, S7771 [21JY], S7809-S7811, S7834-S7841, S7847, S7860, S7939-S7944 [22JY], S7945 [23JY], S8068-S8073, S8079-S8084 [24JY], S8103-S8108, S8125-S8129 [27JY], S8149-S8157, S8159-S8176, S8186 [28JY], S8215-S8217, S8219-S8221, S8227, S8230-S8234, S8237, S8242, S8263 [29JY], S8501, S8504-S8508, S8526, S8537-S8541-S8547 [30JY], S8623-S8625 [31JY], S8641-S8645, S8647, S8662-S8677 [3AU], S8713, S8756 [4AU], S8892-S8896, S8968-S8975, S9012 [6AU], S9069-S9072 [7AU], S9101-S9115, S9117, S9124 [8SE], S9143-S9147, S9158 [9SE], S9276-S9278 [10SE], S9282-S9284, S9286 [11SE], S9302, S9313 [14SE], S9338-S9341, S9360-S9363 [15SE], S9391-S9396, S9424 [16SE], S9490, S9523-S9525, S9542-S9544 [17SE], S9576-S9578 [21SE], S9625, S9626, S9631-S9633, S9634, S9637, S9651 [22SE], S9693-S9705, S9713, S9715, S9727 [23SE], S9762-S9766, S9775-S9778 [24SE], S9861-S9863 [25SE], S9899-S9902, S9909 [29SE], S9944-S9952, S9957-S9959 [30SE], S9994-S10005, S10016-S10019, S10034, S10035 [1OC], S10079-S10084 [5OC], S10121, S10137-S10142 [6OC], S10172-S10189, S10195-S10197, S10203-S10207 [7OC], S10257-S10265, S10268, S10270, S10273-S10277, S10288-S10306 [8OC], S10333-S10338, S10353-S10357 [13OC], S10387-S10393, S10404, S10409-S10428 [14OC], S10443-S10457, S10459-S10461, S10464-S10469, S10471-S10473 [15OC], S10499-S10501, S10504-S10517 [19OC], S10533, S10538, S10560, S10565 [20OC], S10588-S10601 [21OC], S10655-S10658, S10660-S10662, S10675-S10678, S10687-S10695 [22OC], S10713-S10725, S10727-S10729 [26OC], S10743-S10747, S10749, S10754-S10756, S10760-S10762 [27OC], S10794-S10807, S10810, S10813, S10817, S10818, S10826-S10828, S10831-S10835, S10839-S10846 [28OC], S10871-S10878, S10884, S10885, S10908 [29OC], S10948, S10949, S10951, S10955 [30OC], S10963-S10967, S10969-S10983, S11001-S11005 [2NO], S11007, S11008, S11010-S11013, S11016-S11020, S11026, S11029, S11034-S11044 [3NO], S11064-S11075, S11081-S11083, S11085-S11090, S11092-S11094, S11105-S11113 [4NO], S11132-S11139, S11142-S11144, S11191-S11196 [5NO], S11243 [6NO], S11262 [9NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3200), S7575-S7577 [15JY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S11967-S11969 [21NO], S11979-S12005 [30NO], S12019-S12031, S12033-S12066, S12090-S12092 [1DE], S12093-S12152 [2DE], S12261-S12317 [3DE], S12355-S12408 [4DE], S12461-S12516 [5DE], S12523-S12552 [6DE], S12563-S12613 [7DE], S12648-S12699 [8DE], S12744-S12799 [9DE], S12836-S12839, S12841-S12887, S12890-S12896, S12901-S12904 [10DE], S12972-S12978, S12980-S12984, S12987, S12988, S12990-S13026, S13028, S13063 [11DE], S13069, S13073, S13078-S13083, S13086-S13096, S13114-S13118, S13120-S13124 [12DE], S13126, S13131-S13141 [13DE], S13144-S13154, S13156-S13178, S13181-S13183 [14DE], S13204-S13242 [15DE], S13278-S13280, S13283, S13286, S13300-S13307, S13309, S13311-S13314 [16DE], S13344-S13358, S13360-S13370, S13374-S13376 [17DE], S13402-S13406, S13411-S13414, S13418-S13422, S13424, S13429, S13432-S13440, S13442-S13455 [18DE], S13472-S13474, S13477-S13489 [19DE], S13558-S13628 [20DE], S13640-S13695, S13706-S13709 [21DE], S13714-S13782 [22DE], S13796-S13801, S13803-S13866, S13875-S13877 [23DE], S13890-S14136 [24DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), motion to commit, S11997-S12001, S12003-S12005 [30NO], S12020-S12025, S12028-S12030, S12033-S12041, S12043-S12058, S12063-S12066 [1DE], S12094-S12108, S12112, S12114-S12119, S12123-S12126, S12144-S12146 [2DE], S12263, S12264, S12268-S12271, S12279-S12295, S12306-S12311 [3DE], S12356, S12361-S12369, S12371-S12375, S12379, S12384-S12386, S12391-S12393, S12396-S12403, S12405 [4DE], S12466-S12472, S12474, S12482-S12484, S12488-S12490, S12494-S12496 [5DE], S12604-S12607, S12609 [7DE], S12649, S12655-S12659, S12663, S12667-S12669, S12683-S12686, S12691 [8DE], S12745-S12751, S12755-S12758, S12760-S12770, S12774-S12777, S12779-S12784, S12789, S12790 [9DE], S12863, S12869, S12880-S12885, S12893-S12896 [10DE], S12972, S13004-S13007 [11DE], S13131 [13DE], S13205-S13210, S13213, S13217-S13221, S13236-S13238, S13239 [15DE], S13286-S13289, S13294-S13297 [16DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), motion to proceed, S11578-S11589, S11819-S11824 [19NO], S11825-S11879, S11888-S11903 [20NO], S11906-S11967 [21NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), unanimous-consent agreement, S11577, S11824 [19NO], S12259 [2DE], S12303 [3DE], S12683 [8DE], S13177, S13201 [14DE], S13747 [22DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), unanimous-consent request, S11985, S11986 [30NO], S12898, S12899 [10DE], S12981, S12992, S12993 [11DE], S13289 [16DE], S13477 [19DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), S10881, S10882, S10893, S10894 [29OC], S11140 [5NO], S11260, S11264, S11265 [9NO], S11307-S11313, S11315, S11317, S11332, S11356 [10NO], S11359, S11372-S11374 [16NO], S11393-S11395, S11397-S11402, S11422-S11424 [17NO], S11443-S11459, S11465-S11467, S11482-S11484, S11511-S11513 [18NO], S11515-S11523, S11533-S11537, S11573-S11576 [19NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 676), S13291 [16DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1324), S6917 [23JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1796), S11264 [9NO], S13694 [21DE]

———provide affordable, guaranteed health coverage, S4642, S4643 [23AP]

———provide affordable, guaranteed private health coverage (S. 391), S1676 [5FE], S2355 [23FE], S2609 [2MR], S3541, S3542 [19MR], S3971 [30MR], S4768 [28AP], S5544 [18MY], S6015-S6017 [3JN], S6621 [16JN], S7028 [25JN], S8068 [24JY], S8219, S8220 [29JY], S10810 [28OC], S12378 [4DE], S12573 [7DE]

———require that any major health care reform bill be available in an electronic form for a certain period prior to approval, S10884 [29OC]

———support goals and ideals of senior caregiving and affordability (H. Con. Res. 59), S9757, S9758 [23SE]

———support goals and ideals of senior caregiving and affordability (S. Con. Res. 37), S8204 [28JY]

Health care facilities: expand pilot program for national and State background checks on direct patient access employees of long-term care facilities or providers, S12699 [8DE]

———expand pilot program for national and State background checks on direct patient access employees of long-term care facilities or providers (S. 631), S3375 [18MR]

Health care professionals: attract and retain trained health care professionals and direct care workers dedicated to providing quality care to the growing population of older Americans (S. 750), S4073 [31MR], S9584 [21SE]

———expand, train, and support all sectors of the health care workforce to care for the growing population of older individuals (S. 245), S393 [14JA]

Independent Medicare Advisory Board: establish, S11888 [20NO], S13367-S13370 [17DE], S13432-S13436 [18DE]

Insurance: improve prescription drug coverage under Medicare and private health insurance (S. 1630), S9027 [6AU]

IRS: role in implementation, administration, and enforcement of health care reform, S11482-S11484 [18NO]

Medicaid: establish financial incentives for States to expand the provision of long-term services and supports to beneficiaries who do not reside in an institution (S. 1256), S6560 [11JN]

———impact of eligibility expansion, S13144-S13148 [14DE]

———improve the State plan amendment option for providing home and community-based services (S. 434), S2323-S2325 [13FE]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (H.R. 1670), S8121-S8124 [27JY]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (S. 683), S3675 [24MR]

———provision of home and community-based services by States, S1671 [5FE]

Medicare: allow all enrollees in the Medicare Advantage program to maintain current level of benefits, S12604-S12607, S12609 [7DE], S12649, S12655-S12659, S12663, S12667-S12669, S12683, S12684, S12691 [8DE], S12797 [9DE]

———allow patients the right to privately contract for medical services with the physician of their choice, S13670 [21DE]

———allow plan providers to provide information to senior citizens about possible changes to the program, S10501 [19OC]

———apply a consistent premium for all beneficiaries in a budget neutral manner (H.R. 3631), S10204 [7OC]

———apply a consistent premium for all beneficiaries in a budget neutral manner (H.R. 3631), unanimous-consent request, S10203 [7OC]

———assist low-income beneficiaries by improving eligibility and services under the Medicare Savings Program (S. 1185), S6193 [4JN]

———cover marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services (S. 671), S3806 [25MR]

———cover transitional care services to improve the quality and cost effectiveness of care (S. 1295), S6812 [18JN], S10596 [21OC]

———delay date on which accreditation requirement applies to suppliers of durable medical equipment that are pharmacies (H.R. 3663), S10117 [5OC]

———delay phase out of the hospice budget neutrality adjustment factor, S1673 [5FE]

———delay phase out of the hospice budget neutrality adjustment factor (S. 421), S2230 [12FE]

———deliver a meaningful drug benefit and lower prescription drug prices (S. 330), S894 [27JA]

———eliminate cuts to home health services, S12397, S12400-S12403, S12405 [4DE], S12466-S12472, S12474, S12477, S12482, S12484, S12488-S12490, S12494-S12496 [5DE], S12532, S12551 [6DE], S12612 [7DE]

———eliminate funding cuts, S11997-S12001, S12003 [30NO], S12020-S12025, S12028-S12030, S12033-S12041, S12043-S12058, S12064, S12065 [1DE], S12094-S12108, S12112, S12114-S12119, S12123-S12126, S12139, S12144-S12146, S12148 [2DE], S12263, S12264, S12268-S12271, S12279-S12297 [3DE], S12376-S12379, S12399, S12407 [4DE], S12466, S12467, S12471, S12475-S12477, S12480, S12491 [5DE], S12523, S12524, S12526 [6DE], S12575-S12577 [7DE], S12856 [10DE], S13009, S13022 [11DE], S13482 [19DE], S13562, S13579, S13580 [20DE], S13656-S13660, S13668 [21DE], S13718, S13729 [22DE]

———eliminate in-home restriction for coverage of mobility devices for individuals with long-term needs (S. 1186), S6201 [4JN]

———ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (S. 2814), S11885 [20NO]

———establish a Care Transitions Program to improve quality and cost-effectiveness of care for beneficiaries, S11908 [21NO]

———establish a demonstration project to examine whether community-level public health interventions can result in lower rates of chronic disease for individuals entering the program (S. 1181), S6189 [4JN]

———establish a hospice care demonstration program and grant programs for cancer palliative care and symptom management programs (S. 1773), S10363 [13OC]

———establish an accountable care organization pilot program to reduce the growth of expenditures and improve health outcomes, S11133, S11137, S11138 [5NO]

———establish Independence at Home Chronic Care Coordination Demonstration Project, S11910 [21NO], S13852 [23DE]

———establish Independence at Home Chronic Care Coordination Demonstration Project (S. 1131), S5829 [21MY]

———establish telehealth pilot projects, expand and improve access to telehealth services in certain facilities, reimburse Indian Health Service facilities, and establish certain standards for originating sites (S. 2741), S11216 [5NO]

———funding, S11064-S11070, S11092-S11094 [4NO], S11143 [5NO]

———impact of proposed funding cuts and buy-in option on States, S12862 [10DE], S13122 [12DE], S13152 [14DE]

———implement single-payer health care system, S13290-S13294 [16DE], S13577 [20DE]

———improve access of beneficiaries to intravenous immune globulins (IVIG) (S. 701), S3792 [25MR]

———improve access to health care for beneficiaries in rural areas, S10599 [21OC]

———improve access to health care for beneficiaries in rural areas (S. 318), S835 [26JA]

———improve access to health care for beneficiaries in rural areas (S. 1355), S7077 [25JN], S7185 [7JY]

———improve fairness and reduce regional inequities in reimbursement payments to providers, S13773 [22DE], S13849 [23DE]

———improve quality and efficiency through measurement of readmission rates and resource use and provide payments to certain groups of providers and suppliers for hospitalization relative to high cost diagnoses (S. 295), S723 [21JA]

———improve reimbursement for clinical social worker services (S. 55), S61 [6JA]

———improve the provision of services to beneficiaries in rural areas (S. 712), S3899 [26MR]

———include costs incurred by certain agencies, health centers, or drug assistance programs toward the out-of-pocket threshold of the prescription drug program (S. 1201), S6265 [8JN]

———long-term care insurance reform, S13862 [23DE]

———Medicare Advantage program funding, S10173-S10177 [7OC], S11072-S11074, S11085-S11088 [4NO], S11393-S11395 [17NO], S11855-S11861 [20NO], S11951 [21NO], S11983, S11986 [30NO], S12294-S12300, S12305-S12311 [3DE], S12356, S12361-S12369, S12371-S12375, S12379, S12384-S12386, S12391-S12393, S12396, S12403-S12405 [4DE], S12462, S12466, S12471, S12474, S12482-S12484, S12491, S12515 [5DE], S12584-S12592 [7DE], S12851 [10DE], S13122 [12DE], S13719, S13760 [22DE], S13858 [23DE]

———offer certain individuals a buy-in option, S12693 [8DE], S12793 [9DE], S12853-S12855, S12868 [10DE]

———permit direct payment for clinical social worker services provided to residents of skilled nursing facilities (S. 687), S3690 [24MR]

———physician referrals to hospitals in which doctors have a financial interest, S13669 [21DE]

———prevent payments being lost to fraud, waste, or abuse (S. 2774), S11385 [16NO]

———prohibit establishment of Medicare Advisory Board, S12113 [2DE]

———prohibit reduction of guaranteed benefits and apply any savings to extend solvency of trust funds, reduce premiums, improve or expand guaranteed benefits, and protect access to providers, S12278, S12285, S12292-S12295 [3DE], S12549 [6DE], S12566, S12567, S12590-S12592, S12595 [7DE]

———prohibit use of trust fund revenues to establish new entitlement programs, S12530-S12532, S12534-S12536, S12538, S12549-S12551 [6DE], S12565-S12570, S12575-S12586, S12588, S12590-S12593, S12596-S12599 [7DE], S13803 [23DE]

———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers, S7608 [16JY]

———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers (S. 1157), S5898 [1JN], S5994 [3JN], S8756 [4AU]

———provide a five-year payment increase for home health services furnished in a rural area (S. 1123), S5825 [21MY]

———provide all beneficiaries with the right to guaranteed issue of a supplemental policy (S. 1669), S9373 [15SE]

———provide continued coverage for immunosuppressive drugs furnished to beneficiaries that have received a kidney transplant and whose coverage would otherwise expire (S. 565), S2973 [10MR]

———provide coverage of intensive lifestyle treatment (S. 1640), S9043 [6AU]

———provide flexibility in the manner in which beds are counted for purposes of critical access hospital designation and exempt beds provided for veterans from certain limitations (S. 307), S791 [22JA]

———provide for advanced illness care management services for beneficiaries (S. 1251), S6558 [11JN]

———provide for advanced illness care management services for beneficiaries (S. 1263), S6573 [15JN]

———provide for consolidated coverage of home infusion drug therapy (S. 254), S612 [15JA]

———reduce coverage gap in prescription drug coverage through savings resulting from medical malpractice tort reform, S13592 [20DE]

———reduce fraud (S. 975), S6869 [22JN], S10312 [8OC], S10827 [28OC]

———reform, S10173 [7OC], S10810 [28OC]

———remove prompt payment discount on prescription drugs, S1674 [5FE]

———remove restrictions on clinical psychologists or social workers providing services in outpatient rehabilitation facilities (S. 56), S61 [6JA]

———require that certain tests performed by an independent laboratory of a specimen collected by a hospital be treated as services for which payment may be made directly to the laboratory (S. 1220), S6382 [9JN]

———require use of generic drugs under the prescription drug program when available unless the brand name is determined to be medically necessary (S. 75), S74 [6JA]

———require wealthy beneficiaries to pay a greater share of their premiums under the prescription drug program, S4247, S4248 [2AP]

———solvency, S5472 [14MY], S10004 [1OC], S11312 [10NO], S11847, S11855 [20NO], S11944, S11950, S11951 [21NO], S12480, S12484 [5DE], S12693 [8DE], S12791 [9DE]

Medicare Payment Advisory Commission: rename as Medicare Payment and Access Commission, restructure as independent executive agency, and reform (S. 1110), S5724 [20MY]

Medicare/Medicaid: improve transparency of information on nursing and skilled nursing facilities and clarify and improve enforcement of requirements on such facilities (S. 647), S3554-S3556 [19MR]

———protect and improve prescription drug benefits provided to dual eligible individuals (S. 1634), S9029 [6AU]

———require any savings to be reinvested back into Medicare and used to increase Federal medical assistance percentage to reduce State burdens (S. Res. 212), S7651 [16JY]

National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 185), S6655 [16JN]

National Commission on Entitlement Solvency: establish (S. 276), S652 [16JA]

National Falls Prevention Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 276), S9615 [21SE]

National Family Caregivers Month: observance, S11252 [6NO]

National Memory Screening Day: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 185), S6655 [16JN]

National Save for Retirement Week: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 234), S8699 [3AU]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration, S10661 [22OC]

———joint congressional address on health care reform, S9158 [9SE], S9282 [11SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay implementation until Office of the Actuary for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services certifies that legislation will control health care costs, S13561 [20DE]

———ensure that Social Security trust fund and Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program revenues be reserved for their intended purposes, S11985, S11986, S11990 [30NO], S12301-S12305, S12313-S12317 [3DE], S12360, S12375, S12379-S12383, S12386-S12388 [4DE]

———prohibit tax increase for individuals under certain income levels, S12685 [8DE], S12745-S12751, S12755-S12758, S12760-S12770, S12774-S12777, S12779-S12784, S12789, S12790, S12796 [9DE], S12863, S12869, S12876, S12880-S12885, S12893-S12896 [10DE], S12972, S13004-S13007 [11DE], S13095 [12DE], S13204-S13210, S13213, S13217-S13219, S13220, S13236-S13238 [15DE], S13454 [18DE], S13656 [21DE], S13741, S13777 [22DE]

Pensions: suspend minimum distribution requirements for certain retirement plans (S. 157), S139 [6JA]

Pharmaceuticals: lower prescription drug prices, S11953 [21NO], S13165, S13166 [14DE]

Safety: protect seniors from elder abuse by improving prosecution, law enforcement, and assistance to victims and encourage, enhance, and integrate Silver Alert plans throughout the U.S, S12699 [8DE]

Senate: tribute to congressional staff who worked on H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S13779-S13782 [22DE]

———tribute to Sec. of the Senate staff who read aloud the manager's amendment to H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S13646 [21DE]

Social Security: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to repeal previous tax increase on Social Security benefits, S4133 [1AP]

———prohibit the display of account numbers on Medicare cards, S4160 [1AP]

———promote tobacco use cessation under Medicare, Medicaid, and the maternal and child health program (S. 770), S4179 [1AP]

———provide a point of order against legislation that would deplete Social Security trust funds, S4159 [1AP]

———provide additional resources for primary care services, create new Medicare service payment models, and expand provision of non-institutionally-based long-term services (S. 1262), S6589 [15JN]

———provide for progressive indexing and longevity indexing of old-age insurance benefits for newly retired and aged surviving spouses (S. 426), S2237-S2239 [12FE]

———reform, S5342 [12MY], S5398 [13MY]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (S. 484), S2486, S2487 [25FE]

———solvency of Social Security and Medicare Programs, S5412-S5415 [13MY]

States: permit use of tax credits to negotiate health care premium rates, S13862 [23DE]

Taxation: allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (S. 491), S2565 [26FE]

———allow long-term care insurance to be offered under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements and provide additional consumer protections for long-term care insurance (S. 702), S3793 [25MR]

———allow tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable contributions, S4272 [2AP]

———allow tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable contributions (S. 864), S4579 [22AP]

———prohibit excise tax on certain health insurance plans, S13011 [11DE]

———suspend tax increase on Social Security benefits, S1501, S1527 [4FE]

Transportation: improve transit services in rural States (S. 1144), S6133 [3JN]

University of Maryland, Baltimore County: tribute to first graduating class of Erickson School for Management of Aging Services, S1863 [6FE]

Washoe County, NV: Washoe County Senior Services Respite Care Program funding, S11252 [6NO]

World Alzheimer's Day: observance, S9584 [21SE]

Reports

AARP Financial Statements Independent Audit: KPMG LLP, S12472-S12474 [5DE]

Clock Is Ticking—More Americans Losing Health Coverage: Families USA (organization), S8070 [24JY]

Cost of Doing Nothing—Why the Cost of Failing To Fix Our Health System Is Greater Than the Cost of Reform: Sarah Axeen and Elizabeth Carpenter, New America Foundation (organization) (excerpt), S8071 [24JY]

Effects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on the Federal Budget and the Balance in the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund: CBO, S13812 [23DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, S13000 [11DE]

Reports filed

Affordable Health Choices Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1679), S9553 [17SE]

Allow Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules of H.R. 3631, Medicare Premium Fairness Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 766) (H. Rept. 111-264), H9898 [23SE]

America's Affordable Health Choices Act: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 3200) (H. Rept. 111-299), H11383 [14OC]

———Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3200) (H. Rept. 111-299), H11383 [14OC]

———Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 3200) (H. Rept. 111-299), H11383 [14OC]

America's Healthy Future Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1796) (S. Rept. 111-89), S10520 [19OC]

Consideration of H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act, and H.R. 3961, Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 903) (H. Rept. 111-330), H12586 [6NO]

Rulings of the Chair

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S13810 [23DE]

Statements

America's Affordable Health Choices Act: Several Physicians, Nurses, and Community Activists, E2072 [29JY]

Health Care Delivery System Reform: American Cancer Society, American Diabetes Association, American Heart Association, American Stroke Association, and Consumers Union, S4139 [1AP]

Summaries

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) Health Care Reform Proposal: CBO, S6623-S6626 [16JN]

Economic Case for Health Care Reform: Council of Economic Advisers, S7183 [7JY]

Legal Solution in Health Reform—The Constitutionality of Mandates To Purchase Health Insurance: Mark A. Hall, O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, S13582 [20DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590), S13350 [17DE]

Tables

Budget aggregates, H9918 [24SE], H12970 [7NO], H13329 [19NO]

Estimated effects of Medicare Advantage provisions of H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on enrollment in Medicare Advantage plans and Federal subsidies for plan enrollees' benefits not covered by Medicare, S12124 [2DE]

Estimated number of Pennsylvania children and adults who lack health insurance by county, S10509 [19OC]

Medicare Advantage enrollment by State, S12657 [8DE]

Republican amendments submitted and accepted during Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) and Committee on Finance (Senate) markups of H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S12843-S12850 [10DE]

Revised allocation of spending authority to Committee on Appropriations (House), H9919 [24SE]

Revised allocation of spending authority to Committee on Education and Labor, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), and Committee on Ways and Means (House), H12970 [7NO]

Revised allocation of spending authority to Committee on Ways and Means (House), H13329 [19NO]

Tennessee ten year budget projection, S10180 [7OC]

Testimonies

Federal Health Care Reform—Opportunities and Challenges for Minnesota: Alan L. Goldbloom, Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota (organization), E2131 [31JY]

———Brock Nelson, Regions Hospital, E2130 [31JY]

———Melissa Winger, Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota (organization), E2131 [31JY]

———Representative McCollum, E2130 [31JY]

Medicare Reimbursement Formula Improvement: Erin Murphy, E2156 [31JY]

———Maria Rudd, E2157 [31JY]

———Shane Davis, E2157 [31JY]

———Thomas Huntley, E2156 [31JY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 59, support goals and ideals of senior caregiving and affordability, H9453 [14SE]

H. Res. 662, support goals and ideals of National Save for Retirement Week, H9245 [31JY]

H. Res. 744, disapprove interruption by Representative Joe Wilson of President Obama's joint congressional address on health care reform, H9529 [15SE]

H. Res. 766, allow consideration under suspension of the rules of H.R. 3631, Medicare Premium Fairness Act, H9905 [24SE]

H. Res. 903, consideration of H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act and H.R. 3961, Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act, H12598 [7NO]

H.R. 448, Elder Abuse Victims Act, H1120-H1122 [10FE]

H.R. 632, National Silver Alert Act, H1123-H1125 [10FE]

H.R. 908, Dept. of Justice Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program reauthorization, H1118 [10FE]

H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S13891-S14124 [24DE]

H.R. 3631, Medicare Premium Fairness Act, H9908 [24SE]

H.R. 3663, delay date on which accreditation requirement under Medicare applies to suppliers of durable medical equipment that are pharmacies, H10090 [30SE]

H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act, H12623-H12834 [7NO]

S. 2, Middle Class Opportunity Act, S44 [6JA]

S. 55, Equity for Clinical Social Workers Act, S61 [6JA]

S. 56, Autonomy for Psychologists and Social Workers Act, S62 [6JA]

S. 75, Generics First Act, S74 [6JA]

S. 118, Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Act, S89-S92 [6JA]

S. 157, Retirement Account Distribution Improvement Act, S139 [6JA]

S. 254, Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Coverage Act, S613 [15JA]

S. 295, Medicare Quality and Payment Reform Act, S724-S726 [21JA]

S. 307, Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act, S791 [22JA]

S. 330, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act, S895 [27JA]

S. 342, treat service as a member of the Alaska Territorial Guard during World War II as active service for purposes of retired pay, S997 [28JA]

S. 484, Social Security Fairness Act, S2487 [25FE]

S. 491, Federal and Military Retiree Health Care Equity Act, S2565 [26FE]

S. 565, Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act, S2974 [10MR]

S. 683, Community Choice Act, S3676-S3680 [24MR]

S. 687, Clinical Social Work Medicare Equity Act, S3690 [24MR]

S. 702, Long-Term Care Affordability and Security Act, S3793 [25MR]

S. 712, Rural Medicare Equity Act, S3899 [26MR]

S. 770, Medicare, Medicaid, and MCH Tobacco Cessation Promotion Act, S4180 [1AP]

S. 1110, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Reform Act, S5725-S5727 [20MY]

S. 1131, Independence at Home Act, S5830-S5834 [21MY]

S. 1150, Advance Planning and Compassionate Care Act, S5863-S5872 [21MY]

S. 1181, Healthy Living and Healthy Aging Demonstration Project Act, S6190 [4JN]

S. 1185, Medicare Financial Stability for Beneficiaries Act, S6194-S6201 [4JN]

S. 1186, Medicare Independent Living Act, S6201 [4JN]

S. 1201, Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act, S6265 [8JN]

S. 1220, Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act, S6383 [9JN]

S. 1256, Home and Community Balanced Incentives Act, S6561-S6564 [11JN]

S. 1257, Project 2020—Building on the Promise of Home and Community-Based Services Act, S6564-S6568 [11JN]

S. 1262, Medical Efficiency and Delivery Improvement of Care (MEDIC) Act, S6590-S6607 [15JN]

S. 1295, Medicare Transitional Care Act, S6813 [18JN]

S. 1492, Alzheimer's Breakthrough Act, S7885-S7887 [22JY]

S. 1630, Affordable Access to Prescription Medications Act, S9027-S9029 [6AU]

S. 1634, Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage Improvement Act, S9030-S9038 [6AU]

S. 1773, Comprehensive Cancer Care Improvement Act, S10364-S10366 [13OC]

S. 2832, Lifetime Income Disclosure Act, S12327 [3DE]

S. Con. Res. 37, support goals and ideals of senior caregiving and affordability, S8204 [28JY]

S. Res. 185, support goals and ideals of National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month and National Memory Screening Day, S6654 [16JN]

S. Res. 212, require any Medicare/Medicaid savings to be reinvested back into Medicare and used to increase Federal medical assistance percentage to reduce State burdens, S7651 [16JY]

S. Res. 231, require any proposal for health care reform slow the long-term growth of health care costs and reduce the growth rate of Federal health care spending, S8566 [30JY]

S. Res. 234, support goals and ideals of National Save for Retirement Week, S8688, S8699 [3AU]

S. Res. 276, National Falls Prevention Awareness Day, S9591, S9615 [21SE]