SOCIAL SECURITY

Addresses

State of the Union: President Obama, S263-S268 [27JA], H415-H420 [27JA]

Amendments

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution relative to health care reform, student loan reform, school construction and renovation, and other education initiatives (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]

Dept. of HHS: extend expenditure deadline for Social Services Block Grant Program funds provided for recovery from Hurricane Ike (S. 3774), S7758, S7763 [29SE]

Domestic policy: temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4691), S967 [2MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), S2228, S2246 [13AP], S2266, S2276, S2281, S2302, S2309, S2316 [14AP], S2351, S2391 [15AP], H2615 [15AP]

Economy: making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), S559, S560, S575, S586, S587 [11FE], S626, S628, S629, S634, S640 [22FE], S712 [23FE], S1476, S1479, S1480 [11MR], S1531, S1532 [15MR], H1125 [4MR]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), H1920 [21MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), consideration (H. Res. 1203), H1851 [21MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), S5154, S5161 [18JN], H4829 [24JN]

Insurance: provide for certain clarifications and extensions under Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 5712), S8046, S8068 [18NO], H7618 [29NO]

Medicare: reform payments and coverage for hospice care (H.R. 3454), S7639 [28SE], S10308 [15DE]

———reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (H.R. 3961), S737, S752 [24FE], H895 [25FE]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security (H.R. 5275), S6535 [29JY]

Appointments

National Commission on Fiscal Responsibilty and Reform, S753 [24FE]

Social Security Advisory Board, H7364 [29SE]

Articles and editorials

Add It Up—On Health-Care Vote, Lawmakers Should Pay Heed to the People, H1866 [21MR]

All or Nothing = Nothing, H8501 [15DE]

Anthem Blue Cross Dramatically Raising Rates for Californians With Individual Health Policies, S1691 [18MR]

Democrat's View From the House—Senate Bill Isn't Health Reform, H1742 [19MR]

Dems Retreat on Health Care Cost Pitch, S7075 [14SE]

Dems Tap Drug Maker Millions for PhRMA-Friendly Bill, H1606 [18MR]

Dissecting the Real Cost of ObamaCare, S1135 [4MR]

End Run by Dems Is a Travesty, S1706 [18MR]

End Run Denies Public a Debate on Health Care, S5770 [13JY]

Fact Check—Premiums Would Rise Under Obama Plan, S1726 [18MR]

Forging Ahead—Embracing the ``Reconciliation'' Option for Reform, S1250 [8MR]

Health Tops Pennsylvania Business Woes—State's Small Businesses Also See the Recession as a Severe Obstacle, S1689 [18MR]

Health-Care Reform's Sickeningly Sweet Deals, S1423 [11MR]

Historic and Dangerous Senate Mistake—Using `Reconciliation' To Ram Through Health Reform Would Only Deepen Partisan Passions, S1442 [11MR]

Kagan and ObamaCare, S5814 [14JY]

Mainers Wait and Wonder—How Will Reform Affect Us?, S1951 [24MR]

Mandatory Health Insurance—Is It Constitutional?, S1984 [24MR]

More Government Won't Work, H1422 [15MR]

Next Steps on Dems' Health Care Road, S1944 [24MR]

Obama' Illusions of Cost-Control, S1492 [15MR]

Obama's Good for GOP, Boehner Says, H5214 [30JN]

Principles for Economic Revival, S7189 [20SE]

Proposed Medicare Policy May Reduce Physical Therapy Services, S7200 [20SE]

Pushback—State AGs Say Ben Nelson's Medicaid Deal Is Unconstitutional, S9 [20JA]

Say No—Health-Care Overhaul Won't Reduce Costs, Will Drive Up U.S. Debt,, H1867 [21MR]

Seniors Must Scrutinize Medicare Mailer, E1075 [10JN]

Short Takes, H1866 [21MR]

States and the Stimulus—How a Supposed Boon Has Become a Fiscal Burden, S9 [20JA]

Very Productive Congress, Despite What the Approval Ratings Say, E127 [2FE]

Wake Up, America, E974 [28MY]

Walgreens—No New Medicaid Patients as of April 16, S1727 [18MR]

Washington and the Fiscal Crisis of the States, S6566 [2AU]

Washington and the Fiscal Crisis of the States—The Strings on Federal Stimulus Money Are Making It Harder for States To Cut Spending and Balance Their Budgets, S8 [20JA]

Who Pays for ObamaCare? What Donald Berwick and Joe the Plumber Both Understand, S5756 [13JY]

Why Obama Can't Move the Health-Care Numbers, S1424 [11MR]

Will the New ESRD Bundle Cause the Death of Rural Hospital-Based Dialysis Unite?, S5909 [15JY]

Bills and resolutions

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: rescind all stimulus funds that remain unobligated (see H.R. 6403), H7453 [15NO]

Anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 302), H5985 [22JY]

Armed Forces: pay additional death gratuity on behalf of members killed in action equal to all Social Security taxes paid by the member and taxes paid on self-employment income (see H.R. 5921), H6402 (see H.R. 5921), H6454 [29JY]

Benefits: improve old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program, provide cash relief for years when annual cost-of-living increases do not take effect, and provide benefit protection (see H.R. 5834), H5984 [22JY]

———increase payments for temporary assistance to U.S. citizens returned from foreign countries and provide funding to avoid shortfalls in Medicare cost-sharing program (see S. 2949), S197 [25JA]

———level of payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (see H.R. 5001), H2503 [13AP]

———oppose privatizing, raising retirement age, or other similar benefit cuts (see S. Res. 664), S7789 [29SE]

———reject severe changes and make common-sense adjustments to strengthen and preserve program (see H. Res. 1077), H606 [5FE]

———require citizenship and immigration verification of eligibility for Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4708), H932 [25FE]

———require private insurers to certify that a claim is legitimate when forcing a policyholder to apply for disability benefits (see H.R. 6066), H6570 [30JY]

Budget: impose spending caps on entitlement programs and nondefense discretionary spending and prevent creation of new mandatory spending programs (see S. 3096), S1358 [10MR]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution relative to health care reform, student loan reform, school construction and renovation, and other education initiatives (see H.R. 4872), H1595 [17MR]

———reduce the Federal budget deficit in a responsible manner (see H.R. 4481), H265 [20JA]

Children and youth: ensure foster children are able to use program and SSI benefits to address their needs and improve their lives (see H.R. 6192), H6988 [23SE]

Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program: review prior to collection of premiums, notify individuals prior to enrollment, and terminate program in the event of actuarial unsoundness (see H.R. 5853), H6042 [26JY]

Culture of Safety Hospital Accountability Study and Demonstration Program: establish (see S. 3596), S5964 [15JY]

Death and dying: increase maximum amount of the lump-sum death benefit (see H.R. 6388), H7394 [29SE]

Dept. of HHS: award grants to local and tribal governments for hiring child protective services workers (see S. 4028), S10304 [15DE]

———establish an America Rx drug discount program for individuals without access to prescription drugs at discounted prices (see H.R. 5888), H6163 [27JY]

———extend expenditure deadline for Social Services Block Grant Program funds provided for recovery from Hurricane Ike (see S. 3774), S7089 [14SE]

———extend expenditure deadline for Social Services Block Grant Program funds provided for recovery from Hurricanes Ike and Rita (see H.R. 5790), H5818 [20JY]

———provide a comprehensive approach to preventing and treating obesity (see H.R. 5209), H3200 [5MY]

———transmit to House of Representatives documents, records, or communications relative to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services regarding Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (see H. Res. 1561), H6163 [27JY]

Disabled: apply an earnings test in determining the amount of monthly insurance benefits for individuals entitled to disability benefits based on blindness (see S. 2962), S340 [28JA]

———reward States for engaging individuals with disabilities in work activities (see H.R. 5083), H2695 [20AP]

———waive waiting period for disability insurance benefits for disabled individuals suffering from a terminal illness (see H.R. 6002), H6568 [30JY]

Diseases: modernize cancer research, increase access to preventative cancer services, and provide cancer treatment and survivorship initiatives (see H.R. 6224), H7153 (see H.R. 6224), H7211 [28SE]

Domestic policy: fully offset extension of emergency unemployment compensation, enhanced Medicaid Federal medical assistance percentage reimbursements, and summer youth jobs programs (see S. 3551), S5699 [30JN]

———provide a fully offset temporary extension of certain programs so as not to increase the deficit (see S. 3153), S1873 [23MR] (see S. 3173), S2115 [25MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs (see S. 3420, 3421), S4212 [25MY] (see H.R. 4691), H931 [25FE] (see H.R. 4851), H1517 [16MR] (see H.R. 5453), H4213 [28MY]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), same-day consideration of rule and consideration under suspension of the rules (see H. Res. 1248), H2578 [14AP]

Economy: making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), consideration of Senate amendment (see H. Res. 1137), H1167 [4MR]

———modernize and reform monetary system and restore exclusive and sovereign authority of U.S. Government to create and regulate money to rebuild the economy (see H.R. 6550), H8785 [17DE]

———reform health care, Social Security, tax code for individuals and small businesses, and the budget process (see H.R. 4529), H421 [27JA]

Education: establish a medical education trust fund and reform graduate medical education system (see S. 3957), S7968 [17NO]

Families and domestic relations: eliminate abstinence-only education programs (see S. 3878), S7787 [29SE] (see H.R. 6283), H7390 [29SE]

———improve enforcement, collection, and administration of child support payments (see S. 3848), S7618 [28SE]

Federal aid programs: improve quality, health outcomes, and value of maternity care under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 6437), H7614 [18NO]

———increase benefits for one month in 2010 to compensate for the lack of cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 4429), H138 [13JA]

———increase benefits for seniors, veterans, and people with disabilities for one month in 2011 to compensate for the lack of cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 5987), H6567 [30JY] (see H.R. 6294), H7391 [29SE]

———prevent fraud, waste, and abuse under Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 2964), S340 [28JA] (see S. 3900), S7787 [29SE] (see H.R. 6378), H7393 [29SE]

———provide a one-time payment to certain beneficiaries to compensate for the lack of cost-of-living adjustment in 2011 (see H.R. 6413), H7499 [16NO]

Health: ensure an up or down vote on certain health care legislation (see H. Res. 1188), H1595 [17MR]

———ensure continued access to Medicare for seniors and people with disabilities and to TRICARE for military families (see S. 3965), S8062 [18NO]

———ensure health care consumer and provider access to certain benefits plan information and provide transparency in hospital price and quality information under Medicaid (see H.R. 4803), H1322 [10MR]

———expand permissive exclusion from participation in Federal health care programs to individuals and entities affiliated with sanctioned entities (see H.R. 6130), H6762 [15SE]

———extend health information technology assistance eligibility to behavioral health, mental health, and substance abuse professionals and facilities (see S. 3709), S6882 [5AU] (see H.R. 5025), H2578 [14AP] (see H.R. 5040), H2640 [15AP]

———make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (see S. 3737), S6883 [5AU]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 5421), H4021 (see H.R. 5421), H4082 (see H.R. 5444), H4022 (see H.R. 5444), H4083 [27MY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), consideration (see H. Res. 1203), H1817 [20MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), corrections in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 254), H1744 [19MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3889), pass (see H.R. 5073), H2695 [20AP]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 4038), pass (see H.R. 5424), H4021 (see H.R. 5424), H4082 [27MY]

———provide for insurance and Medicare Advantage reform, reduce disparities in Medicare, and regulate importation of prescription drugs (see H.R. 4813), H1323 [10MR]

———reform provision of long-term care insurance (see H.R. 5890), H6282 [28JY]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: deauthorize appropriations (see H.R. 5882), H6163 [27JY]

———repeal (see H.R. 5421), H4021 (see H.R. 5421), H4082 (see H.R. 5424), H4021 (see H.R. 5424), H4082 (see H.R. 5444), H4022 (see H.R. 5444), H4083 [27MY] (see H.R. 6555), H8785 [17DE]

———repeal tax on unearned investment income Medicare contribution (see S. 3712), S6883 [5AU]

Health care professionals: increase number of primary care physicians and medical residents serving health professional shortage areas (see H.R. 5889), H6163 [27JY]

Homosexuality: provide for treatment of permanent partnerships between individuals of the same gender as marriage for purposes of determining entitlement to certain benefits (see H.R. 6569), H8941 [21DE]

House of Representatives: oppose usage of certain legislative tactics to further passage of health care reform legislation (see H. Res. 1194), H1656 [18MR]

Insurance: ensure transparency and proper operation of pharmacy benefit managers (see H.R. 5234), H3272 [6MY]

———provide for certain clarifications and extensions under Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 5712), H5545 [13JY]

IRS: prohibit hiring of additional employees to implement, administer, or enforce health insurance reform (see H.R. 5054), H2640 [15AP] (see H.R. 5066), H2694 [20AP] (see H.R. 5570), H4677 [22JN]

Lawyers and attorneys: permanently extend certain attorney and qualified non-attorney representatives fee withholding procedures under Social Security (see H.R. 4532), H422 [27JA]

Medicaid: clarify treatment of electronic health record incentive payments for federally qualified health centers (see H.R. 6348), H7392 [29SE]

———enhance quality through nursing facility survey system improvements (see H.R. 6074), H6571 [30JY]

———ensure access to resin-based dental fillings that is at least equal to the level of access to mercury-based dental fillings (see H.R. 4731), H1026 [2MR]

———extend the period of temporary increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage (see S. 3000), S482 [4FE] (see H.R. 5471), H4214 [28MY]

———improve access to advanced practice nurses and physicians' assistants (see H.R. 6373), H7393 [29SE]

———improve and protect rehabilitative and case management services to improve the health and welfare of the most vulnerable seniors and children (see H.R. 4787), H1219 [9MR]

———provide 100 percent reimbursement for medical assistance provided to Native Hawaiians through a federally-qualified health center or a Native Hawaiian health care system (see H.R. 6489), H8030 [2DE]

———require approval of waivers relative to State provider taxes that exempt certain retirement communities (see H.R. 6163), H6878 [22SE]

———require coverage of optometrists (see H.R. 6290), H7390 [29SE]

———require States to provide oral health services to aged, blind, or disabled individuals (see H.R. 5364), H3702 [20MY]

———revise regulations implementing statutory reporting and auditing requirements for the disproportionate share hospital payment program to be consistent statutorily and avoid policy changes (see S. 2984), S481 [4FE]

Medicare: allow individuals to opt out of certain benefits (see S. 3094), S1311 [9MR]

———apply a consistent part B premium for all beneficiaries (see S. 3950), S7968 [17NO]

———clarify application of secondary payer rules (see H.R. 4796), H1220 [9MR]

———clarify policy relative to physician supervision of therapeutic hospital outpatient services (see H.R. 6376), H7393 [29SE]

———count period of observation in a hospital exceeding 24 hours toward satisfying the 3-day inpatient hospital requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services (see H.R. 5950), H6404 (see H.R. 5950), H6455 [29JY]

———eliminate contributing factors to disparities in breast cancer treatment through development of a uniform set of consensus-based treatment performance measures for reporting and purchasing system (see S. 3318), S3164 [5MY]

———eliminate lifetime limit on inpatient psychiatric hospital services (see S. 3028), S742 [24FE] (see H.R. 6143), H6763 [15SE]

———ensure beneficiary access to physicians, ensure equitable reimbursement for all rural States, and eliminate sweetheart deals for frontier States (see S. 3216), S2377 [15AP]

———ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 4993), H2502 [13AP]

———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 S. 3978), S8128 [19NO]

———establish a cancer center construction loan program (see H.R. 5861), H6042 [26JY]

———establish a fraud, waste, and abuse detection and mitigation program (see H.R. 5546), H4597 [16JN]

———establish an extended special enrollment period for part B (see H.R. 4473), H265 [20JA]

———exempt blood glucose self-testing equipment and supplies furnished by small retail community pharmacies from competitive acquisition programs (see H.R. 5235), H3272 [6MY]

———expand access to medication therapy management services (see S. 3543), S5538 [29JN]

———extend the exceptions process relative to caps on payments for therapy services (see S. 2987, 2988), S481 [4FE]

———improve access of beneficiaries to intravenous immune globulins (IVIG) (see H.R. 5597), H4871 [24JN]

———improve diagnosis and treatment of lymphedema and reduce costs relative to treatment of complications of lymphedema (see H.R. 4662), H754 [23FE]

———improve recruitment and retention of physicians (see S. 3915), S7788 [29SE]

———include screening computed tomography colonography as a colorectal screening test (see H.R. 5461), H4214 [28MY]

———increase payment for chest radiography (x-ray) services that use computer aided detection technology for early detection of lung cancer (see S. 3527), S5439 [24JN]

———permit coverage of certain covered part D drugs for uses that are determined to be for medically accepted indications based upon clinical evidence in peer reviewed medical literature (see H.R. 5732), H5616 [14JY]

———permit physicians and suppliers a new election to become participating physicians and suppliers if physician fee schedule rates are extended (see H.R. 5290), H3440 [12MY]

———preserve integrated care for durable medical equipment under the competitive bidding program for qualified hospital-related durable medical equipment entities (see H.R. 6095), H6627 [10AU]

———prevent the catastrophic loss of wage index reclassification (see H.R. 6512), H8286 [9DE]

———prohibit mid-year changes in the formularies of Part D plans (see H.R. 4917), H2261 [23MR]

———protect access to home health services for beneficiaries (see S. 3315), S3164 [5MY] (see H.R. 5803), H5919 [21JY]

———provide a transition period for reductions in relative value units for certain newly bundled services to allow physicians time to adjust to new payment rates (see H.R. 6459), H7757 [30NO]

———provide all beneficiaries with the right to guaranteed issue of a supplemental policy and annual open change-in-enrollment periods (see H.R. 5844), H5984 [22JY]

———provide an option for any citizen or permanent U.S. resident to buy into Medicare (see H.R. 4789), H1219 [9MR]

———provide coverage of clinical pharmacist practitioner services under part B (see H.R. 5389), H3822 [25MY]

———provide coverage of comprehensive Alzheimer's disease and other dementia diagnosis and services to improve care and outcomes by increasing detection, diagnosis, care, and planning (see S. 3674), S6520 [29JY] (see H.R. 5926), H6402 (see H.R. 5926), H6454 [29JY]

———provide coverage of custom fabricated breast prostheses following a mastectomy (see S. 3255), S2587 [22AP] (see H.R. 5447), H4022 (see H.R. 5447), H4083 [27MY]

———provide for additional opportunities to enroll under part B (see H.R. 5588), H4779 [23JN]

———provide for patient protection by establishing safe nurse staffing levels at certain Medicare providers (see S. 3491), S4938 [15JN] (see H.R. 5527), H4505 [15JN]

———provide for timely access to post-mastectomy items (see H.R. 5593), H4871 [24JN]

———provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist services (see H.R. 6147), H6803 [16SE]

———provide that hospitals located in territories are eligible for electronic health record incentive payments in the same manner as hospitals located in one of the 50 States (see H.R. 4669), H754 [23FE]

———reclassification of hospitals as rural referral centers (see H.R. 5474), H4214 [28MY]

———recognize certain certified diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes self-management training services (see S. 3211), S2377 [15AP]

———reduce costs of prescription drugs for beneficiaries and guarantee access to comprehensive prescription drug coverage (see S. 4024), S8786 [10DE]

———reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (H.R. 3961), consideration of Senate amendments (see H. Res. 1109), H931 [25FE]

———repeal the unearned income contribution provision in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (see H.R. 6385), H7394 [29SE]

———require the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (see S. 3413, 3415), S4211 [25MY] (see H.R. 4752), H1103 [3MR]

———treat certain provider taxes as allowable costs for purposes of reimbursements to critical access hospitals (see H.R. 6346), H7392 [29SE]

———update physician fee schedule (see H.R. 6427), H7613 [18NO]

———update physician fee schedule and sunset application of sustainable growth rate formula (see S. 2997), S481 [4FE]

———waive part B premiums for certain military retirees (see H.R. 4593), H555 [3FE]

Medicare/Medicaid: amend disproportionate share hospital payment program (see H.R. 5417), H3870 [26MY]

———clarify application of electronic health record payment incentives in cases of multi-campus hospitals (see S. 3708), S6882 [5AU] (see H.R. 6072), H6571 [30JY]

———enhance penalties to combat fraud, establish a data-mining system and biometric technology program, and support GAO study on Medicare administrative contractors (see H.R. 5044), H2640 [15AP]

———enhance penalties to combat fraud and establish Medicare data-mining system and Beneficiary Verification Pilot Program (see S. 3632), S6200 [22JY]

———improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (see H.R. 6537), H8598 [16DE]

———improve oversight of nursing facilities by ensuring adequate, trained surveyors (see H.R. 6261), H7389 [29SE]

———provide coverage of voluntary advance care planning consultation (see H.R. 5795), H5818 [20JY]

———provide for treatment of certain electronic health records as certified EHR technology for purposes of health information technology payment incentives (see H.R. 6005), H6568 [30JY]

———provide supplemental payments to nursing facilities serving beneficiaries and ensure adequate payment levels for services (see H.R. 5457), H4214 [28MY]

Mental health: establish federally qualified behavioral health centers and require Medicaid coverage for services provided by such centers (see H.R. 5636), H4974 (see H.R. 5636), H5203 [29JN]

———increase access to community behavioral health services and improve Medicaid reimbursement for such services (see S. 4038), S10410 [16DE]

National Committee for Quality Assurance: tribute (see S. Res. 490), S2424 [19AP]

National Save for Retirement Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 649), S7508 [27SE] (see H. Res. 1481), H4905 [28JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow an earlier start for State health care coverage innovation waivers (see S. 3958), S7968 [17NO] (see S. 4057), S11037 [22DE]

———commend efforts of State legislatures, attorneys general, and citizens to resist implementation (see H. Res. 1230), H2459 [25MR]

———deauthorize appropriations (see H.R. 5882), H6163 [27JY]

———delay cut-off date relative to self-referrals to physician-owned hospitals (see H.R. 5271), H3310 [11MY]

———eliminate certain provisions pertaining to special Medicaid and Medicare funding for certain States (see H.R. 4960), H2457 [25MR]

———permit States to elect not to establish an American Health Benefit Exchange (see H.R. 5425), H4021 (see H.R. 5425), H4083 [27MY]

———promote accountability and transparency concerning implementation (see S. 3924), S7788 [29SE]

———protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services (see H.R. 6570), H8990 [22DE]

———repeal (see S. 3147), S1812 [22MR] (see S. 3152), S1873 [23MR] (see H.R. 4901, 4903, 4910), H2215 [22MR] (see H.R. 4919), H2318 [24MR] (see H.R. 4944), H2456 (see H.R. 4972), H2458 [25MR] (see H.R. 5005), H2503 [13AP] (see H.R. 5073), H2695 [20AP] (see H.R. 5216), H3201 [5MY] (see H.R. 5421), H4021 (see H.R. 5421), H4082 (see H.R. 5424), H4021 (see H.R. 5424), H4082 (see H.R. 5444), H4022 (see H.R. 5444), H4083 [27MY] (see H.R. 6555), H8785 [17DE]

———repeal certain provisions relative to physician referrals for hospitals and physician ownership or investment interests transparency (see H.R. 5433), H4021 (see H.R. 5433), H4083 [27MY]

———repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (see S. 3829), S7420 [23SE]

———repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see S. 3653), S6302 [27JY] (see H.R. 4985), H2458 [25MR]

———repeal provisions relative to annual period for disenrollment from Medicare Advantage plans to elect to receive original Medicare fee-for-service benefits (see S. 4040), S10514 [17DE] (see H.R. 6303), H7391 [29SE] (see H.R. 6502), H8263 [8DE]

———repeal specific provisions (see H.R. 4911), H2215 [22MR]

———repeal unwarranted provisions and more efficiently use taxpayer dollars in health care spending (see S. 3239), S2518 [21AP]

Pensions: prevent low-income public servants from falling into poverty by modifying the Government Pension Offset to protect their widows and spousal benefits (see H.R. 6442), H7614 [18NO]

Privacy: limit access to account numbers (see S. 3789), S7134 [15SE]

———prohibit access of prisoners to Social Security account numbers (see H.R. 5854), H6042 [26JY]

———prohibit the display of account numbers on Medicare cards (see S. 3574), S5786 [13JY] (see H.R. 5714), H5545 [13JY]

Public welfare programs: extend the Emergency Contingency Fund for State Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Programs (see S. 3849), S7618 [28SE] (see H.R. 4564), H470 [2FE] (see H.R. 4623), H609 [9FE]

Railroad Retirement Act: provide that a current connection is not lost by an individual who is misled or misinformed by the Railroad Retirement Board (see H.R. 6422), H7548 [17NO]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security (see H.R. 5275), H3310 [11MY] (see H.R. 5305), H3482 [13MY]

———improve employability (see S. 4012), S8599 [7DE]

———oppose legislation raising the retirement age (see H. Res. 1670), H7154 (see H. Res. 1670), H7212 [28SE]

———support efforts to guarantee financial security, quality and affordable health care, protection from abuse and scams, and safe and livable communities with adequate housing and transportation (see S. Res. 553), S4939 [15JN] (see H. Res. 1342), H3273 [6MY]

SSA: reauthorize Work Incentives Planning and Assistance program and Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security program (see H.R. 6200), H6988 [23SE]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (see S. 3976), S8128 [19NO] (see S. 3985), S8244 [29NO]

———extend exemption from employer Social Security taxes relative to previously unemployed individuals and credit for the retention of such individuals for a certain period (see H.R. 6152), H6803 [16SE]

———provide an exemption from employer Social Security taxes relative to previously unemployed individuals and a credit for the retention of such individuals for a certain period (see S. 2983), S481 [4FE] (see H.R. 4633), H646 [22FE]

———provide for active qualified public safety employees to elect to be covered under the hospital insurance tax (see H.R. 5279), H3440 [12MY]

———require individuals to provide their Social Security number in order to claim the first-time homebuyer tax credit (see H.R. 4760), H1168 [4MR]

Trust funds: establish a procedure to safeguard the surpluses of the Social Security and Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Funds (see H.R. 4939), H2456 [25MR]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation and extend exemption from employer Social Security taxes for previously unemployed individuals and credit for retention of such individuals (see S. 3706), S6736 [4AU]

Utah: transfer administration of Federal education, transportation, and Medicaid programs to the State using Utah's portion of Federal revenues for such programs (see H.R. 5238), H3272 [6MY]

Veterans: improve process by which an individual files jointly for Social Security and dependency and indemnity compensation (see S. 3370), S3716 [13MY]

Cloture motions

Domestic policy: provide a fully offset temporary extension of certain programs so as not to increase the deficit (S. 3153), motion to proceed, S2091 [25MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), S2288 [14AP], S2364 [15AP]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), motion to proceed, S2099 [25MR], S2200 [12AP]

Economy: making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), S559 [11FE]

———making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), House amendment, S610 [22FE], S1479 [11MR], S1501 [15MR]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 3985), motion to proceed, S8552 [6DE], S8627 [8DE]

Commentaries

Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action: Maya MacGuineas, ``Nightly Business Report'' (television program), S181 [25JA]

Explanations

Constitutionality of Mandate Requiring U.S. Citizens To Have Health Insurance, H1826 [21MR]

Factsheets

Newspaper Editorials Supporting Health Insurance Reform: Representative Pelosi, H1635 [18MR]

Letters

Affordable Health Care for America Act: Douglas J. Mackenzie, E67 [21JA]

Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action: A. Barry Rand, AARP, S31 [20JA]

———Barbara B. Kennelly, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S32 [20JA]

———Barbara J. Easterling, Ruben Burks, and Edward F. Coyle, Alliance for Retired Americans, S33 [20JA]

———several organizations, S34 [20JA]

Budget reconciliation process: Senator Byrd, S1439 [11MR]

Continuing Extension Act: Senator Coburn, S2192 [12AP]

Exclude Social Security from Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action consideration: Leadership Council of Aging Organizations, S77 [21JA]

———OWL—The Voice of Midlife and Older Women (organization), S77 [21JA]

Extend expenditure deadline for Dept. of HHS Social Services Block Grant Program funds provided for recovery from Hurricane Ike: Kathleen Sebelius, Sec. of HHS, H7523 [17NO]

———Representative Jackson Lee, H7522 [17NO]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: A. Barry Rand, AARP, S1976 [24MR]

———Charles N. Kahn III, Federation of American Hospitals, S1956 [24MR]

Impact of increased Medicaid funding obligations on States: Gary R. Herbert, Governor of Utah, E461 [23MR]

Improve the provision of items and services to beneficiaries in rural areas: several Representatives, H905 [25FE]

Medicare Advantage program: several Senators, S4882 [14JN]

Medicare/Medicaid coverage of voluntary advance care planning consultation: David P. Sloane, AARP, E1375 [20JY]

———J. Donald Schumacher, National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, E1376 [20JY]

———James Shaw and Tina Picchi, Supportive Care Coalition, E1376 [20JY]

———Rick Pollack, American Hospital Association, E1376 [20JY]

National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform recommendations: several Senators, S8540 [6DE]

National Save for Retirement Week: Representative George Miller, Committee on Education and Labor (House), H6190 [28JY]

———Representative Levin, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H6190 [28JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Alliance of Specialty Medicine, S37 [20JA]

———Anne Stausboll, California Public Employees' Retirement System (organization), E2153 [16DE]

———Cori E. Uccello, American Academy of Actuaries, S833 [1MR]

———David M. Pariser, American Academy of Dermatology and AAD Association, S38 [20JA]

———Douglas W. Elmendorf, CBO, S828 [1MR]

———Gary R. Herbert, Governor of Utah, E409 [18MR]

———J. James Rohack, AMA, S1956 [24MR]

———Janice K. Brewer, Governor of Arizona, S1577 [16MR]

———Peter Fine, Banner Health (company), S1762 [19MR]

———Pharmakon Long Term Care Pharmacy, Inc., and Pharmakon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., E1300-E1302 [13JY]

———Senator Alexander, S827 [1MR]

———Senator Coburn, S39 [20JA]

———several medical organizations, S1426 [11MR]

———several organizations, S36, S37 [20JA]

———Susan Eckerly, National Federation of Independent Business, S830 [1MR]

———Tommy Williams, H1629 [18MR]

———William H. Fleming, III, and Susan Rudd Bailey, Texas Medical Association, H1804 [20MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act potential effects on discretionary spending: Douglas W. Elmendorf, CBO, S4639 [8JN]

Reform Medicare sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians: Louisiana congressional delegation, S469 [4FE]

———Louisiana State Dept. of Health and Hospitals, S468 [4FE]

———Nancy A. Leamond, AARP, H4177 [28MY]

———several physician organizations, H4177 [28MY]

Request the President and the Dept. of HHS to transmit to the House of Representatives copies of documents, records, and communications relative to certain health care reform agreements: Representative Burgess, H29 [12JA]

Securing America's Future Economy (SAFE) Commission: Representative Wolf, E974 [28MY]

Social Security Disability Applicants' Access to Professional Representation Act: Consortium for Citizens With Disabilities, H483 [3FE]

———Nancy G. Shor, National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives, H484, H485 [3FE]

———Scot E. Whitaker, National Association of Disability Representatives, H484 [3FE]

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 (House) Republican staff who worked on H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, E433 [21MR]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) staff who worked on H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S2082 [25MR]

Physician organizations that oppose H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S36 [20JA], H1716 [19MR]

Proposed points of order against certain provisions in H.R. 4872, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, submitted by Senator Grassley, S2084 [25MR]

Savings by States with single-payer health care systems, H2439 [25MR]

Memorandums

Democrat Spending Since Troubled Asset Relief Program Was Enacted Into Law, H2247 [23MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Richard S. Foster, Dept. of HHS, S832 [1MR]

Messages

Economic Report: President Obama, H621-H623 [22FE]

Motions

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution relative to health care reform, student loan reform, school construction and renovation, and other education initiatives (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]

Domestic policy: provide a fully offset temporary extension of certain programs so as not to increase the deficit (S. 3153), S2091, S2094 [25MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4691), S933 [2MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), S2099 [25MR], S2269, S2282 [14AP], S2345, S2346 [15AP], H2616 [15AP]

Economy: making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), S559 [11FE], S685 [23FE], S1479 [11MR], S1634 [17MR], H1136 [4MR]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), H2152 [21MR]

House of Representatives: oppose usage of certain legislative tactics to further passage of health care reform legislation (H. Res. 1194), H1624 [18MR]

Medicare: reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (H.R. 3961), H895 [25FE]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 3985), S8552 [6DE]

Petitions and memorials

Louisiana: Medicare growth rate payment system for physicians, S469 [4FE]

Utah: national health care reform legislation, E409 [18MR]

Press releases

AARP Statement on Historic Health Insurance Reform Package: AARP, S1956 [24MR]

Health Plans Propose Guaranteed Coverage for Pre-Existing Conditions and Individual Coverage Mandate: America's Health Insurance Plans (organization) (2008), H8335 [14DE]

NSBA Opposes Health Care Reform Bill, With Regret: National Small Business Association, S1951 [24MR]

Senate Health Bill: National Federation of Independent Business, S1951 [24MR]

Proposals

Oppose House of Representatives usage of certain legislative tactics to further passage of health care reform legislation, H1623 [18MR]

Remarks in House

AARP: support for national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H1603 [18MR]

———support for national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures relative to tax treatment of executive compensation, H21 [12JA]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: impact of stimulus funding, H659 [23FE]

———rescind all stimulus funds that remain unobligated (H.R. 2842), H6596 [10AU]

Anniversary, H5722, H5725, H5726, H5727, H5728, H5729, H5730, H5731, H5732, H5733, H5734, H5735, H5736, H5737, H5738, H5739, H5740, H5809 [20JY], H5823 [21JY], H5925, H5926 [22JY], H6047, H6048, H6050 [27JY], H6167, H6168 [28JY], H6462 [30JY], H57403 [20JY], E1369 [20JY], E1389 [21JY], E1435 [27JY], E1459 [28JY], E1484 [29JY], E1558 [10AU]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), conference report, H316, H317 [21JA], H372 [26JA], H2315 [24MR], H6630 [14SE]

———revised allocation of spending authority to certain committees of the House, H2171 [21MR]

Benefits: ensure prompt access to SSI, disability, and Medicaid benefits for persons released from certain public institutions (H.R. 2829), H272 [21JA]

———increase payments for temporary assistance to U.S. citizens returned from foreign countries and provide funding to avoid shortfalls in Medicare cost-sharing program (S. 2949), H348-H350 [26JA], E98, E103 [27JA]

———privatization proposals, H5308 [1JY], H5531 [13JY], H5725, H5726, H5728, H5729, H5730, H5731, H5732, H5733, H5734, H5735, H5736, H5737, H5738, H5739, H5740, H5747-H5750, H5809, H5812 [20JY], H5823 [21JY], H6047 [27JY], H6167, H6168 [28JY], H6462 [30JY], E1371 [20JY], E1389 [21JY], E1484 [29JY]

———require private insurers to certify that a claim is legitimate when forcing a policyholder to apply for disability benefits (H.R. 6066), E1533 [30JY]

Berwick, Donald M.: appointment as Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator, H5524, H5525 [13JY]

———nomination to be Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator, H3129 [5MY]

Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action: establish, H197 [20JA]

Budget: allocation of funds, H4078-H4081 [27MY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution relative to health care reform, student loan reform, school construction and renovation, and other education initiatives (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]

CBO: tribute to analysis and budget estimates of H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, E433 [21MR]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid: coverage of virtual colonoscopies, H1380 [12MR]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: impact of Administrator position vacancy, H316 [21JA]

———qualifications for receiving health information technology funding, H2847 [26AP]

———urge testimony from chief actuary on impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H3173 [5MY]

Children and youth: ensure foster children are able to use program and SSI benefits to address their needs and improve their lives (H.R. 6192), E1722 [23SE]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H183 [19JA], H2247 [23MR], H2883 [27AP], H3806 [25MY], H4411, H4412, H4414-H4416 [14JN], H5295-H5297 [30JN], H5599 [14JY], H5729, H5802 [20JY], H6153-H6159 [27JY], H6884 [23SE], H7365 [29SE]

Dept. of HHS: extend expenditure deadline for Social Services Block Grant Program funds provided for recovery from Hurricane Ike (S. 3774), H7378 [29SE], H7521-H7524 [17NO]

Disabled: 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), E771 [6MY], E915 [24MY]

Diseases: disregard, for purposes of eligibility for SSI and Medicaid, compensation for participation in clinical trials for rare diseases or conditions (S. 1674), H6891-H6896 [23SE], E1830 [29SE]

Domestic policy: temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4691), H901-H906 [25FE], H938 [26FE], H1227 [10MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), H1548-H1553 [17MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), same-day consideration of rule and consideration under suspension of the rules (H. Res. 1248), H2585-H2593 [15AP]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), Senate amendment, H2615-H2620 [15AP], E582 [20AP]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), Senate amendment—unanimous-consent agreement, H2615 [15AP]

Economy: comparison between policies of past Presidential administrations and the Obama administration, H5308 [1JY]

———making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), H303 [21JA], H362, H363 [26JA], H393 [27JA], H653, H661, H664, H736 [23FE], H761 [24FE], H954 [26FE], H2649 [20AP], H3315 [12MY], H3469 [13MY], H5601 [14JY]

———making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 1137), H1115-H1123 [4MR]

———making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), Senate amendment, H1111, H1125-H1147, H1151, H1152 [4MR], H1451, H1488, H1495 [16MR], H1555 [17MR], H2286 [24MR], E317 [5MR], E368 [12MR]

———reform health care, Social Security, tax code for individuals and small businesses, and the budget process (H.R. 4529), H1915 [21MR], E950 [26MY], E1369 [20JY]

Employment: prevent unauthorized earnings from being credited toward certain pension benefits, improve provisions governing totalization agreements, and prevent unauthorized employment (H.R. 2028), H3815 [25MY]

Federal aid programs: increase benefits for seniors, veterans, and people with disabilities for one month in 2011 to compensate for the lack of cost-of-living adjustment (H.R. 5987), H8093, H8094-H8101, H8244 [8DE], H8276 [9DE], E1530 [30JY], E2119 [14DE], E2140 [15DE], E2205 [18DE]

Funding, H5214-H5216 [30JN], H5925, H5926 [22JY], H8500 [15DE]

Geithner, Sec. of the Treasury: impact of previous self-employment tax errors on suitability to be Sec. of the Treasury, H3305 [11MY], H3811 [25MY], H6037 [26JY]

Health: constitutionality of mandate requiring U.S. citizens to have health insurance, H148, H177-H183 [19JA], H636, H637 [22FE], H1387, H1388 [12MR], H1740 [19MR], H1793 [20MR], H1856, H1876 [21MR], H2218, H2242 [23MR], H2479 [13AP], H5528 [13JY], H5679 [19JY], E506 [25MR]

———consult with Federal antitrust enforcement agencies to ensure healthy competitive market incentives relative to health care reform, E455 [23MR]

———ensure an up or down vote on certain health care legislation (H. Res. 1188), H1601, H1602-H1604, H1605, H1608 [18MR], H1715, H1719 [19MR]

———ensure no American is penalized for failing to purchase Government-mandated health coverage, H1660 [19MR]

———expand permissive exclusion from participation in Federal health care programs to individuals and entities affiliated with sanctioned entities (H.R. 6130), H6837-H6839 [22SE], E1637 [15SE]

———health insurance premiums rates, H2991-H2996 [28AP]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H337 [26JA], H612, H626, H630-H643 [22FE], H653, H654, H655, H656, H659, H660, H661, H662, H663, H664, H665, H667, H731, H736, H738-H744 [23FE], H758, H759, H760, H761, H797, H798, H817-H831 [24FE], H836, H837, H911-H920, H922-H929 [25FE], H952-H962 [26FE], H975, H1005-H1011, H1023 [2MR], H1033, H1034, H1088-H1101 [3MR], H1107, H1108, H1109, H1149, H1151, H1154, H1155, H1161-H1165 [4MR], E257 [25FE], E305 [4MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3200), H1644 [18MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), H301-H303 [21JA], H1174, H1177, H1213-H1218 [9MR], H1225, H1306-H1313 [10MR], H1326, H1327, H1340, H1348-H1355 [11MR], H1361, H1362, H1363, H1364-H1368, H1376, H1380, H1381, H1383, H1384-H1393 [12MR], H1399, H1400, H1401, H1412, H1413, H1422, H1430-H1439 [15MR], H1443, H1445, H1446, H1447, H1448, H1449, H1450, H1451, H1452, H1453, H1454, H1455, H1456, H1457, H1458, H1459, H1460, H1461, H1462, H1463, H1464, H1465, H1466, H1467, H1468, H1469, H1470, H1471, H1472, H1473, H1474, H1480, H1488-H1491, H1499-H1516 [16MR], H1521, H1522, H1523, H1524, H1551, H1552, H1561, H1562, H1563-H1592 [17MR], H1597, H1598, H1599, H1600, H1601-H1609, H1627, H1628, H1629-H1653 [18MR], H1659, H1660, H1661, H1662, H1665-H1667, H1672-H1677, H1680-H1683, H1691, H1701-H1711, H1714, H1715, H1716-H1742 [19MR], H1747, H1748, H1749, H1763-H1767, H1770, H1775-H1816 [20MR], H1819, H1820, H1821, H1854-H2169 [21MR], H2175, H2176, H2177, H2192-H2213 [22MR], H2217, H2218, H2241, H2242, H2246, H2247, H2248, H2254-H2260 [23MR], H2264, H2265, H2266, H2276, H2277, H2311, H2315 [24MR], H2322, H2323, H2324, H2441, H2445 [25MR], H2464, H2479, H2488-H2495 [13AP], H2627, H2634-H2638 [15AP], H2671 [20AP], H2827-H2834, H2838-H2840 [22AP], H2880, H2884, H2886, H2887, H2888, H2889, H2890, H2891, H2892, H2893, H2894, H2895, H2911 [27AP], H2990-H2997 [28AP], H3108-H3115 [4MY], H3187, H3189, H3191 [5MY], H3265-H3270 [6MY], H3282 [11MY], H3331 [12MY], H3732 [24MY], H3795-H3802, H3813 [25MY], H3829, H3846 [26MY], H4078 [27MY], H4218, H4238 [8JN], H4404-H4409 [14JN], H4447 [15JN], H4512 [16JN], H4670 [22JN], H4749, H4773-H4776 [23JN], H4859-H4864 [24JN], H4912, H4915 [29JN], H5296 [30JN], H5703, H5709 [19JY], H5811 [20JY], H5964 [22JY], H6144-H6147, H6154 [27JY], H6166 [28JY], H6853 [22SE], H6972-H6981 [23SE], H7486-H7492 [16NO], H7528 [17NO], H8021 [2DE], E13 [12JA], E367 [12MR], E402 [17MR], E408, E413 [18MR], E418 [19MR], E437, E440, E441, E444, E447 [22MR], E454, E455, E457, E461, E462 [23MR], E473, E475, E477 [24MR], E533 [13AP], E567 [15AP], E618 [22AP], E1075 [10JN], E1300 [13JY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), consideration (H. Res. 1203), H1824-H1854 [21MR], E508-E510 [25MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), unanimous-consent request, H1892 [21MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3889), H180 [19JA], H634 [22FE], H739, H741, H743 [23FE], H829 [24FE], H3798 [25MY], H5964 [22JY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3889), pass (H.R. 5073), H8075-H8079 [7DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), H12, H13, H15, H17-H30 [12JA], H44, H45, H47, H124-H131 [13JA], H148, H173-H175, H177-H185, H187-H190 [19JA], H196, H197, H198, H243, H246, H248-H262 [20JA], H269, H271, H272, H301-H303, H306, H316-H323 [21JA], H355, H375-H381 [26JA], H392 [27JA], H430 [2FE], H476, H546 [3FE], H565, H566 [4FE], E38 [19JA], E66 [21JA], E90 [26JA]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), Senate amendments, H4829-H4841, H4858 [24JN], E1234, E1247 [30JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3970), H246 [20JA], H759 [24FE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 5444), E985 [28MY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 676), H8273 [9DE]

———prohibit Federal funding of abortions, H6868 [22SE], H7738 [30NO]

———prohibit Federal funding of abortions under any national health care plan, H188 [19JA], H246, H248 [20JA], H309, H311, H314 [21JA], H379 [26JA], H392 [27JA], H825 [24FE], H928 [25FE], H1310, H1311 [10MR], H1346 [11MR], H1388 [12MR], H1433, H1434 [15MR], H1467, H1471, H1516 [16MR], H1604, H1605 [18MR], H1710, H1725, H1741 [19MR], H1749 [20MR], H1820, H1830, H1844, H1845, H1859-H1861, H1892, H1910, H2167, H2168 [21MR], H2210-H2213 [22MR], H2441, H2450 [25MR]

———provide affordable, guaranteed private health coverage (H.R. 1321), H1915 [21MR]

———use of budget reconciliation process to revise health care reform legislation, H1215-H1217 [9MR], H1225, H1307-H1309 [10MR], H1326, H1340 [11MR], H1376-H1380, H1383, H1386, H1388, H1391 [12MR], H1399, H1400, H1422, H1432, H1434 [15MR], H1470, H1471, H1472, H1474 [16MR], H1665-H1667 [19MR], H1794 [20MR]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: deauthorize appropriations (H.R. 5882), H6274, H6275 [28JY]

———repeal (H.R. 5444), E985 [28MY]

Health care facilities: prohibit physician ownership in new hospitals and limit the growth of existing physician-owned hospitals, H3111 [4MY]

Homosexuality: provide for treatment of permanent partnerships between individuals of the same gender as marriage for purposes of determining entitlement to certain benefits (H.R. 6569), E2224 [21DE]

House of Representatives: consideration of rule for reconciliation legislation that would deem Senate version of health care reform legislation passed, H1364, H1367 [12MR], H1399, H1434 [15MR], H1443, H1445, H1446, H1447, H1453, H1454, H1455, H1456, H1457, H1458, H1459, H1460, H1461, H1463, H1464, H1465, H1466, H1467, H1468, H1469, H1470, H1471, H1472, H1473, H1503, H1504, H1510 [16MR], H1552, H1567, H1573, H1590 [17MR], H1598, H1599, H1601, H1602, H1604-H1606, H1645-H1648, H1652 [18MR], H1659, H1665-H1667, H1672-H1677, H1715, H1724, H1725, H1728, H1738, H1739 [19MR], H1748, H1770, H1806, H1808 [20MR], H1834 [21MR]

———oppose usage of certain legislative tactics to further passage of health care reform legislation (H. Res. 1194), H1624 [18MR]

———require any conference committee or other meetings held to determine health care legislation be conducted publicly (H. Res. 847), H126 [13JA], H208-H210 [20JA]

———require any conference committee or other meetings held to determine health care legislation be conducted publicly (H. Res. 847), unanimous-consent agreement, H490 [3FE]

———tribute to staff who worked on H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, E505 [25MR]

Insurance: Government mandate requiring individuals to purchase health insurance, H2257 [23MR]

———prohibit pre-existing condition exclusions for children in group health plans and health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets (H.R. 1619), H6884 [23SE]

———provide for certain clarifications and extensions under Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 5712), H5563-H5565 [14JY], H8278 [9DE], E1308 [13JY]

———provide for certain clarifications and extensions under Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 5712), Senate amendments, H7618-H7621 [29NO]

IRS: prohibit hiring of additional employees to implement, administer, or enforce health insurance reform (H.R. 5570), H4785, H4786, H4791, H4792 [24JN]

Lawyers and attorneys: permanently extend certain attorney and qualified non-attorney representatives fee withholding procedures under Social Security (H.R. 4532), H482-H486 [3FE], E103 [27JA], E252 [25FE]

Louisiana: request for change or realignment of Medicaid Federal medical assistance percentage formula, H740 [23FE]

Medicaid: anniversary, E1511 [30JY]

———exemption of Nebraska from increased funding obligations, H21 [12JA], H126 [13JA], H320 [21JA], H1722 [19MR]

———extend the period of temporary increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage, H6581, H6582, H6583, H6589-H6597, H6604-H6625 [10AU]

———funding, H1704, H1705 [19MR]

———impact of increased funding obligations on States, H20 [12JA], H126, H128 [13JA], H1349 [11MR], H1653 [18MR], H2862, H2864, H2865 [26AP], H2987, H2994, H2995, H2996 [28AP], E461 [23MR]

———increase price transparency of hospital information and provide for additional research on consumer information on charges and out-of-pocket costs (H.R. 2249), H912 [25FE]

———reform reimbursement payment system for physicians, H1705, H1709 [19MR], H3875 [27MY]

———use historical averages to calculate the Federal medical assistance percentage for disaster affected States, H1715 [19MR]

Medicare: anniversary, H5722 [20JY], E1511 [30JY]

———apply a consistent premium for all beneficiaries in a budget neutral manner (H.R. 3631), H1578 [17MR]

———combat waste, fraud, and abuse, H769 [24FE], H1576, H1577 [17MR], H2480 [13AP]

———eliminate gap in coverage of prescription drug benefit, H1365 [12MR], H1575 [17MR], H2255 [23MR], H2264 [24MR], H4250 [9JN]

———ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (H.R. 4993), H2699 [21AP]

———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]

———extension of work geographic adjustment floor, H8271 [9DE]

———funding, H1575-H1580 [17MR], H1703, H1711 [19MR], H1837, H1907 [21MR], H2254, H2259 [23MR]

———improve the provision of items and services to beneficiaries in rural areas, H905 [25FE]

———Medicare Advantage program funding, H4411 [14JN]

———modify physician reimbursement policies to ensure a future physician workforce (H.R. 3693), H912 [25FE], H2831 [22AP], H3841 [26MY], H4837 [24JN]

———provide an option for any citizen or permanent U.S. resident to buy into Medicare (H.R. 4789), H1213 [9MR]

———reform, H374 [26JA]

———reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians, H372 [26JA], H567 [4FE], H1306-H1308 [10MR], H1550, H1551 [17MR], H2618 [15AP], H2830 [22AP], H3754 [25MY], H4091, H4169, H4170, H4176-H4182, H4208 [28MY], H4438 [15JN], H4836-H4841 [24JN], H7489 [16NO], H7619-H7621, H7626 [29NO], H8269-H8273 [9DE], E969 [28MY]

———reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (H.R. 3961), H2217 [23MR], H4838 [24JN], E1247 [30JN]

———reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (H.R. 3961), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 1109), H845-H848 [25FE]

———reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (H.R. 3961), Senate amendments, H895-H901 [25FE]

———reform the Independent Payment Advisory Board, E465 [24MR]

———release of part D prescription drug benefit rebate checks, H4334, H4335, H4336 [10JN], H4438, H4439, H4442 [15JN]

———repeal competitive acquisition program for durable medical equipment and prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) in a budget neutral manner (H.R. 3790), H1917 [21MR]

———solvency, H1575, H1576 [17MR], H1857 [21MR], H2254 [23MR]

———update physician fee schedule (H.R. 6427), H7621 [29NO]

Medicare/Medicaid: provide coverage of voluntary advance care planning consultation (H.R. 5795), H6287 [29JY], E1375 [20JY]

Members of Congress: negotiation of benefits granted to certain States in exchange for votes for passage of health care reform legislation, H1909 [21MR]

National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform: recommendations, H7455, H7485 [16NO]

National Save for Retirement Week: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 1481), H6189, H6190 [28JY]

Obama, President: Executive order to ensure enforcement and implementation of abortion restrictions, H1831, H1906, H1908, H1910 [21MR], H2450, H2451 [25MR], H2834 [22AP]

———host of televised bipartisan health care summit, H935 [26FE], H1018 [2MR]

———proposal to establish deficit commission by Executive order, H247 [20JA]

———proposal to host televised bipartisan health care summit, H631-H636 [22FE], H654, H655, H738, H741, H743 [23FE], H758, H760, H817-H822, H825, H827, H829, H830 [24FE]

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]

———Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program funding, H2832 [22AP]

———coverage and treatment of mental health services, H2257 [23MR]

———deauthorize appropriations (H.R. 5882), H6274 [28JY]

———eliminate certain provisions pertaining to special Medicaid and Medicare funding for certain States, H2835 [22AP]

———eliminate certain provisions pertaining to special Medicaid and Medicare funding for certain States (H.R. 4960), H2804 [22AP]

———impact on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H7650 [30NO], H8335 [14DE], E2153 [16DE]

———impact on health care costs, H2889, H2890 [27AP], H3444 [13MY], H6883, H6884 [23SE]

———impact on health care facilities profitability, H2888 [27AP]

———impact on insurance coverage for part-time workers, H4399 [14JN]

———impact on Medicare Advantage program funding, E1793 [29SE]

———impact on Medicare funding, H2855 [26AP], H2883, H2884, H2885, H2886, H2889 [27AP], H2941, H2990-H2996 [28AP]

———impact on senior citizens care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H4250 [9JN]

———promote accountability and transparency concerning implementation, H7487, H7490 [16NO]

———repeal, H2258 [23MR], H2464 [13AP], H2786 [21AP], H2840 [22AP], H2887, H2889, H2890 [27AP], H2992 [28AP], H3765, H3799 [25MY], H3828 [26MY], H4319 [9JN], H4442 [15JN], H6048 [27JY], H6766 [16SE], H7402, H7427-H7429 [15NO], H7490 [16NO], H7585 [18NO], H8073, H8074, H8079 [7DE], H8252, H8253 [8DE], H8931 [21DE]

———repeal (H.R. 4901), H2311 [24MR]

———repeal (H.R. 4903), H2177 [22MR]

———repeal (H.R. 4944), H2582 [15AP], H4599 [17JN]

———repeal (H.R. 4972), H3270 [6MY], H4775 [23JN], H6146 [27JY], H6275 [28JY], H6867 [22SE]

———repeal (H.R. 5073), H8075-H8079 [7DE]

———repeal (H.R. 5444), E985 [28MY]

———repeal specific provisions, H2296, H2297 [24MR]

Pensions: prevent low-income public servants from falling into poverty by modifying the Government Pension Offset to protect their widows and spousal benefits (H.R. 6442), E1984 [18NO]

Privacy: limit access to account numbers (S. 3789), H8100-H8102 [8DE]

———prohibit access of prisoners to Social Security account numbers (H.R. 5854), E1423 [26JY]

Public welfare programs: extend the Emergency Contingency Fund for State Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Programs, H2224, H2225 [23MR]

———extend the Emergency Contingency Fund for State Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Programs (H.R. 4564), H1301 [10MR]

———repeal denial to drug felons of eligibility for benefits under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 3053), H272 [21JA]

———repeal emergency fund for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 1277), H3671, H3673, H3675-H3679 [20MY]

———Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program emergency fund funding, E508 [25MR]

———Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program funding, H7688 [30NO]

Puerto Rico: improve calculation of fee-for-service costs for Medicare beneficiaries, H2433 [25MR]

Republican Party: evaluation of past health policies, H1704 [19MR]

———national agenda, H189 [19JA], H4494-H4497 [15JN], H7366 [29SE], H8777-H8782 [17DE]

Savannah, GA: plea for help in assisting unidentified man, H451 [2FE]

Securing America's Future Economy (SAFE) Commission: establish (H.R. 1557), H247 [20JA], H358 [26JA], H596-H599 [4FE], E973 [28MY]

Senior citizens: address needs to improve quality of life, H5550 [14JY]

———establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (H.R. 2365), H8101 [8DE]

———maintain retirement age, H5728, H5729 [20JY]

———protect economic interests, H3844-H3849 [26MY]

SSA: reauthorize Work Incentives Planning and Assistance program and Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security program (H.R. 6200), H7063, H7064 [28SE], E1729 [23SE]

———recognize value of the Office of the Chief Actuary to Congress, E459 [23MR]

States: decision to nullify federally-imposed mandate requiring individuals to purchase health insurance, H1653 [18MR]

Taxation: provide a temporary payroll tax reduction, H8526, H8558, H8560-H8565, H8576 [16DE], H8777 [17DE]

———require individuals to provide their Social Security number in order to claim the first-time homebuyer tax credit (H.R. 4760), E303 [4MR]

Trust funds: budget treatment, H5535 [13JY]

Virginia: U.S. district court ruling on constitutionality of federally-imposed mandate requiring individuals to purchase health insurance, H8298, H8335 [14DE], H8356, H8358 [15DE]

Women: health care for women, H1598, H1599, H1600, H1627-H1641 [18MR], H1659, H1711, H1719 [19MR]

Remarks in Senate

Anniversary, S6861-S6863 [5AU]

Association for Community Affiliated Plans: anniversary, S5694 [30JN]

Benefits: increase payments for temporary assistance to U.S. citizens returned from foreign countries and provide funding to avoid shortfalls in Medicare cost-sharing program (S. 2949), S202, S203 [25JA]

Berwick, Donald M.: appointment as Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator, S5722-S5729 [12JY], S5754-S5758, S5760, S5768-S5770 [13JY], S5836 [14JY], S7932 [17NO]

———nomination to be Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator, S2488 [21AP], S3613-S3616 [12MY], S3953 [19MY], S4843 [10JN], S4871 [14JN]

Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action: establish, S31-S35 [20JA], S79-S83, S94-S96, S102-S104, S106-S108 [21JA], S138 [22JA], S168-S174, S177, S179-S181 [25JA], S213-S221, S245 [26JA], S281, S282 [28JA], S5840 [14JY]

———exclude Social Security programs from consideration, S74-S77, S82 [21JA], S168 [25JA], S215-S221 [26JA]

———prohibit fast-track procedures for consideration of commission recommendations, S178 [25JA], S215 [26JA]

Budget: deficit, S8745 [10DE]

———impose spending caps on entitlement programs and nondefense discretionary spending and prevent creation of new mandatory spending programs (S. 3096), S1360-S1362 [10MR]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution relative to health care reform, student loan reform, school construction and renovation, and other education initiatives (H.R. 4872), S1783-S1790, S1798, S1799 [22MR], S1819, S1821-S1867 [23MR], S1923-S2012 [24MR], S2069-S2089 [25MR], S2158 [26MR], S2753 [28AP]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution relative to health care reform, student loan reform, school construction and renovation, and other education initiatives (H.R. 4872), motion to commit, S1838-S1841, S1846-S1849 [23MR], S1924, S1937-S1940, S1959, S1994-S1998, S2000, S2005 [24MR], S2075, S2076 [25MR]

———rescind certain unspent Federal funds to pay for additional emergency unemployment compensation and certain other Federal programs, S2275-S2278, S2281, S2287 [14AP], S2346 [15AP]

———rescind funds from certain Federal programs to pay for additional emergency unemployment compensation, S10249-S10251 [15DE]

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, S3794 [17MY], S4166 [25MY]

———impact of End Renal Stage Disease dialysis services bundled payment system implementation on rural low-volume hospitals, S5908 [15JY]

Committee on Finance (Senate): testimony of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Donald M. Berwick relative to new health care law, S8002 [18NO]

Committee on the Budget (Senate): appropriations allocation revisions to S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014, S189 [25JA], S1866 [23MR]

Culture of Safety Hospital Accountability Study and Demonstration Program: establish (S. 3596), S5968 [15JY]

Democratic Party: national agenda, S5141-S5143 [18JN]

Dept. of HHS: establish Office of the Deputy Sec. for Health Care Fraud Prevention (S. 2128), S767 [25FE], S1333 [10MR], S1508 [15MR]

———extend expenditure deadline for Social Services Block Grant Program funds provided for recovery from Hurricane Ike (S. 3774), S7762 [29SE]

Disabled: apply an earnings test in determining the amount of monthly insurance benefits for individuals entitled to disability benefits based on blindness (S. 2962), S343 [28JA]

———help individuals with functional impairments to pay for services and supports needed to maximize independence and choices about community participation, education, and employment, S2679 [27AP]

Diseases: disregard, for purposes of eligibility for SSI and Medicaid, compensation for participation in clinical trials for rare diseases or conditions (S. 1674), S6979 [5AU]

———provide a fully offset temporary extension of certain programs so as not to increase the deficit (S. 3153), S1819, S1821 [23MR]

———provide a fully offset temporary extension of certain programs so as not to increase the deficit (S. 3153), motion to proceed, S2091-S2094 [25MR], S2145 [26MR]

———provide a fully offset temporary extension of certain programs so as not to increase the deficit (S. 3173), S2138, S2149-S2152 [26MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs, S836-S838 [1MR], S2008 [24MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4691), S761, S776-S792, S816 [25FE], S818-S821, S824 [26FE], S825, S826, S852-S854 [1MR], S898-S904, S910-S921, S923, S926-S934 [2MR], S1211 [5MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4691), unanimous-consent agreement, S926 [2MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4691), unanimous-consent request, S772, S773, S776, S778, S786, S792, S816 [25FE], S819, S820 [26FE], S826, S844 [1MR], S897, S898, S899 [2MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), S1756 [18MR], S1759 [19MR], S2094-S2099 [25MR], S2226-S2230, S2233-S2235 [13AP], S2257, S2265-S2269, S2275-S2282, S2286, S2287 [14AP], S2341, S2351, S2363-S2367, S2396 [15AP]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), motion to proceed, S2099-S2106 [25MR], S2135-S2152 [26MR], S2187-S2189, S2191-S2195, S2197, S2199-S2202 [12AP], S2216, S2226 [13AP]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), unanimous-consent agreement, S2168 [26MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), unanimous-consent request, S1759, S1760 [19MR], S2096, S2098, S2102 [25MR], S2138, S2144 [26MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs (S. 3421), S4394 [25MY], S4397 [26MY]

———temporarily extend certain programs (S. 3421), unanimous-consent request, S4870 [14JN], S5097 [17JN], S5164 [21JN]

Economy: making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), S509, S510 [9FE], S559 [11FE]

———making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), House amendment, S600-S613 [22FE], S677-S679, S681-S688, S691-S693 [23FE], S718-S727, S730 [24FE], S784 [25FE], S1212, S1224 [5MR], S1453, S1479 [11MR], S1496, S1500-S1504 [15MR], S1575, S1577-S1579, S1584 [16MR], S1633-S1638 [17MR], S1745 [18MR]

———making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), House amendment—unanimous-consent agreement, S693 [23FE]

———making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), House amendment—unanimous-consent request, S682 [23FE]

Education: establish a medical education trust fund and reform graduate medical education system (S. 3957), S7972 [17NO]

Federal aid programs: prevent fraud, waste, and abuse under Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 2964), S345 [28JA]

———prevent fraud, waste, and abuse under Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 3900), S7804 [29SE]

Federal-State relations: State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates, S182 [25JA], S1276 [9MR], S1324 [10MR]

Health: Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program funding, S1324 [10MR], S6240 [26JY]

———constitutionality of mandate requiring U.S. citizens to have health insurance, S1984, S2012 [24MR], S6599 [3AU]

———health insurance premiums rates, S827-S836 [1MR], S2080 [25MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S547 [11FE], S604, S612 [22FE], S677, S685 [23FE], S717 [24FE], S758-S760, S766-S768, S771 [25FE], S898 [2MR], S974-S978, S991 [3MR], S1125, S1131-S1141, S1154-S1156, S1159, S1163 [4MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S7-S10, S12, S30, S36, S39 [20JA], S211 [26JA], S457-S460 [4FE], S529 [9FE], S827-S836 [1MR], S1243, S1246 [8MR], S1273-S1276, S1283, S1286, S1297-S1302, S1306 [9MR], S1321-S1327, S1333 [10MR], S1415, S1421-S1426, S1437-S1443, S1451 [11MR], S1489, S1505-S1512 [15MR], S1565, S1576, S1577, S1580-S1582 [16MR], S1635, S1642 [17MR], S1685-S1693, S1705-S1713, S1716, S1725-S1728 [18MR], S1760-S1763, S1767-S1772 [19MR], S1783-S1790, S1798, S1799 [22MR], S1819, S1820, S1829, S1835, S1841, S1855-S1859, S1864-S1867 [23MR], S2012-S2015 [24MR], S2096 [25MR], S2142, S2157, S2158 [26MR], S2185, S2187, S2200, S2203 [12AP], S2235, S2236 [13AP], S2257 [14AP], S2487-S2489 [21AP], S2560 [22AP], S2678-S2680 [27AP], S3123 [5MY], S3570, S3571, S3579 [12MY], S3853-S3855 [18MY], S3961 [19MY], S4111 [24MY], S4166 [25MY], S4399 [26MY], S4630-S4633, S4639, S4647-S4650 [8JN], S4954-S4956 [16JN], S5165 [21JN], S5226, S5227 [22JN], S5283-S5285, S5302 [23JN], S5661 [30JN], S5723-S5729 [12JY], S5754-S5758 [13JY], S6051 [21JY], S6371-S6373 [28JY], S6511 [29JY], S7200 [20SE], S7391, S7407, S7412-S7414 [23SE], S7438 [24SE], S7477 [27SE], S7932 [17NO], S8268 [30NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), S5150, S5151 [18JN], S5226 [22JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), unanimous-consent request, S5096 [17JN]

———prohibit Federal funding of abortions under any national health care plan, S143 [22JA], S1246 [8MR], S5690 [30JN]

———require citizenship and immigration verification of eligibility for any national health care plan, S2071, S2072 [25MR]

———use of budget reconciliation process to revise health care reform legislation, S1131, S1133, S1137 [4MR], S1247, S1248 [8MR], S1275 [9MR], S1321 [10MR], S1423, S1437-S1443 [11MR], S1490 [15MR], S1576, S1580-S1582, S1614 [16MR], S1685-S1688, S1691, S1712, S1716 [18MR]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: economic impact on Tennessee State budget, S1980 [24MR]

———repeal Patient Center Outcomes Research Institute, CMS Innovation Center, U.S. Preventive Service Task Force, and Independent Payment Advisory Board provisions, S2005 [24MR]

———repeal tax on unearned investment income Medicare contribution (S. 3712), S6887 [5AU]

Health care facilities: Presidential Memorandum on respecting rights of hospital patients to receive visitors and to designate surrogate decisions makers for medical emergencies, S2417 [19AP]

House of Representatives: consideration of rule for reconciliation legislation that would deem Senate version of health care reform legislation passed, S1635 [17MR], S1686, S1687, S1705 [18MR], S1767 [19MR]

Insurance: provide for certain clarifications and extensions under Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 5712), S5977 [19JY], S8046 [18NO]

Kagan, Elena: involvement in evaluation of health care reform legislation or pending lawsuits in role as Solicitor General relative to possible recusals as Supreme Court Justice, S5812-S5814 [14JY]

Lawyers and attorneys: permanently extend certain attorney and qualified non-attorney representatives fee withholding procedures under Social Security (H.R. 4532), S673 [22FE]

Louisiana: request for change or realignment of Medicaid Federal medical assistance percentage formula, S457-S460 [4FE]

Medicaid: exemption of Nebraska from increased funding obligations, S8 [20JA]

———extend the period of temporary increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage, S688 [23FE], S6498 [29JY], S6558, S6565-S6567 [2AU], S6605 [3AU], S6678-S6685 [4AU], S6760, S6765, S6766 [5AU]

———extend the period of temporary increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage, unanimous-consent request, S5096 [17JN]

———give States incentives to reduce fraud, waste, and abuse, S2078 [25MR]

———impact of increased funding obligations on States, S7 [20JA], S4953 [16JN]

———maintain rebates on certain pharmaceuticals, S6766 [5AU]

Medicare: allow individuals to opt out of Part A benefits, S2006 [24MR]

———anniversary, S6511 [29JY]

———apply a consistent part B premium for all beneficiaries (S. 3950), S7971 [17NO]

———combat waste, fraud, and abuse, S1132 [4MR], S1333 [10MR], S1511 [15MR]

———eliminate gap in coverage of prescription drug benefit, S4572 [28MY], S7932 [17NO]

———eliminate lifetime limit on inpatient psychiatric hospital services (S. 3028), S744 [24FE]

———ensure beneficiary access to physicians, ensure equitable reimbursement for all rural States, and eliminate sweetheart deals for frontier States (S. 3216), S2387 [15AP]

———ensure transparency of Independent Payment Advisory Board, S2109 [25MR]

———establish a fraud, waste, and abuse detection and mitigation program, S6384 [28JY]

———expand access to medication therapy management services (S. 3543), S5539 [29JN]

———extend the exceptions process relative to caps on payments for therapy services, S977 [3MR]

———funding, S1941 [24MR]

———impact of sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians on outpatient therapy services, S7200 [20SE]

———Medicare Advantage program funding, S1133 [4MR], S1274, S1275 [9MR], S1853 [23MR], S1937-S1940, S1969, S1997 [24MR], S5227 [22JN]

———part D prescription drug benefit funding, S784-S787 [25FE]

———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 access to home health services for beneficiaries (S. 3315), S3168 [5MY]

———protect beneficiary access to hospital care in rural areas from recommendations by the Independent Payment Advisory Board, S2004 [24MR]

———recognize certain certified diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes self-management training services (S. 3211), S3088 [4MY]

———reduce costs of prescription drugs for beneficiaries and guarantee access to comprehensive prescription drug coverage (S. 4024), S8787, S8788 [10DE]

———reform hospital wage index classification system, S2012 [24MR]

———reform payment policies using Independent Payment Advisory Board recommendations, S2158 [26MR]

———reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians, S468 [4FE], S777 [25FE], S976, S995, S998 [3MR], S1135 [4MR], S1275-S1277, S1294 [9MR], S1422 [11MR], S1706, S1707 [18MR], S1971-S1975, S1977, S2002 [24MR], S4641 [8JN], S5063, S5085, S5096 [17JN], S5226, S5253 [22JN], S5416 [24JN]

———reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (H.R. 3961), S5 [20JA], S736, S737 [24FE], S793 [25FE]

———reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (H.R. 3961), unanimous-consent request, S559 [11FE]

———require the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (S. 3415), S4218 [25MY]

Medicare/Medicaid: coverage of vision rehabilitation specialists and include vision services in health plans offered through the health insurance exchange, S247 [26JA]

———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]

Members of Congress: enroll in Medicaid, S1934-S1937, S1940, S1997 [24MR]

National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform: recommendations, S8453 [3DE], S8540-S8542 [6DE], S8628, S8630, S8634 [8DE], S8849 [13DE]

National Save for Retirement Week: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 649), S7563 [27SE]

Obama, President: State of the Union Message, S359-S362 [29JA]

Older Americans Act: reauthorize, S7261 [21SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow an earlier start for State health care coverage innovation waivers (S. 3958), S8006-S8008 [18NO]

———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]

———eliminate certain provisions pertaining to special Medicaid and Medicare funding for certain States, S1831-S1837, S1845 [23MR], S1993, S1994 [24MR], S2074 [25MR]

———ensure taxes on Medicare, wages and unearned income are indexed for inflation, S2074 [25MR]

———impact on health care costs, S3570 [12MY], S7075-S7077 [14SE]

———impact on insurance coverage, S8316 [1DE]

———impact on Medicare funding, S4630, S4632, S4647 [8JN], S4727 [9JN], S5283 [23JN]

———implementation of Patient's Bill of Rights, S7391, S7412-S7414 [23SE]

———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]

———repeal, S1978, S1979, S2004 [24MR], S4727 [9JN], S6369-S6371 [28JY], S6837 [5AU], S7074-S7077 [14SE], S7369 [23SE], S7930, S7931 [17NO]

———repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program, S1958, S2000 [24MR]

———repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (S. 3653), S7931 [17NO]

———repeal (S. 3147), S1847 [23MR]

———repeal (S. 3152), S1819, S1821 [23MR]

———repeal unwarranted provisions and more efficiently use taxpayer dollars in health care spending (S. 3239), S2519 [21AP]

———tribute to efforts of Members and staff who worked on passage, S2081 [25MR]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S7180 [16SE]

Privacy: limit access to account numbers (S. 3789), S7655 [28SE]

Public welfare programs: ensure State support and retention of foster parents and award grants to improve foster care, kinship care, and adoptive parents (S. 410), S4522 [27MY]

———extend the Emergency Contingency Fund for State Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Programs (S. 3849), S7621-S7623 [28SE]

———Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program funding, S1147 [4MR], S1303 [9MR]

Puerto Rico: improve calculation of fee-for-service costs for Medicare beneficiaries, S1989 [24MR]

Reischauer, Robert D.: nomination to certain Social Security and Medicare trust funds boards of trustees, S7180 [16SE]

Senate: tribute to congressional staff who worked on H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S2082, S2085-S2087 [25MR]

———tribute to congressional staff who worked on H.R. 4872, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, S2203 [12AP]

Senate Rules: prohibit use of reconciliation to consider changes in Medicare, S1161 [4MR]

Senior citizens: improve retirement security, S7170 [16SE]

———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, S925 [2MR], S978, S993-S995, S1009, S1010 [3MR], S1307 [9MR]

———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 using unobligated stimulus funds, S1006-S1009 [3MR]

Social Security: State Children's Health Insurance Program reauthorization, S6864 [5AU]

SSA: reauthorize Work Incentives Planning and Assistance program and Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security program (H.R. 6200), S7763 [29SE]

———reduce backlog of disability claims filed under Social Security, S1648 [17MR]

Tax Extenders Act: strike emergency designation for provisions on additional unemployment compensation, COBRA continuation coverage, and Medicaid Federal medical assistance percentage increase, S1007, S1008, S1011 [3MR]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 3985), S8251 [29NO], S8258 [30NO], S8363-S8365 [2DE]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 3985), motion to proceed, S8552 [6DE], S8617, S8627, S8628 [8DE], S8739, S8744, S8746, S8752, S8778 [10DE]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 3985), unanimous-consent request, S8363 [2DE]

———provide a temporary payroll tax reduction, S8736, S8745, S8762, S8777 [10DE]

———provide emergency unemployment compensation and extend exemption from employer Social Security taxes for previously unemployed individuals and credit for their retention (S. 3706), unanimous-consent request, S7697, S7698 [29SE]

Reports

Potential Impact of Health Reform on the Cost of Private Health Insurance Coverage: PricewaterhouseCoopers International Ltd., S833 [1MR]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and H.R. 4872, Reconciliation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1203) (H. Rept. 111-448), H1817 [20MR]

Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.R. 2847, Hiring Incentives To Restore Employment Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1137) (H. Rept. 111-426), H1167 [4MR]

Consideration of Senate Amendments to H.R. 1586, Education Jobs Fund Establishment and Medicaid Federal Medical Assistance Percentage Temporary Increase Extension: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1606) (H. Rept. 111-584), H6578 [9AU]

Consideration of Senate Amendments to H.R. 3961, Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1109) (H. Rept. 111-420), H931 [25FE]

Consideration of Senate Amendments to H.R. 4872, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1225) (H. Rept. 111-458), H2456 [25MR]

Dept. of HHS Document Transmittal Relative to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Regarding Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H. Res. 1561) (H. Rept. 111-649), H7388 [29SE]

Nomination of Charles P. Blahous III to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund Board of Trustees: Committee on Finance (Senate), S6882 [5AU]

Nomination of Charles P. Blahous III to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund Board of Trustees: Committee on Finance (Senate), S6882 [5AU]

Nomination of Charles P. Blahous III to the Federal Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust Fund Board of Trustees: Committee on Finance (Senate), S6882 [5AU]

Nomination of Robert D. Reischauer to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund Board of Trustees: Committee on Finance (Senate), S6882 [5AU]

Nomination of Robert D. Reischauer to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund Board of Trustees: Committee on Finance (Senate), S6882 [5AU]

Nomination of Robert D. Reischauer to the Federal Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust Fund Board of Trustees: Committee on Finance (Senate), S6882 [5AU]

Reconciliation Act: Committee on the Budget (House) (H.R. 4872) (H. Rept. 111-443), H1595 [17MR]

Same-Day Consideration of Rule and Consideration Under Suspension of the House Rules of H.R. 4851, Continuing Extension Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1248) (H. Rept. 111-463), H2578 [14AP]

Social Security Modernization—Options To Address Solvency and Benefit Adequacy: Committee on Aging (Senate, Special), S3715 [13MY]

Rulings of the Chair

Domestic policy: temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), S2269 [14AP]

Statements

Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action: Several Organizations, S33 [20JA], S181 [25JA]

Budget Reconciliation for Clinton Health Care Plan: Senator Byrd, S1423 [11MR]

GOP on Reconciliation: Several Members of Congress, S1692 [18MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Lewin Group (organization), S831 [1MR]

———Sonny Perdue, Governor of Georgia, S1978 [24MR]

Pay-as-You-Go Effects of H.R. 4851, Continuing Extension Act: CBO, S2365 [15AP]

Provide Health Care and Reform Insurance Procedures: Representative Burgess, H1592 [17MR]

Summaries

Accomplishments of the 111th Congress, E2250 [22DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590): CBO and Committee on Taxation (Joint) Findings on Impact on Health Insurance Premiums, S828 [1MR]

Tables

Budget aggregates, H2171, H2172 [21MR]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) appropriations allocation revisions to S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014, S189 [25JA], S1867 [23MR]

Effect of H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, on average premiums for health insurance, S829 [1MR]

Effect of Senate proposal on average premiums for health insurance, S1510 [15MR]

Estimated national job losses caused by passage of H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H1918 [21MR]

Estimated revenue effects of revenue provisions of Reid amendment to H.R. 2847, Hiring Incentives To Restore Employment Act, S721 [24FE]

Federal lands construction halted by furlough of Dept. of Transportation inspectors due to Senator Bunning filibuster of H.R. 4691, Temporary Extension Act, S914 [2MR]

Health care reform analysis—CBO v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Tennessee impact and assumptions, S835 [1MR]

Illustrative impact of Federal highway funding reduction by State, S916 [2MR]

Medicare cuts caused by passage of H.R. 4872, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, H1918 [21MR]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 2847, Hiring Incentives To Restore Employment Act, H1165 [4MR]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 3962, Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act, S5150 [18JN]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 4691, Temporary Extension Act, H929 [25FE]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 4851, Continuing Extension Act, S2365 [15AP], H1594 [17MR]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 4994, Medicare and Medicaid Extenders Act, S8631 [8DE]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 6130, Strengthening Medicare Anti-Fraud Measures Act, H6876 [22SE]

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. 1109, consideration of Senate amendments to H.R. 3961, Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act, H845 [25FE]

H. Res. 1137, consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 2847, Hiring Incentives To Restore Employment Act, H1115 [4MR]

H. Res. 1194, oppose House of Representatives usage of certain legislative tactics to further passage of health care reform legislation, H1624 [18MR]

H. Res. 1203, consideration of H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and H.R. 4872, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, H1824 [21MR]

H. Res. 1225, consideration of Senate amendments to H.R. 4872, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, H2418 [25MR]

H. Res. 1248, consideration of H.R. 4715, Clean Estuaries Act and same-day consideration of rule and consideration under suspension of the rules of H.R. 4851, Continuing Extension Act, H2585 [15AP]

H. Res. 1481, support goals and ideals of National Save for Retirement Week, H6189 [28JY]

H. Res. 1606, consideration of Senate amendments to H.R. 1586, Education Jobs Fund establishment and Medicaid Federal medical assistance percentage temporary increase extension, H6590 [10AU]

H.R. 1586, Education Jobs Fund establishment and Medicaid Federal medical assistance percentage temporary increase extension, H6604-H6609 [10AU]

H.R. 2847, Hiring Incentives To Restore Employment Act, S804-S815 [25FE], H1125-H1136 [4MR]

H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H1920-H2152 [21MR]

H.R. 3962, Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act, H4829-H4835 [24JN]

H.R. 4532, Social Security Disability Applicants' Access to Professional Representation Act, H482 [3FE]

H.R. 4691, Temporary Extension Act, H901-H903 [25FE]

H.R. 4851, Continuing Extension Act, S2365 [15AP], H1548 [17MR], H2615 [15AP]

H.R. 4872, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, H2153-H2167 [21MR]

H.R. 4994, Medicare and Medicaid Extenders Act, S8632-S8634 [8DE]

H.R. 5712, Physician Payment and Therapy Relief Act, S8046 [18NO], H7618 [29NO]

H.R. 5712, Veterans', Seniors', and Children's Health Technical Corrections Act, H5563 [14JY]

H.R. 5987, Seniors Protection Act, H8094-H8096 [8DE]

H.R. 6130, Strengthening Medicare Anti-Fraud Measures Act, H6837 [22SE]

H.R. 6200, WIPA and PABSS Extension Act, H7063 [28SE]

S. 1674, Improving Access to Clinical Trials Act, S6979 [5AU], H6892 [23SE]

S. 2949, Emergency Aid to American Survivors of the Haiti Earthquake Act, S203 [25JA], H348 [26JA]

S. 3420, Protecting Against Indebting Our Descendants Through Fully Offset Relief (PAID FOR) Temporary Extension Act, S4221 [25MY]

S. 3421, Protecting Against Indebting Our Descendants Through Fully Offset Relief (PAID FOR) Temporary Extension Act, S4222 [25MY]

S. 3712, Economic Growth and Jobs Protection Act, S6888 [5AU]

S. 3774, extend expenditure deadline for Dept. of HHS Social Services Block Grant Program funds provided for recovery from Hurricane Ike, H7521 [17NO]

S. 3774, extend expenditure deadline for Social Services Block Grant Program funds provided for recovery from Hurricane Ike, S7763 [29SE]

S. 3789, Social Security Number Protection Act, S7655 [28SE], H8100 [8DE]

S. 3957, Graduate Medical Education Reform Act, S7973 [17NO]

S. Res. 490, tribute to National Committee for Quality Assurance, S2428 [19AP]

S. Res. 553, support efforts to guarantee financial security, quality and affordable health care, protection from abuse and scams, and safe and livable communities with adequate housing and transportation for senior citizens, S4942 [15JN]

S. Res. 649, support goals and ideals of National Save for Retirement Week, S7516, S7563 [27SE]

S. Res. 664, oppose privatizing Social Security, raising retirement age, or other similar benefit cuts, S7835 [29SE]

Transcripts

Goldman Sachs Managed Care Industry Expert Conference Call: Matt Borsch, Goldman Sachs, Inc., with Steve Lewis, Willis Consulting (company), S1298-S1301 [9MR]