RECONCILIATION ACT
Amendments
Enact (H.R. 4872), S1815 [22MR], S1826, S1832, S1854, S1860, S1862, S1879, S1882, S1883, S1884, S1885, S1886, S1887 [23MR], S1934, S1942, S1944, S1957, S1958, S1965, S1966, S1972, S1975, S1978, S1980, S2006, S2007, S2008, S2009, S2010, S2028, S2029, S2030, S2031, S2032, S2033, S2034, S2035, S2036, S2037, S2038, S2039, S2040, S2041, S2044, S2045, S2046, S2047, S2050, S2051, S2065, S2066 [24MR], S2069, S2070, S2071, S2072, S2073, S2074, S2075, S2076, S2077, S2078, S2131, S2132, S2133 [25MR], H2429 [25MR]
———consideration (H. Res. 1203), H1851 [21MR]
Articles and editorials
Add It Up—On Health-Care Vote, Lawmakers Should Pay Heed to the People, H1866 [21MR]
And Now for Students, Big Lender, S1927 [24MR]
ObamaCare's Worst Tax Hike, S1960 [24MR]
Say No—Health-Care Overhaul Won't Reduce Costs, Will Drive Up U.S. Debt,, H1867 [21MR]
Short Takes, H1866 [21MR]
Bills and resolutions
Enact (see H.R. 4872), H1595 [17MR]
Enact (H.R. 4872): consideration (see H. Res. 1203), H1817 [20MR]
———consideration of Senate amendments (see H. Res. 1225), H2456 [25MR]
Letters
Allow refunds of Federal motor fuel excise taxes on fuels used in mobile mammography vehicles: Anthony Vavasis and Darien DeLorenzo, Mobile Health Clinics Network, S2011 [24MR]
———Jerry W. McLarty, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, S2011 [24MR]
Ensure appropriate treatment of Depts. of Veterans Affairs and Defense health programs under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Clarence E. Hill, American Legion, H1848 [21MR]
———David W. Gorman, DAV, H1848 [21MR]
Federal student loan program: Ashley Bianchi, Rhodes College, S1927 [24MR]
———Christina D. West, Vanderbilt University, S1925 [24MR]
———Janet Bonney-Baker, Baptist College of Health Sciences, S1926 [24MR]
———M. Joanna Hayes Dickens, Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia, S1927 [24MR]
———Marian Malone Huffman, Tennessee Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, S1926 [24MR]
———Sandra Rockett, Dyersburg State Community College, S1926 [24MR]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: J. James Rohack, AMA, S1956 [24MR]
Provisions: Charles N. Kahn III, Federation of American Hospitals, S1956 [24MR]
———Lawrence E. Smarr, Physician Insurers Association of America, E472 [24MR]
TRICARE Affirmation Act: several Representatives, H1849, H1911 [21MR]
Lists
Committee on Finance (Senate) staff who worked on H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S2082, S2085 [25MR]
Committee on the Budget (Senate) staff who worked on H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S2082 [25MR]
Internet addresses of studies and papers relative to student financial aid programs and student loan programs in H.R. 4872, provisions, S1985 [24MR]
Proposed points of order against certain provisions in H.R. 4872, provisions, submitted by Senator Grassley, S2084 [25MR]
Savings by States with single-payer health care systems, H2439 [25MR]
Motions
Enact (H.R. 4872), S1821, S1840, S1847 [23MR], S1923, S1937, S1959, S1980, S1993, S1994, S1995, S1996, S1997, S1998, S1999, S2000, S2001, S2002, S2003, S2004, S2005, S2006, S2008, S2009, S2010, S2011 [24MR], S2070, S2071, S2072, S2073, S2074, S2075, S2076, S2077, S2078, S2079 [25MR], H2167 [21MR], H2429 [25MR]
Press releases
AARP Statement on Historic Health Insurance Reform Package: AARP, S1956 [24MR]
Remarks in House
Appropriations: revised allocation of spending authority to certain committees of the House, H2171 [21MR]
Budget: deficit, H1857, H1885 [21MR]
Citizens Congressional Health Benefits Program: establish, H1861 [21MR]
Enact (H.R. 4872), H1597 [18MR], H1777, H1783, H1790, H1795 [20MR], H1854-H2169 [21MR], H2175, H2176, H2177, H2192-H2213 [22MR], H2247, H2248 [23MR], H2276, H2277 [24MR], E437, E440, E441, E444, E447 [22MR], E454, E455, E457, E462 [23MR], E465, E468, E469, E472, E473, E475, E477 [24MR], E506 [25MR]
———consideration (H. Res. 1203), H1824-H1854 [21MR], E508-E510 [25MR]
———consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 1225), H2418-H2429 [25MR]
———motion to recommit, H2167, H2168 [21MR]
———Senate amendments, H2323, H2429-H2440, H2449-H2454 [25MR], H2635 [15AP], H2834 [22AP], E567, E573 [15AP], E618 [22AP]
Federal-State relations: State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates, H1856 [21MR]
Health: consult with Federal antitrust enforcement agencies to ensure healthy competitive market incentives relative to health care reform, E455 [23MR]
———prohibit Federal funding of abortions under any national health care plan, H2167, H2168 [21MR], H2210-H2213 [22MR], H2450 [25MR]
Health care facilities: support community health center system, H1904 [21MR]
———support physician-owned hospitals, H1795 [20MR]
House of Representatives: tribute to staff who worked on H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, E505 [25MR]
Insurance: create refundable tax credits for low-income citizens purchasing health insurance, H1904 [21MR]
Medicare: ensure oversight of the Independent Payment Advisory Board, E618 [22AP]
———exclude Independent Payment Advisory Board recommendations that would reduce payment rates for providers that receive an additional market basket cut on top of the productivity adjustment, E473 [24MR]
———funding, H1837, H1907 [21MR]
———reform the Independent Payment Advisory Board, E465 [24MR]
———solvency, H1857 [21MR]
Members of Congress: negotiation of benefits granted to certain States in exchange for votes for passage of health care reform legislation, H1909 [21MR]
Obama, President: Executive order to ensure enforcement and implementation of abortion restrictions, H2450, H2451 [25MR]
OPM: authority to provide oversight and set premiums of multi-State health insurance plans, H1906 [21MR]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow States the right to opt out of federally-imposed health insurance mandate, H2449 [25MR]
———ensure appropriate treatment of Depts. of Veterans Affairs and Defense health programs, H1911 [21MR]
Puerto Rico: improve calculation of fee-for-service costs for Medicare beneficiaries, H2433 [25MR]
Tennessee: State policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H1888 [21MR]
Remarks in Senate
Black Lung Benefits Act: ensure benefit equity for eligible survivors, S2083 [25MR]
Budget: deficit, S1979 [24MR]
Business and industry: effect of health care legislation on professional employer organizations, S1989 [24MR]
Committee on the Budget (Senate): appropriations allocation revisions to S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014, S1866 [23MR]
Dept. of Education: condition Federal Family Education Loan Program funding on certification that no State will experience a net job loss as a result of enactment, S1959, S1999 [24MR]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify conditions under which veterans, their spouses, and children may be adjudicated mentally incompetent relative to their ability to purchase firearms, S2071 [25MR]
District of Columbia: prohibit issuance of a marriage license to any same-sex couple until a referendum or initiative can be held on the issue of same-sex marriage, S2008 [24MR]
Domestic policy: temporarily extend certain programs, S2008 [24MR]
Education: student loans and financial aid programs funding, S1980, S1984, S1987-S1989 [24MR], S2079, S2080 [25MR]
Enact (H.R. 4872), S1783-S1790, S1798, S1799 [22MR], S1819, S1821-S1867 [23MR], S1923-S2012 [24MR], S2069-S2089 [25MR], S2158 [26MR], S2753 [28AP]
———motion to commit, S1838-S1841, S1846-S1849 [23MR], S1924, S1937-S1940, S1959, S1994-S1998, S2000, S2005 [24MR], S2075, S2076 [25MR]
Federal-State relations: State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates, S1971 [24MR]
Financial institutions: reduce interest rates paid by student borrowers on education loans, S1924, S1928, S1929, S1947, S1996 [24MR]
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S2487 [21AP]
———prohibit tax increases on medical devices, S1965, S2001 [24MR]
———prohibit tax increases on medical devices for soldiers and veterans, S1966, S2002 [24MR]
———prohibit tax increases on pediatric devices and assistive medical devices for individuals with disabilities, S1965-S1968, S2001 [24MR]
———repeal limitation on itemized medical expense deductions, S2009 [24MR]
———require citizenship and immigration verification of eligibility for any national health care plan, S2071, S2072 [25MR]
———require the President, Vice President, Members of Congress, political appointees, and congressional staff to purchase health insurance through health insurance exchanges, S1859-S1862 [23MR], S1996 [24MR]
Health care professionals: improve access to pro bono health care for medically underserved or indigent individuals by providing limited medical liability protections, S2070 [25MR]
Health Insurance Rate Authority: establish, S1954 [24MR]
Insurance: provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce, S2075, S2076 [25MR]
Medicaid: give States incentives to reduce fraud, waste, and abuse, S2078 [25MR]
Medicare: allow individuals to opt out of Part A benefits, S2006 [24MR]
———ensure transparency of Independent Payment Advisory Board, S2109 [25MR]
———funding, S1941 [24MR]
———Medicare Advantage program funding, S1853 [23MR], S1937-S1940, S1969, S1997 [24MR]
———prohibit use of trust fund revenues to establish new entitlement programs and require any savings to be reinvested back into Medicare, S1825-S1829 [23MR], S1993 [24MR]
———protect beneficiary access to hospital care in rural areas from recommendations by the Independent Payment Advisory Board, S2004 [24MR]
———reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians, S1971-S1975, S2002 [24MR]
Medicare/Medicaid: eliminate fraudulent payments for prescription drugs and prohibit Federal coverage of erectile dysfunction drugs for child molesters and rapists and of drugs to induce abortion, S1942, S1998 [24MR]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow lawfully permanent residents who are ineligible for Medicaid to receive tax credits to purchase health insurance, S2079 [25MR]
———allow States the right to opt out of federally-imposed health insurance mandate, S1945, S1998 [24MR]
———call for GAO study to determine if certain guidelines or standards would result in new causes of legal action or claims, S2079 [25MR]
———condition implementation on Dept. of HHS certification that premiums will not increase higher than projected, S1852-S1855 [23MR], S1995 [24MR]
———eliminate certain provisions pertaining to special Medicaid and Medicare funding for certain States, S1831-S1837, S1845 [23MR], S1993, S1994 [24MR], S2074 [25MR]
———ensure appropriate treatment of Depts. of Veterans Affairs and Defense health programs, S1952, S1953, S2003 [24MR]
———ensure taxes on Medicare, wages and unearned income are indexed for inflation, S2074 [25MR]
———exempt small businesses from taxes and requirements of health care mandates, S1846-S1849 [23MR], S1960, S1994, S1995 [24MR]
———impact on small businesses, S5243, S5244 [22JN]
———prohibit implementation of health care reforms until Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services certifies reforms will lower national health care costs, S2072, S2073 [25MR]
———prohibit tax increase for individuals under certain income levels, S1838-S1841 [23MR], S1994 [24MR]
———prohibit tax on net investment income, S1959, S2000 [24MR]
———provide inflation adjustment for additional hospital insurance tax on high-income taxpayers, S2077 [25MR]
———repeal, S1978, S1979, S2004 [24MR]
———repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program, S1958, S2000 [24MR]
———repeal penalty for failure to comply with individual health insurance mandate, S2076 [25MR]
———repeal taxable year limitation on small business tax credit, S2078 [25MR]
———suspend if OMB determines that the CBO deficit reduction targets are not being met, S2075 [25MR]
———waive penalty on hiring previously unemployed individuals, S1957, S1999 [24MR]
Provisions: repeal Patient Center Outcomes Research Institute, CMS Innovation Center, U.S. Preventive Service Task Force, and Independent Payment Advisory Board, S2005 [24MR]
Puerto Rico: improve calculation of fee-for-service costs for Medicare beneficiaries, S1989 [24MR]
Senate: impact of partisanship, S1992 [24MR]
———tribute to congressional staff who worked on H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S2082, S2085-S2087 [25MR]
Taxation: allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance, S1853 [23MR]
———allow refunds of Federal motor fuel excise taxes on fuels used in mobile mammography vehicles, S2011 [24MR]
———repeal sunset on marriage penalty relief and make election to deduct State and local sales taxes permanent, S2010 [24MR]
Tennessee: economic impact on State budget, S1980 [24MR]
Reports
Estimated Health Care Savings Resulting From the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Geiger-Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative, George Washington University, S1964 [24MR]
Obama Adminstration's Proposed 2.9% ``HI'' Surtax Would Harm the Economy and Lose Revenue: Stephen J. Entin, Gary Robbins, and Michael Schuyler, Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation, S1961 [24MR]
Reports filed
Consideration of H.R. 4872, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1203) (H. Rept. 111-448), H1817 [20MR]
Consideration of Senate Amendments to H.R. 4872, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1225) (H. Rept. 111-458), H2456 [25MR]
Provisions: Committee on the Budget (House) (H.R. 4872) (H. Rept. 111-443), H1595 [17MR]
Rulings of the Chair
Enact (H.R. 4872), S1996, S1997, S2000, S2003, S2008, S2009, S2010 [24MR], S2070, S2071, S2075, S2077, S2086 [25MR]
Statements
Ensure Appropriate Treatment of Depts. of Veterans Affairs and Defense Health Programs Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Eric K. Shinseki, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, H1849, H1912 [21MR]
TRICARE Affirmation Act: AMVETS (organization), H1912 [21MR]
Tables
Budget aggregates, H2172 [21MR]
Committee on the Budget (Senate) appropriations allocation revisions to S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014, S1867 [23MR]
Medicare cuts caused by passage of H.R. 4872, provisions, H1918 [21MR]
Revised allocation of spending authority to Committee on Education and Labor (House), Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), and Committee on Ways and Means (House), H2172 [21MR]
Texts of
H. Res. 1203, consideration of H.R. 4872, provisions, H1824 [21MR]
H. Res. 1225, consideration of Senate amendments to H.R. 4872, provisions, H2418 [25MR]