SOCIAL SECURITY see also Public Welfare Programs

Addresses

State of the Union: President Obama, S521–S526 [28JA], H1473–H1478 [28JA]

Amendments

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 524), H2668 [26MR]

Medicare: repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 4015), consideration (H. Res. 515), H2382 [13MR]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 2260), S3087, S3088 [15MY]

Articles and editorials

An Awful Idea—Hammer the Disabled To Pay for Unemployment Benefits, S287 [13JA]

Best State in America—Vermont, for Its Healthy Kids, S3926 [24JN]

CBO—Health-Care Law Will Reduce Jobs by Two Million, S728 [4FE]

CBO—O-Care Slowing Growth, Contributing to Job Losses, S729 [4FE]

Closing an Abhorrent Loophole, H8236 [2DE]

Health Insurers Make Late Push To Enroll Young People, S1851 [31MR]

Immigrant Families Benefit Significantly From Obamacare—Accounted for 42% of Medicaid Growth Since 2011 (excerpt), H8264 [2DE]

Koch Brothers’ Ads Shameful, S1160 [26FE]

Medicare Finances Improve Partly Due to ACA, Hospital Expenses, Trustee Report Says—Outlook for Social Security, However, Remains the Same, H7060 [30JY]

Nazi Criminals Getting Benefits? Yes, It’s True, H8236 [2DE]

No SSNs for the SS, H8235 [2DE]

ObamaCare and My Mother’s Cancer Medicine, S995 [24FE]

ObamaCare’s Hidden Hit on Businesses, S2084 [2AP]

ObamaCare’s Secret Mandate Exemption, H2382 [13MR]

Shameful Social Security Benefits for Expelled Nazis, H8236 [2DE]

Stop the Payments—Former Nazis Overseas Shouldn’t Get Social Security, H8236 [2DE]

Bills and resolutions

Benefits: credit prospectively individuals serving as caregivers of dependent relatives with deemed wages for up to five years of such service (see H.R. 5024), H5876 [8JY]

——— eliminate waiting period for entitlement to disability benefits in cases of terminally ill beneficiaries (see H.R. 4893), H5494 [18JN]

——— enhance for children, divorced spouses, and widows and widowers (see S. 2455), S3544 [10JN]

——— protect system and improve benefits (see H.R. 5306), H7181 [31JY]

——— provide for equal treatment of individuals in same-sex marriages (see H.R. 5182), H6745 [23JY]

——— provide for immediate designation of substitute representative payees relative to Federal old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits (see H.R. 4401), H2961 [4AP]

Business and industry: exempt from manufacturer transparency reporting certain Social Security benefit transfers used for educational purposes (see H.R. 5539), H7882 [18SE]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: adjust the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program in order to avoid disproportionate penalties for hospitals treating vulnerable populations (see S. 2501), S3863 [19JN] (see H.R. 4188), H2300 [11MR]

——— apply Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation waiver authority to Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) in order to foster innovation (see H.R. 4543), H3407 [1MY]

Children and youth: address childhood obesity (see H.R. 4765), H5022 [29MY]

——— prevent and address sex trafficking of youth in foster care (see H.R. 4058), H1776 [14FE]

——— prevent and address sex trafficking of youth in foster care, extend and improve adoption incentives, and improve international child support recovery (see H.R. 4980), H5816 [26JN]

Colleges and universities: raise to at least the poverty line the amount of benefits that are exempt from being offset to satisfy student loan debt (see H.R. 3927), H1252 [23JA]

Commission on Long Term Social Security Solvency: establish (see H.R. 4786), H5063 [30MY]

Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers: establish to determine cost-of-living increases (see S. 2382), S3293 [22MY]

Death and dying: improve end-of-life care (see S. 3009), S6788 [12DE]

Dept. of HHS: conduct outreach efforts to provide certain health information to individuals enrolled in qualified health plans through exchanges or State plans under Medicaid (see H.R. 4796), H5068 [2JN]

——— enable a State to be reimbursed for child welfare training expenditures made by a nonprofit educational institution in the State (see H.R. 5140), H6398 [17JY]

——— increase access to Medicare data (see H.R. 4418), H2990 [7AP]

——— prohibit applicants from enrolling in a health plan on an exchange, in Medicaid, or in a child health plan if their self-attested personal information is inconsistent with Federal data sources (see S. 2701), S5135 [30JY]

Dept. of Labor: provide for demonstration projects designed to expedite reemployment of unemployed workers (see H.R. 3864), H223 [14JA]

Disabled: adjust age limitations for payment of child’s insurance benefits to certain disabled individuals and for calculation of recent work for determining eligibility for disability insurance benefits (see H.R. 5715), H7995 [14NO]

——— implement various reforms to the disability insurance program (see H.R. 4111), H2064 [27FE]

——— prevent disability fraud (see H.R. 5260), H7125 [30JY]

——— protect the Social Security Disability Insurance program and provide other support for working disabled individuals (see S. 3003), S6626 [11DE]

Drugs: encourage development and use of new antimicrobial drugs in order to treat antibiotic-resistant infections (see H.R. 4187), H2300 [11MR]

Economy: extend unemployment benefits, approve Keystone XL Pipeline, repeal medical device tax, restore 40-hour work week, and provide reemployment assessments (see H.R. 3885), H472 [15JA]

Elder Justice Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 5515), H7674 [17SE]

Federal agencies and departments: reduce duplication and increase efficiency (see H.R. 5152), H6398 [17JY]

——— reduce waste and implement cost savings and revenue enhancement (see H.R. 5196), H6814 [24JY]

GAO: conduct studies on enrollment by racial and ethnic minorities and by low-income seniors in Medicare Advantage program (see H.R. 4211), H2360 [12MR]

Government: restore the 10-year statute of limitations applicable to collection of debt by administrative offset (see H.R. 4491), H3240 [28AP]

Health: clarify application of antitrust laws to negotiations between groups of health care professionals and health plans and health care insurance issuers (see H.R. 4077), H1937 [25FE]

——— clarify treatment of health care provider standards of care under Federal health care provisions (see H.R. 4750), H4909 [28MY]

——— expand permissive exclusion from Federal health programs to individuals and entities affiliated with sanctioned entities and provide penalties for illegal distribution of beneficiary identity information (see H.R. 5340), H7182 [31JY]

——— improve provision of telehealth services under Medicare and other Federal health care programs (see S. 2662), S4903 [24JY]

——— increase access to primary care services by supporting and expanding the primary care workforce, enhancing payments, and improving transparency of Federal training funds (see S. 2229), S2327 [9AP]

——— provide protection for retiree health benefits (see H.R. 5523), H7675 [17SE]

Health care professionals: eliminate civil money penalties for inducements to physicians to limit services that are not medically necessary (see H.R. 4658), H4064 [13MY]

House of Representatives: bring an action seeking relief in response to the failure of the Sec. of HHS to faithfully execute the law relative to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (see H. Res. 654), H5830 [7JY]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (see H. Res. 524), H2644 [25MR]

Immigration: prohibit assignment of account numbers and payment of disability benefits to, and deny credit toward benefits for earnings from unauthorized work by, certain illegal aliens (see H.R. 5774), H8225 [1DE]

Income: repeal the windfall elimination provision and protect the retirement of public servants (see H.R. 5697), H7978 [13NO]

Investments: exempt certain college savings plans from asset limitations when determining SSI, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, or LIHEAP eligibility (see H.R. 5783), H8365 [3DE]

IRS: extend authority to require truncated Social Security numbers on Form W-2 wage and tax statements (see H.R. 4910), H5557 [19JN]

Medicaid: apply requirement that drug manufacturers that increase prices faster than inflation pay an additional rebate to State Medicaid programs to generic drug manufacturers (see S. 2948), S6204 [20NO] (see H.R. 5748), H8169 [20NO]

——— ensure beneficiaries have the opportunity to receive care in home and community-based settings (see S. 2515), S3938 [24JN] (see H.R. 5547), H7882 [18SE]

——— ensure Medicare restriction on physician self-referral applies to Medicaid health services claims (see H.R. 4676), H4475 [19MY]

——— establish a demonstration project under which payment may be made to States for expenditures for medical assistance for substance use disorder treatment services (see H.R. 5136), H6397 [17JY]

——— establish grant program to provide States with funds to detect waste, fraud, and abuse and to recover resulting improper payments (see H.R. 5841), H9044 [10DE]

——— extend application of Medicare payment rate floor to primary care services for women, children, and families (see S. 2694), S5134 [30JY] (see S. 3007), S6627 [11DE] (see H.R. 5723), H8033 [17NO]

——— protect enrollment of incarcerated youth for medical assistance (see S. 2211), S2161 [3AP] (see H.R. 4390), H2913 [3AP]

——— provide a standard definition of therapeutic foster care services (see S. 1992), S763 [4FE] (see H.R. 4016), H1686 [6FE]

——— provide an option of States to cover a children’s program of all-inclusive coordinated care (ChiPACC) (see H.R. 4605), H4015 [8MY]

——— provide equitable treatment of primary care services (see H.R. 5353), H7183 [31JY]

——— provide payment for patient navigator services (see H.R. 4168), H2255 [6MR]

——— provide reimbursement to individuals and entities that provide voluntary non-emergency medical transportation to beneficiaries for expenses related to no-load travel (see S. 1940), S439 [16JA] (see H.R. 3912), H1241 [16JA]

Medicare: add physical therapists to the list of providers allowed to utilize locum tenens arrangements (see S. 2818), S5628 [16SE]

——— add sleep apnea screening to the initial preventive physical examination (see H.R. 4695), H4783 [21MY]

——— allow individuals to elect to receive the Medicare Summary Notice electronically (see H.R. 4853), H5362 [12JN]

——— apply competitive bidding to vacuum erection systems and require Dept. of HHS to establish national mail order program for such devices (see S. 2144), S1652 [13MR]

——— apply secondary payer rules to certain workers’ compensation settlement agreements and qualified set-aside provisions (see S. 2731), S5216 [31JY]

——— authorize coverage of post-mastectomy water-resistant coverings if they are determined to be consistent with clinical protocol or medically necessary to reduce risk of infection (see H.R. 4627), H4057 [9MY]

——— cover transitional care services to improve the quality and cost effectiveness of care for beneficiaries (see H.R. 4762), H5022 [29MY]

——— crack down on fraud to protect seniors and people with disabilities (see S. 2361), S3184 [20MY] (see H.R. 5732), H8071 [18NO]

——— create a Medicare Advantage Improvement Fund (see H.R. 4196), H2301 [11MR]

——— create incentives for healthcare providers to promote quality healthcare outcomes (see H.R. 5823), H8931 [9DE]

——— develop criteria for medically necessary short inpatient hospital stays (see S. 2082), S1315 [5MR]

——— distribute additional information to beneficiaries to prevent health care fraud (see S. 1944), S439 [16JA]

——— enable hospital-based nursing programs that are affiliated with a hospital to maintain payments to hospitals for the costs of such programs (see H.R. 5227), H6976 [28JY]

——— encourage beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive (see S. 2240), S2378 [10AP]

——— enhance beneficiary and provider protections and improve transparency in the Medicare Advantage market (see S. 2552), S4153 [26JN] (see H.R. 4998), H5817 [26JN]

——— ensure equal access of beneficiaries to community pharmacies in underserved areas as network pharmacies under Medicare prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 4577), H3446 [6MY]

——— establish Medicare Better Care Program to provide integrated care for beneficiaries with chronic conditions (see S. 1932), S372 [15JA] (see H.R. 3890), H472 [15JA]

——— establish smart card pilot program (see S. 2586), S4404 [10JY]

——— establish Value-Based Insurance Design demonstration program to show that reduced copayments or coinsurance can increase utilization, improve clinical outcomes, and lower health care expenditures (see S. 2783), S5507 [10SE] (see H.R. 5183), H6745 [23JY]

——— expand coverage to eyeglasses, hearing aids, and dental care (see H.R. 5853), H9302 [11DE]

——— extend the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals (see S. 1954), S439 [16JA] (see H.R. 4067), H1780 [18FE]

——— extend the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program (see S. 2187), S1870 [31MR] (see H.R. 4780), H5063 [30MY]

——— improve accountable care organization program (see H.R. 5558), H7883 [18SE]

——— improve audit effectiveness and efficiency in paying for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) (see H.R. 5083), H6135 [11JY]

——— improve integrity (see H.R. 5780), H8272 [2DE]

——— improve Medicare Advantage special needs plans (see H.R. 4484), H3196 [10AP]

——— include recreational therapy among the therapy modalities that constitute an intensive rehabilitation therapy program in an inpatient rehabilitation hospital or unit (see H.R. 4755), H5022 [29MY]

——— increase access to ambulance services (see H.R. 5460), H7454 [11SE]

——— limit charges for contract health services provided to Indians by Medicare providers of services and suppliers (see H.R. 4843), H5318 [11JN]

——— modify durable medical equipment face-to-face encounter documentation requirement (see H.R. 3833), H134 [9JA]

——— modify payment for outpatient department procedures that utilize drugs as supplies (see S. 2980), S6350 [4DE] (see H.R. 4857), H5363 [12JN]

——— modify the surety bond requirement applicable to home health agencies as a condition of participation (see H.R. 3832), H134 [9JA]

——— permit certain nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, physician assistants, and certified nurse-midwives to provide certain certifications relative to inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 4663), H4434 [15MY]

——— permit the phase-in for changes in hospital wage index classification from rural to urban without requiring waiver of a wage index increase (see H.R. 5531), H7882 [18SE]

——— prohibit further action on the proposed rule on changes to prescription drug benefit programs (see H.R. 4160), H2255 [6MR]

——— protect and preserve access of beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers (see S. 2359), S3184 [20MY]

——— protect relative to reconciliation involving changes to the program and prevent eligibility age increase, privatization, and conversion to a voucher system (see S. 2087), S1365 [6MR] (see S. 2491), S3811 [18JN]

——— provide beneficiaries greater choice with regard to accessing hearing health services and benefits (see S. 2046), S1174 [26FE] (see H.R. 4035), H1769 [11FE]

——— provide community-based medical education payments to primary care teaching centers, provide for an indirect medical education performance adjustment, and increase graduate medical education transparency (see S. 2728), S5216 [31JY]

——— provide coverage for low vision devices (see H.R. 3975), H1511 [29JA]

——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 3877), H472 [15JA]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 4190), H2300 [11MR]

——— provide for a minimum payment rate for primary care services furnished by primary care physicians (see S. 2186), S1870 [31MR]

——— provide for a phased-in expansion of telehealth coverage (see H.R. 5380), H7184 [31JY]

——— provide for bundled payments for post-acute care services (see H.R. 4673), H4475 [19MY]

——— provide for coverage of continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS) (see S. 2689), S5134 [30JY] (see H.R. 5644), H7886 [18SE]

——— provide for coverage of home as a site of care for infusion therapy (see H.R. 5435), H7433 [10SE]

——— provide for patient protection by establishing safe nurse staffing levels at certain Medicare providers (see S. 2353), S3074 [15MY]

——— provide for pharmacy benefits manager standards under the prescription drug program and transparency of payment methodology of pharmacies (see H.R. 4437), H3143 [9AP] (see H.R. 5815), H8931 [9DE]

——— provide for required hospice program surveys (see H.R. 5393), H7240 [1AU]

——— provide for standardized post-acute care assessment data for quality, payment, and discharge planning (see S. 2553), S4154 [26JN] (see H.R. 4994), H5817 [26JN]

——— provide for the reporting of certain hospital payment data (see S. 2005), S821 [6FE]

——— provide payment for anesthesia services by anesthesiologists in certain rural hospitals in the same manner as for services by anesthesiologist assistants and certified registered nurse anesthetists (see H.R. 4781), H5063 [30MY]

——— remove the physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services (see S. 2037), S1001 [24FE] (see H.R. 3991), H1592 [4FE]

——— repeal rebasing of payments for home health services and replace such rebasing with a home health value-based purchasing program (see H.R. 5110), H6296 [15JY]

——— repeal requirement for employer disclosure of information on health care coverage of employees who are beneficiaries (see H.R. 5102), H6215 [14JY]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (see S. 2000), S821 [6FE] (see H.R. 4015), H1686 [6FE] (see H.R. 4209), H2360 [12MR]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 4015), consideration (see H. Res. 515), H2360 [12MR]

——— require hospitals to provide certain notifications to individuals classified by such hospitals under observation status rather than admitted as inpatients of such hospitals (see H.R. 5232), H7039 [29JY]

——— require Medicare Advantage organizations to disclose changes made to plans required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (see H.R. 4201), H2301 [11MR]

——— require State licensure and bid surety bonds for entities submitting bids under the durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) competitive acquisition program (see S. 2975), S6350 [4DE] (see H.R. 5809), H8868 [8DE]

——— require State licensure and performance guarantees for entities submitting bids under the durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) competitive acquisition program (see H.R. 4920), H5557 [19JN]

——— restore access to diabetic testing supplies for beneficiaries (see S. 1935), S439 [16JA]

——— strengthen rules applied in case of competition for diabetic testing strips (see H.R. 5808), H8868 [8DE]

——— suspend application of rebasing of home health prospective payment amounts (see H.R. 4625), H4057 [9MY]

——— treat audiologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing services, improve access to audiology services available for coverage, and enable beneficiaries to have their choice of audiologists (see H.R. 5304), H7181 [31JY]

——— treatment of patient encounters in ambulatory surgical centers in determining meaningful electronic health records use (see H.R. 5556), H7883 [18SE]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see S. 2348), S3074 [15MY]

Medicare/Medicaid: continue use of quarterly reporting period for health care providers to demonstrate meaningful uses under electronic health records incentive payment programs (see H.R. 5481), H7617 [16SE]

——— end increased Federal funding for Medicaid expansion for inmates’ hospital care and apply savings to Medicare Advantage stabilization program to help protect seniors’ choices (see H.R. 5113), H6296 [15JY]

——— establish minimum direct care registered nurse staffing levels at nursing and skilled nursing facilities (see H.R. 5373), H7184 [31JY]

——— extend certain payments, programs, and services (see H.R. 4302), H2694 [26MR]

——— provide for equitable treatment of residents of territories relative to low-income subsidies under the Medicare prescription drug benefit program (see H.R. 3966), H1510 [29JA]

——— repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate and improve Medicare and Medicaid payments (see S. 2122), S1584 [12MR] (see S. 2157), S1731 [25MR]

——— repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate and improve payments (see S. 2110), S1519 [11MR]

National Save for Retirement Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 542), S5564 [11SE]

Nazi Party—World War II: deny Social Security and other benefits to individuals whose citizenship has been revoked or renounced on the basis of their participation in Nazi persecution (see S. 2920), S5993 [13NO] (see H.R. 5706), H7979 [13NO]

——— terminate Social Security benefits for individuals who participated in Nazi persecution (see S. 2944), S6148 [19NO] (see H.R. 5739), H8132 [19NO]

Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act: establish (see S. 2430), S3424 [4JN] (see H.R. 4158), H2255 [6MR]

Older Americans Act: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 3850), H162 [10JA]

——— reauthorize (see H.R. 4122), H2097 [28FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal certain provisions that have the effect of rationing health care (see S. 2064), S1233 [27FE]

——— temporarily exempt certain Medicare and Medicaid providers from employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 5098), H6215 [14JY]

Privacy: prohibit the display of account numbers on Government-issued identification cards issued in connection with benefits under Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4840), H5318 [11JN]

Public welfare programs: help individuals receiving assistance under means-tested welfare programs obtain self-sufficiency and provide information on total spending and an overall spending limit on such programs (see S. 2015), S890 [11FE] (see H.R. 4731), H4828 [22MY]

——— prohibit assistance under Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program from being accessed through an electronic benefit transfer card at stores that sell marijuana (see H.R. 4137, 4142), H2147 [4MR]

Religion: ensure organizations with religious or moral convictions are allowed to provide child welfare services (see S. 2706), S5135 [30JY] (see H.R. 5285), H7125 [30JY]

Senior citizens: eliminate the payroll tax on individuals who have attained retirement age and repeal limits on outside income earned while receiving Social Security benefits (see S. 2336), S3029 [14MY] (see H.R. 5243), H7039 [29JY]

——— provide for cost-of-living increases for certain Federal benefits programs based on increases in the Consumer Price Index for the elderly (see H.R. 4202), H2301 [11MR]

SSA: confer spousal benefits to any legally married individual regardless of marriage laws in the State of residence (see S. 2305), S2875 [8MY] (see H.R. 4664), H4434 [15MY]

——— continue to make Social Security number printouts and benefit verification letters available at field offices (see H.R. 4964), H5767 [25JN]

——— improve ability to fight fraud, prevent errors, and protect the Social Security Trust Fund (see H.R. 4090), H2000 [26FE]

——— prohibit seizing of tax refunds to repay overpayments, restore statute of limitations applicable to debt collection through administrative offset, and prevent recovery of overpayments to children (see S. 2453), S3544 [10JN]

——— provide payment for fees associated with obtaining birth certificate or State identification card for purposes of obtaining replacement Social Security card for certain victims of domestic violence (see H.R. 5362), H7183 [31JY]

——— provide public notice and input prior to closure, consolidation, or public access limitation of field or hearing offices (see S. 2742), S5217 [31JY]

——— require the President to transmit the annual budget without revisions to Congress (see H.R. 3997), H1658 [5FE]

SSI: condition benefit eligibility of certain older disabled children on school attendance (see H.R. 4617), H4015 [8MY]

——— modify certain requirements for countable resources and income (see H.R. 4583), H3446 [6MY]

——— update eligibility (see S. 2089), S1365 [6MR]

State Children’s Health Insurance Program: continue pre-Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act flexibility in providing coverage (see H.R. 3931), H1430 [27JA]

——— extend and improve (see S. 2461), S3604 [11JN] (see H.R. 5364), H7183 [31JY]

States: provide for 12-month continuous enrollment of individuals under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see S. 1980), S702 [3FE]

——— provide with the option of providing services to children with medically complex conditions under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program through a care coordination program (see H.R. 4930), H5597 [20JN]

Taxation: allow increased contributions to health savings accounts and allow Medicare and VA health care participants to contribute to health savings accounts (see H.R. 3871), H223 [14JA]

——— allow Medicare beneficiaries participating in Medicare Advantage medical savings accounts to contribute their own money to their medical savings account (see H.R. 4177), H2256 [6MR]

——— eliminate cap on income subject to Social Security payroll taxes (see H.R. 5852), H9302 [11DE]

——— exclude Social Security benefits from taxable income (see H.R. 5850), H9302 [11DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (see S. 2260), S2424 [28AP]

——— permit rollovers from health savings accounts to Medicare Advantage medical savings accounts (see H.R. 4180), H2256 [6MR]

——— repeal inclusion of Social Security benefits in gross income (see H.R. 3894), H1240 [16JA]

——— require student Social Security numbers and employer identification numbers for education tax credits (see S. 2702), S5135 [30JY]

Territories: allow voluntary agreements for Federal old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits and Medicare coverage of employees of Guam and American Samoa (see H.R. 5274), H7125 [30JY]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits with offsets, reform program, terminate benefits to jobless millionaires, and eliminate overlapping benefits with the Social Security Disability Insurance program (see S. 2097), S1366 [6MR]

Veterans: promote identification of veterans and their health needs in furnishing items and services under Medicare, Medicaid, and other programs (see H.R. 5332), H7182 [31JY]

——— provide a payroll tax holiday for newly hired veterans (see S. 2138), S1652 [13MR]

Comments

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act poll on Senator Cruz’s Facebook page, H2873–H2882 [3AP]

Cost Estimates

Expiring Provisions Improvement, Reform, and Efficiency (EXPIRE) Act (S. 2260): CBO, S2559 [30AP]

E-Mails 

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act implementation impact on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H2750 [1AP]

Letters

Expiring Provisions Improvement, Reform, and Efficiency (EXPIRE) Act: several organizations, S3196 [21MY]

Means-tested direct spending and nonmeans-tested direct spending programs: Douglas W. Elmendorf, CBO, H2796 [1AP]

Medicaid expansion funding in Florida: Kathleen Voss Woolrich, E463 [27MR]

Medicare enforcement instruction extension of supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals: Dennis A. Hachenberg, H7340 [9SE]

——— Rick Pollack, American Hospital Association, H7340 [9SE]

——— Tom Bell, Kansas Hospital Association, H7340 [9SE]

Nazi Social Security Benefits Termination Act and No Social Security for Nazis Act: Jason Isaacson, American Jewish Committee, H8232 [2DE]

No Social Security for Nazis Act: Allan J. Jacobs and Daniel S. Mariaschin, B’nai B’rith International (organization), H8233 [2DE]

——— Dan Weber, Association of Mature American Citizens, H8233 [2DE]

——— Eric Kingson and Nancy Altman, Strengthen Social Security Coalition, H8234 [2DE]

——— Max Richtman, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, H8234 [2DE]

——— Morton Klein, Zionist Organization of America, H8234 [2DE]

——— Noah Silverman, Republican Jewish Coalition, H8234 [2DE]

——— William C. Daroff, Jewish Federations of North America, H8233 [2DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act implementation impact on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility: Marlin Gill, H2649 [26MR]

Prevent concurrent receipt of unemployment benefits and Social Security disability insurance: Consortium for Citizens With Disabilities, S287 [13JA]

Protecting Access to Medicare Act: several physician organizations, H2717 [27MR]

SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act: Stephen L. Brotherton, Texas Medical Association, H2382 [13MR], H2460 [14MR]

Sustainable growth rate repeal and improved Medicare payments through delay of individual health insurance mandate: Charles M. Loveless, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, H2465 [14MR]

——— Karen Ignagni, America’s Health Insurance Plans (organization) and Scott P. Serota, BlueCross BlueShield Association, H2465 [14MR]

——— Richard E. Thorp, California Medical Association, H2466 [14MR]

——— Richard J. Fiesta, Alliance for Retired Americans, H2466 [14MR]

Lists

Organizations supporting H.R. 4980, Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act, H6724 [23JY]

SSA employees who stopped fraud conspiracies in Puerto Rico and New York, E248 [26FE]

Motions

Medicare: repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 4015), H2468 [14MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: extend certain payments, programs, and services (H.R. 4302), S1855 [31MR]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 2260), S2763 [7MY]

Press releases

Congressman Faleomavaega Applauds CMS Decision To Increase Medicaid FMAP for Eligible Territories: Delegate Faleomavaega, E1729 [3DE]

Faleomavaega Stands With Democratic Colleagues To Fight for Territory’s Medicaid Funding: Delegate Faleomavaega (2012), E1728 [3DE]

House Passes Final Version of Health Care Legislation, Includes Increase in Medicaid and Health Insurance Exchange for American Samoa: Delegate Faleomavaega (2010), E1728 [3DE]

Remarks in House

Americans for Prosperity (organization): analysis of advertising campaign in opposition to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H2154 [5MR]

Armed Forces: restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment, H4546 [20MY]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment by requiring inclusion of Social Security numbers as a condition of claiming the refundable portion of the child tax credit, H9 [7JA]

Budget: allocation of funds, H2810, H2811 [2AP], H6756 [24JY]

——— impact of Republican proposal on women, H3136–H3138 [9AP]

——— reform entitlement programs, H5762–H5764 [25JN], H6339–H6341 [16JY]

——— require the budget to include a means-tested direct spending category and a nonmeans-tested direct spending category, H2796 [1AP]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: apply Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation waiver authority to Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) in order to foster innovation (H.R. 4543), H4682 [20MY], H5873 [8JY]

Children and youth: address childhood obesity (H.R. 4765), E891 [30MY]

——— better enable State child welfare agencies to prevent sex trafficking of children and serve the needs of children who are victims of sex trafficking (H.R. 2744), H6 [7JA]

——— prevent and address sex trafficking of youth, H5806 [26JN]

——— prevent and address sex trafficking of youth in foster care, extend and improve adoption incentives, and improve international child support recovery (H.R. 4980), H6664, H6711–H6724 [23JY], E1216 [23JY], E1226, E1232 [24JY], E1649 [20NO]

——— prevent and address sex trafficking of youth in foster care (H.R. 4058), H4486, H4522–H4529 [20MY], H4692 [21MY]

——— reauthorize adoption incentives payments, E1649 [20NO]

Congressional Progressive Caucus: budget priorities, H3117–H3121 [9AP]

Connecticut: implementation of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H2811 [2AP]

Crime: allegations of fraudulent disability claims by former Federal, State and local employees, H188 [14JA]

Dept. of HHS: better enable State child welfare agencies to prevent human trafficking of children and serve the needs of victims under adoption assistance and foster care programs (H.R. 1732), E537 [7AP], E1226 [24JY]

Dept. of Justice: provide effective criminal prosecutions and increase penalties for tax return identity thefts (H.R. 744), H7267–H7269 [8SE]

Dept. of Labor: provide for demonstration projects designed to expedite reemployment of unemployed workers (H.R. 3864), H190 [14JA]

Disabled: prevent disability fraud (H.R. 5260), H7054 [30JY]

Health: improve access to oral health care for vulnerable populations (H.R. 3120), H2004 [27FE]

——— make health care expenses tax deductible, reform health savings accounts, improve Medicare flexibility, reform emergency treatment practices, and allow interstate purchase of insurance (H.R. 2900), H138 [10JA], H2006, H2007 [27FE], H3384 [1MY]

——— national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H7442 [11SE]

——— national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 676), H7093, H7108 [30JY]

——— national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3121), H189 [14JA], H2173 [5MR], H2826, H2843 [2AP]

——— prevent establishment of Federal health care provider standards of care in medical malpractice cases, H2457 [14MR]

——— protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services and prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities, H1704 [10FE]

——— protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services and prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities (H.R. 940), E74 [15JA]

——— reform audit system for medical equipment providers, H6043 [10JY]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2300), H1585 [4FE], H2011, H2013 [27FE]

——— repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2900), H138 [10JA], H2006, H2007 [27FE], H3384 [1MY]

——— repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 3121), H189 [14JA], H2173 [5MR], H2826, H2843 [2AP]

Health care professionals: eliminate civil money penalties for inducements to physicians to limit services that are not medically necessary (H.R. 4658), E746 [13MY]

House of Representatives: call for civil action in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for declaratory or injunctive relief to challenge certain executive branch actions (H. Res. 442), H114–H118 [9JA]

——— legislative priorities, H6116 [11JY]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 524), H2660–H2670 [26MR]

IRS: extend authority to require truncated Social Security numbers on Form W-2 wage and tax statements (H.R. 4910), E1029 [20JN]

——— permit truncated Social Security numbers on wage reporting provided to employees (H.R. 1560), H209 [14JA]

Medicaid: anniversary, H7043 [30JY]

——— apply the primary care payment rate to additional physician providers of primary care services, H8926 [9DE]

——— ensure Medicare restriction on physician self-referral applies to Medicaid health services claims (H.R. 4676), E761 [19MY]

——— funding, H3032 [8AP], E1755 [9DE]

——— States voluntary expansion of coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H6666, H6667, H6670 [23JY], H7043, H7048 [30JY], H7400 [10SE]

Medicare: anniversary, H7043, H7108 [30JY], E1271 [30JY]

——— cover transitional care services to improve the quality and cost effectiveness of care for beneficiaries (H.R. 4762), E871 [29MY]

——— establish a provider system under which providers of services and suppliers representing a low risk for submitting fraudulent claims are provided certain claim review protections (H.R. 3168), H27 [8JA]

——— establish Medicare Better Care Program to provide integrated care for beneficiaries with chronic conditions (H.R. 3890), H1229 [16JA]

——— extend the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals (H.R. 4067), H7339–H7341 [9SE]

——— funding, H3032 [8AP], H3078 [9AP]

——— impact of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act implementation on solvency, E1302 [1AU]

——— importance of Part D generic drug pricing, H3138–H3141 [9AP]

——— improve Medicare Advantage special needs plans (H.R. 4484), E571 [10AP]

——— include recreational therapy among the therapy modalities that constitute an intensive rehabilitation therapy program in an inpatient rehabilitation hospital or unit (H.R. 4755), H5401 [18JN]

——— increase diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias to improve care and outcomes (H.R. 1507), H4681 [20MY], H5649 [24JN], H5872, H5873 [8JY]

——— Medicare Advantage program funding, H2102 [4MR], H2310 [12MR], H2700 [27MR], H2787 [1AP], H2900–H2903 [3AP]

——— modify durable medical equipment face-to-face encounter documentation requirement (H.R. 3833), E37 [9JA]

——— modify the surety bond requirement applicable to home health agencies as a condition of participation (H.R. 3832), E37 [9JA]

——— protect guaranteed benefits and prohibit replacing such benefits with a voucher program, H2468–H2470 [14MR]

——— provide beneficiaries greater choice with regard to accessing hearing health services and benefits (H.R. 4035), E213 [14FE]

——— provide comprehensive cancer care planning coverage and coordination (H.R. 2477), H3457 [7MY]

——— provide for coverage of home as a site of care for infusion therapy (H.R. 5435), E1378 [10SE]

——— provide for pharmacy benefits manager standards under the prescription drug program and transparency of payment methodology of pharmacies (H.R. 4437), H3138–H3141 [9AP]

——— provide for standardized post-acute care assessment data for quality, payment, and discharge planning (H.R. 4994), H7605–H7612 [16SE]

——— reform, H2794 [1AP], H2900–H2903 [3AP], H3000, H3033 [8AP], H3065, H3077, H3085, H3126, H3134 [9AP]

——— reform payment for physicians’ services by eliminating sustainable growth rate system and adopting innovative payment and delivery models to improve quality and efficiency (H.R. 574), H2467 [14MR]

——— reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians, H1683, H1684 [6FE], H1739–H1741 [11FE], H2712–H2718, H2733 [27MR], H2946, H2947 [4AP], H3394 [1MY], H8320 [3DE]

——— repeal rebasing of payments for home health services and replace such rebasing with a home health value-based purchasing program (H.R. 5110), H6355 [17JY]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals, H2712, H2713 [27MR], H2865, H2866 [3AP]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 4015), H1885 [25FE], H2244 [6MR], H2367 [13MR], H2439–H2470 [14MR], E402 [18MR], E432 [25MR], E462 [27MR]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 4015), consideration (H. Res. 515), H2374–H2385 [13MR]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 4015), motion to recommit, H2468–H2470 [14MR]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 4209), H2316 [12MR]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals through caps on Dept. of Defense overseas contingency operations account funding, H2316 [12MR], H2376 [13MR]

——— require Medicare Advantage organizations to disclose changes made to plans required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (H.R. 4201), H2472 [14MR]

Medicare Rights Center: anniversary, E1468 [19SE]

Medicare/Medicaid: anniversary, H7058 [30JY], E1281 [30JY]

——— curb waste, fraud, and abuse (H.R. 2305), H7391 [10SE]

——— extend certain payments, programs, and services (H.R. 4302), H2700–H2718, H2730, H2733 [27MR], H2865, H2866 [3AP]

——— provide coverage of voluntary advance care planning consultation (H.R. 1173), H2171, H2172 [5MR], H2307 [12MR], H2648 [26MR], H7621 [17SE]

National objectives: economic recovery, H5761–H5765 [25JN], H6339–H6341 [16JY], H9040 [10DE]

Native Americans: Federal funding for certain adoption and foster care programs, E1649 [20NO]

Nazi Party—World War II: deny Social Security and other benefits to individuals whose citizenship has been revoked or renounced on the basis of their participation in Nazi persecution (H.R. 5706), H8235 [2DE], E1564 [13NO]

——— terminate Social Security benefits for individuals who participated in Nazi persecution (H.R. 5739), H8077, H8080 [19NO], H8232–H8237 [2DE], E1697 [2DE], E1733 [4DE]

North Carolina: tribute to Moral Monday protests, H1886 [25FE]

Older Americans Act: reauthorize (H.R. 4122), H3454 [7MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H6 [7JA], H138 [10JA], H189, H209 [14JA], H1231 [16JA], H1554, H1557, H1584–H1587 [4FE], H1704–H1707 [10FE], H1722 [11FE], H1923 [25FE], H1946 [26FE], H2011, H2013 [27FE], H2093 [28FE], H2154, H2174 [5MR], H2261, H2288 [11MR], H2371 [13MR], H2437, H2475 [14MR], H2568 [24MR], H2619, H2620 [25MR], H2649, H2657, H2658, H2659, H2684, H2690–H2693 [26MR], H2750, H2788 [1AP], H2815, H2817, H2822, H2823, H2825, H2829, H2833–H2839, H2842, H2845–H2847 [2AP], H2893 [3AP], H2964 [7AP], H2997, H3052 [8AP], H3202 [28AP], H3384 [1MY], H4917 [29MY], H5601 [23JN], H6227 [15JY], H6342 [16JY], H6356, H6392 [17JY], H6987, H6989 [29JY], H7057 [30JY], H7442 [11SE], H7458 [15SE], H7535 [16SE], H7919, H7925–H7927 [12NO], H8152, H8153 [20NO], H8287 [3DE], H9048 [11DE], E278 [28FE], E1393 [11SE]

——— impact of implementation on Medicare payments to critical access hospitals, H2287 [11MR]

——— impact on job creation and hiring, H1529 [3FE], H1556 [4FE], H1597 [5FE], H2933 [4AP], H4483 [20MY]

——— impact on tax burden, H229 [15JA]

——— implementation, H30 [8JA], H1731 [11FE], H2007 [27FE], H2953 [4AP], H3263 [29AP], H7059–H7062, H7095, H7097 [30JY], H8136 [20NO], E626 [29AP]

——— open enrollment season, E1602 [17NO]

——— repeal, H2657, H2658 [26MR], H2794 [1AP], H2847 [2AP], H4486 [20MY], H8021, H8025–H8027 [17NO]

——— repeal (H.R. 2300), H1585 [4FE], H2011, H2013 [27FE]

——— repeal (H.R. 2900), H138 [10JA], H2006, H2007 [27FE], H3384 [1MY]

——— repeal (H.R. 3121), H189 [14JA], H2173 [5MR], H2826, H2843 [2AP]

——— temporarily exempt certain Medicare and Medicaid providers from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 5098), H6314 [16JY]

Privacy: prohibit the display of account numbers on Medicare cards (H.R. 781), H31 [8JA]

Public welfare programs: funding, H156 [10JA]

——— prohibit assistance under Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program from being accessed through an electronic benefit transfer card at stores that sell marijuana (H.R. 4137), H7603–H7605 [16SE]

——— Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program funding, H7554 [16SE]

Puerto Rico: GAO report regarding fiscal impact of statehood on Federal Government, H2809 [2AP]

Republican Party: national agenda, H2952–H2957 [4AP]

SSA: improve ability to fight fraud, prevent errors, and protect the Social Security Trust Fund (H.R. 4090), E251 [26FE]

——— require adequate notice and justification for closing of field offices, H1553 [4FE]

——— require the President to transmit the annual budget without revisions to Congress (H.R. 3997), H2858 [3AP]

——— tribute to employees for stopping fraud conspiracies in Puerto Rico and New York, E248 [26FE]

Tax Identity Theft Awareness Week: observance, H209 [14JA]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, H7984 [14NO], E1024 [19JN]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 2260), H3963 [8MY]

——— provide for comprehensive tax reform (H.R. 1), E1800 [12DE]

——— require individuals to include their Social Security numbers on the income tax return as a condition of claiming the refundable portion of the child tax credit, H6826–H6828, H6830, H6832 [25JY]

——— require individuals to include their Social Security numbers on the income tax return as a condition of claiming the refundable portion of the child tax credit (H.R. 556), H3252 [29AP]

Territories: allow voluntary agreements for Federal old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits and Medicare coverage of employees of Guam and American Samoa (H.R. 5274), E1272 [30JY]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits with offsets, reform program, terminate benefits to jobless millionaires, and eliminate overlapping benefits with the Social Security Disability Insurance program (S. 2097), H2858 [3AP]

Remarks in Senate

Americans for Prosperity (organization): analysis of advertising campaign in opposition to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S1160 [26FE], S1257 [4MR], S1759 [26MR], S2409 [28AP]

Armed Forces: restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment by requiring inclusion of Social Security numbers as a condition of claiming the refundable portion of the child tax credit, S53–S57, S61–S63 [7JA], S88 [8JA], S208 [9JA], S302, S307–S309 [14JA], S841 [10FE], S861–S863, S872, S878, S879, S883 [11FE], S925, S929 [12FE]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment by requiring inclusion of Social Security numbers as a condition of claiming the refundable portion of the child tax credit (S. 1869), S186 [8JA], S646 [30JA]

Benefits: enhance for children, divorced spouses, and widows and widowers (S. 2455), S3546–S3548 [10JN]

——— protect system and improve benefits, S6834 [15DE]

——— strengthen by reforming the benefit formula and the calculation of cost-of-living adjustments and improving the long-term condition of the trust fund (S. 567), S1043 [25FE]

Children and youth: expand and improve the provision and insurance coverage of pediatric dental services to medically underserved populations, S1360–S1362 [6MR]

——— prevent and address sex trafficking of youth in foster care, extend and improve adoption incentives, and improve international child support recovery (H.R. 4980), S5877 [18SE]

Committees of the Senate: committee allocations, budget aggregates, and Social Security levels, S2640 [5MY], S3680 [16JN]

Dept. of HHS: better enable State child welfare agencies to prevent human trafficking of children and serve the needs of victims under adoption assistance and foster care programs (S. 1823), S4294 [9JY]

Dept. of Justice: investigation into fraudulent Social Security disability claims, S6889–S6891 [16DE]

——— provide effective criminal prosecutions and increase penalties for tax return identity thefts (S. 149), S2369 [10AP], S2636, S2638 [5MY]

——— provide effective criminal prosecutions and increase penalties for tax return identity thefts (S. 149), unanimous-consent request, S2637, S2638 [5MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit from enforcing health care reform (H.R. 2009), S351 [15JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: expand availability of medical care by allowing veterans to see health care providers participating in Medicare, S3578 [11JN]

Disabled: protect the Social Security Disability Insurance program and provide other support for working disabled individuals (S. 3003), S6627 [11DE], S6891 [16DE]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, S6508–S6510 [10DE]

——— restore 40-hour work week, S2294 [9AP], S2334 [10AP]

Federal aid programs: prevent concurrent receipt of unemployment benefits and Social Security disability insurance, S48 [7JA], S88, S107 [8JA], S195, S211, S219 [9JA], S274, S285–S288 [13JA], S302 [14JA], S1890 [1AP], S2045 [2AP]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S471 [27JA], S508 [28JA], S630 [30JA]

Medicaid: anniversary, S5303 [31JY]

——— impact of increased funding obligations on States, S3449 [5JN]

——— reform, S95 [8JA]

Medicare: anniversary, S5079, S5093 [30JY]

——— crack down on fraud to protect seniors and people with disabilities (S. 2361), S3190 [20MY]

——— establish Medicare Better Care Program to provide integrated care for beneficiaries with chronic conditions (S. 1932), S373 [15JA], S1847 [31MR]

——— extend the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals, S1843 [31MR]

——— extend the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals (H.R. 4067), S6219 [20NO]

——— extend the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals (S. 1954), S855 [10FE], S6664 [11DE]

——— impact of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act implementation on solvency, S5093 [30JY]

——— improve payments under the clinical laboratory fee schedule, S2860 [8MY]

——— increase diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias to improve care and outcomes (S. 709), S518 [28JA]

——— Medicare Advantage program funding, S1012–S1016, S1023, S1033 [25FE], S1135–S1142, S1160 [26FE], S1192, S1216 [27FE]

——— protect relative to reconciliation involving changes to the program and prevent eligibility age increase, privatization, and conversion to a voucher system (S. 2087), S1504 [11MR]

——— protect relative to reconciliation involving changes to the program and prevent eligibility age increase, privatization, and conversion to a voucher system (S. 2491), S3824 [18JN], S3884 [19JN], S5040 [29JY], S5079 [30JY]

——— provide for coverage of continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS) (S. 2689), S5137 [30JY]

——— provide for standardized post-acute care assessment data for quality, payment, and discharge planning (H.R. 4994), S5862 [18SE]

——— reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians, S932 [12FE], S1844–S1849, S1853–S1857, S1859, S1863 [31MR], S2375 [10AP]

——— release of Committee on Aging (Senate, Special) report, ‘‘Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Benefit—Increasing Use and Access of Affordable Prescription Drugs’’, S6864 [15DE]

——— remove the physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services, S1843 [31MR]

——— remove the physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services (S. 2037), S1007 [24FE]

——— repeal sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians and improve beneficiary access (S. 1871), S1566 [12MR]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals, S1793 [27MR]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (S. 2000), S1552, S1566 [12MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: extend certain payments, programs, and services (H.R. 4302), S1793 [27MR], S1839, S1843–S1849, S1851–S1857, S1859, S1862–S1866 [31MR], S2860 [8MY]

——— extend certain payments, programs, and services (H.R. 4302), unanimous-consent agreement, S1809 [27MR]

——— extend certain payments, programs, and services (H.R. 4302), unanimous-consent request, S1855 [31MR]

——— impact of implementation of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S5173–S5175 [31JY]

——— repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate and improve Medicare and Medicaid payments (S. 2122), S1595 [12MR], S1669 [13MR]

——— repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate and improve Medicare and Medicaid payments (S. 2122), unanimous-consent request, S1844, S1855 [31MR]

——— repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate and improve Medicare and Medicaid payments (S. 2157), S1740 [25MR], S1742 [26MR], S1809 [27MR], S1839, S1846, S1854 [31MR]

——— repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate and improve Medicare and Medicaid payments (S. 2157), unanimous-consent request, S1844 [31MR]

——— repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate and improve payments (S. 2110), S1528 [11MR], S1531, S1566–S1568 [12MR]

Mental health: expand access to community mental health centers and improve the quality of mental health care, S1852, S1853, S1855, S1856, S1862, S1865 [31MR], S3391 [4JN]

——— expand access to community mental health centers and improve the quality of mental health care (S. 264), S3623 [12JN]

National Healthcare Decisions Day: observance, S2375 [10AP]

National Save for Retirement Week: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 542), S5571 [11SE]

Nazi Party—World War II: terminate Social Security benefits for individuals who participated in Nazi persecution (H.R. 5739), S6354 [4DE]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration relative to alleged abuse of power in implementing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S3171–S3174 [20MY]

——— evaluation of administration relative to increase in number of individuals on public welfare programs, S783 [6FE]

——— evaluation of economic policies, S728 [4FE]

Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act: establish (S. 2430), S3426–S3428 [4JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: anniversary, S1711 [25MR]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, S4 [6JA], S37, S41, S51 [7JA], S95, S114 [8JA], S192–S194 [9JA], S306 [14JA], S348–S354 [15JA], S422, S423, S427–S430 [16JA], S472 [27JA], S562–S564, S569 [29JA], S627 [30JA], S728, S755 [4FE], S782, S801 [6FE], S873–S876 [11FE], S919, S920, S931 [12FE], S994, S995 [24FE], S1012–S1016, S1023, S1034 [25FE], S1133, S1135–S1142, S1160 [26FE], S1192, S1212–S1218, S1221 [27FE], S1264 [4MR], S1332, S1351 [6MR], S1495–S1498 [11MR], S1532, S1533, S1534–S1536 [12MR], S1599–S1601 [13MR], S1678 [24MR], S1700 [25MR], S1744, S1747, S1756–S1758, S1763–S1767 [26MR], S1783–S1785 [27MR], S1850, S1851 [31MR], S1885, S1887 [1AP], S2049–S2051, S2054, S2055, S2057, S2060, S2069, S2072–S2077 [2AP], S2135 [3AP], S2295, S2301–S2303 [9AP], S2341, S2351 [10AP], S2430 [29AP], S2586, S2599–S2601 [1MY], S2755 [7MY], S2850–S2853 [8MY], S2893 [12MY], S2924, S2927 [13MY], S3001, S3007–S3011 [14MY], S3159, S3171 [20MY], S3197, S3202–S3204 [21MY], S3281–S3284 [22MY], S3347 [3JN], S3390, S3392–S3394, S3401–S3403, S3408, S3411 [4JN], S3434–S3446 [5JN], S3489 [9JN], S3518 [10JN], S3557 [11JN], S3853–S3855 [19JN], S3995–S3997 [25JN], S4234, S4244–S4248, S4251–S4256 [8JY], S4442 [10JY], S4443 [14JY], S4462, S4468–S4470 [15JY], S4514, S4524, S4529, S4530 [16JY], S4647 [21JY], S4674 [22JY], S4731 [23JY], S5098–S5101 [30JY], S5173–S5178 [31JY], S5387 [9SE], S5526 [11SE], S5603–S5606 [16SE], S5656 [17SE], S5897 [12NO], S5980 [13NO], S6123 [19NO], S6183–S6186 [20NO], S6243, S6254 [2DE], S6316 [4DE], S6434 [9DE], S6494 [10DE]

——— impact of implementation on the diagnosis and treatment of autism, S2090 [2AP]

——— impact of regulations on rural health care, S6663–S6665 [11DE]

——— impact on job creation and hiring, S45 [7JA], S746 [4FE], S781, S789, S802, S809–S811 [6FE], S930 [12FE], S1743 [26MR], S2084 [2AP], S2529–S2532 [30AP], S2695 [6MY], S2852 [8MY], S3996 [25JN], S5605 [16SE]

——— impact on women, S1502 [11MR]

——— implementation, S726 [4FE], S1744 [26MR], S1796 [27MR], S3169 [20MY], S3450 [5JN], S4725–S4727 [23JY]

——— improvement in treatment of patients with certain cancers and in preventative cancer testing and screenings, S1353–S1355 [6MR]

——— prohibit funding to implement and apply savings to restoring working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment, S423 [16JA]

——— prohibit funding to implement as long as implementation has negative impact on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, S423 [16JA]

——— repeal, S471 [27JA], S562–S564 [29JA], S920 [12FE], S5603 [16SE], S5980 [13NO]

——— repeal certain provisions that have the effect of rationing health care (S. 2064), S1235 [27FE]

Public welfare programs: funding, S106 [8JA], S474–S476 [27JA]

——— prohibit assistance under Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program from being accessed through an electronic benefit transfer card at stores that sell marijuana (H.R. 4137), unanimous-consent request, S6908 [16DE]

Rockefeller, Senator: legislative accomplishments, S6331–S6334 [4DE]

Senate: legislative priorities, S5498–S5502 [10SE]

Solvency, S6834 [15DE]

State Children’s Health Insurance Program: extend and improve (S. 2461), S3804 [18JN]

——— funding, S756 [4FE]

Taxation: eliminate cap on income subject to Social Security payroll taxes, S6835 [15DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, S2925, S2927–S2930 [13MY], S2984–S2986, S2999–S3007, S3013, S3016, S3018–S3020 [14MY], S3050–S3056, S3059–S3063 [15MY], S3153 [20MY], S3196, S3221 [21MY], S3245–S3249 [22MY], S3350 [3JN], S6173 [20NO]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 2260), S2559 [30AP], S3650 [12JN], S4291 [9JY], S6248–S6250 [2DE], S6282 [3DE], S6336 [4DE], S6506–S6508 [10DE], S6898, S6901, S6902 [16DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 2260), motion to proceed, S2763 [7MY]

——— require individuals to include their Social Security numbers on the income tax return as a condition of claiming the refundable portion of the child tax credit, S195, S202 [9JA]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits with offsets, reform program, terminate benefits to jobless millionaires, and eliminate overlapping benefits with the Social Security Disability Insurance program (S. 2097), S1369, S1370 [6MR], S1371 [10MR]

Vermont: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ranking as State having healthiest children in the nation, S3925 [24JN]

Women: tribute to congressional accomplishments and agenda relative to women, S4896 [24JY]

Reports

Impact on Premiums for Individuals and Families With Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance From Guaranteed Issue and Renewal, and Fair Health Insurance Premiums Provisions of Affordable Care Act: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, H1923–H1925 [25FE]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 4015, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 515) (H. Rept. 113–379), H2360 [12MR]

Consideration of Motions To Suspend House Rules and Consider Certain Legislation: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 524) (H. Rept. 113–385), H2644 [25MR]

Expiring Provisions Improvement, Reform, and Efficiency (EXPIRE) Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 2260) (S. Rept. 113–154), S2424 [28AP]

Medicare Enforcement Instruction Extension on Supervision Requirements for Outpatient Therapeutic Services in Critical Access and Small Rural Hospitals: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4067) (H. Rept. 113–582), H7387 [9SE]

Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Benefit—Increasing Use and Access of Affordable Prescription Drugs: Committee on Aging (Senate, Special) (S. Rept. 113–306), S6626 [11DE]

Medicare Patient Access and Quality Improvement Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2810) (H. Rept. 113–257), H2483 [14MR]

Older Americans Act Reauthorization: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1562), S27 [6JA]

Preventing Sex Trafficking and Improving Opportunities for Youth in Foster Care Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 4058) (H. Rept. 113–441), H3939 [7MY]

SGR Repeal and Medicare Beneficiary Access Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1871) (S. Rept. 113–135), S438 [16JA]

Stopping Tax Offenders and Prosecuting (STOP) Identity Theft Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 744) (H. Rept. 113–576), H7295 [8SE]

——— Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 149), S1365 [6MR]

Supporting At-Risk Children Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1870) (S. Rept. 113–137), S820 [6FE]

Statements

Immigrant Families Should Not Pay the Price: Simone Campbell, NETWORK (organization), S862 [11FE]

No Social Security for Nazis Act: J Street (organization), H8233 [2DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Implementation Impact on Health Care, Coverage, Costs, and Accessibility, H7416 [10SE]

——— Justin Carter, C&C Fabrication Co., Inc., H2154 [5MR]

Summaries

Protecting Social Security Disability Act (S. 3003), S6628–S6630 [11DE]

Tables

Mandatory outlays in CBO’s baseline (2014–2024), H2798 [1AP]

Mandatory outlays since 2004, H2799 [1AP]

Social Security levels, S362 [15JA], S2641 [5MY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 81, corrections in enrollment of S. 25, South Utah Valley Electric Conveyance Act, H1759 [11FE]

H. Res. 515, consideration of H.R. 3189, Water Rights Protection Act, H.R. 4015, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act, and clarify House proceedings and actions during March district work period, H2374 [13MR]

H. Res. 524, consideration of H.R. 1459, Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act and consideration of motions to suspend House Rules and consider certain legislation, H2660 [26MR]

H.R. 744, Stopping Tax Offenders and Prosecuting (STOP) Identity Theft Act, H7267 [8SE]

H.R. 4015, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act, H2439–H2457 [14MR]

H.R. 4058, Preventing Sex Trafficking and Improving Opportunities for Youth in Foster Care Act, H4522–H4525 [20MY]

H.R. 4067, Medicare enforcement instruction extension on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals, H7339 [9SE]

H.R. 4137, Preserving Welfare for Needs Not Weed Act, H7603 [16SE]

H.R. 4302, Protecting Access to Medicare Act, H2700–H2712 [27MR]

H.R. 4980, Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act, H6711–H6720 [23JY]

H.R. 4994, Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation (IMPACT) Act, H7605–H7610 [16SE]

H.R. 5739, No Social Security for Nazis Act, H8232 [2DE]

S. 25, South Utah Valley Electric Conveyance Act, S934 [12FE], H1739 [11FE]

S. 1932, Better Care, Lower Cost Act, S374–S379 [15JA]

S. 1954, extend the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals under Medicare, S855 [10FE]

S. 2515, Community Integration Act, S3940 [24JN]

S. Res. 542, support goals and ideals of National Save for Retirement Week, S5565 [11SE]