SOCIAL SECURITY

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

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1128 [30JA], S1277, S1278, S1279 [2FE], S1374, S1387, S1403, S1405, S1406, S1408, S1421, S1422, S1442, S1443, S1444, S1445, S1446, S1447, S1448, S1449, S1450, S1451, S1452, S1453, S1455, S1456, S1458, S1459, S1460, S1461, S1462, S1463, S1464, S1465, S1466, S1470, S1471 [3FE], S1482, S1484, S1485, S1486, S1491, S1494, S1498, S1499, S1500, S1501, S1518, S1520, S1528, S1530, S1536, S1537, S1538, S1554, S1555, S1556, S1557, S1558, S1559, S1560, S1561, S1562, S1563, S1564, S1565, S1574, S1575, S1576, S1577, S1578, S1579, S1580, S1582, S1583, S1584, S1585, S1586, S1587, S1588, S1589, S1590, S1591, S1592, S1593, S1594, S1595, S1596, S1597, S1598, S1599, S1600, S1601, S1609, S1610, S1611, S1612 [4FE], S1656, S1660, S1663, S1664, S1665, S1666, S1667, S1669, S1692, S1707, S1708, S1709, S1710, S1712, S1713, S1714, S1715, S1716, S1717, S1718, S1736, S1737, S1738, S1739, S1740, S1741, S1742, S1743, S1744, S1745, S1746, S1747, S1748, S1749, S1750, S1751, S1752, S1753, S1755, S1756, S1758, S1759, S1760, S1762, S1764, S1765, S1766, S1767, S1768, S1770, S1771 [5FE], S1808, S1817, S1819, S1822, S1826, S1827, S1829, S1833, S1835, S1850, S1856, S1867, S1868, S1870, S1871, S1872, S1875, S1876, S1877, S1878, S1879, S1880, S1881, S1882, S1883 [6FE], S1907 [7FE], S2029 [9FE], S2084 [10FE], H527 [26JA], H603 [27JA], H711, H713, H717, H720, H721, H723, H724, H731, H732 [28JA]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 168), H1535 [13FE]

Economy: making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), H15432, H15443 [16DE]

———making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 976), H15004 [16DE]

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]

Medicare: reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (H.R. 3961), H13356 [19NO]

———update physician fee schedule and sunset application of sustainable growth rate formula (S. 1776), S10524 [19OC], S10581 [20OC], S10647, S10648 [21OC]

State Children's Health Insurance Program: extend and improve (H.R. 2), S854, S857, S859, S900, S929, S933, S936, S937, S938, S939, S940, S942, S943, S944, S945 [27JA], S955, S961, S962, S976, S978, S980, S986, S987, S999, S1000, S1001 [28JA], S1009, S1015, S1031, S1032, S1037, S1040, S1042, S1043, S1045, S1069, S1097, S1099, S1100, S1101, S1102 [29JA], S1232 [30JA], H934 [4FE]

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]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (H.R. 1): Conference Report, H1538-H1553 [13FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590): CBO's Key Caveats on Price Tag of Reid Amendment, S13483 [19DE]

Prohibit Federal Funding of Abortions Under Any National Health Care Plan: George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, S12673 [8DE]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, S2069 [10FE], H1103 [10FE]

Social Security Advisory Board, S11818 [19NO]

Articles and editorials

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

Analysis—Stimulus Won't Jump-Start Economy, H1583 [13FE]

Annals of Public Policy—Getting There From Here—How Should Obama Reform Health Care?, H1030-H1032 [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]

Butler—Congress Needs Cover To Reform Entitlements, H1578 [13FE]

CBO Predicts Lower GDP in a Decade, H1583 [13FE]

Champion of Health Comforts His Fellow Patients, S13301 [16DE]

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]

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]

Despite Pledges, Package Has Some Pork, H1582 [13FE]

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

$800 Billion Mistake, S1994 [9FE]

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

Fixing Health Care, E1587 [26JN]

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

For Sale—One Senator (D-Neb.); No Principles, Low Price, S13827 [23DE]

Half Done on Health Reform, H12985 [16NO]

Hardest Call, S13673 [21DE]

Health Bill Is Scary, S13574 [20DE]

Health Care Reform Is Constitutional, S13841 [23DE]

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

Health Reform Could Harm Medicaid Patients—A Vast Expansion of the Program Will Impose Unsustainable Costs on Treatment Centers, S12749 [9DE]

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

Health-Care Nation, S12572 [7DE]

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

Hospitalized Children Without Insurance Are More Likely To Die, a Study Finds, S11195 [5NO]

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

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

Illegal Health Reform, S13724 [22DE]

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

Keiki Care Helps Hawaii's Economy, H972 [4FE]

Labor Cites JCT Analysis To Argue Against Cadillac Tax, S13590 [20DE]

Louisiana Purchase and Omaha Stakes, S13758 [22DE]

Majority Leader Protects Home State, S9945 [30SE]

Mandatory Insurance Is Unconstitutional, S13724 [22DE]

Max's Mad Mandate, S9946 [30SE]

Medicaid Rules Put Pinch on Poor, Lack of Proof Needed for Plan Keeps Many From Help, S347 [13JA]

Medicaid Rules Toughened on Proof of Citizenship, S347 [13JA]

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]

New Medicaid Rules Could Cost State Millions, S348 [13JA]

No Laughing Matter, S6413 [10JN]

ObamaCare at Any Cost, S12266 [3DE]

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]

Obama's Pledge To Tax Only the Rich Can't Pay for Everything, Analysts Say, S8645 [3AU]

Of NICE and Men, H7828 [8JY]

Pelosi Jobs Tax, S8644 [3AU]

Public Option Lite, S9728 [23SE]

Rate of Enrollment in Medicaid Rose Rapidly, Report Says, S10000 [1OC]

Reform Measures Should Not Weaken Our Health Care, S6584 [15JN]

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]

Return of Economic Nationalism, S2261 [13FE]

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

Senators, Bring Sense to Stimulus, S1270 [2FE]

Senators Should Just Start Over in Fixing Fiscal Mess, S1507 [4FE]

Snow Jobs, S13813 [23DE]

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

States' Budget Gaps Are Another Test for Washington, S6626 [16JN]

States Resist Medicaid Growth, S10138 [6OC]

Support for Health Overhaul Wanes, S13347 [17DE]

Taxpayers' Bill Leaps by Trillions, S1112 [30JA]

Thousands in Kansas Off Medicaid Following Citizenship Rules, S348 [13JA]

To Fix Health Care, Follow the States, E2472 [8OC]

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

White House & Big Pharma—What's the Deal?, S12507 [5DE]

Whoa, Trigger, S9110 [8SE]

Why the Personal Mandate To Buy Health Insurance Is Unprecedented and Unconstitutional, S13725 [22DE]

———(excerpt), S13015 [11DE]

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

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: provide enhanced State and local oversight of activities conducted pursuant to such Act (see S. 1064), S5555 [18MY] (see H.R. 2182), H4999 [29AP]

———rescind a portion of stimulus funds that remain unobligated (see H.R. 3504), H9278 [31JY]

———rescind all stimulus funds that remain unobligated (see H.R. 2842), H6618 [11JN]

———rescind stimulus funds rejected by State and local governments and return them to the Treasury for debt reduction (see S. 1323), S6938 [23JN]

AmeriCare: establish program to assure health insurance coverage to all residents (see H.R. 193), H35 [6JA]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (see S. 336), S894 [27JA] (see H.R. 1, 679), H525 [26JA]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), consideration (see H. Res. 88), H525 [26JA] (see H. Res. 92), H600 [27JA]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 168), H1517 [12FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), consideration of conference report—same-day consideration (see H. Res. 158), H1246 [11FE]

Benefits: 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]

———authorize waivers of certain waiting periods for benefits based on disability in cases in which such waiting period would cause undue hardship to terminally ill beneficiaries (see S. 998), S5281 [7MY] (see H.R. 1289), H2925 [3MR]

———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]

———eliminate waiting period for entitlement to disability benefits and requirement for reconsideration between benefit entitlement decision and hearing (see H.R. 33), H29 [6JA]

———eliminate waiting period for people with disabilities for entitlement to disability and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 2263), H5168 [5MY]

———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 prompt access to SSI, disability, and Medicaid benefits for persons released from certain public institutions (see H.R. 2829), H6617 [11JN]

———increase 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]

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

———prohibit retroactive payments to individuals during periods for which such individuals are prisoners, fugitive felons, or probation or parole violators (see H.R. 4218), H13627 (see H.R. 4218), H14370 [8DE]

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

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

———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]

———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]

Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action: establish (see S. 2853), S12804 [9DE]

Budget: reduce the Federal budget deficit in a responsible manner (see S. 1613), S8993 [6AU]

Business and industry: evaluate and extend the basic pilot program for employment eligibility confirmation and ensure protection of Social Security beneficiaries (see H.R. 662), H492 [23JA]

Cass County, MN: restore State authority to waive distance requirement relative to designation of critical access hospital (see H.R. 3278), H8494 [21JY]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: extend and expand the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program (see H.R. 3806), H11383 [14OC]

———extend the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program (see S. 1279), S6720 [17JN] (see S. 2922), S13785 [22DE] (see H.R. 3256), H8355 [17JY]

Children and youth: ensure children benefit from any health care insurance reform (see S. Res. 170), S6255 [8JN]

———ensure every uninsured child has health insurance coverage (see S. 958), S5014 [1MY] (see H.R. 194), H35 [6JA]

———modernize income eligibility standards for Federal foster care benefits (see H.R. 3329), H8808 [24JY]

———provide grants to States to establish or expand quality programs providing home visitation for families with young children and families expecting children (see H.R. 2667), H6074 [2JN]

———provide grants to States to establish or expand quality programs providing home visitation for low-income women expecting children and families with young children (see S. 1267), S6650 [16JN]

Commission on Reforming Entitlement Spending: establish (see H.R. 4249), H14445 [9DE]

Congress: require approval of a totalization agreement before the agreement, giving foreign workers Social Security benefits, can go into effect (see S. 42), S40 [6JA]

Credit: prohibit issuance of residential mortgages to individuals who lack a Social Security account number (see H.R. 1268), H2924 [3MR]

Dept. of Defense: conduct a study on the feasibility of using military identification numbers instead of Social Security numbers to identify members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 2487), H5791 [19MY]

———reform TRICARE program to make reimbursement rates the same as those offered under Medicare and contract for health care services with a teaching hospital in an urban area (see H.R. 241), H69 [7JA]

Dept. of HHS: conduct research on indicators of child well-being (see S. 1151), S5820 [21MY]

———encourage dissemination, security, confidentiality, and usefulness of health information technology (see H.R. 1031), H1518 [12FE]

———enter into agreements with States to resolve outstanding Medicare reimbursement claims relative to Special Disability Workload project (see S. 1111), S5700 [20MY] (see H.R. 2849), H6742 [12JN]

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

———establish Office of Health Plan Management to administer the Consumer Choice Health Plan to provide an affordable and accountable public option for consumers (see S. 1278), S6719 [17JN]

———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]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out demonstration projects on alternatives for expanding care for veterans in rural areas (see H.R. 3281), H8495 [21JY]

Disabled: apply an earnings test in determining the amount of monthly insurance benefits for individuals entitled to disability benefits based on blindness (see H.R. 886), H1043 [4FE]

———eliminate waiting period for certain disability benefits in the cases of individuals with disabling burn injuries (see S. 366), S1431 [3FE] (see H.R. 723), H602 [27JA]

———ensure certain disability determinations on the basis of SSA hearings are made on a timely basis and monitor number of disability determinations under reconsideration (see H.R. 3469), H9276 [31JY]

———help individuals with functional impairments to pay for services and supports needed to maximize independence and choices about community participation, education, and employment (see S. 697), S3784 [25MR] (see H.R. 1721), H4026 [25MR]

———require survivor annuity payments made to disabled dependents to be disregarded in eligibility and benefit determinations under the SSI and Medicaid Programs (see H.R. 1599), H3641 [18MR]

———revise medical criteria for evaluating disability in a person with Huntington's disease and waive Medicare waiting period for individuals disabled by Huntington's disease (see H.R. 678), H525 [26JA]

Diseases: disregard, for purposes of eligibility for SSI and Medicaid, compensation for participation in clinical trials for rare diseases or conditions (see S. 1674), S9371 [15SE]

———establish Centers for Disease Control and Prevention national screening program and allow States to provide medical assistance for individuals with colorectal cancer or polyps (see H.R. 1189), H2834 [25FE]

———improve information in databases for individuals with cancer and provide increased coverage for uninsured individuals upon first diagnosis of cancer (see H.R. 3095), H7704 [26JN]

———modernize cancer research, increase access to preventative cancer services, and provide cancer treatment and survivorship initiatives (see S. 717), S3897 [26MR]

———provide for an evidence-based strategy for voluntary screening for HIV/AIDS and other common sexually transmitted infections (see H.R. 4140), H13353 [19NO]

Economy: expand broadband communications, renewable energy and energy independence, and health insurance assistance for the unemployed, improve health information technology, and reform Medicaid (see H.R. 629), H484 [22JA]

———making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), consideration of Senate amendment (see H. Res. 976), H15498 [16DE]

———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]

Employment: exempt certain employment as a member of a local governing board, commission, or committee from coverage (see S. 492), S2558 [26FE] (see H.R. 4185), H13466 [2DE]

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

———prevent unauthorized earnings from being credited toward certain pension benefits, improve provisions governing totalization agreements, and prevent unauthorized employment (see H.R. 2028), H4685 [22AP]

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

Families and domestic relations: allow an individual otherwise ineligible to travel outside the U.S. to do so for employment purposes to pay child support arrearages (see H.R. 2723), H6264 [4JN]

———allow children in foster care to be placed with their parents in residential family treatment centers that provide safe environments for treating addiction and promoting healthy parenting (see S. 1286), S6804 [18JN]

———ensure States receive certain adoption incentive payments (see S. 735), S3985 [30MR] (see H.R. 1840), H4396 [1AP]

———prohibit States from charging child support recipients for the collection of child support (see S. 335), S894 [27JA] (see H.R. 2783), H6414 [9JN]

———provide grants to promote responsible fatherhood and strengthen low-income families (see S. 1309), S6845 [19JN] (see H.R. 2979), H7084 [19JN]

Federal aid programs: prohibit funding to promote direct deposit of veterans and Social Security benefits until adequate safeguards are established to prevent attachment and garnishment (see S. 1042), S5501 [14MY] (see H.R. 3366), H8959 [28JY]

———remove limitations on Medicaid, Medicare, SSI, and State Children's Health Insurance Program benefits for persons in custody pending disposition of charges (see H.R. 2209), H5061 [30AP]

———require those applying for, and renewing, State Children's Health Insurance Program and trade adjustment benefits to present documentation proving citizenship and identity (see H.R. 141), H33 [6JA]

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

Federal Reinsurance Program for Catastrophic Health Care Costs: establish (see S. 79), S41 [6JA]

Health: apply antitrust laws to negotiations between groups of independent pharmacies and health plans and health insurance issuers in the same manner as collective bargaining by labor organizations (see H.R. 1204), H2835 [25FE]

———conduct comparative effectiveness research on health care treatment options by establishing a private Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (see S. 1213), S6364 [9JN]

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

———ensure access to affordable and quality health care without exacerbating the Federal budget or contributing to market inflation while providing greater choices for consumers (see H. Res. 621), H7946 [9JY]

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

———establish a comprehensive plan to prevent, treat, and reduce obesity and promote healthy nutritional choices (see S. 1060), S5555 [18MY]

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

———establish demonstration projects for States to provide universal, comprehensive, and cost-effective health care coverage with simplified administration (see S. 898), S4721 [24AP] (see H.R. 2816), H6538 [10JN]

———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]

———give critical access hospitals health information technology grant priority, expand drug pricing program participation, study Medicaid pharmacy dispensing fees, and continue State rural health offices funding (see S. 2838), S12413 [4DE]

———improve access to emergency medical services and provide additional Medicare physician payments for such services (see S. 468), S2473 [25FE] (see H.R. 1188), H2834 [25FE]

———improve access to health care services in rural, frontier, and urban underserved areas by addressing the supply and distribution of health professionals in areas of need (see S. 790), S4310 [2AP] (see H.R. 3109), H7704 [26JN]

———improve oral health care for low-income individuals under the Maternal and Child Health Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 2220), H5061 [30AP]

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

———improve quality in health care by providing incentives for adoption of modern information technology (see S. 179), S211 [8JA]

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

———make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (see H.R. 3652), H9998 [25SE]

———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. 2399), H5581 [13MY] (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]

———prohibit denial of coverage under Federal health care programs based on comparative effectiveness research data and ensure research accounts for advancements in health care and different treatment options (see S. 1259), S6580 [15JN] (see H.R. 3002), H7145 [23JN]

———prohibit Federal funding of abortions under any national health care plan (see H. Con. Res. 169), H8809 [24JY]

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

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

———provide coverage of hormone replacement therapy and alternative therapies for treatment of menopausal symptoms (see H.R. 584), H381 [15JA]

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

———provide for sex education and substance abuse treatment and prevention (see H.R. 1364), H3054 [5MR]

———provide transparency between physicians and manufacturers of drugs, devices, biologicals, or supplies paid for under Medicare, Medicaid, or the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 301), S786 [22JA] (see H.R. 3138), H7945 [9JY]

———reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program, expand child health care insurance coverage through tax fairness, and provide for a health care Federalism initiative (see H.R. 464), H194 [13JA]

———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]

———terminate all Government-administered health benefits for Members of Congress until comprehensive health care reform is enacted into law (see H.R. 4230), H13628 (see H.R. 4230), H14371 [8DE]

Health Care Comparative Effectiveness Research Institute: establish (see H.R. 2502, 2502), H5791 [19MY]

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

———provide patient-centered medical homes to improve effectiveness and efficiency in medical assistance under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 1114), S5700 [20MY]

Health care professionals: increase number of primary care physicians and primary care providers and improve patient access to primary care services (see S. 1174), S6030 [3JN] (see H.R. 2350), H5483 [12MY]

Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 1236), H2874 [26FE]

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]

Immigration: enforce employment restrictions on unauthorized aliens through the use of improved Social Security cards and an Employment Eligibility Database (see H.R. 98), H31 [6JA]

———establish procedures for issuance of ``no match'' letters to employers by the SSA and notification of the Dept. of Homeland Security regarding such letters (see H.R. 589), H381 [15JA]

———exclude from creditable wages income earned by aliens for services illegally performed in the U.S. or derived from an illegal trade or business (see H.R. 2287), H5307 [6MY]

———improve agricultural job opportunities, benefits, and security for aliens in the U.S. (see S. 1038), S5501 [14MY] (see H.R. 2414), H5664 [14MY]

———prohibit issuance of Social Security account numbers to nonimmigrant aliens admitted as students unless such aliens are applicants for or recipients of Federal benefits (see H.R. 4145), H13353 [19NO]

Income: provide that wages and self-employment income earned by individuals who were illegally in the U.S. shall not be credited for coverage under the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program (see S. 115), S42 [6JA]

———remove limitations on the amount of outside income which an individual may earn while receiving certain benefits (see H.R. 322), H89 [8JA]

———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]

Insurance: cover screening mammography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for women over 40 and for women at high risk for breast cancer if diagnostic mammography is covered (see H.R. 995), H1247 [11FE]

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

———establish that insurance documents issued to the public must be written clearly (see H.R. 3051), H7445 [25JN]

———improve consumer protections for purchasers of long-term care insurance (see S. 1177), S6030 [3JN]

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

———prohibit pre-existing condition exclusions for children in group health plans and health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets (see S. 643), S3550 [19MR] (see H.R. 1619), H3703 [19MR]

———require comprehensive coverage for childhood immunizations (see H.R. 323), H89 [8JA]

Law enforcement: prevent fraudulent use of account numbers by allowing the sharing of Social Security data among U.S. agencies for identity theft prevention and immigration enforcement purposes (see H.R. 2472), H5790 [19MY]

Lawyers and attorneys: provide for direct payment of attorney fees and costs to attorneys representing prevailing parties in certain Social Security Disability Insurance and SSI claims (see H.R. 1735), H4061 [26MR]

Medicaid: allow States to permit certain eligible individuals who have extremely high annual lifelong orphan drug costs to continue on Medicaid notwithstanding increased income (see H.R. 1441), H3337 [11MR]

———apply an enhanced Federal matching rate for children if certain conditions are met (see H.R. 2859), H6743 [12JN]

———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]

———cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see S. 654), S3550 [19MR] (see H.R. 1625), H3704 [19MR]

———encourage States to provide pregnant women with access to comprehensive tobacco cessation services (see S. 670), S3609 [23MR]

———establish a chronic care improvement demonstration program for beneficiaries with severe mental illnesses (see S. 1136), S5819 [21MY] (see H.R. 3065), H7703 [26JN]

———establish a disproportionate share hospital (DSH) redistribution pool from unexpended allotments to increase allotments for low DSH States and to provide grants for certain health access networks (see H.R. 3141), H7945 [9JY]

———establish a State plan option to provide an all-inclusive program of care for children medically fragile or with one or more chronic conditions that impedes their ability to function (see H.R. 1117), H2601 [23FE]

———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]

———establish programs to improve the quality, performance, and delivery of pediatric care (see S. 225), S337 [13JA] (see S. 314), S826 [26JA]

———extend drug rebate program to enrollees of managed care organizations (see S. 547), S2909 [9MR] (see H.R. 904), H1044 [4FE]

———extend the period of temporary increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage (see H.R. 4263), H14742 [10DE]

———improve access to advanced practice nurses and physicians' assistants (see S. 63), S41 [6JA]

———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]

———increase Federal medical assistance percentage for the District of Columbia (see H.R. 4151), H13353 [19NO]

———increase price transparency of hospital information and provide for additional research on consumer information on charges and out-of-pocket costs (see H.R. 2249), H5168 [5MY]

———make certain de-identified information collected under the Medicaid Statistical Information System publicly available on the Internet (see S. 974), S5127 [5MY]

———permit local public agencies to act as enrollment brokers (see H.R. 686), H526 [26JA]

———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see S. 833), S4445 [20AP] (see H.R. 1616), H3703 [19MR]

———permit States to require certain individuals to present satisfactory documentary evidence of proof of citizenship or nationality for eligibility (see S. 228), S337 [13JA]

———provide a demonstration program to reduce frequent use of health services by beneficiaries with chronic illnesses by providing coordinated care management and community support services (see S. 1781), S10434 [14OC]

———provide a screening and treatment program for prostate cancer in the same manner as is provided for breast and cervical cancer (see H.R. 4383), H15500 [16DE]

———provide adjusted Federal medical assistance percentage rates during a transitional assistance period (see S. 2833), S12322 [3DE] (see H.R. 4260), H14742 [10DE]

———provide an option of States to cover a children's program of all-inclusive coordinated care (ChiPACC) (see H.R. 722), H602 [27JA]

———provide complete reimbursement for medical assistance provided to Native Hawaiians by federally qualified health centers or Native Hawaiian health care systems (see S. 52), S40 [6JA]

———provide coverage of drugs prescribed for certain NIH research study child participants (see S. 406), S2079 [10FE] (see H.R. 1421), H3145 [10MR]

———provide coverage of services provided by nursing school clinics (see S. 53), S40 [6JA]

———provide for a demonstration project on reimbursements for stabilization of emergency medical conditions by non-publicly owned or operated institutions for mental diseases (see S. 1130), S5819 [21MY] (see H.R. 1415), H3145 [10MR]

———provide for an automatic increase in the Federal matching rate during periods of national economic downturn to help States cope with increases in costs (see S. 1377), S7070 [25JN]

———provide for payment for services furnished by certain HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act grantees under a cost-based prospective payment system (see H.R. 3665), H10069 [29SE]

———provide funding to States to enable them to increase the wages paid to targeted direct support professionals in providing services to individuals with disabilities (see H.R. 868), H1042 [4FE]

———provide incentives for increased use of HIV screening tests (see S. 1446), S7480 [14JY] (see H.R. 3091), H7704 [26JN]

———provide medical assistance for certain men screened and found to have prostate cancer under a federally funded screening program (see H.R. 2952), H7022 [18JN]

———provide payment parity for certain territories (see H.R. 2680), 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]

———remove cap on payments and adjust statutory matching rate for certain territories (see H.R. 92), H31 [6JA]

———remove exclusion from medical assistance of items and services for patients in mental institutions (see H.R. 619), H442 [21JA]

———require continuous coverage for children (see H.R. 2805), H6538 [10JN]

———require coverage for freestanding birth center services (see S. 1423), S7317 [9JY] (see H.R. 2358), H5484 [12MY]

———require coverage of professional services of optometrists (see H.R. 3176), H8008 [10JY]

———require coverage of professional services of optometrists that are otherwise covered when furnished by a physician (see H.R. 2697), H6262 [4JN]

———require drug manufacturers to pay rebates to State prescription drug discount programs as a condition of participation in a rebate agreement for outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 1725), H4026 [25MR]

———require States to cover medical nutritional therapy (see H.R. 3092), H7704 [26JN]

———require States to provide hair prostheses for individuals diagnosed with alopecia areata (see H.R. 1142), H2631 [24FE]

———require States to report information on payments to abortion providers (see H.R. 1981), H4579 [21AP]

———restore and protect access to discount drug prices for university-based and safety-net clinics (see H.R. 398), H160 [9JA]

———revise regulations implementing statutory reporting and auditing requirements for the disproportionate share hospital payment program to be consistent statutorily and avoid policy changes (see H.R. 4250), H14445 [9DE]

———use historical averages to calculate the Federal medical assistance percentage for disaster affected States (see H.R. 4047), H12587 [6NO]

———waive requirement for proof of citizenship during first year of life for children born in the U.S. to Medicaid-eligible mothers (see H.R. 180), H34 [6JA]

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 an alternative payment amount for certain graduate medical education programs established to train residents displaced by natural disasters (see S. 852), S4573 [22AP] (see H.R. 2033), H4686 [22AP]

———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 intent of counting residents in a nonhospital setting (see S. 1300), S6804 [18JN]

———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]

———create a value indexing mechanism for the physician work component of the physician fee schedule (see S. 1249), S6542 [11JN] (see H.R. 2844), H6742 [12JN]

———create a value indexing mechanism for the physician work component of the physician hospital service and for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 3074), H7703 [26JN]

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

———delay implementation of new hospital geographic wage reclassification criteria until the Dept. of HHS revises the hospital wage index classification system to address certain considerations (see H.R. 2753), H6305 [8JN]

———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]

———distribute additional residency positions (see S. 973), S5127 [5MY] (see H.R. 2251), H5168 [5MY]

———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 appropriate payment amounts for drugs and biologicals by excluding customary prompt pay discounts extended to wholesalers from the manufacturer's average sales price (see S. 1221), S6364 [9JN] (see H.R. 1392), H3104 [9MR]

———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 a prospective payment system for covered services provided by federally qualified health centers and expand such services to account for certain other expansions (see S. 648), S3550 [19MR] (see H.R. 1643), H3704 [19MR]

———establish a self-referral disclosure protocol to enable health care providers of services and suppliers to disclose violations of certain physician referral limits (see H.R. 3556), H9490 [14SE]

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

———establish collaborative care networks to reduce use of expensive hospital and provider resources and to provide more comprehensive and coordinated care to low-income individuals (see H.R. 3430), H9206 [30JY]

———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 performance-based quality measures and affirmative defense in medical malpractice actions, and provide grants to States for administrative health care tribunals (see H.R. 3372), H9054 [29JY]

———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 shared decision making standards and requirements and a pilot program for the implementation of shared decision making (see S. 1133), S5819 [21MY] (see H.R. 2580), H6010 [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 (see S. 2741), S11205 [5NO]

———exclude certain advanced diagnostic imaging services from the in-office ancillary services exception to the prohibition on physician self-referral (see H.R. 2962), H7084 [19JN]

———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]

———exempt unsanctioned State-licensed retail pharmacies from surety bond requirements for suppliers of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (see S. 956), S5014 [1MY] (see H.R. 1970), H4523 [2AP]

———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 certain laws to provide regulatory stability during the development of facility and patient criteria for long-term care hospitals (see S. 935), S4963 [30AP] (see H.R. 2124), H4839 [27AP]

———extend Federal reimbursement of emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens (see H.R. 1639), H3704 [19MR]

———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 civil and criminal penalties for acts involving fraud and abuse and amount of surety bond required for suppliers of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 203), H35 [6JA]

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

———increase payment for chest radiography (x-ray) services that use computer aided detection technology for early detection of lung cancer (see H.R. 2578), H6010 [21MY]

———increase per resident payment floor for direct graduate medical education payments to hospitals (see H.R. 2094), H4733 [23AP]

———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 permanent the program of Federal reimbursement of emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens (see H.R. 1386), H3104 [9MR]

———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]

———modify designation of accreditation organizations for orthotics and prosthetics, apply accreditation and licensure requirements and modify payment methodology for such devices (see H.R. 2479), H5790 [19MY]

———modify physician reimbursement policies to ensure a future physician workforce (see H.R. 3693), H10455 [1OC]

———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 pass-through payment of costs for nurse anesthetist services in critical access hospitals notwithstanding the reclassification of such hospitals (see S. 1585), S8864 [5AU] (see H.R. 3151), H7946 [9JY]

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

———phase-out waiting period for coverage of disabled individuals and waive waiting period for people with life-threatening illnesses (see S. 700), S3784 [25MR] (see H.R. 1708), H4025 [25MR]

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

———preserve access to urban Medicare-dependent hospitals (see S. 1218), S6364 [9JN] (see H.R. 2574), H6009 [21MY]

———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]

———protect patients by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work by certain service providers (see S. 54), S40 [6JA]

———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 comprehensive cancer patient treatment education and conduct research to improve cancer symptom management (see H.R. 1927), H4521 [2AP]

———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 medically necessary dental procedures (see H.R. 870), H1042 [4FE]

———provide coverage of services of qualified respiratory therapists performed under the general supervision of a physician (see S. 343), S1057 [29JA] (see H.R. 1077), H1605 [13FE]

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

———provide equity in the calculation of disproportionate share hospital payments for hospitals in Puerto Rico (see H.R. 1502), H3401 [12MR]

———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 grace period in which durable medical equipment suppliers may meet accreditation and surety bond requirements (see H.R. 4240), H13628 (see H.R. 4240), H14371 [8DE]

———provide for a Medicare Advantage benchmark adjustment for certain local areas with VA medical centers and for certain contiguous areas (see H.R. 2686), H6154 [3JN]

———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 an update under the physician fee schedule to be fully paid for through medical liability reform, a pathway for biosimilar biological products, and other means (see H.R. 4138), H13352 [19NO]

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

———provide payment for anesthesia services by anesthesiologists in certain rural hospitals in the same manner as for services by anesthesiologist assistants and certified registered nurse anesthetists (see H.R. 2204), H5060 [30AP]

———provide payment to hospitals for costs of expanded advanced practice nurse training programs (see H.R. 3185), H8024 [13JY]

———provide payments for unscheduled physician telephone consultation services when such payments are cost and quality effective (see H.R. 3826), H11457 [15OC]

———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 physician incentive payments for efficient areas (see H.R. 2919), H6971 [17JN]

———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]

———reform payments and coverage for hospice care (see H.R. 3454), H9276 [31JY]

———reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (see H.R. 3961), H12140 [29OC]

———reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (H.R. 3961), consideration (see H. Res. 903), H12586 [6NO]

———reimburse certain midwife services (see S. 662), S3550 [19MR] (see H.R. 1101), H1606 [13FE]

———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 hospitals to establish and implement security procedures to reduce the likelihood of infant patient abduction and baby switching (see H.R. 63), H30 [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 (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]

———restore State authority to waive the 35-mile rule for designating critical access hospitals (see S. 1171), S6030 [3JN] (see H.R. 2692), H6154 [3JN]

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

———standardize marketing requirements under Medicare Advantage and prescription drug programs and provide for State certification prior to waiver of licensure requirements under prescription drug program (see H.R. 3089), H7704 [26JN]

———transition to use of metropolitan statistical areas as fee schedule areas for physician fee schedule in California (see S. 1236), S6542 [11JN] (see H.R. 2820), H6617 [11JN]

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

———treatment of didactic and scholarly activities and training in outpatient settings for purposes of payment for graduate medical education (see H.R. 2301), H5397 [7MY]

———update physician fee schedule and sunset application of sustainable growth rate formula (see S. 1776), S10362 [13OC]

———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]

———waive 35-mile rule to permit recognition of Gadsden Community Hospital in Quincy, FL, as a critical access hospital (see H.R. 2644), H6014 [21MY]

———waive 35-mile rule to permit recognition of Tyler Memorial Hospital, Tunkhannock, PA, as a critical access hospital (see H.R. 3637), H9899 [23SE]

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 for a demonstration project on the impact of health information technology on chronic disease management (see H.R. 3374), H9054 [29JY]

———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]

———require provider payments to be made through direct deposit or electronic funds transfer (EFT) at insured depository institutions (see S. 1521), S8196 [28JY] (see H.R. 3369), H8959 [28JY]

Mexico: disapprove U.S.-Mexico Social Security totalization agreement (see H. Res. 394), H5096 [4MY]

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

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]

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

Poverty: provide for an improved method to measure poverty to enable a better assessment of the effects of certain programs (see S. 1625), S8993 [6AU] (see H.R. 2909), H6971 [17JN]

Privacy: eliminate requirement that States collect Social Security numbers from applicants for recreational licenses (see H.R. 1865), H4518 [2AP]

———enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (see H.R. 3306), H8706 [23JY]

———issue uniform standards for the truncation of account numbers to protect from fraud or identity theft and prohibit the display on the Internet of such account numbers (see S. 1618), S8993 [6AU]

———limit the misuse of Social Security numbers and establish criminal penalties for such misuse (see S. 141), S43 [6JA] (see H.R. 122), H32 [6JA]

———notify individuals of improper use of their Social Security account numbers (see H.R. 531), H324 [14JA]

———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]

———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]

———protect the integrity and confidentiality of Social Security numbers and prohibit the establishment of any uniform national identifying number (see H.R. 220), H36 [6JA]

———provide for reissuance of Social Security account numbers to young children in cases in which the confidentiality of the number has been compromised by reason of theft (see H.R. 2706), H6263 [4JN]

———provide that individuals and appropriate authorities are notified by SSA of evidence of misuse of account numbers of such individuals (H.R. 136) (see H.R. 133), H32 [6JA]

———require an employer to take action after learning that an individual's account number does not match the individual's name (see H.R. 137), H32 [6JA]

Public welfare programs: allow funds provided to States under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program to be used for alternative-to-abortion services (see H.R. 636), H484 [22JA]

———ensure State support and retention of foster parents and award grants to improve foster care, kinship care, and adoptive parents (see S. 410), S2144 [11FE]

———repeal denial to drug felons of eligibility for benefits under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 3053), H7445 [25JN]

———repeal emergency fund for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 1277), H2924 [3MR]

———require States to implement a drug testing program for and recipients of assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 97), S42 [6JA]

Puerto Rico: eligibility of residents for the refundable portion of the child tax credit (see H.R. 3718), H10456 [1OC]

Securing America's Future Economy (SAFE) Commission: establish (see S. 1056), S5502 [14MY] (see H.R. 1557), H3526 [17MR]

Senior citizens: 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]

———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]

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

———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]

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

———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]

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

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

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

SSA: reauthorize Work Incentives Planning and Assistance program and Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security program (see H.R. 3325), H8808 [24JY]

SSI: authorize extension to American Samoa (see H.R. 2186), H5060 [30AP]

———authorize extension to American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 2582), H6010 [21MY]

———authorize extension to Guam and the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 93), H31 [6JA]

———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]

———disregard, for purposes of eligibility, compensation for participation in clinical trials for rare diseases or conditions (see H.R. 2866), H6805 [15JN]

———provide for cost-of-living adjustment of resources limits (see H.R. 4023), H12364 [4NO]

State Children's Health Insurance Program: expand coverage options through premium assistance (see H.R. 321), H89 [8JA]

———extend and improve (see S. 275), S652 [16JA] (see H.R. 2), H194 [13JA]

———extend and improve (H.R. 2), consideration (see H. Res. 52), H193 [13JA]

———extend and improve (H.R. 2), consideration of Senate amendment (see H. Res. 107), H919 [3FE]

———improve access by providing exemptions to eligibility waiting period requirements (see H.R. 2496), H5791 [19MY]

———provide equal coverage of mental health services (see S. 77), S41 [6JA]

———reauthorize (see S. 326), S826 [26JA] (see H.R. 688), H526 [26JA]

———reauthorize and limit income eligibility expansions under that program until the lowest income eligible individuals are enrolled (see S. 82), S41 [6JA]

———report on access to primary care and efforts to avoid displacement of private coverage and urge use of surveys to measure physician access (see H.R. 298), H88 [8JA]

———require continuous coverage (see H.R. 2804), H6538 [10JN]

———require States to provide priority to children in families with gross income significantly below the Federal poverty level (see H.R. 563), H380 [15JA]

States: allow to ensure coverage without delay of certain children and pregnant women under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 465), H194 [13JA]

———allow voluntary development of qualifying best practices for health care and provide differential rates of payment favoring treatment consistent with such practices under Medicare and Medicaid (see S. 438), S2322 [13FE]

———combine coverage of children and pregnant woman under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program into a new All Healthy Children Program (see H.R. 747), H777 [28JA]

———encourage use of certified health information technology by providers in Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 264), S598 [15JA] (see H.R. 592), H381 [15JA]

———ensure health insurance coverage for every child under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see S. 142), S43 [6JA]

———ensure payment under Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program for covered items and services furnished by school-based health clinics (see S. 1034), S5435 [13MY] (see H.R. 2840), H6618 [11JN]

———improve dental benefits under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 462), H194 [13JA]

———make certain changes to Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 3823), H11456 [15OC]

———permit qualifying States to use State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments for certain Medicaid children's health expenditures (see S. 214), S309 [12JA]

———permit States to rely on findings from an express plan agency to conduct simplified eligibility determinations under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 542), H325 [14JA]

———permit the option of covering certain legal aliens under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 319), H89 [8JA]

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

———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]

———impose a tax on the amount of wages in excess of the Social Security contribution and benefit base (see H.R. 1863), H4396 [1AP]

———provide for an inflation adjustment of base amounts used to determine amount of Social Security benefits included in gross income (see H.R. 541), H325 [14JA]

———provide that an employee not otherwise covered for benefit purposes may irrevocably elect to have employment treated as so covered and subject to Social Security taxes (see H.R. 2286), H5307 [6MY]

———reduce Social Security payroll taxes and reduce reliance of the U.S. economy on carbon-based energy sources (see H.R. 2380), H5580 [13MY]

———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]

———repeal withholding of income and Social Security taxes (see H.R. 1919), H4520 [2AP]

———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]

Tobacco products: 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]

Treaties and agreements: restrict totalization agreements between the U.S. and other countries and prohibit crediting of earnings from employment in U.S. by aliens not lawfully employed (see H.R. 132), H32 [6JA]

Trust funds: ensure that 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 procedure to safeguard (see S. 86), S41 [6JA]

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

———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]

Unemployment: extend waiver of certain interest payments on advances made to States from the Federal unemployment account in the Unemployment Trust Fund (see H.R. 4282), H14743 [10DE]

Veterans: provide for treatment of disability rated and certified as total by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs as disability (see S. 2759), S11344 [10NO] (see H.R. 4054), H12587 [6NO]

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

Women: promote economic security and safety of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking victims (see S. 1740), S10061 [1OC] (see H.R. 739), H777 [28JA]

Bulletins

Tell Congress—Remove Abortion Funding & Mandates From Needed Health Care Reform: U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, H12437 [5NO]

Cloture motions

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1906 [7FE], S2024 [9FE]

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]

Medicare: update physician fee schedule and sunset application of sustainable growth rate formula (S. 1776), motion to proceed, S10465 [15OC], S10614 [21OC]

Commentaries

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (H.R. 1): Committee on Education and Labor (House) Republican Members, H637 [28JA]

———Committee on Financial Services (House) Republican Members, H638 [28JA]

Conference reports

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (H.R. 1), H1307-H1516 [12FE]

Cost Estimates

State Children's Health Insurance Program extension and improvement (H.R. 2): CBO, H211-H213 [14JA]

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]

Essays

Preventing Extortion, E2666 [29OC]

Factsheets

Keiki Care: Hawaii Covering Kids (organization), H971 [4FE]

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]

Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits, and Security (AgJobs) Act: Arturo S. Rodriguez, United Farm Workers (organization), S5519 [14MY]

———Change To Win (organization), S5517 [14MY]

———John Wilson, Dairy Farmers of America (organization), S5517 [14MY]

———Kevin Priest, Society of American Florists, S5518 [14MY]

———Nancy E. Foster, U.S. Apple Association, S5517 [14MY]

———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S5519 [14MY]

———Richard Nadler, Americas Majority (organization), S5518 [14MY]

———Robert J. Dolibois and Craig J. Regelbrugge, American Nursery & Landscape Association, S5518 [14MY]

———Ron Sparks, National Association of State Departments of Agriculture, S5519 [14MY]

———Thomas A. Nassif, Western Growers Association, S5518 [14MY]

———Wade Henderson and Nancy Zirkin, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, S5517 [14MY]

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

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Alan Reuther, UAW, S2209 [12FE]

———Douglas W. Elmendorf, CBO, S2180, S2181 [12FE]

———John Engler, National Association of Manufacturers, H622 [28JA]

———John J. Castellani, Business Roundtable (organization), H623 [28JA]

———Peter R. Orszag, OMB, S1394 [3FE]

———Representative Rangel, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H1585 [13FE]

———Representative Waxman, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H1584 [13FE]

Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program funding: several Senators, S12389, S12394 [4DE], S13566 [20DE]

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

Dept. of HHS medical insurance rate authority establishment to monitor premium costs and require insurance companies to submit justifications and explanations for premium increases: several California organizations, S13755 [22DE]

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

Ensure children benefit from any health care insurance reform: several national organizations, S12861 [10DE]

Establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to address inequalities in Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement in rural areas: Beth Landon, National Rural Health Association, S4154 [1AP]

———Lou Ann Wilroy, Colorado Rural Health Center, S4154 [1AP]

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]

Medicaid expansion: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California, S10002 [1OC], E2468 [8OC]

———Bobby Jindal, Governor of Louisiana, E2472 [8OC]

———C.L. ``Butch'' Otter, Governor of Idaho, S10006 [1OC], E2471 [8OC]

———Charlie Crist, Governor of Florida, E2469 [8OC]

———Dave Heineman, Governor of Nebraska, E2474, E2476 [8OC]

———Donald L. Carcieri, Governor of Rhode Island, E2477 [8OC]

———Gary R. Herbert, Governor of Utah, E2481 [8OC]

———Janice K. Brewer, Governor of Arizona, S10005 [1OC], E2466 [8OC]

———Jim Gibbons, Governor of Nevada, E2476 [8OC]

———John Hoeven, Governor of North Dakota, E2476 [8OC]

———Mitch Daniels, Governor of Indiana, S10006 [1OC], E2471 [8OC]

———Rick Perry, Governor of Texas, E2478, E2479 [8OC]

———Robert Riley, Governor of Alabama, E2466 [8OC]

———Sean Parnell, Governor of Alaska, E2466 [8OC]

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 Physician Payment Reform Act: J. James Rohack, AMA, H13296 [19NO]

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]

———Senator Gregg, S12263 [3DE]

———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]

———Susan Eckerly, National Federation of Independent Business, S12866-S12868 [10DE]

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

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

Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act: Carlo J. DiMarco, American Osteopathic Association, S6045 [3JN]

———Jan D. Zieren, American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians, S6045 [3JN]

———Rose Gonzalez, American Nurses Association, S6045 [3JN]

Prohibit Federal funding of abortions under any national health care plan: C. Everett Koop, S11087 [4NO]

———Cindy O'Leary, HOPE Center (organization), S13567 [20DE]

———Sadie Fields, Georgia Christian Alliance, S13567 [20DE]

———several religious organizations, S12675 [8DE], S13567 [20DE]

———several Utah citizens, S12678 [8DE]

———William F. Murray, Daniel DiNardo, and John Wester, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, S11929 [21NO]

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]

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

Securing America's Future Economy (SAFE) Commission: Representative Wolf, E103 [15JA]

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]

State Children's Health Insurance Program extension and improvement: Rick Perry, Governor of Texas, H213 [14JA]

———Robert A. Sunshine, CBO, H251 [14JA]

———several Representatives, H205 [14JA], H930 [4FE]

Lists

Agriculture Coalition for Immigration Reform members and supporters, S5519 [14MY]

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]

Non-stimulus provisions in H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, S1777 [6FE]

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

Organizations supporting Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program provisions of H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S12381 [4DE]

Organizations supporting H.R. 3961, Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act, H13297 [19NO]

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

Questionable stimulative provisions in conference report to H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, S2260 [13FE]

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]

Constitutionality of Mandate Requiring U.S. Citizens To Have Health Insurance: Conservative Action Project (organization), S13728 [22DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Definition of Term ``Congressional Staff'': Ida Brudnick and Todd B. Tatelman, Congressional Research Service, S13804 [23DE]

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]

Prohibit Federal Funding of Abortions Under Any National Health Care Plan: Jon O. Shimabukuro, Congressional Research Service, S12672 [8DE]

Public and Private Expenditures for Health Care: Thomas L. Hungerford, Congressional Research Service, S12480 [5DE]

Messages

Economic Report: President Bush, S650-S652 [16JA], H383-H385 [16JA]

Motions

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1382, S1400, S1420 [3FE], S1524, S1525, S1526, S1527, S1528 [4FE], S1659, S1662, S1664 [5FE], S1853, S1856 [6FE], S2069 [10FE], H746 [28JA], H1090, H1096 [10FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), conference report, H1586 [13FE]

Economy: making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), H15443 [16DE]

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]

Medicare: reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (H.R. 3961), H13308, H13316, H13317 [19NO]

State Children's Health Insurance Program: extend and improve (H.R. 2), S1031 [29JA], H264 [14JA], H961 [4FE]

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]

Health Care Reform Is About Saving Lives, Not Destroying Them: U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, H12437 [5NO]

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]

State Fiscal Situation—The Lost Decade: National Governors Association, S11399 [17NO]

Remarks in House

AARP: 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]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: impact of stimulus funding on Nevada economy, H8949 [28JY]

———implementation in Maine, H9555 [16SE]

———provide enhanced State and local oversight of activities conducted pursuant to such Act (H.R. 2182), H5722, H5723, H5768 [19MY], E1261 [21MY]

———require conference report to be available in an electronic form for at least 48 hours prior to approval, H1096-H1102 [10FE], H1253, H1257-H1260 [12FE], H1524, H1525, H1534, H1536, H1538 [13FE], H2817 [25FE]

———rescind all stimulus funds that remain unobligated (H.R. 2842), H6594 [11JN]

AmeriCare: establish program to assure health insurance coverage to all residents (H.R. 193), E22 [6JA]

Appropriations: eliminate discretionary spending from supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus, H720 [28JA]

———eliminate unnecessary spending on projects that neither create jobs nor provide economic stimulus, H3059 [6MR]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), H495, H496, H507, H508, H510, H512, H517 [26JA], H530, H531, H532, H556-H583, H594-H599 [27JA], H605, H606, H620-H750, H758, H770 [28JA], H878, H880, H881, H882, H885-H893, H897, H901, H908, H912, H914 [3FE], H926, H927, H928, H999, H1000, H1001, H1009, H1012, H1013 [4FE], H1048, H1049, H1051, H1065 [9FE], H1085, H1086, H1087, H1088, H1089, H1090, H1134, H1136, H1138, H1144-H1154 [10FE], H1161, H1162, H1163, H1164, H1177-H1179, H1185-H1187, H1190, H1192-H1195, H1197, H1198, H1202, H1205, H1214-H1232 [11FE], E172, E174, E175 [2FE], E196, E204, E207, E214 [4FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), conference report, H1251, H1252, H1253, H1254, H1255-H1260, H1267, H1278, H1279, H1283-H1289, H1293-H1302 [12FE], H1523, H1524, H1536-H1590, H1592-H1600 [13FE], H1610, H1625, H1642-H1647 [23FE], H2605, H2607 [24FE], H2633, H2634, H2635, H2815-H2819, H2823, H2824 [25FE], H2839, H2864, H2867 [26FE], H2889, H2890, H2902, H2912 [3MR], H2932, H2964-H2968 [4MR], H2984, H3050 [5MR], H3059, H3072 [6MR], H3099 [9MR], H3107, H3111 [10MR], H3340, H3379 [12MR], H3448 [17MR], H3733 [23MR], H3751, H3806, H3812-H3820 [24MR], H4049-H4051 [26MR], H4984 [29AP], H6160 [4JN], H6317, H6319 [9JN], H6417 [10JN], H7709, H7735 [7JY], H7746 [8JY], H7995, H7996 [10JY], H8033, H8035, H8088, H8089 [14JY], H8163 [15JY], H8191 [16JY], H8309 [17JY], H8429 [21JY], H8590 [23JY], H8880, H8894, H8901 [28JY], H8964, H8965 [29JY], H9253-H9257, H9262, H9265 [31JY], H9498, H9499 [15SE], H11176 [13OC], H11303 [14OC], H12180 [2NO], E261 [12FE], E291 [13FE], E293, E295, E297 [23FE], E311, E313, E317 [24FE], E529 [3MR], E735 [23MR], E783 [26MR], E874 [2AP]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), consideration (H. Res. 88), H535-H543, H581 [27JA]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), consideration (H. Res. 92), H607-H619 [28JA]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 168), H1524-H1536 [13FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), corrections in engrossment, H749 [28JA]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), motion to go to conference, H1090-H1096 [10FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), motion to instruct conferees, H1096-H1102 [10FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), motion to recommit, H747 [28JA]

———require recipients of stimulus funds to disclose use of money, H615 [28JA]

———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]

Benefits: ensure prompt access to SSI, disability, and Medicaid benefits for persons released from certain public institutions (H.R. 2829), H6622 [12JN]

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

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

———prohibit retroactive payments to individuals during periods for which such individuals are prisoners, fugitive felons, or probation or parole violators (H.R. 4218), H13596, H13597 [8DE], E2904 [8DE]

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

Boland, Joyce: SSA Commissioner's Citation award recipient, E2467 [8OC]

Budget: allocation of funds, H3107 [10MR]

———deficit, H14954-H14961 [15DE]

Business and industry: evaluate and extend the basic pilot program for employment eligibility confirmation and ensure protection of Social Security beneficiaries (H.R. 662), H2838 [26FE]

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]

Children and youth: ensure every uninsured child has health insurance coverage (H.R. 194), E18 [6JA]

———modernize income eligibility standards for Federal foster care benefits (H.R. 3329), E2126, E2178 [31JY]

Congress: accomplishments of the 111th Congress, H9265 [31JY]

———goals of the 111th Congress, H2634 [25FE]

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

Democratic Party: national agenda, H4488 [2AP], H11584 [22OC], H11771, H11782 [26OC], H11817 [27OC], H13516 [3DE], H14954 [15DE]

Dept. of Defense: conduct a study on the feasibility of using military identification numbers instead of Social Security numbers to identify members of the Armed Forces (H.R. 2487), earmark declaration, E1640 [7JY]

Disabled: eliminate waiting period for certain disability benefits in the cases of individuals with disabling burn injuries (H.R. 723), E153 [27JA]

———help individuals with functional impairments to pay for services and supports needed to maximize independence and choices about community participation, education, and employment (H.R. 1721), H9248 [31JY]

———revise medical criteria for evaluating disability in a person with Huntington's disease and waive Medicare waiting period for individuals disabled by Huntington's disease (H.R. 678), H5986 [21MY], E168 [28JA], E1235 [21MY]

Diseases: establish Centers for Disease Control and Prevention national screening program and allow States to provide medical assistance for individuals with colorectal cancer or polyps (H.R. 1189), H3799 [24MR]

———provide for an evidence-based strategy for voluntary screening for HIV/AIDS and other common sexually transmitted infections (H.R. 4140), E2824 [19NO]

Economy: making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 976), H14994-H15006 [16DE]

———making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), Senate amendment, H14984, H14985, H14989, H15418, H15431-H15473, H15479-H15485 [16DE]

———national objectives priority assignments, H6522 [10JN]

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

Employment: prevent unauthorized earnings from being credited toward certain pension benefits, improve provisions governing totalization agreements, and prevent unauthorized employment (H.R. 2028), H4691 [23AP]

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

Families and domestic relations: ensure States receive certain adoption incentive payments (S. 735), H4959, H4960 [29AP]

Federal aid programs: errors in distribution of stimulus checks, H5490 [13MY]

———reauthorize the Work Incentives Planning and Assistance program and the Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security program (H.R. 3325), H8912 [28JY]

———remove limitations on Medicaid, Medicare, SSI, and State Children's Health Insurance Program benefits for persons in custody pending disposition of charges (H.R. 2209), E1028 [30AP]

Geithner, Sec. of the Treasury: impact of previous self-employment tax errors on suitability to be Sec. of the Treasury, H2826-H2832 [25FE], H5701 [18MY]

———payment of penalties relative to previous self-employment tax errors, H12016 [28OC], H13378-H13383 [1DE]

Geithner, Timothy F.: impact of previous self-employment tax errors on suitability to be Sec. of the Treasury, H506 [26JA], H1023 [4FE]

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

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

———constitutionality of mandate requiring U.S. citizens to have health insurance, H14814, H14816 [11DE]

———emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens funding, H8306 [17JY], H9412 [10SE]

———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 access to emergency medical services and provide additional Medicare physician payments for such services (H.R. 1188), E2868 [2DE]

———improve access to health care services in rural, frontier, and urban underserved areas by addressing the supply and distribution of health professionals in areas of need, H10074 [30SE]

———improve quality in health care by providing incentives for adoption of modern information technology, H6390, H6391 [9JN]

———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. 2399), H6140 [3JN]

———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]

———prevent Government interference in medical decisions made by physicians and patients, H5719 [19MY]

———prohibit Federal funding of abortions under any national health care plan, H8104 [15JY], H8281-H8287 [16JY], H8571, H8572 [22JY], H8590, H8701 [23JY], H12221, H12222, H12229, H12231 [3NO], H12338 [4NO], H12434-H12441 [5NO], H12551, H12562 [6NO], H12594, H12618, H12838, H12839, H12844, H12849, H12857, H12858, H12881, H12884, H12916, H12921-H12927 [7NO], H14376, H14377, H14378, H14379 [9DE], H14874 [14DE], E2733 [6NO], E2770, E2775 [16NO], E2779 [17NO], E2823 [19NO], E2922, E2925, E2932 [10DE]

———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 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]

———require immigrants applying for Federal health care benefits to present documentation proving citizenship and identity, H9185 [30JY], H9881, H9883, H9884, H9889 [23SE]

———require maternity care coverage in all individual and employer insurance programs, H12847 [7NO]

———terminate all Government-administered health benefits for Members of Congress until comprehensive health care reform is enacted into law (H.R. 4230), H13523 [7DE], E2911 [8DE]

Health Care Comparative Effectiveness Research Institute: establish (H.R. 2502), E2759 [16NO]

Health care facilities: prohibit physician ownership in new hospitals and limit the growth of existing physician-owned hospitals, H8559 [22JY]

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

———increase number of primary care physicians and primary care providers and improve patient access to primary care services (H.R. 2350), H6612 [11JN], H7744 [8JY]

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]

Immigration: enforce employment restrictions on unauthorized aliens through the use of improved Social Security cards and an Employment Eligibility Database (H.R. 98), H7170 [24JN], E20 [6JA]

———prohibit issuance of Social Security account numbers to nonimmigrant aliens admitted as students unless such aliens are applicants for or recipients of Federal benefits (H.R. 4145), E2820 [19NO]

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

Insurance: cover screening mammography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for women over 40 and for women at high risk for breast cancer if diagnostic mammography is covered (H.R. 995), H14913 [15DE]

———establish that insurance documents issued to the public must be written clearly, H8491 [21JY]

———require public eligibility to be confirmed under Income Eligibility Verification System, H11366 [14OC]

Law enforcement: prevent fraudulent use of account numbers by allowing the sharing of Social Security data among U.S. agencies for identity theft prevention and immigration enforcement purposes (H.R. 2472), H5897 [21MY]

Medicaid: allow States that experienced delay in implementation of laws directing reduced eligibility in their State plan remain eligible for the increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage, H583 [27JA]

———cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (H.R. 1625), E2810 [19NO], E2872 [2DE]

———ensure adequate numbers of physicians to meet needs of patients, H8065 [14JY]

———exempt States and local governments from costs due to unfunded Federal mandates, H11444 [15OC], E2466, E2468, E2471, E2473, E2476, E2478, E2481 [8OC]

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

———increase Federal medical assistance percentage for the District of Columbia (H.R. 4151), E2832 [19NO]

———increase price transparency of hospital information and provide for additional research on consumer information on charges and out-of-pocket costs, H11379 [14OC]

———increase price transparency of hospital information and provide for additional research on consumer information on charges and out-of-pocket costs (H.R. 2249), H5293 [6MY]

———permit States to require certain individuals to present satisfactory documentary evidence of proof of citizenship or nationality for eligibility, H968 [4FE]

———provide medical assistance for certain men screened and found to have prostate cancer under a federally funded screening program (H.R. 2952), E1522 [23JN]

———provide payment parity for certain territories (H.R. 2680), E1301 [3JN]

———reform, H12187, H12188 [2NO]

———require coverage for freestanding birth center services (H.R. 2358), E1119 [12MY]

———require States to cover medical nutritional therapy (H.R. 3092), H8106 [15JY]

———require States to report information on payments to abortion providers (H.R. 1981), H4589 [22AP]

———solvency, H13043, H13044 [17NO]

Medicare: allow for certain physician-owned hospitals, H260, H261 [14JA]

———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]

———create a value indexing mechanism for the physician work component of the physician fee schedule, H6976 [18JN], H7151 [24JN], H7745 [8JY], H8492 [21JY], H12207 [3NO]

———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]

———establish shared decision making standards and requirements and a pilot program for the implementation of shared decision making (H.R. 2580), E1236 [21MY]

———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]

———make permanent the program of Federal reimbursement of emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens (H.R. 1386), E606 [10MR]

———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]

———modify physician reimbursement policies to ensure a future physician workforce, H517, H521 [26JA], H3744 [23MR], H11574, H11575 [21OC], H11725 [23OC], H12121 [29OC]

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

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

———provide a 2-year adjustment to sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians, H13317, H13318 [19NO]

———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]

———provide physician incentive payments for efficient areas (H.R. 2919), E1477 [17JN]

———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]

———reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians and provide deficit protection and fiscal responsibility, H13316 [19NO]

———reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (H.R. 3961), H13132 [18NO], H13289-H13319, H13323, H13331-H13334 [19NO], E2855, E2857 [1DE], E2892 [3DE]

———reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (H.R. 3961), consideration (H. Res. 903), H12598-H12622 [7NO]

———reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (H.R. 3961), motion to recommit, H13316, H13317, H13318 [19NO]

———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]

———update physician fee schedule and sunset application of sustainable growth rate formula (S. 1776), H11794, H11796 [27OC]

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 administration, E1491 [18JN]

———evaluation of economic policies, H11562 [21OC], H11716 [23OC]

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

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

Pikeville, KY: Pikeville Social Security Office recipient of SSA Best Level Two Office in the Atlanta Region Award, E855 [2AP]

Poverty: provide for an improved method to measure poverty to enable a better assessment of the effects of certain programs (H.R. 2909), E2592 [21OC]

Privacy: enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (H.R. 3306), E1916 [24JY]

———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]

———protect the integrity and confidentiality of Social Security numbers and prohibit the establishment of any uniform national identifying number (H.R. 220), E7 [6JA]

Public welfare programs: allow funds provided to States under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program to be used for alternative-to-abortion services (H.R. 636), H429 [21JA]

Puerto Rico: eligibility of residents for the refundable portion of the child tax credit (H.R. 3718), E2528 [14OC]

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, H1068 [9FE], H6254-H6261 [4JN], H11563 [21OC], H12018 [28OC], H12132, H12133 [29OC], E2698 [3NO]

Securing America's Future Economy (SAFE) Commission: establish, H41, H60 [7JA], H83 [8JA], H166 [13JA], H372 [15JA], H495 [26JA], H877, H917 [3FE], H1083 [10FE], H1577 [13FE], H2606 [24FE], H2877 [2MR], H3069 [6MR], H4427 [2AP], H8429 [21JY], E102 [15JA]

———establish (H.R. 1557), H3756 [24MR], H7710 [7JY], H10075 [30SE], H11734 [23OC], E2643 [27OC]

Senior citizens: 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, H11370 [14OC]

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

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

SSA: reauthorize the Work Incentives Planning and Assistance program and the Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security program (H.R. 3325), H8911 [28JY]

SSI: authorize extension to American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands (H.R. 2582), E1248 [21MY]

———disregard, for purposes of eligibility, compensation for participation in clinical trials for rare diseases or conditions (H.R. 2866), E1419 [15JN]

State Children's Health Insurance Program: eligibility of citizens from Palau, the Marshall Islands, and Micronesia, H974 [4FE]

———eliminate exemption for certain States to cover children under the program whose family income exceeds 300 percent of the Federal poverty level, H962 [4FE]

———extend and improve (H.R. 2), H200, H201, H202, H203, H216-H268, H279 [14JA], H368 [15JA], H516-H521 [26JA], E93, E94, E95, E97, E101 [15JA], E107 [16JA], E113, E118 [21JA]

———extend and improve (H.R. 2): Senate amendment, H926, H927 [4FE]

———extend and improve (H.R. 2), consideration (H. Res. 52), H203-H216 [14JA]

———extend and improve (H.R. 2), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 107), H928-H934 [4FE]

———extend and improve (H.R. 2), motion to recommit, H266 [14JA]

———extend and improve (H.R. 2), Senate amendment, H879 [3FE], H934-H975 [4FE], E219 [9FE], E227 [10FE]

———extend funding, H2888 [3MR]

———preserve, H12878 [7NO], H13011 [17NO]

———prohibit the use of increased tobacco taxes to offset the cost of expanded coverage, H974 [4FE], H4400 [2AP]

———reauthorize (H.R. 688), H933 [4FE]

———reinstate the crowd-out policy that prevents the substitution of coverage for private insurance coverage, H933, H971 [4FE]

———require a waiting period for legal aliens before applying for assistance, H967, H968, H973 [4FE]

———require States modify physician reimbursement policies, H931 [4FE]

———require those applying for, and renewing benefits to present documentation proving citizenship and identity, H931 [4FE]

States: allow to ensure coverage without delay of certain children and pregnant women under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program, H249 [14JA]

———combine coverage of children and pregnant woman under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program into a new All Healthy Children Program (H.R. 747), H5696 [18MY]

———place a general eligibility ceiling of the poverty level on gross income for eligibility for benefits under Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program, H932 [4FE]

Taxation: 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]

———reduce Social Security payroll taxes and reduce reliance of the U.S. economy on carbon-based energy sources, H5693 [18MY]

———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]

Trust funds: budget treatment, H9918 [24SE]

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

Veterans: provide for treatment of disability rated and certified as total by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs as disability (H.R. 4054), E2744 [6NO]

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

Walz, Paulette: SSA Commissioner's Citation award recipient, E2464 [8OC]

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]

———promote economic security and safety of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking victims (H.R. 739), H912 [3FE]

Remarks in Senate

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

———implementation, S3625 [24MR]

———provide enhanced State and local oversight of activities conducted pursuant to such Act (S. 1064), S5690 [20MY], S6678 [17JN]

Appropriations: eliminate unnecessary spending on projects that neither create jobs nor provide economic stimulus, S1407 [3FE], S1521 [4FE], S1666-S1669 [5FE], S1780, S1803, S1804, S1839 [6FE], S1903 [7FE], S2209 [12FE], S2282 [13FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1008, S1038 [29JA], S1108-S1115 [30JA], S1236-S1242, S1265-S1273 [2FE], S1371-S1428 [3FE], S1473-S1538 [4FE], S1615-S1676 [5FE], S1773-S1859 [6FE], S1885 [7FE], S1991-S2024, S2030-S2035 [9FE], S2037-S2072 [10FE], S2092-S2103, S2123, S2125-S2127, S2167 [11FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), conference report, S2170-S2173, S2176-S2209, S2247 [12FE], S2258-S2313 [13FE], S2354, S2382 [23FE], S2405, S2409, S2410 [24FE], S2522 [26FE], S2803 [5MR], S2859 [6MR], S3008 [11MR], S3329 [18MR], S3891, S3892 [26MR], S6627, S6628, S6634, S6635 [16JN], S6670 [17JN], S6753 [18JN]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), unanimous-consent agreement, S1232 [30JA], S1859 [6FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (S. 336), S822 [26JA], S881 [27JA], S989 [28JA]

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

Benefits: prohibit retroactive payments to individuals during periods for which such individuals are prisoners, fugitive felons, or probation or parole violators (H.R. 4218), S12969 [10DE]

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

Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action: establish, S2927 [10MR], S4123-S4125, S4129, S4147 [1AP]

———establish (S. 2853), S12837, S12838, S12840, S12841 [10DE]

Budget: deficit, S12879 [10DE]

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

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

———reduce the Federal budget deficit in a responsible manner (S. 1613), S9012-S9015 [6AU]

Bush, George W.: evaluation of economic policies, S11031 [3NO], S13358 [17DE]

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]

———establish a Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation, S11888 [20NO]

———extend the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program, S12655 [8DE]

Children and youth: ensure children benefit from any health care insurance reform, S12695 [8DE], S12860, S12861 [10DE], S12980 [11DE], S13092 [12DE]

———ensure children benefit from any health care insurance reform (S. Res. 170), S6496, S6497 [11JN], S11192-S11195 [5NO], S12464 [5DE]

———ensure every uninsured child has health insurance coverage (S. 958), S5022 [1MY]

Committee on Economic Recovery (Joint, Select): establish, S1269 [2FE]

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]

Congress: accomplishments of the 111th Congress, S3035 [12MR], S3097 [16MR]

———goals of the 111th Congress, S7 [6JA], S401 [15JA], S730-S732 [21JA]

Dept. of HHS: conduct research on indicators of child well-being (S. 1151), S5872 [21MY]

———enter into agreements with States to resolve outstanding Medicare reimbursement claims relative to Special Disability Workload project (S. 1111), S5727 [20MY]

———establish a medical insurance rate authority to monitor premium costs and require insurance companies to submit justifications and explanations for premium increases, S13754 [22DE]

———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 Health Plan Management to administer the Consumer Choice Health Plan to provide an affordable and accountable public option for consumers (S. 1278), S6722 [17JN]

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

Disabled: eliminate waiting period for certain disability benefits in the cases of individuals with disabling burn injuries (S. 366), S1432 [3FE]

———help individuals with functional impairments to pay for services and supports needed to maximize independence and choices about community participation, education, and employment, S8160 [28JY], S11847 [20NO], S11936, S11938, S11959 [21NO]

———help individuals with functional impairments to pay for services and supports needed to maximize independence and choices about community participation, education, and employment (S. 697), S10262 [8OC], S10797 [28OC], S12136 [2DE]

Diseases: disregard, for purposes of eligibility for SSI and Medicaid, compensation for participation in clinical trials for rare diseases or conditions (S. 1674), S9379 [15SE]

———modernize cancer research, increase access to preventative cancer services, and provide cancer treatment and survivorship initiatives (S. 717), S3905-S3915 [26MR]

Families and domestic relations: allow children in foster care to be placed with their parents in residential family treatment centers that provide safe environments for treating addiction and promoting healthy parenting (S. 1286), S6807 [18JN]

———ensure States receive certain adoption incentive payments (S. 735), S4397 [2AP]

———prohibit States from charging child support recipients for the collection of child support (S. 335), S5177 [6MY]

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

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

Federal Reinsurance Program for Catastrophic Health Care Costs: establish (S. 79), S84 [6JA]

GAO: compile reports from each Federal agency that receives economic stimulus funds, S1269 [2FE]

Geithner, Timothy F.: impact of previous self-employment tax errors on suitability to be Sec. of the Treasury, S800, S801, S805-S817 [26JA], S886 [27JA]

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]

———conduct comparative effectiveness research on health care treatment options by establishing a private Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, S11888 [20NO]

———conduct comparative effectiveness research on health care treatment options by establishing a private Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (S. 1213), S6371-S6380 [9JN]

———constitutionality of mandate requiring U.S. citizens to have health insurance, S13013-S13017 [11DE], S13094 [12DE], S13721-S13728, S13751-S13754, S13766, S13767 [22DE], S13822-S13826, S13830 [23DE]

———establish a comprehensive plan to prevent, treat, and reduce obesity and promote healthy nutritional choices (S. 1060), S5556 [18MY]

———establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to address inequalities in Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement in rural areas, S4154 [1AP]

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

———extend provisions under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program, S11457 [18NO]

———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 access to health care services in rural, frontier, and urban underserved areas by addressing the supply and distribution of health professionals in areas of need, S12654 [8DE], S13626 [20DE]

———improve access to health care services in rural, frontier, and urban underserved areas by addressing the supply and distribution of health professionals in areas of need (S. 790), S4320 [2AP]

———improve quality in health care by providing incentives for adoption of modern information technology (S. 179), S226-S228 [8JA]

———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], S5224 [6MY], 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]

———prohibit abortions from being defined a preventive service, S12130 [2DE], S12274, S12277 [3DE]

———prohibit denial of coverage under Federal health care programs based on comparative effectiveness research data and ensure research accounts for advancements in health care and different treatment options, S4125-S4128, S4150 [1AP]

———prohibit denial of coverage under Federal health care programs based on comparative effectiveness research data and ensure research accounts for advancements in health care and different treatment options (S. 1259), S6582-S6585 [15JN], S13731 [22DE]

———prohibit Federal funding of abortions under any national health care plan, S11087 [4NO], S11312, S11315 [10NO], S11520, S11822 [19NO], S11924-S11930 [21NO], S12600-S12603, S12607-S12611 [7DE], S12659-S12683 [8DE], S12988-S12990 [11DE], S13489 [19DE], S13564, S13567, S13568, S13620-S13622 [20DE], S13760, S13761, S13777 [22DE], S13858 [23DE], S14134 [24DE]

———prohibit use of comparative effectiveness research data for payment, coverage, or treatment decisions, S6837-S6839 [19JN]

———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 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]

———provide children with high-quality private health care coverage that fits their individual needs, S1033-S1036, S1041, S1043, S1044 [29JA]

———provide transparency between physicians and manufacturers of drugs, devices, biologicals, or supplies paid for under Medicare, Medicaid, or the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 301), S787-S789 [22JA], S9729 [23SE]

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

Health Care Comparative Effectiveness Research Institute: establish, S1796 [6FE]

Health care facilities: provide patient-centered medical homes to improve effectiveness and efficiency in medical assistance under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 1114), S5729 [20MY]

Health care professionals: increase number of primary care physicians and primary care providers and improve patient access to primary care services (S. 1174), S6035 [3JN]

Immigration: clarify employer responsibilities when their employees' names and Social Security numbers do not match SSA records, S7231 [8JY], S7288 [9JY]

———improve agricultural job opportunities, benefits, and security for aliens in the U.S. (S. 1038), S5461, S5504-S5521 [14MY]

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

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

Insurance: improve consumer protections for purchasers of long-term care insurance (S. 1177), S6046 [3JN]

———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: clarify definition of individuals considered newly eligible, S13778 [22DE]

———cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (S. 654), S3565 [19MR]

———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]

———exempt States and local governments from costs due to unfunded Federal mandates, S9999, S10000, S10003, S10004 [1OC], S11397, S11400 [17NO], S12748, S12749 [9DE], S13687 [21DE], S13803, S13810, S13831 [23DE]

———exemption of Nebraska from increased funding obligations, S13564, S13593 [20DE], S13755-S13763 [22DE]

———expand, S6621 [16JN], S6673 [17JN], S9999-S10005 [1OC]

———extend drug rebate program to enrollees of managed care organizations (S. 547), S2911 [9MR]

———funding, S1513 [4FE], S1641 [5FE], S2300 [13FE]

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

———impact of increased funding obligations on States, S13134-S13136 [13DE], S13306 [16DE], S13345 [17DE], S13442, S13444 [18DE], S13564, S13593 [20DE], S13717 [22DE]

———impact of increased State funding obligations on State education funding, S11844 [20NO], S11939 [21NO]

———improve access to advanced practice nurses and physicians' assistants (S. 63), S66 [6JA]

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

———permit States to require certain individuals to present satisfactory documentary evidence of proof of citizenship or nationality for eligibility (S. 228), S345 [13JA]

———pharmacy reimbursement rate for certain generic drugs, S13778 [22DE]

———physician reimbursement rate, S11835, S11836, S11837 [20NO]

———provide a demonstration program to reduce frequent use of health services by beneficiaries with chronic illnesses by providing coordinated care management and community support services (S. 1781), S10436 [14OC], S11136, S11137 [5NO]

———provide adjusted Federal medical assistance percentage rates during a transitional assistance period (S. 2833), S12328 [3DE]

———provide complete reimbursement for medical assistance provided to Native Hawaiians by federally qualified health centers or Native Hawaiian health care systems (S. 52), S59 [6JA]

———provide coverage of drugs prescribed for certain NIH research study child participants (S. 406), S2082 [10FE]

———provide coverage of services provided by nursing school clinics (S. 53), S59 [6JA]

———provide for a demonstration project on reimbursements for stabilization of emergency medical conditions by non-publicly owned or operated institutions for mental diseases (S. 1130), S5829 [21MY]

———provide for an automatic increase in the Federal matching rate during periods of national economic downturn to help States cope with increases in costs (S. 1377), S7089 [25JN]

———provide for optional coverage of nurse home visitation services, S13008 [11DE]

———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]

———provide the same temporary increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage for all States and permit States to choose the period for receiving the increase, S1817-S1819, S1852, S1853 [6FE], S2013 [9FE]

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

———reform, S11935-S11942 [21NO]

———require coverage for freestanding birth center services (S. 1423), S7320 [9JY]

———State eligibility for Federal medical assistance percentage increase, S1670 [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 geographic reclassification of certain cancer hospitals in order to receive higher reimbursements, S981, S982 [28JA]

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

———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]

———create a value indexing mechanism for the physician work component of the physician fee schedule, S11036 [3NO], S11865 [20NO]

———create a value indexing mechanism for the physician work component of the physician fee schedule (S. 1249), S9361-S9363 [15SE]

———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-S12005 [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 appropriate payment amounts for drugs and biologicals by excluding customary prompt pay discounts extended to wholesalers from the manufacturer's average sales price (S. 1221), S6383 [9JN]

———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 a prospective payment system for covered services provided by federally qualified health centers and expand such services to account for certain other expansions (S. 648), S3556, S3557 [19MR]

———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 shared decision making standards and requirements and a pilot program for the implementation of shared decision making (S. 1133), S5836 [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]

———extend certain laws to provide regulatory stability during the development of facility and patient criteria for long-term care hospitals (S. 935), S4965 [30AP]

———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]

———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]

———permit pass-through payment of costs for nurse anesthetist services in critical access hospitals notwithstanding the reclassification of such hospitals (S. 1585), S8871 [5AU]

———phase-out waiting period for coverage of disabled individuals and waive waiting period for people with life-threatening illnesses (S. 700), S3791 [25MR]

———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]

———protect patients by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work by certain service providers (S. 54), S59 [6JA]

———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]

———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, S13694 [21DE]

———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]

———reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians, S13432-S13435 [18DE], S13576, S13594, S13595 [20DE]

———reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (H.R. 3961), S14140 [24DE]

———reimburse certain midwife services (S. 662), S3574 [19MR]

———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]

———restore State authority to waive the 35-mile rule for designating critical access hospitals (S. 1171), S6033 [3JN]

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

———transition to the use of metropolitan statistical areas as fee schedule areas for the physician fee schedule in California (S. 1236), S6545 [11JN]

———update physician fee schedule and sunset application of sustainable growth rate formula (S. 1776), S10366, S10382 [13OC], S10385 [14OC], S10589, S10592, S10616 [21OC], S10659, S10689 [22OC]

———update physician fee schedule and sunset application of sustainable growth rate formula (S. 1776), motion to proceed, S10604-S10609, S10611-S10614 [21OC]

———update physician fee schedule and sunset application of sustainable growth rate formula (S. 1776), unanimous-consent agreement, S10517 [19OC]

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

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

Native Americans: application and impact of economic stimulus, S1242 [2FE]

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]

———delay tax increases until health benefits begin, S12794 [9DE], S12863, S12864 [10DE], S12973-S12978 [11DE], S13132 [13DE], S13161, S13172 [14DE], S13208, S13209, S13239 [15DE], S13286-S13289, S13294-S13297 [16DE], S13364 [17DE]

———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]

———remove excise tax on health benefits above a certain limit, S13167 [14DE]

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

Poverty: provide for an improved method to measure poverty to enable a better assessment of the effects of certain programs (S. 1625), S9022 [6AU]

Privacy: limit the misuse of Social Security numbers and establish criminal penalties for such misuse (S. 141), S123 [6JA]

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

Reform, S5342 [12MY], S5398 [13MY]

Securing America's Future Economy (SAFE) Commission: establish, S3094-S3096 [12MR], S4129 [1AP]

———establish (S. 1056), S6412-S6415 [10JN], S9312 [14SE], S10617 [21OC]

Senate: impact of partisanship, S8641 [3AU], S10351, S10352 [13OC], S12262 [3DE], S13351-S13355 [17DE], S13569-S13571, S13598 [20DE], S13762 [22DE]

———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]

Senior citizens: 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]

———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]

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

———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]

———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]

Small business: economic impact of increased tax rates, S11845 [20NO], S12601 [7DE], S12762, S12783, S12796 [9DE], S12865 [10DE], S12994 [11DE], S13148, S13158, S13175, S13176 [14DE], S13241 [15DE], S13771, S13773 [22DE], S13814 [23DE]

SSA: reauthorize the Work Incentives Planning and Assistance program and the Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security program (H.R. 3325), S8983, S9059 [6AU]

State Children's Health Insurance Program: clarify that new paperwork and enrollment barriers are not created in the Express Lane Enrollment option, S1040, S1044 [29JA]

———codify rule specifying eligibility for unborn children, S1009-S1015, S1031, S1032 [29JA]

———develop best practice recommendations and ensure coverage of low-income children, S976, S982, S986 [28JA]

———eliminate coverage for legal immigrants and increase coverage for low-income American children, S854 [27JA], S1026-S1029 [29JA]

———eliminate exemption for certain States to cover children under the program whose family income exceeds 300 percent of the Federal poverty level, S1015, S1016, S1019, S1023-S1025, S1029, S1031 [29JA]

———ensure redistributed funds cover low-income children rather than children from higher income families, S961, S968 [28JA]

———establish an incentive program to encourage enrollment, S871 [27JA]

———extend and improve (H.R. 2), S797, S801-S805, S820-S822 [26JA], S852-S866, S885 [27JA], S949-S989 [28JA], S1007-S1038, S1040-S1050 [29JA], S1121, S1232 [30JA]

———extend and improve (H.R. 2), unanimous-consent agreement, S792 [22JA]

———extend for a limited amount of time in order to enact bipartisan comprehensive health care reform, S1036-S1038 [29JA]

———extend funding (H.R. 3584), S10508 [19OC]

———limit income eligibility expansions until the lowest income eligible individuals are enrolled, S1017, S1018 [29JA]

———prioritize assistance for outreach and enrollment to States with highest percentages of uninsured children, S1045 [29JA]

———prohibit coverage for higher income children and payment to States in which income eligibility level for Medicaid exceeds State Children's Health Insurance Program, S962-S965, S968, S969 [28JA]

———prohibit the use of increased tobacco taxes to offset the cost of expanded coverage, S957 [28JA]

———provide equal coverage of mental health services (S. 77), S83 [6JA]

———reauthorize (S. 326), S838 [26JA]

———reinstate the crowd-out policy that prevents the substitution of coverage for private insurance coverage, S967, S969, S970, S973-S975, S979, S982-S985 [28JA]

———require States to impose cost-sharing for enrollees in the State Children's Health Insurance Program whose income is more than double the poverty line, S860, S879 [27JA]

———strengthen, S12002 [30NO], S12981 [11DE]

———treat certain income received by hedge fund managers as ordinary income and reduce increase in tobacco excise taxes to fund extension, S875 [27JA], S972, S978, S979 [28JA]

States: encourage use of certified health information technology by providers in Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 264), S616 [15JA]

———ensure health insurance coverage for every child under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (S. 142), S128 [6JA]

———permit qualifying States to use State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments for certain Medicaid children's health expenditures (S. 214), S315 [12JA]

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

———prevent fraud and restore fiscal accountability to Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program by improving improper payment rates, S986, S987 [28JA], S1044 [29JA]

———prohibit Federal matching payment for Medicaid or State Children's Health Insurance Program coverage of noncitizen children or pregnant women relative to State enrollment of low-income uninsured children, S857-S859, S867, S869, S880 [27JA]

———require States to offer premium assistance for coverage of children through private plans under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid if State expands eligibility levels, S987, S988 [28JA], S1030 [29JA]

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

———provide a deduction for health care costs of certain children comparable to the average Federal share of benefit provided to non-citizen children for medical or child health assistance, S1032 [29JA]

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

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

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: provide recommendations relative to health insurance benefit requirements, S11888 [20NO]

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]

Stimulus Legislation Must Include Budget Reforms To Address Long-Term Challenges: Alison Acosta Fraser, Heritage Foundation, H166 [13JA]

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]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 1) (H. Rept. 111-16), H1517 [12FE]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 679) (H. Rept. 111-4), H525 [26JA]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 336) (S. Rept. 111-3), S893 [27JA]

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 Conference Report on H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 168) (H. Rept. 111-17), H1517 [12FE]

Consideration of H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 88) (H. Rept. 111-6), H525 [26JA]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 92) (H. Rept. 111-9), H600 [27JA]

Consideration of H.R. 2, State Children's Health Insurance Program Extension and Improvement: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 52) (H. Rept. 111-1), H193 [13JA]

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]

Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.R. 2, State Children's Health Insurance Program Extension and Improvement: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 107) (H. Rept. 111-10), H919 [3FE]

Consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 2847, Jobs for Main Street Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 976) (H. Rept. 111-380), H15498 [16DE]

Energy and Commerce Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 629) (H. Rept. 111-7), H525 [26JA]

Enhanced Oversight of State and Local Economic Recovery Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs (Senate) (S. 1064) (S. Rept. 111-56), S7868 [22JY]

———Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 2182) (H. Rept. 111-115), H5711 [18MY]

Same-Day Consideration of Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 158) (H. Rept. 111-15), H1246 [11FE]

State Children's Health Insurance Program Extension and Improvement: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 275), S652 [16JA]

Rulings of the Chair

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1659 [5FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), conference report, H1525 [13FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), consideration (H. Res. 92), H607 [28JA]

Economy: making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 976), H14995 [16DE]

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

Medicare: reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (H.R. 3961), H13316 [19NO]

Statements

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

Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Program: AARP, S12383 [4DE]

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

Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act: Thomas R. Reardon, AMA, H13298-H13300 [19NO]

Perspective on Current Health Reform Issues: Mayo Clinic, S11948 [21NO]

Prohibit Federal Funding of Abortions Under Any National Health Care Plan: Minnesota Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, H12926 [7NO]

Summaries

AmeriCare Health Care Act (H.R. 193), E23 [6JA]

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]

House Votes on Conference Report of H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, H3649 [19MR]

Jobs for Main Street Act (H.R. 2847), H15462-H15465 [16DE]

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]

Senate Votes in 110th Congress on Codifying Rule Specifying Eligibility for Unborn Children Under the State Children's Health Insurance Program, S1011 [29JA]

Social Security Number Privacy and Identity Theft Prevention Act (H.R. 3306), E1916 [24JY]

Tables

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

Committee on the Budget (Senate) appropriations allocation revisions to S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014, S11972 [21NO], S12066 [1DE], S13751 [22DE]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) appropriations allocation revisions to S. Con. Res. 70, setting forth the Federal budget for 2008-2013, S886 [27JA]

Estimated cost of extending certain provisions in H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, S2181 [12FE]

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 macroeconomic impacts of H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, S2182 [12FE]

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. Res. 52, consideration of H.R. 2, State Children's Health Insurance Program extension and improvement, H203 [14JA]

H. Res. 88, consideration of H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, H536 [27JA]

H. Res. 92, consideration of H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, H607 [28JA]

H. Res. 107, consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 2, State Children's Health Insurance Program extension and improvement, H928 [4FE]

H. Res. 168, consideration of conference report on H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, H1524 [13FE]

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. Res. 976, consideration of H.R. 3326, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H.R. 2847, Jobs for Main Street Act, H.J. Res. 64, continuing appropriations, and H.R. 4314, financing of Government operations, H14994 [16DE]

H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, H642-H711 [28JA]

H.R. 2, State Children's Health Insurance Program extension and improvement, S1206-S1232 [30JA], H216-H245 [14JA]

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

H.R. 2182, Enhanced Oversight of State and Local Economic Recovery Act, H5722 [19MY]

H.R. 3325, SSA Work Incentives Planning and Assistance program and the Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security program reauthorization, H8911 [28JY]

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. 3961, Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act, H13289-H13291 [19NO]

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

H.R. 4218, No Social Security Benefits for Prisoners Act, H13596 [8DE]

S. 52, Native Hawaiian Medicaid Coverage Act, S59 [6JA]

S. 53, Nursing School Clinics Act, S59 [6JA]

S. 54, Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act, S60 [6JA]

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

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

S. 63, Medicaid Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants Access Act, S67 [6JA]

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

S. 141, Protecting the Privacy of Social Security Numbers Act, S124-S128 [6JA]

S. 214, permit qualifying States to use State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments for certain Medicaid children's health expenditures, S315 [12JA]

S. 228, permit States to require certain individuals to present satisfactory documentary evidence of proof of citizenship or nationality for Medicaid eligibility, S346 [13JA]

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. 326, Kids First Act, S838-S843 [26JA]

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

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

S. 547, Drug Rebate Equalization Act, S2912 [9MR]

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

S. 648, Medicare Access to Community Health Centers (MATCH) Act, S3556 [19MR]

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

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

S. 700, Ending the Medicare Disability Waiting Period Act, S3792 [25MR]

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

S. 717, 21st Century Cancer Access to Life-Saving Early Detection, Research and Treatment (ALERT) Act, S3906-S3914 [26MR]

S. 735, Protecting Incentives for the Adoption of Children With Special Needs Act, S4397 [2AP], H4959 [29AP]

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

S. 790, Health Access and Health Professions Supply Act (HAHPSA), S4321-S4331 [2AP]

S. 958, MediKids Health Insurance Act, S5023-S5027 [1MY]

S. 1038, Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits, and Security (AgJobs) Act, S5506-S5517 [14MY]

S. 1060, Obesity Prevention, Treatment, and Research Act, S5557-S5561 [18MY]

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

S. 1111, Special Disability Workload Liability Resolution Act, S5727 [20MY]

S. 1114, Medical Homes Act, S5729-S5732 [20MY]

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

S. 1133, Empowering Medicare Patient Choices Act, S5836-S5840 [21MY]

S. 1151, State Child Well-Being Research Act, S5873 [21MY]

S. 1174, Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act, S6036-S6045 [3JN]

S. 1177, Confidence in Long-Term Care Insurance Act, S6046-S6050 [3JN]

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. 1213, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Act, S6372-S6378 [9JN]

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

S. 1221, ensure more appropriate Medicare payment amounts for drugs and biologicals by excluding customary prompt pay discounts extended to wholesalers from the manufacturer's average sales price, S6383 [9JN]

S. 1236, GPCI Justice Act, S6545 [11JN]

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. 1259, Preserving Access to Targeted, Individualized, and Effective New Treatments and Services (PATIENTS) Act, S6585 [15JN]

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

S. 1278, Consumers Health Care Act, S6723-S6727 [17JN]

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

S. 1377, provide for an automatic increase in the Federal matching rate for Medicaid during periods of national economic downturn to help States cope with increases in costs, S7090 [25JN]

S. 1585, permit Medicare pass-through payment of costs for nurse anesthetist services in critical access hospitals notwithstanding the reclassification of such hospitals, S8871 [5AU]

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. 2833, Transitional Federal Medical Assistance Percentage Act, S12328-S12330 [3DE]

S. Res. 170, ensure children benefit from any health care insurance reform, S6272 [8JN], S6496 [11JN]

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]