SOCIAL SECURITY ACT see also Health; Pensions; Public Welfare

Addresses

Coming of Age of American Social Policy: Senator Moynihan, 4782-4784 [17MR]

Agreements

Medicare catastrophic illness coverage (S. 1726), 23575 [5OC]

Amendments

Medicare: catastrophic illness coverage (S. 1726), 23600 [5OC], 23759, 23768, 23778-23780, 23793, 23805, 23821, 23857, 23860, 23862, 23864, 23866 [6OC]

———coverage of services of psychologists (H.R. 774), 21150 [20SE]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act: enact (H.R. 3607), 27870, 27905-27910 [8NO]

———enact (H.R. 3607), conference report, 30724, 30809-30813 [21NO], 31290, 31295-31300, 31607 [21NO]

Analyses

Amendment to the Budget Resolution To Begin a Phaseout of the Social Security Retirement Earnings Test, 8276 [4MY]

Medicaid Pregnant Women, Infants, and Children Amendments (H.R. 2216), 8069 [3MY]

Medicare Trauma Care and Emergency Services Quality Assurance Act (H.R. 753), 1354 [31JA]

Social Security Benefits Amendment Relative to Day Care, 12666 [21JN]

Social Security Services Improvement Act (H.R. 1353), 3999 [9MR]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 3607, Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act, 27870 [8NO], 27977 [8NO], 30203 [19NO]

Articles and editorials

. . . And the Mentally Ill, 20054 [12SE]

Attracting Doctors Tough for Smaller Rural Clinics—Lake Region Clinic Said Competitive, 9948 [18MY]

Auditors—Mercer Hospital in Serious Financial Trouble, 1317 [31JA]

Autopsy on St. Anne's Might Save Other Hospitals, 1320 [31JA]

Bad Medicine for the Elderly, 14983 [18JY]

Battle Over Health Care, 30052 [17NO]

Beatrice Center Serves Need, 10360 [31MY]

Billions Blown on Health, 7065 [19AP]

Catastrophic Care Is Essential—Save It, 23791 [6OC]

Catastrophic Health Care Act Has Many Costly Flaws, 23214 [4OC]

Catastrophic Retreat, 23792 [6OC]

Catastrophic Surtax Spurs Hill Retreat, 20654 [18SE]

Catastrophic-Health Law Unfamiliar to Elderly, 24879 [17OC]

Chicago's 10 Metro Closures Highlight Urban-Hospital Fragility, 1315 [31JA]

Clarifying a Controversy, 23790 [6OC]

Clinic Urged by Neighbors of St. Anne's, 1316 [31JA]

Degradation of Health Care—U.S.A., 146 [3JA]

Despite Federal Law, Hospitals Still Reject Sick Who Can't Pay, 1646-1647 [2FE]

Do Not Allow Uproar to Blow Away Benefits, 23792 [6OC]

Doctor-Owned Labs Earn Lavish Profits in a Captive Market, 3202-3204 [1MR]

Domino Effect Is Seen in Closing of Hospitals, 1312 [31JA]

Elderly Forced To Make Fatal Choices, 23824 [6OC]

ENCOR Lashed Out, Then Proposed Changes, 10360 [31MY]

Fair Is Fair for Medicare, 6065 [11AP]

Group Homes Mean Brighter Lives for the Retarded, 1972 [8FE]

Hospital Failures Affect Surrounding Communities, 1321 [31JA]

Hospital Industry Ill, 1316 [31JA]

Hospitals Face Financial Stress and Closings, 1311 [31JA]

How Can We Deny Health Care to Poor While Others Get Face Lifts?, 8078 [3MY]

Institutions Are Needed, 10361 [31MY]

Keep Catastrophic Coverage Act, 23791 [6OC]

Legal Lid for Doctors' Fees, 14683 [13JY]

Let Us Work!, 24746 [16OC]

Let's Stop Picking the Pockets of America's Elderly, 6100 [12AP]

Lifeflight Plane Helps S. Utah (series), 14083-14086 [11JY]

Low Medicare Payments Didn't Cause Hospital Closures, 5352 [3AP]

Many Elderly Seen Facing an Increase in Insurance Costs, 30155 [19NO]

Mean Mistake That Is Cold, Costly Comfort for Elderly, 8722 [9MY]

Medicaid Turns Hospitals, Clinics Into Victims Too, 2775 [23FE]

Medicare Flap—No Catastrophe, 23791 [6OC]

Medicare Tax, 4130 [14MR]

Medicare's Set Fees Create Moral, Fiscal Dilemma, 3636 [7MR]

Menard Claims Cuts in Federal Assistance Worsen State Crisis, 14237 [11JY]

Money Woes Claim St. Anne's Hospital, 1322 [31JA]

Not All Retarded People Thrive Out of Institutions, 10360 [31MY]

Obstetrics Care Precarious for Rural Mothers-To-Be, 5743 [6AP]

Political Hypocrisy in Aid, 1315 [31JA]

Prenatal Care for Poor Is Inadequate, 1364 [31JA]

Price for a Repeal of Catastrophic Insurance, 28037 [8NO]

Repeal a Bad Health Bill, 23102 [3OC]

Rural Medicine Suffers Doctor Shortage (series), 21447 [25SE]

Safety Net, 3189 [1MR]

Small Inner-City Hospitals in United States Face Threat of Financial Failure, 1323, 1324 [31JA]

Social Security and the Deficit, 3029 [28FE]

Social Security Is a Life Saver, 3013 [28FE]

Social Security Monthly Earnings Test Limits, 6099 [12AP]

Social Security Retirement Test, 13007 [22JN]

Stop Gouging the Elderly, 6100 [12AP]

Symms Was Right, 22355 [28SE]

To Cut the Cost, Save the Core of Catastrophic Care, 23792 [6OC]

Two Reports, One Message—Funds Wasted, 15971 [24JY]

Two State Hospitals Closed, 1310 [31JA]

What's Wrong and Right With Elders' New Health Plan, 277 [19JA]

White Hall Hospital To Close This Week, 1311 [31JA]

Why Hospitals Close, 5350-5352 [3AP]

Why the Elderly Lose by Earning More, 9585 [17MY]

Workers Shouldn't Pay New Costs of Health Plan, 15768 [21JY]

Ballot

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act, 11730 [14JN]

Bills and resolutions

Abortion: prohibit payments for counseling the use of unapproved drugs or devices (see H.R. 621)

AFDC: amend provisions relative to hospital payment programs (see H.R. 1812)

———demonstration program relative to affordable housing (see H.R. 363)

———improve quality control standards and procedures (see H.R. 2243)

Aged: commission to assess health care needs relative to catastrophic illness (see S. 445)

———health care needs (see H.R. 2600)

———improve delivery and coverage of health services (see S. 600)

———improve services to individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders (see S. 1321)

———limitation on outside income (see H.R. 253, 393, 935, 955)

———limitations relative to benefits received (see H.R. 58)

———minimum national standards to protect elderly of board and care facilities (see H.R. 2219)

———protect title II benefit levels (see S. 37)

Agency for Health Care Research and Policy: establish (see H.R. 2601)

Aliens: restrict payments (see H.R. 442)

———tax treatment of benefits for certain (see H.R. 387)

Benefits (see H.R. 2247)

———account statements to individuals covered (see S. 1079)

———amend provisions relative to child care services and earned income credit (see S. 692)

———child insurance of a disabled individual relative to marriage to an individual receiving SSI (see H.R. 2080)

———combined earnings of a husband and wife shared for benefit purposes (see H.R. 203, 346)

———computation formula (see H.R. 164, 1298, 2707)

———computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 181, 350, 917, 1060, 1152, H. Con. Res. 7)

———congress intent regarding cost-of-living increases (see H.J. Res. 32)

———continue through month of death (see H.R. 318)

———disregard disaster compensation in determining eligibility for benefits (see H.R. 2999)

———earnings test exemption (see S. 1823)

———earnings test exemption for amounts earned for child care (see H.R. 3079)

———earnings test requirements (see S. 9, 1995; H.R. 420, 884, 2328, 2460, 2616)

———eligibility relative to divorced spouses (see H.R. 344)

———eliminate certain waiting periods for disability compensation (see H.R. 476, 886)

———eliminate earnings test (see H.R. 190, 311, 445)

———eliminate reduction in payments to spouses and surviving spouses who are receiving certain Government pensions (see H.R. 201)

———exchange of credits between the old age, survivors, and disability insurance system and the civil service retirement system (see H.R. 351)

———expedite payment of claims (see S. 1562)

———extend certain expiring provisions and make miscellaneous improvements (see H.R. 3730)

———full benefits for disabled widows and widowers without regard to age (see H.R. 205)

———improve family insurance (see H.R. 2730)

———improve services under the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program and the SSI Program (see H.R. 1353)

———inclusion of years a child was in an individuals care in computing special minimum benefit (see H.R. 206)

———increase primary insurance amounts (see H.R. 319)

———lessen the amount of certain reductions (see H.R. 1252)

———limit reduction for widow and widower (see H.R. 2729, 2731)

———limitation on outside income (see H.R. 320, 347, 358, 477, 556, 2081, 2849)

———payment following death of recipient (see H.R. 251, 252, 455, 936)

———payment to hospitals based on national rate (see H.R. 1110)

———phase out earnings test for retirees (see H.R. 841, 853, 3526)

———private long-term care coverage (see H.R. 3621)

———prompt payment (see H.R. 3575)

———protection under representative payee program (see H.R. 2422)

———receipt by the spouse of an insured individual upon that individual's death (see H.R. 345)

———reduce effect of disability benefits offset (see S. 213)

———remove outside earned income limitations (see H.R. 862)

———restore minimum for future beneficiaries (see H.R. 202)

———transition benefit for spouse at age 50 of insured individuals who die (see H.R. 204)

———waiver of waiting period relative to terminal illness (see H.R. 1713)

Budget: trust funds excluded in deficit calculations (see S. 219, 537, 852, 1785; H.R. 378, 860, 933, 1044, 1106, 1123, 1785, 2892, 2933, 3083, 3323)

Budget Trust Fund Reform Act: enact (see H.R. 3531)

Bureau of the Census: exclude wages from temporary positions from Social Security earnings test determinations (see H.R. 2857)

Catastrophic Premium Correction Act: enact (see H.R. 2907)

Child Support Enforcement Extension Act: enact (see S. 1555)

Children: adoption and foster care assistance programs (see H.R. 178, 2185)

———adoption reform program (see H.R. 752)

———benefits to severely disabled (see S. 1070)

———conditions for eligibility for stepchildren to receive certain benefits (see H.R. 789)

———health care services for needy children (see H.R. 833)

———improve care (see S. 187)

———increase coverage for childhood immunizations (see H.R. 2216)

———insurance benefits (see H.R. 413)

———remove certain restrictions on eligibility for insurance benefits imposed due to adoption (see H.R. 1669)

———restore from age 16 to 18 the date at which certain benefits are terminated (see H.R. 414)

Claimants: adequate compensation for services rendered by attorneys providing representation (see H.R. 3682)

Community Health Clinic Improvement Act: enact (see S. 1199)

Community Mental Health Services Act: enact (see S. 1591)

Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act: amend (see H.R. 2122)

Counterfeit-resistant Social Security card: developing prototype (see S. 214)

Courts: claimant representation fee in administrative proceedings (see S. 1570)

Dept. of the Treasury: payment of benefits in case of congressional failure to increase public debt limit (see H.R. 3547)

Disability determination: improve procedures (see S. 200)

Diseases: improve education and programs relative to Alzheimer's disease (see H.R. 1490)

———prohibit the reduction of black lung disability benefits (see H.R. 1948)

Drug abuse: testing of certain Federal aid applicants with dependent children (see S. 1409)

Earnings credit: inheritance by the surviving spouse in the event of the death of the other spouse (see H.R. 348)

Education: certain public school employees (see H.R. 1909)

———classify as dependent child full-time student until age 21 (see S. 764)

Election officials or workerss: exclude from coverage certain services (see H.R. 2801)

Employment: prohibit payment of Federal retirement benefits to those not retired as defined under the act (see H.R. 234)

———remove outside earned income limitations (see H.R. 862)

———work incentives relative to disability benefits (see H.R. 8)

Equity for Rural Hospitals Act: enact (see S. 306)

Fair Physician Reciprocity Standards Act: enact (see S. 879)

Families: room or rent provided by family member (see H.R. 1642)

Federal aid: workfare program participation by AFDC, food stamp, and public housing assistance recipients (see H.R. 400)

Federal employees: Government pension offset (see H.R. 2538)

Federal hospital insurance trust fund: treatment (see H.R. 1302)

Funding: increases in primary amounts (see H.R. 1806)

———reduce rate of payroll tax and resulting surplus in trust fund relative to reducing the budget (see S. 922)

Handicapped: earnings test (see H.R. 3561)

———extend disability benefits during administrative appeal of termination (see H.R. 892)

———income requirements for benefits relative to severely disabled children (see H.R. 1525)

———individualized assessments of disabled or blind children (see H.R. 868)

———promote rehabilitation of blind beneficiaries (see H.R. 855)

———qualifications for certain blind or disabled children eligible for SSI benefits (see H.R. 874)

Health care: certification of long-term care policies (see H.R. 1325)

———cost and quality in rural areas (see H.R. 950)

———coverage of clinical social workers' services (see S. 118)

———coverage of nurse midwives and nurse practitioners (see S. 112)

———coverage of registered nurses as assistants in surgery (see S. 125)

———drug and alcohol addiction treatment (see S. 1673; H.R. 2456)

———eliminate mandated caps on physicians fees (see S. 188)

———emergency medical services (see H.R. 753)

———home services eligibility based on need for occupational therapy (see S. 997)

———hospital wage level adjustment factor (see H.R. 2049)

———improve mental health care for the chronically mentally ill and homeless mentally ill (see S. 226)

———increase medical coverage for women and infants (see S. 902)

———increase personal allowance provided for eligible individuals in medical institutions (see H.R. 3075)

———long-term care coverage under medicare and coverage for individuals in poverty under medicaid (see H.R. 3140)

———medicare coverage of medically necessary jaw reconstruction (see S. 1670)

———nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist certification of need for certain services (see S. 126, 1486)

———preventive programs (see H.R. 2505)

———psychologists' services in outpatient rehabilitation (see S. 116)

———services for pregnant women and infants (see H.R. 1568, 1710)

———social worker services at rural clinics (see S. 122)

———support hospitals in meeting indigent care costs (see H.R. 754)

———voluntary certification of long-term care insurance policies (see S. 142)

———waive waiting period for medicare eligibility in case of individuals with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (see S. 224)

Health insurance: extension of regional referral center classification of certain hospitals and continue payment rates for such hospitals (see S. 243)

———waive late enrollment penalty under medicare for any disabled individual who was covered under his own private-employment insurance (see S. 239)

Hospitals: eliminate reimbursement differential in different areas (see S. 205)

———extend the classification of sole community hospital and improve payments to such institutions (see S. 735)

Infant Mortality and Children's Health Act: enact (see S. 339)

Intermediaries and carriers: payments for administrative costs on other than a reasonable cost basis (see H.R. 3422)

Investments: policies for trust fund (see H.R. 790)

Lotteries: establish to help finance (see H.R. 131)

Married couples: economic contributions of spouses (see S. 51)

———validity of marriage in certain cases relative to surviving divorced spouses (see H.R. 1107)

Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Program: revise (see H.R. 2651)

Maternal and Child Health Improvement Act: enact (see H.R. 1584)

Medicaid: adoption and enforcement of certain guardianship laws (see H.R. 372)

———alternatives to the institutionalization of patients (see H.R. 1435)

———budget reconciliation (see H.R. 2924)

———clarify definition of room and board relative to home and community-based waivers (see H.R. 2878)

———coverage of nursing services (see H.R. 1140)

———coverage and payment for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 751)

———coverage of certain parental and postnatal care services (see S. 721)

———coverage of certain technology-dependent children (see H.R. 832)

———coverage of clinical social worker services (see S. 124; H.R. 2391)

———coverage of hospice caree (see H.R. 1259)

———coverage of mammograph (see H.R. 3285)

———coverage of nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist services (see S. 115)

———coverage of services of licensed practical nurses (see H.R. 327)

———coverage of services of registered professional nurses (see H.R. 324)

———coverage to certain low-income children (see S. 440)

———daytime habilitation services (see S. 1339, 1386; H.R. 2694)

———determination of institutions for mental diseases (see H.R. 3645)

———exempt certain nurses aides from competency evaluation requirements (see S. 1460)

———nurse aide training requirement (see H.R. 2302, 2303, 2687)

———nurses' pay (see H.R. 1649)

———nursing services (see H.R. 1650)

———option of providing community care to the elderly (see H.R. 1453)

———participation of intermediate care and skilled nursing facilities (see H.R. 179)

———participation of recipients of services in health care decisions (see S. 1766)

———pay rates for personnel in nursing facilities (see S. 1769)

———pediatric nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist (see S. 119)

———permit States to include certain long-term care services (see H.R. 2499)

———prompt payment for medical assistance (see S. 614)

———reduce infant mortality (see H.R. 800)

———require State plans for responding to hospital closures (see H.R. 3796)

———spousal allowance for individuals in community property States (see H.R. 3474)

———State option of covering substance abuse treatment services (see H.R. 3739)

———substance abuse treatment (see S. 1679)

———supervision of nursing facility residents by certain nursing professionals along with physicians (see H.R. 2877)

———use of payments as collateral for hospitals (see H.R. 3284)

———use of tax-exempt bonds for inpatient health care facilities (see H.R. 157)

Medicaid Children's Health Improvement Act: enact (see S. 949)

Medicaid Home and Community Care Options Act: enact (see S. 785, 1942)

Medicaid Home and Community Quality Services Act: enact (see S. 384)

Medicaid Long-Term Demonstration Project Waiver Act: enact (see S. 1998)

Medicare: access to quality health care for all U.S. citizens (see H.R. 2980)

———adjustment of the conversion factors for anesthesia services (see H.R. 1667)

———adult day care (see H.R. 990)

———allow certain individuals to refuse benefits and payment of premiums (see H.R. 1809)

———alternatives to the institutionalization of patients (see H.R. 1435)

———amend catastrophic coverage provisions relative to the Bipartisan Commission on Comprehensive Health Care (see H.R. 1359)

———amend provisions relative to charge levels for physicians' services (see H.R. 1271)

———amend provisions relative to physician payment programs (see H.R. 1811)

———amend provisions relative to terminology used in notices of nonpayment to certain physicians (see H.R. 3272)

———analyze operating costs of certain rural and urban hospitals (see H.R. 3747)

———apply area wage factor for Shelby County, TN, to Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, TN (see H.R. 1367)

———benefits relative to deductions, premiums, railroad retirement annuities, and cost of living increases (see H.R. 2226)

———budget reconciliation (see H.R. 2924)

———clinical social worker services (see S. 124)

———concern over continuing reductions (see S. Con. Res. 10)

———costs for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1168)

———costs for inpatient hospital services for small, rural facilities (see S. 10)

———coverage of adult day health care (see S. 524)

———coverage of capital-related costs for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 712)

———coverage of catastrophic illness (see S. 1726)

———coverage of certain chiropractor services (see H.R. 708)

———coverage of certain vision, hearing, and dental services (see H.R. 207)

———coverage of certain wigs and hairpieces necessitated by disease-related alopecia (see H.R. 559)

———coverage of clinical social worker services (see H.R. 2391)

———coverage of extraordinary costly cases (see H.R. 1026)

———coverage of hospital-based comprehensive care programs (see H.R. 208)

———coverage of mechanical ventilators under the definition of prosthetic devices (see H.R. 1264)

———coverage of nurse practitioner services (see H.R. 2673)

———coverage of nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist services (see S. 115; H.R. 2673)

———coverage of nurses as surgery assistants (see H.R. 143)

———coverage of nursing services (see H.R. 1140, 1650)

———coverage and reimbursement for nursing services (see H.R. 1140)

———coverage of clinical social worker services (see H.R. 2391)

———coverage of pediatric nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist (see S. 119)

———coverage of physician services relative to a resource-based relative value scale (see H.R. 2629)

———coverage of psychological services (see S. 100)

———coverage of rural hospitals for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1270)

———coverage of screening mammography for women (see H.R. 209, 1471, 3286, 3701)

———coverage of services of licensed practical nurses (see H.R. 327)

———coverage of services of physician assistants outside institutional settings (see S. 461)

———coverage of services of psychologists (see 325, H.R. 774)

———coverage of services of registered professional nurses (see H.R. 324)

———delay certain premiums and benefits (see H.R. 1564)

———delay certain premiums and establish a review commission for the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act (see H.R. 63)

———dental services (see H.R. 139)

———distribution of recommended preventive health care practices to beneficiaries (see H.R. 2879)

———drug utilization review system to prevent adverse drug reactions (see H.R. 2677)

———efficient administration of benefits (see S. 1362)

———election not pay premiums or receive certain benefits for tax purposes (see H.R. 558)

———eligibility for persons with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (see H.R. 416, 417)

———eliminate differential payments between urban and rural hospitals (see H.R. 804, H. Con. Res. 125)

———eliminate mandated caps on physicians' fees and the reimbursement differential between hospitals in different areas (see H.R. 148)

———emergency assistance to participating hospitals (see H.R. 130)

———equitable tax treatment for married individuals filing separate returns (see H.R. 2758)

———exclude physicians who have violated regulations for new drugs (see H.R. 3348)

———exempt certain nurses aides from competency evaluation requirements (see S. 1460)

———financing of certain benefit improvements (see H.R. 974)

———funding for research and education into effectiveness of treatments (see H.R. 1692)

———geographical variations in the physician reimbursement system (see H. Con. Res. 116)

———improve access to extended care and home health services after hospitalization (see H.R. 2851)

———improve health insurance for the elderly (see H.R. 355)

———improve health services in rural areas (see H.R. 762)

———improve protection against transfers from certain hospitals (see H.R. 821)

———improve services to end stage renal disease patients (see H.R. 2678)

———incentives for handicapped individuals to work (see S. 320)

———limit denials by peer review organizations of medically necessary inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 326)

———limit penalty for late enrollment (see H.R. 885)

———long-term home care (see H.R. 2263)

———lottery and savings bond program to help finance (see H.R. 142)

———management of Office of Rural Health Policy (see H.R. 1301)

———notification of payment denial to practitioner (see H.R. 2141)

———nurse aide training requirement (see H.R. 2302, 2303, 2687)

———nutritional counseling (see H.R. 357)

———Papanicolaou test (see H.R. 141)

———participation of recipients of services in health care decisions (see S. 1766)

———patient rights in certain medical facilities (see H.R. 356)

———payment reductions to hospitals under part A (see H. Con. Res. 40)

———payments to hospitals in rural areas (see H.R. 2246)

———payments to physicians (see H.R. 155, 1175)

———payments to physicians by geographic location (see H. Con. Res. 83)

———penalties for improper referral arrangements (see H.R. 939)

———permit persons receiving benefits because of the receipt of child's insurance to purchase medicare if benefits are lost due to marriage (see H.R. 1882)

———permit small rural hospitals to elect to be paid on a reasonable cost basis (see H.R. 186)

———physician reimbursement system (see S. Con. Res. 36)

———premiums and benefits (see H.R. 2212)

———private activity bond volume cap for States (see H.R. 1801)

———Prospective Payment Assessment Commission representation of rural areas (see S. Res. 126)

———protection of beneficiaries from certain marketing practices (see S. 142)

———psychologist services in hospice program (see S. 121)

———reconsideration of a payment denial (see S. 1239)

———regional referral center classification of hospitals (see H.R. 680)

———reimbursement for ambulance services (see H.R. 1586)

———repeal catastrophic illness coverage (see S. 1038; H.R. 3585)

———repeal certain catastrophic coverage and supplemental premiums (see S. 1219)

———repeal supplemental premium and fund catastrophic benefits (see S. 1125; H.R. 2547)

———repeal supplemental premium and modify benefits added by Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act (see S. 1174, 1187)

———require payments to certain hospitals within 10 days (see H.R. 185)

———require residency training and fellowship programs in geriatric medicine as a condition for payment of direct medical education costs (see H.R. 2093)

———revise methods of financing (see H.R. 349)

———seat-lift chairs and durable medical equipment (see H.R. 2276)

———separate election of certain benefits (see S. 608)

———special enrollment period for individuals who enter the U.S. after residing elsewhere for an extended period (see H.R. 183)

———standards for certification of long-term care insurance policies (see H.R. 1288)

———study feasibility of coverage for personal emergency response systems (see H.R. 2094)

———supplemental premium and added benefits (see H.R. 2055, 2770)

———supplemental premium and additional benefits (H.R. 2770), consideration (see H. Res. 191, 231)

———taxation of long-term care benefits (see H.R. 3047)

———update hospital wage level adjustment factor (see H.R. 3302)

———use of payments as collateral for hospitals (see H.R. 3284)

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act: application of benefits and premiums (see S. 1149)

———delay effective date (see S. 445)

———expand responsibilities of Advisory Committee on Medicare Home Health Claims and set fixed date for its termination (see H.R. 2622)

———extend Advisory Committee on Medicare Home Health Claims (see S. 1097; H.R. 2195)

———limit application of benefits and premiums to those voluntarily enrolled in part B of medicare (see H.R. 267)

———repeal (see H.R. 332, 557, 697, 864, 3253, 3262)

———repeal certain provisions (see S. 1453)

———repeal titles I and II (see H.R. 3165)

———restore provisions in effect before enactment (see S. 43; H.R. 169)

———review by Congress (see H. Res. 169)

———revising benefits and financing (see H.R. 3230)

———sense of Congress (see S. Con. Res. 78)

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Delay Act: enact (see S. 1011)

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Refinancing Act: enact (see S. 660)

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act: enact (see H.R. 3607)

———enact (H.R. 3607), correct technical errors (see H. Con. Res. 241)

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Revision Act: enact (see S. 335)

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Surtax Repeal Act: enact (see S. 1388)

Medicare Financing and Benefit Review Commission: establish (see H.R. 2483)

Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act: enact (see S. 1809)

Mentally handicapped: improve services (see S. 1088; H.R. 854, 1635)

National Commission on Medicare Reform: establish (see H.R. 2520)

North Carolina: Dept. of HHS treatment of hospitals in Henderson County as being located in Buncombe County (see H.R. 3291)

Office of Rural Health Policy: place under a Deputy Under Sec. for Rural Health (see H.R. 1589)

Older Americans Alternative Care Act: enact (see H.R. 1163)

Participants: extend compulsory OASDI and medicare coverage to State and local government employees hired after December 31, 1989, not subject to any retirement system (see S. 210)

Partnership for Long-Term Care Act: enact (see H.R. 3632)

Patient Outcomes Research Act: enact (see S. 702)

Pension benefits (see H.R. 2348)

———eliminate disparity (see H.R. 159, 2368)

———graduated exemption from the public pension offset (see H.R. 3755)

———increase retirement test exempt amount (see S. 1192)

———protection of individual becoming eligible for benefits in or after 1979 (Notch problem) (see S. 184, 1212, 1917; H.R. 269, H. Con. Res. 20)

———tax treatment (see H.R. 394)

Physicians: discrimination in medical reciprocity standards against foreign medical graduates (see H.R. 1134)

Poverty: temporary housing for destitute families eligible for AFDC (see S. 217)

Presidential Commission on the Medicare Program: establish (see S. 43; H.R. 169)

Religious organizations: optional coverage for employees (see H.R. 846)

Representative Payee Abuse Prevention Act: enact (see S. 1130)

Rural areas: access and delivery of health services (see S. Con. Res. 37)

———coverage of social worker services in health clinics (see H.R. 1176)

———exempt small hospitals from prospective payment system (see S. 227)

———inclusion of health clinics in definition of provider services (see S. 1550)

———payment reductions to hospitals under medicare part A (see H. Con. Res. 40)

———States to establish State offices of rural health (see H.R. 3204)

Rural Health Clinics Act: amend (see H.R. 1585)

Rural Health Improvement Act: enact (see S. 921)

Rural Health Manpower Assistance Act: enact (see S. 366)

Rural Hospital Improvements Act: enact (see S. 1466)

Rural Hospital Recovery Act: enact (see H.R. 1583)

Rural Nursing Incentive Act: enact (see S. 1384)

Social Security Administration: independent status (see H.R. 46, 861)

———personal earnings and benefits statements to individuals (see S. 212; H.R. 591)

Social Security Administration Employee Recognition Day: designate (see H. Res. 218)

Social Security Administration Services Preservation Act: enact (see S. 1428)

Social Security Children's Benefits Act: enact (see H.R. 410)

Social Security Disabled Widow's and Widower's Equity Act: enact (see S. 1872)

Social Security Lump-Sum Death Benefits Act: enact (see H.R. 411)

Social Security Notch Act: enact (see S. 1917; H.R. 269)

Social Security Notch Adjustment Act: enact (see S. 1212)

Social Security Preservation Act: enact (see S. 1795)

Social Security Services Improvement Act: enact (see S. 562)

Social Security Solvency Protection Act: enact (see H.R. 3505)

Social Security Trust Fund Sanctity Act: enact (see S. 401)

Social Security Trust Funds Management Act: enact (see S. 215)

Social Security Truth in Budgeting Act: enact (see S. 1752)

Social Security Work Incentives Act: enact (see S. 1358)

Social Services Block Grant Restoration Act: enact (see S. 704)

Social workers: independence at outpatient rehabilitation facility services (see S. 63)

Sole Community Hospital Preservation Act: enact (see S. 527)

SSI: access to daily living assistance and protective oversight care by recipients (see H.R. 3203)

———exclude income from public housing agencies for supervisory services at housing facilities by elderly residents (see H.R. 2713)

———raise level of benefits (see H.R. 361, 866)

———raise resource limits (see H.R. 360)

———receipt of certain contributions relative to benefit eligibility (see H.R. 71)

———technical amendments (see H.R. 867)

———trust fund benefits (see S. 1674)

SSI Reform Act: enact (see S. 665)

States: matching payments (see S. 1878)

———social service block grants (see H.R. 795)

Tax Reform Reform Act: enact (see S. 1516)

Taxation: authority to collect past-due child support from Federal returns (see H.R. 593)

———certain benefits (see H.R. 300)

———exclude from gross income a portion of governmental pensions relative to certain Social Security benefits (see H.R. 727)

———exclude tax-exempt interest from determination of taxable benefits (see H.R. 260)

———extend the Federal tax refund offset program used in child support enforcement (see H.R. 2867)

———floating tax rates for old-age, survivors, and disability insurance (see H.R. 302)

———increase allocation of employment taxes to Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund (see S. 211)

———increase excise tax on tobacco products and use revenue raised to reduce medicare premiums (see H.R. 1808)

———medicare supplemental premium (see H.R. 741)

———prohibit State and local governments from taxing benefits (see H.R. 848)

———return State and local taxes collected on benefits to appropriate trust fund (see H.R. 847)

———treatment of expenses used for child care (see S. 412)

Tax-exempt organizations: amend provisions relative to certain employees (see H.R. 1251)

Tips: tax treatment (see S. 1815; H.R. 446)

Title V Infant Mortality Reduction Act: enact (see S. 1053)

Trust funds: annual report to reflect future income and disbursements (see H.R. 1747)

———budget treatment (see H.R. 3573)

———revise methods of financing (see H.R. 349)

Truth in Budgeting Act: enact (see H.R. 1420)

Veterans: mandatory disclosure of Social Security numbers in claims for disability and death benefits (see H.R. 2644)

———use of Social Security Administration data by Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see S. 1188)

Women: coverage for certain outreach activities relative to medical assistance for pregnancy (see S. 430)

———improved treatment through working spouse's benefits (see H.R. 259)

———increase coverage for pregnant women and infants and for childhood immunizations (see H.R. 2216)

Commentaries

Budget speech versus the budget plan, 3095 [1MR]

Proposed Bush spending freeze would cut nonentitlement program below a freeze level and cut entitlements more than Reagan's budget, 3096 [1MR]

Communications

Disability Insurance Trust Fund: report, 7542 (EC1062) [26AP]

Old Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund: report, 7542 (EC1062) [26AP], 7954 (EC1023) [3MY]

Rulemaking: report, 2268 (EC634) [21FE]

Comparisons

Medicare's capital payment system (present and proposed reform), 6352, 6353 [12AP]

U.S. Health Act and current health care plans, 15967 [24JY]

Descriptions

Medicare reimbursement of seat-lift chairs and durable medical equipment (H.R. 2276), 8740 [9MY]

Documents

Rehabilitation Act (excerpt), 868 [25JA]

Explanations

Amendments to tax-exempt bond rules under H.R. 157, 110 [3JA]

Factsheets

Increasing Retirement Test Exempt Amount (S. 1192), 11914 [15JN]

Long-Term Home Care Act (H.R. 2263), 8715 [9MY]

Retirement Test Earnings Exemption Amount (S. 1823), 26669 [31OC]

Form

Benefits threatened, 24237 [12OC]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act: National Tax Limitation Committee (sundry), 24239 [12OC]

Letters

Abuse of physician-owned physical therapy services (several excerpts), 21354, 21355 [21SE]

Benefits: J.C. Pennington, 24238 [12OC]

———James Roosevelt, 24240 [12OC]

———Ralph Galliano, 24237 [12OC]

Disability assistance to maintain independence (sundry), 1960 [8FE]

Drug utilization review: Senator Heinz, 19045 [4AU]

Ethics in patient referrals, 12832 [21JN]

Impact of congressional policies on elderly: Delbert Patterson, 6352 [12AP]

Institutional care of mentally handicapped: Bernice McCord, 10362 [31MY]

———Doris Brown, 10362 [31MY]

———James W. Wengert, 10362 [31MY]

———Robert M. Hepburn, 10361 [31MY]

Mailings by investment advisers to elderly relative to medicare surtax: Representative Stark, 5186 [22MR]

Mandatory disclosure of Social Security numbers in claims for veterans' disability and death benefits: Edward J. Derwinski, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, 10646 [1JN]

Medicaid mandates: National Governors' Association, 21558 [26SE]

Medicare catastrophic illness coverage, 2687 [23FE], 2918 [28FE]

———American Association of Retired Persons, 14978 [18JY], 15627 [20JY]

———Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, 26607 [31OC]

———Boris Raynes and wife, 23226 [4OC]

———Catharine Dorothy, 23226 [4OC]

———Coalition for Affordable Health Care, 30441 [20NO]

———Daniel Thursz, 30441 [20NO]

———George D. Waldron, 10923 [6JN]

———George F. Hennrikus, Jr., 23250 [4OC]

———Harold Taylor, 5346 [3AP]

———Lewis K. Uhler, 24239 [12OC]

———Mark D. Siljander, 24240 [12OC]

———National Association of Retired Federal Employees, 29159 [15NO]

———National Association to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, 29159 [15NO]

———National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, 23799 [6OC], 30441 [20NO]

———National Taxpayers Union, 15627 [20JY]

———OMB, 23258 [4OC], 23750 [6OC]

———Representative Frenzel, 23259 [4OC]

———Robert Benedict and wife, 23226 [4OC]

———several Government officials, 23771 [6OC]

———Wayne F. Lauxman and wife, 23226 [4OC]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act: Senator McCain, 30159 [19NO]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Surtax Repeal Act: Dick Warden, 15923 [24JY]

———Gerald W. McEntee, 15924 [24JY]

———Jay Mazur and Evelyn Dubrow, 15923 [24JY]

———Lawrence T. Smedley, 15923 [24JY]

———Martha A. McSteen, 15923 [24JY]

———Moe Biller, 15924 [24JY]

———President Bush, 16631 [27JY]

———Vincent R. Sombrotto, 15924 [24JY]

Medicare patient referrals: Michael R. Wisdom, 11044 [7JN]

Reconsideration of medicare payment denial: Louis W. Sullivan, Sec. of HHS, 13124 [22JN]

———Senator Wallop, 13124 [22JN]

Retirement earnings test: American Association of Retired Persons, 8277 [4MY]

———Dorcas R. Hardy, 16211 [25JY]

———Faye C. Wells, 13998 [29JN]

———John C. Rother, 5993 [11AP], 13007 [22JN]

———Martha McSteen, 5993 [11AP]

Rural area medical care services: Representative Alexander, 30374 [20NO]

Social Security income restrictions on handicapped: Rita Jolly, 15286 [19JY]

Lists

Coalition for Affordable Health Care members, 22350 [28SE]

Organizations supporting Medicaid Home and Community Quality Services Act, 1969 [8FE]

Organizations supporting Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Revisions Act, 2919 [28FE]

Organizations supporting Social Security Disability Insurance Program reform, 866 [25JA]

Rural referral centers, 988 [25JA]

Memorandums

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act: Lewis K. Uhler, 24238 [12OC]

———Neil Newhouse, 10696 [1JN]

Memorials of legislature

California, 12248 [16JN], 12283 [19JN], 14815 [17JY], 14906 [17JY], 21378 [22SE], 21499 [25SE], 23739 [6OC], 27666 [7NO]

Florida, 14017 [10JY], 14572 [13JY]

Hawaii, 10789 [5JN], 10961 [6JN], 11419 [9JN], 11452 [12JN], 11899 [15JN], 12248 [16JN]

Idaho, 3244 [2MR]

Illinois, 13845 [28JN], 14571 [13JY], 19782 [7SE], 20052 [12SE]

Louisiana, 13623 [27JN], 14017 [10JY], 14814 [17JY]

Maryland, 9482 [17MY], 11418 [9JN]

Massachusetts, 30182 [19NO]

Michigan, 5338 [3AP]

Nebraska, 13623 [27JN]

Nevada, 14813 [17JY], 19782 [7SE], 20052 [12SE]

Pennsylvania, 14813, 14814 [17JY]

Texas, 10789 [5JN], 14075 [11JY], 15621 [20JY]

Messages

Supplemental Social Security Agreement With Switzerland: President Bush, 2389 [22FE]

Motions

Medicare: catastrophic illness coverage (S. 1726), commit, 23771 [6OC]

Papers

And Now Medicare Notch Babies: Robert J. Myers, 3181 [1MR]

Life-Sustaining Treatment: John C. Fletcher, 24885-24887 [17OC]

Medicare Reimbursement to Iowa Physicians: Iowa Medical Society, 5852 [10AP]

Prescription Drug Prices—Are We Getting Our Money's Worth? Committee on Aging (Senate, Special), 16839 [31JY]

Petitions

Baton Rouge, LA, Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System, 2073 [9FE], 3143 [1MR]

Boca Raton, FL, Century Village West Democratic Club, 14476 [12JY]

Honolulu, HI, City Council, 19783 [7SE], 20052 [12SE]

Hyattsville, MD, 16204 [25JY]

Lauderhill, FL, City Council, 5339 [3AP], 5996 [11AP]

National Governors' Association, 19783 [7SE]

Older Iowans' Legislature, 28705 [14NO]

Polls of opinion

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act, 14985 [18JY], 16765 [27JY], 20992 [20SE]

———Wirthlin Group, 9941 [18MY]

Press releases

Medicare practice guidelines and standards, Physician Payment Review Commission, 13435 [23JN]

Questions and answers

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act, 5103 [21MR]

Remarks in House

Abortion: medicaid funding in case of rape or incest, 24545 [13OC]

Advisory Committee on Medicare Home Health Claims: extend (H.R. 2195), 7856 [2MY]

AFDC: improve quality control standards and procedures (H.R. 2243), 8399 [4MY]

Aged: direct-mail solicitation campaigns under guise of medicare benefits, 5363 [4AP]

———health care needs (H.R. 2600), 11584 [13JN]

———improve SSI benefits (H.R. 866), 2208 [9FE], 2587 [22FE]

———income limitations relative to benefits received (H.R. 58), 9969 [18MY]

———mailings by investment advisers relative Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act, 5186 [22MR]

———national objectives, 14068-14070 [11JY]

———rising health care costs, 5298 [23MR]

Agency for Health Care Research and Policy: establish (H.R. 2601), 11630 [13JN]

Benefits: child insurance of a disabled individual relative to marriage to an individual receiving SSI (H.R. 2080), 7403 [25AP]

———computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982, 6233 [12AP]

———computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (H.R. 181), 124 [3JA], 20420 [13SE]

———computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (H.R. 917), 13220 [22JN]

———computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after (H.R. 2707), 12792 [21JN]

———disregard disaster compensation in determining eligibility for benefits (H.R. 2999), 16438 [26JY]

———earnings test for retirement age individuals, 281 [19JA], 11594 [14JN], 11584-11593 [13JN]

———earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 420), 159 [3JA]

———earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 2328), 16211 [25JY]

———earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 2328), 9016 [11MY]

———earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 2460), 10087 [24MY], 10249 [25MY], 10420 [31MY], 11584 [13JN], 16964 [31JY]

———eliminate outside earnings limitation, 21751 [26SE], 21772, 22054 [27SE]

———eliminate outside earnings limitation (H.R. 190), 10262 [25MY]

———eliminate outside earnings limitation (H.R. 862), 2198 [9FE]

———eliminate outside earnings limitation (H.R. 955), 2162 [9FE]

———improve family insurance (H.R. 2730), 13641 [27JN]

———improvements (H.R. 2349), 9424 [16MY]

———limit reduction for widow and widower (H.R. 2729), 13641 [27JN]

———limitation on outside income (H.R. 2849), 14244 [11JY]

———medicare part B coverage (H.R. 1175), 2768 [23FE]

———phase out earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 3526), 26106 [25OC]

———prompt mailing of checks, 296 [19JA]

———prompt mailing of checks (H.R. 3575), 26897 [1NO]

———protection under representative payee program (H.R. 2422), 9581 [17MY]

———reduction of domestic assistance programs, 10420 [31MY]

———reform, 10089 [24MY]

———taxation, 1883 [7FE]

Budget: exclude receipts and disbursements of trust funds from calculation of deficits (H.R. 933), 2202 [9FE]

———exclude receipts and disbursements of trust funds from calculation of deficits (H.R. 2892), 14685 [13JY], 2585 [22FE]

Budget Trust Fund Reform Act: enact (H.R. 3531), 26360 [26OC]

Catastrophic Coverage Election Act: enact (H.R. 558), 285 [19JA]

Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act: enact (H.R. 332), 14990 [19JY]

Catastrophic Premium Correction Act: enact (H.R. 2907), 14914 [17JY]

Children: adoption reform program (H.R. 752), 1201 [31JA]

———denial of SSI benefits to handicapped, 30061 [17NO]

———health care services for needy children (H.R. 833), 1633 [2FE]

———improve the foster care and adoption assistance program (H.R. 2185), 7854 [2MY]

———increase coverage for childhood immunizations (H.R. 2216), 8069 [3MY]

———insurance benefits (H.R. 413), 162 [3JA]

———remove certain restrictions on eligibility for benefits imposed due to adoption (H.R. 1669), 5479 [4AP]

Claimants: adequate compensation for services rendered by attorneys providing representation (H.R. 3682), 29627 [17NO]

Dept. of the Treasury: payment of benefits in case of congressional failure to increase public debt limit (H.R. 3547), 26587 [31OC]

Federal employees: Government pension offset (H.R. 2538), 10733 [1JN]

Federal hospital insurance trust fund: treatment (H.R. 1302), 3824 [8MR]

Handicapped: income requirements for benefits relative to severely disabled children (H.R. 1525), 5091 [21MR]

———individualized assessments of disabled or blind children (H.R. 868), 2208 [9FE], 2574 [22FE]

———work incentives, 21554 [26SE]

———work incentives (H.R. 8), 123 [3JA], 24748 [16OC]

Health care: abuse of physician-owned physical therapy services, 21354 [21SE]

———availability based on income and assets (H.R. 2218), 8009 [3MY]

———certification of long-term care policies (H.R. 1325), 3677 [8MR]

———cost, 11754 [14JN]

———degradation of U.S. medical care, 146 [3JA]

———drug and alcohol addiction treatment (H.R. 2456), 10056 [23MY], 19551 [6SE]

———hospital closings, 5350 [3AP]

———increase personal allowance provided for eligible individuals in medical institutions (H.R. 3075), 18222 [3AU]

———long-term care coverage under medicare and coverage for individuals in poverty under medicaid (H.R. 3140), 19487-19489 [4AU]

———preventive programs (H.R. 2505), 10244 [25MY]

———services for pregnant women and infants (H.R. 1568), 5130, 5179 [22MR]

Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Program: revise (H.R. 2651), 12602 [20JN]

Maternal and Child Health Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 1584), 10067 [23MY]

Medicaid: admission to long-term care facilities, 116 [3JA]

———adopt and enforce adult guardianship laws (H.R. 372), 138 [3JA]

———benefits to persons in deinstitutionalized group homes and supervised facilities, 3189 [1MR]

———coverage and payment for inpatient hospital services (H.R. 751), 1366 [31JA]

———coverage of certain technology-dependent children (H.R. 832), 1633 [2FE]

———coverage of hospice services (H.R. 1259), 3392 [2MR]

———coverage of nursing services (H.R. 1140), 3066 [28FE]

———coverage for individuals in poverty (H.R. 3140), 19487-19489 [4AU]

———freestanding day habilitation programs, 12621 [20JN]

———mammography coverage (H.R. 3285), 20641 [18SE]

———nurse aide training requirement (H.R. 2302), 8809 [10MY]

———nurses' pay (H.R. 1649), 5297 [23MR]

———nursing services (H.R. 1650), 5280 [23MR]

———permit States to include certain long-term care services (H.R. 2499), 10262 [25MY]

———pregnancy coverage, 31103 [21NO]

———quality of services in community and institutional settings, 1693 [6FE]

———reduce infant mortality (H.R. 800), 1631, 1633 [2FE]

———require State plans for responding to hospital closures (H.R. 3796), 31208 [21NO]

———requiring hospitals to be qualified providers (H.R. 157), 110 [3JA]

———spousal allowance for individuals in community property States (H.R. 3474), 24732 [16OC]

———State option of covering substance abuse treatment services (H.R. 3739), 30212 [19NO]

———State option of providing community care to the elderly (H.R. 1453), 4703 [16MR]

Medicare: access to quality health care for all U.S. citizens (H.R. 2980), 15967 [24JY]

———adjustment of the conversion factors for anesthesia services (H.R. 1667), 5365 [4AP]

———adult day care (H.R. 990), 2043 [9FE]

———amend provisions relative to terminology used in notices of nonpayment to certain physicians (H.R. 3272), 20420 [13SE]

———American Medical Asssociation's advertising, 14683 [13JY]

———analyze operating costs of certain rural and urban hospitals (H.R. 3747), 30694, 30698 [21NO]

———benefits relative to deductions, premiums, railroad retirement annuities, cost of living increases (H.R. 2226), 8109 [3MY]

———budget cuts, 11954, 11955 [15JN], 12422, 12425 [20JN], 12736, 12796 [21JN], 12846, 12849 [22JN], 13498 [27JN]

———catastrophic illness coverage, 5187 [22MR], 6835-6841 [18AP], 7402, 7469, 7479 [25AP], 7637-7640 [1MY], 7723 [2MY], 8722 [9MY], 9035 [11MY], 9455 [17MY], 14622 [13JY], 15728 [21JY], 15964, 15971 [24JY], 19461, 19480, 19482 [4AU], 19514 [6SE], 20428 [14SE], 21546, 21550, 21551 [26SE], 22771-22780, 22872, 23101 [3OC], 23205, 23255-23262, 23308 [4OC], 23998 [10OC], 24769 [17OC], 25324 [19OC], 26517 [31OC], 26791 [1NO], 27722, 27723 [7NO]

———coverage of inpatient services in rural hospitals (H.R. 1270), 3222 [2MR], 9417 [16MY]

———coverage of mammography screening, 23947 [10OC]

———coverage of mammography screening (H.R. 1471), 4481 [16MR], 4711 [16MR]

———coverage of mammography screening (H.R. 3286), 20641 [18SE]

———coverage of nurse practitioner services (H.R. 2673), 12208 [15JN]

———coverage of nursing education programs for hospitals (H.R. 2032), 7084 [19AP]

———coverage of nursing services (H.R. 1140), 3066 [28FE]

———coverage of nursing services (H.R. 1650), 5280 [23MR]

———coverage of Papanicolaou tests (H.R. 141), 2775 [23FE]

———coverage of physician services relative to a resource-based relative value scale (H.R. 2629), 11850 [14JN], 14374 [12JY]

———coverage of services of psychologists (H.R. 774), 1654 [2FE]

———coverage of social worker services in rural clinics (H.R. 1176), 2773 [23FE]

———drug utilization review system to prevent adverse drug reactions (H.R. 2677), 12206 [15JN]

———election not pay premiums or receive certain benefits for tax purposes (H.R. 558), 16765 [27JY]

———eligibility for persons with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (H.R. 417), 118 [3JA]

———exclude physicians who have violated regulations for new drugs (H.R. 3348), 22470 [28SE]

———expenditure targets for payments to physicians, 12424 [20JN], 12737 [21JN], 13230 [22JN], 13272 [23JN], 13866 [28JN]

———fee schedule, 21559 [26SE]

———financing of certain benefit improvements (H.R. 974), 5180 [22MR]

———funding for research and education into effectiveness of treatments (H.R. 1692), 5650 [5AP]

———funding reductions, 1196 [31JA]

———geographical variations in the physician reimbursement system (H. Con. Res. 116), 8826 [10MY]

———geriatric training funds, 7451 [25AP]

———improve access to extended care and home health services after hospitalization (H.R. 2851), 14238 [11JY]

———improve and extend long-term coverage, 150 [3JA]

———improve health services in rural areas (H.R. 762), 1381-1383 [2FE]

———improve protection against transfers from certain hospitals (H.R. 821), 1646 [2FE]

———long-term home care (H.R. 2263), 8715, 8735 [9MY]

———long-term care coverage (H.R. 3140), 19487-19489 [4AU]

———long-term health care needs, 6665 [13AP], 23634 [5OC]

———nurse aide training requirement (H.R. 2302), 8809 [10MY]

———outlier payments for inpatient hospital services, 2355 [21FE]

———payment for capital-related costs for inpatient hospital services (H.R. 712), 1192-1194 [27JA]

———payments to hospitals in rural areas, 3809 [8MR]

———payments to hospitals in rural areas (H.R. 2246), 8418 [4MY]

———payment for physician-owned physical therapy services, 21354 [21SE]

———penalties for improper referral arrangements (H.R. 939), 2035 [9FE], 4995 [20MR], 11044 [7JN], 12832 [21JN]

———Physician Payment Review Commission proposals, 12413 [19JN]

———physician payments (H.R. 155), 172 [3JA]

———physician reimbursement by geographic location (H. Con. Res. 83), 5193 [22MR]

———premiums and benefits (H.R. 2212), 8110 [3MY], 8196 [4MY]

———President Bush' proposed budget, 3563 [7MR]

———private activity bond volume cap for States (H.R. 1801), 21184 [20SE]

———program reform, 31118 [21NO]

———protect the rights and improve services to end stage renal disease patients (H.R. 2678), 12177 [15JN]

———provisions for disabled individuals, 31109 [21NO]

———provisions of budget reconciliation (H.R. 3299), 23646, 23649 [5OC]

———reform capital payment system, 6352 [12AP]

———reimbursement for ambulance services (H.R. 1586), 10067 [23MY]

———repeal catastrophic illness coverage (H.R. 3585), 26905 [2NO], 27072 [2NO]

———seat-lift chairs and durable medical equipment (H.R. 2276), 8740 [9MY]

———supplemental premium and added benefits (H.R. 2055), 6843 [18AP]

———supplemental premium and additional benefits (H.R. 2770), consideration (H. Res. 191), 14971-14990 [18JY], 21363 [21SE]

———supplemental premium and additional benefits (H.R. 2770), consideration (H. Res. 231), 20951 [20SE]

———targets for payments to physicians, 19457 [4AU]

———update hospital wage level adjustment factor (H.R. 3302), 21175 [20SE]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act: enact (H.R. 2), motion to instruct conferees, 8106 [3MY]

———limit application of benefits and premiums to those voluntarily enrolled in part B of medicare (H.R. 267), 7076 [19AP]

———reexamine financing system, 3058 [28FE]

———reform, 16350 [26JY]

———repeal (H.R. 332), 126 [3JA]

———repeal (H.R. 557), 273 [19JA]

———repeal certain provisions (H.R. 3253), 20096 [12SE], 20985-20994 [20SE]

———repeal titles I and II (H.R. 3165), 19112, 19113 [4AU], 21188, 21189 [21SE]

———revising benefits and financing (H.R. 3230), 19712 [7SE]

———spousal impoverishment provisions, 31120 [11DE]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act: enact (H.R. 3607), 27932-27937, 27938 [8NO]

———enact (H.R. 3607), appointment of conferees, 27977 [8NO]

———enact (H.R. 3607), conference report, 30104-30113 [19NO], 30720, 30725-30729, 30809-30823, 31096 [21NO], 31819 [21NO]

———enact (H.R. 3607), correct technical errors (H. Con. Res. 241), 31192-31194 [21NO]

Medicare Catastrophic Illness Coverage Surtax Repeal Act: enact, 11248 [7JN]

Medicare Catastrophic Illness Protection Act: enact (H.R. 1801), 6071 [11AP]

———enact (H.R. 1801), corrections, 341 [24JA]

Medicare Financing and Benefit Review Commission: establish (H.R. 2483), 10168 [24MY]

Medicare Trauma Care and Emergency Services Quality Assurance Act: enact (H.R. 753), 1354 [31JA]

Medicare/medicaid: committee markup of budget reconciliation package, 14497 [12JY]

Mental Health and Aging Act: enact (H.R. 46), 142 [3JA]

Mentally handicapped: improve services (H.R. 1635), 5306 [23MR]

Nursing homes: medicaid/medicare benefits for terminally ill, 31120 [11DE]

Office of Rural Health Policy: place under a Deputy Under Sec. for Rural Health (H.R. 1589), 10067 [23MY]

Older Americans Alternative Care Act: enact (H.R. 1163), 3031 [28FE]

Partnership for Long-Term Care Act: enact (H.R. 3632), 28354 [9NO]

Payroll tax: increase, 20096 [12SE]

Pensions: annual report to reflect future income and disbursements (H.R. 1747), 5906 [10AP]

———benefits (H.R. 2348), 9423, 9428 [16MY]

———equity (H.R. 159), 181 [3JA]

———graduated exemption from the public pension offset (H.R. 3755), 30658 [20NO]

———individual retirement accounts, 25168 [19OC]

———proration of benefits in month of death, 230 [4JA]

———timely delivery of checks, 296 [19JA]

Religious organizations: optional coverage for employees (H.R. 846), 1870 [7FE]

Representative payee program: protection of beneficiaries (H.R. 2422), 9985 [18MY]

Rural areas: access to and delivery of health services, 9323-9330, 9361, 9442, 9451, 9452 [16MY], 11226-11238 [7JN]

———cost and quality of health care (H.R. 950), 4131 [14MR]

———coverage of social worker services in health clinics (H.R. 1176), 5287 [23MR]

———health care, 5168 [22MR], 5200, 5206 [22MR], 5308 [23MR]

———medical care centers, 30374 [20NO]

———medicare budget cuts, 4157 [15MR]

Rural Health Clinics Act: amend (H.R. 1585), 5173 [22MR], 10067 [23MY]

Rural Hospital Recovery Act: enact (H.R. 1583), 5203 [22MR], 10067 [23MY]

Social Security Administration: independent status (H.R. 791), 1631, 1640 [2FE]

Social Security Children's Benefits Act: enact (H.R. 410), 162 [3JA]

Social Security Lump-Sum Death Benefits Act: enact (H.R. 411), 162 [3JA]

Social Security Services Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 1353), 3999 [9MR]

Social Security Solvency Protection Act: enact (H.R. 3505), 25509 [23OC]

SSI: benefits (H.R. 866, 867), 2574 [22FE]

———ensure access to daily living assistance and protective oversight care by recipients (H.R. 3203), 19439 [4AU]

———exclude income from public housing agencies for supervisory services at housing facilities by elderly residents (H.R. 2713), 12818 [21JN]

———receipt of certain contributions relative to benefit eligibility (H.R. 71), 164 [3JA]

———technical amendments (H.R. 867), 2208 [9FE], 2777 [23FE]

Taxation: extend the Federal tax refund offset program used in child support enforcement (H.R. 2867), 14494 [12JY]

———funding for Dept. of Defense, 28178 [9NO]

Trust funds: surplus, 7726 [2MY]

Trust fund reserves: remove from budget deficit calculations, 9991 [18MY], 24031 [11OC], 24177 [12OC], 24756 [16OC], 25813 [25OC], 27926 [8NO]

Truth in Budgeting Act: enact (H.R. 1420), 4188-4190 [15MR], 24734 [16OC], 30395 [20NO]

Veterans: widows' entitlements, 3674 [8MR]

Women: increase coverage for pregnant women and infants and for childhood immunizations (H.R. 2216), 8069 [3MY]

Remarks in Senate

AFDC: improve quality control standards and procedures (S. 231), 954-956 [25JA]

Aged: alarming mailings, 24236, 24242 [12OC]

———commission to assess health care needs relative to catastrophic illness (S. 445), 2685-2687 [23FE]

———improve delivery and coverage of health services (S. 600), 4398 [15MR]

———improve services to individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders (S. 1321), 14743, 14747, 14750 [14JY]

———phase out earnings test for retirement age individuals (S. 9), 502-505 [25JA]

———protect title II benefit levels (S. 37), 414 [25JA]

———respite care benefit, 23821 [6OC]

Allied Council of Senior Citizens of Wisconsin: tribute, 7703 [1MY]

Atwater, Lee: Republican Party policy on catastrophic health insurance legislation, 27118 [3NO]

Benefits: amend provisions relative to child care services and earned income credit (S. 692), 5414 [4AP]

———coverage of clinical social workers' services (S. 118), 730 [25JA]

———eliminate mandated caps on physician fees (S. 188), 844 [25JA]

———expedite payment of claims (S. 1562), 18975 [4AU]

———improve procedures to disability determinations and review (S. 200), 866-868 [25JA]

———increase retirement earnings test, 8275-8280 [4MY], 13007-13012 [22JN]

———increase retirement earnings test (S. 1192), 11912 [15JN]

———reduce effect of disability benefits offset (S. 213), 918 [25JA]

———retirement test benefits reduction (S. 1995), 31584-31588 [21NO]

———retirement test earnings exemption amount (S. 1823), 26668, 26670 [31OC], 26989 [2NO]

Budget: exclude trust funds reserves from deficit calculation, 7254 [19AP], 7928 [3MY], 18837 [4AU], 24569-24571, 24649 [13OC], 26382 [27OC], 26964 [2NO]

———exclude trust fund reserves from deficit calculation (S. 219), 934 [25JA]

———exclude trust fund reserves from deficit calculations (S. 537), 3758 [8MR]

———exclude trust fund reserves from deficit calculation (S. 852), 7298 [19AP]

———reconciliation (H.R. 3299), conference report, 31320 [21NO]

Child Support Enforcement Extension Act: enact (S. 1555), 18968 [4AU]

Children: benefits to severely disabled (S. 1070), 9894 [18MY]

———improve health care (S. 187), 839 [25JA]

Community Health Clinic Improvement Act: enact (S. 1199), 12252 [16JN]

Community Mental Health Services Act: enact (S. 1591), 20053 [12SE]

Consumer Price Index: determining cost of living increases (S. 864), 7314 [19AP]

Counterfeit-resistant Social Security card: Dept. of HHS to develop prototype (S. 214), 919 [25JA]

Courts: claimant representation fee in administrative proceedings (S. 1570), 18982-18985 [4AU]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: mandatory disclosure of Social Security numbers in claims for disability and death benefits (S. 1110), 10646 [1JN]

———use of Social Security Administration data (S. 1188), 11731 [14JN]

Drug abuse: testing of certain Federal aid applicants with dependent children (S. 1409), 16314 [26JY]

Education: classify as dependent child full-time student until age 21 (S. 764), 6172 [12AP]

Equity for Rural Hospitals Act: enact (S. 306), 1286-1292 [31JA], 2017 [8FE], 4417 [15MR]

Fair Physician Reciprocity Standards Act: enact (S. 879), 7805 [2MY]

Federal employees: coverage under retirement system (S. 1108), 10644 [1JN]

Funding: reduce rate of payroll tax and resulting surplus in trust fund relative to reducing the budget (S. 922), 7986 [3MY]

Handicapped: improve procedures for disability determinations and review (S. 200), 866-868 [25JA]

Health care: catastrophic illnesses, 10601 [1JN]

———expansion of role of nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists (S. 1486), 18396 [3AU]

———home services eligibility based on need for occupational therapy (S. 997), 9249 [16MY]

———increase coverage for women and infants (S. 902), 7957 [3MY], 9096 [12MY]

———nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist certification of need for certain services (S. 126), 748 [25JA]

———improve mental health care for the chronically mentally ill and homeless mentally ill (S. 226), 944 [25JA]

———private catastrophic illness coverage, 23768-23771 [6OC]

———voluntary certification of long-term care insurance policies (S. 142), 772 [25JA]

Health insurance: regional referral center classification of certain hospitals and payment rates for such hospitals (S. 243), 987, 989 [25JA]

Hospitals: eliminate reimbursement differential in different areas (S. 205), 909 [25JA]

———extend the classification of sole community hospital and improve payments to such institutions (S. 735), 5858 [10AP]

Infant Mortality and Children's Health Act: enact (S. 339), 1536, 1543 [2FE], 1784 [7FE], 2137 [9FE], 9291 [16MY]

Married couples: economic contributions of spouses (S. 51), 635-639 [25JA]

Medicaid: coverage of certain prenatal and postnatal services (S. 721), 5742 [6AP]

———coverage of clinical social worker services (S. 124), 747 [25JA]

———daytime habilitation services (S. 1339), 15048 [18JY]

———exempt certain nurses aides from competency evaluation requirements (S. 1460), 17508 [1AU]

———extend coverage to certain low-income children (S. 440), 2667 [23FE], 22984 [3OC]

———nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist services coverage (S. 115), 728 [25JA]

———participation of recipients of services in health care decisions (S. 1766), 24883 [17OC]

———pay rates for personnel in nursing facilities (S. 1769), 25279 [19OC]

———pediatric nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist (S. 119), 730 [25JA]

———preserve payment for daytime habilitation services (S. 1386), 15917 [24JY]

———repeal certain provisions (S. 1453), 17499 [1AU]

———treatment centers for drug abusers, 22932 [3OC]

Medicaid Children's Health Improvement Act: enact (S. 949), 8551, 8556 [9MY]

Medicaid Home and Community Care Options Act: enact (S. 785), 6566-6572 [13AP]

———enact (S. 1942), 30555 [20NO]

Medicaid Home and Community Quality Services Act: enact (S. 384), 1960-1973 [8FE], 2075 [9FE]

Medicaid Long-Term Demonstration Project Waiver Act: enact (S. 1998), 31442 [21NO]

Medicare: amend catastrophic coverage provisions relative to the Bipartisan Commission on Comprehensive Health Care (H.R. 1359), 6133 [13AP]

———catastrophic illness coverage, 11314 [8JN], 13194 [22JN], 16910 [31JY], 22348-22355 [28SE], 24879 [17OC], 25921, 25932 [25OC], 26607 [31OC], 29159 [15NO], 29736 [17NO], 30121, 30123, 30125, 30155 [19NO], 30440, 30441 [20NO]

———catastrophic illness coverage (S. 1726), 23163 [4OC], 23600 [5OC], 23746-23833 [6OC], 23886 [7OC], 27089 [3NO]

———catastrophic illness coverage (S. 1726), unanimous-consent agreement, 23573-23575 [5OC]

———catastrophic illness insurance surtax, 20592-20596 [15SE]

———concern over continuing reductions (S. Con. Res. 10), 1310, 1324-1327, 1332 [31JA]

———cost of prescription drugs, 16910 [31JY]

———costs for inpatient hospital services for small, rural facilities (S. 10), 505 [25JA]

———coverage of adult day health care (S. 524), 3634, 3651 [7MR]

———coverage of clinical social worker services (S. 124), 747 [25JA]

———coverage of medically necessary jaw reconstruction (S. 1670), 21699 [26SE]

———coverage of nurse midwives and nurse practitioners (S. 112), 726 [25JA]

———coverage of nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist services (S. 115), 728 [25JA]

———coverage of psychological services (S. 100), 714 [25JA]

———coverage of services of physician assistants outside institutional settings (S. 461), 2969 [28FE]

———coverage of social worker services in rural clinics (S. 122), 736 [25JA]

———efficient administration of benefits (S. 1362), 15626 [20JY]

———effects of reducing payments to hospitals, 1217 [31JA]

———exempt certain nurses aides from competency evaluation requirements (S. 1460), 17508 [1AU]

———extend compulsory coverage to State and local government employees hired after December 31, 1989, not subject to any retirement system (S. 210), 916 [25JA]

———part B reimbursements for physician assistants, 7355 [19AP]

———participation of recipients of services in health care decisions (S. 1766), 24883 [17OC]

———pediatric nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist (S. 119), 730 [25JA]

———psychologist services in hospice program (S. 121), 736 [25JA]

———psychologist services in outpatient rehabilitation (S. 116), 729 [25JA]

———physician reimbursement system (S. Con. Res. 36), 8794 [10MY]

———Prospective Payment Assessment Commission representation of rural areas (S. Res. 126), 8795 [10MY]

———protection of beneficiaries from certain marketing practices (S. 142), 772 [25JA]

———reconsideration of a payment denial (S. 1239), 13123 [22JN]

———reduce premiums and review catastrophic coverage program, 8754 [10MY]

———regional disparities in physician reimbursement, 5851 [10AP]

———repeal certain provisions (S. 1453), 17499 [1AU]

———repeal supplemental premium and fund catastrophic benefits (S. 1125), 10968, 10970 [6JN], 15856 [24JY]

———repeal supplemental premium and modify benefits added by Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act (S. 1174), 11702 [14JN]

———repeal supplemental premium and modify benefits added by Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act (S. 1187), 11727 [14JN], 15856 [24JY]

———rural referral centers classification, 31694 [21NO]

———separate election of certain benefits (S. 608), 4574 [16MR]

———termination of payment safeguard positions, 21272-21274 [21SE]

———waive late enrollment penalty for disabled individual covered by private-employment insurance (S. 239), 980 [25JA]

———waive waiting period for eligibility in case of individuals with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (S. 224), 943 [25JA]

———work incentives for handicapped individuals (S. 320), 1300 [31JA]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act: application of benefits and premiums (S. 1149), 11352, 11353 [8JN], 20653 [18SE]

———delay effective date (S. 445), 2685-2687 [23FE]

———delay provisions, 10910, 10930 [6JN], 11077 [7JN], 16615-16623 [27JY]

———extend Advisory Committee on Medicare Home Health Claims (S. 1097), 10633 [1JN]

———repeal of certain provisions, 23932 [7OC]

———review coverage and funding, 6133 [13AP]

———seniors opinion, 9941 [18MY]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Delay Act: enact (S. 1011), 9538 [17MY]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Refinancing Act: enact (S. 660), 4858-4860 [17MR]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act: enact (H.R. 3607), 27870 [8NO]

———enact (H.R. 3607), conference committee deliberations (S. Con. Res. 78), 26674 [31OC]

———enact (H.R. 3607), conference report, 30410 [20NO], 31290-31304, 31397-31402 [21NO]

———enact (H.R. 3607), correct technical errors (H. Con. Res. 241), 31723 [21NO]

———enact (H.R. 3607), unanimous-consent agreement, 30156-30161 [19NO]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Revision Act: enact (S. 335), 1532-1534 [2FE], 2917-2920 [28FE], 9941, 9947 [18MY]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Surtax Repeal Act: enact (S. 1388), 15921, 15924 [24JY]

Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act: enact (S. 1809), 26646-26648 [31OC]

Mentally handicapped: improve services (S. 1088), 10346, 10362 [31MY]

Patient Outcomes Research Act: enact (S. 702), 5582, 5586 [5AP], 5701, 5765 [6AP]

Pensions: early delivery of checks (S. 1806), 26437 [27OC]

———extend compulsory OASDI coverage to State and local government employees hired after December 31, 1989, not subject to any retirement system (S. 210), 916 [25JA]

———protect the benefit levels of individuals becoming eligible for benefits in or after 1979 (S. 184), 834 [25JA]

Poverty: temporary housing for destitute families eligible for AFDC (S. 217), 930 [25JA]

Representative Payee Abuse Prevention Act: enact (S. 1130), 10984 [6JN], 11140 [7JN]

Rural areas: access to and delivery of health services, 9771 [18MY], 22410 [28SE]

———access to and delivery of health services (S. Con. Res. 37), 9286 [16MY]

———emergency medical care, 14998 [18JY]

———inclusion of rural health clinics in definition of provider services (S. 1550), 18953 [4AU]

Rural Health Improvement Act: enact (S. 921), 7983, 7986 [3MY], 8372 [4MY]

Rural Health Manpower Assistance Act: enact (S. 366), 1825 [7FE]

Rural Hospital Improvements Act: enact (S. 1466), 17959 [2AU], 27109 [3NO]

Rural Nursing Incentive Act: enact (S. 1384), 15915 [24JY]

Rural public health: exempt small rural hospitals from prospective payment system (S. 227), 947 [25JA]

Rural referral centers: funding, 21229, 21230 [21SE]

Social Security Administration: personal earnings and benefits statements to individuals covered (S. 212), 917 [25JA]

———staffing, 21386 [22SE]

Social Security Administration Services Preservation Act: enact (S. 1428), 16697 [27JY]

Social Security Disabled Widow's and Widower's Equity Act: enact (S. 1872), 28398 [13NO]

Social Security Notch Act: enact (S. 1917), 29774 [17NO]

Social Security Notch Adjustment Act: enact (S. 1212), 12701-12704 [21JN]

Social Security Preservation Act: enact (S. 1795), 26028 [25OC]

Social Security Services Improvement Act: enact (S. 562), 3971 [9MR]

Social Security Trust Fund Sanctity Act: enact (S. 401), 2091 [9FE]

———enact (S. 401), star print, 3539 [6MR]

Social Security Trust Funds Management Act: enact (S. 215), 920 [25JA]

Social Security Truth in Budgeting Act: enact (S. 1752), 24509 [12OC]

Social Security Work Incentives Act: enact, 15670 [20JY]

———enact (S. 1358), 15281-15287, 15316 [19JY]

Social workers: independence at outpatient rehabilitation facility services (S. 63), 670 [25JA]

Sole Community Hospital Preservation Act: enact (S. 527), 3635 [7MR]

South Dakota: survey of elderly on medicare catastrophic coverage, 15856 [24JY]

SSI: trust fund benefits (S. 1674), 21702 [26SE]

SSI Reform Act: enact (S. 665), 4866 [17MR]

Tax Reform Reform Act: enact (S. 1516), 18414 [3AU]

Taxation: increase allocation of employment taxes to Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund (S. 211), 917 [25JA]

———treatment of expenses used for child care (S. 412), 2122-2125 [9FE], 3162 [1MR]

Tips: tax treatment (S. 1815), 26653 [31OC]

Title V Infant Mortality Reduction Act: enact (S. 1053), 9863, 9864 [18MY]

Women: coverage for certain outreach activities relative to medical assistance for pregnancy (S. 430), 2460 [22FE]

Reports

Far More Seniors Than Expected Will Pay Medicare Catastrophic Surtax: National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, 7076 [19AP]

Financing Health Care for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Cases: Presidential Commission on the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Epidemic (excerpt), 7923-7926 [3MY]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act: GAO, 6133 [12AP]

Recommendations: Task Force on Social Security Reserve and Deficit Reduction, 2810 [27FE]

Reestimate of Medicare Outlays for Skilled Nursing Facility Benefits: CBO, 23996 [10OC]

Subsidy Values Under Medicare: CBO, 10755-10758 [2JN]

Reports by conference committees

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act (H.R. 3607) (H. Rept. 101-378), 30104-30110 [19NO]

Reports filed

Extend Certain Expiring Provisions and Improve Certain Social Security Programs: Committee on Ways and Means (H.R. 3730) (H. Rept. 101-379), 30116 [19NO]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act: committee of conference (H.R. 3607) (H. Rept. 101-378), 30116 [19NO]

———Committee on Rules (H. Res. 292) (H. Rept. 101-365), 29604 [16NO]

Quicker and Sicker—Substandard Treatment of Medicare Patients: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 101-387), 31241 [11DE]

Statements

AFDC Program Quality Control Standards and Procedures: Daniel J. Evans, 955 [25JA]

———June L. Green, 955 [25JA]

Catastrophic Illness Insurance: Charles Osgood, 23215 [4OC]

———Coalition for Affordable Health Care, 2919 [28FE]

———Ronald Reagan, 6132 [12AP]

———several Senators and Government officials, 27118 [3NO]

Community Mental Health Centers Act: David Musto, 20055 [12SE]

Exclude Social Security Trust Funds From Deficit Calculation: James A. Baker III, 934 [25JA]

Financing of Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act: Gladys C. Clark, 5180 [22MR]

Kidney Dialysis Patients: American Nephrology Nurses' Association, 12178 [15JN]

Long-Term Health Care Legislation: Claude Pepper, 10506 [1JN]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act, 14972, 14979 [18JY]

———Daniel Thursz, 3059 [28FE]

———Senator Domenici, 9947 [18MY], 11730 [14JN]

———Senator McCain, 10694 [1JN]

Patient Self-Determination Act, 24890 [17OC]

———Barbara Mishkin, 24891 [17OC]

———Bernard M. Zlotowitz, 24890 [17OC]

———Dayle A. Friedman, 24889 [17OC]

———Dennis Brodeur, 24888 [17OC]

———John C. Fletcher, 24885 [17OC]

———Myra J. Christopher, 24891 [17OC]

———Rav A. Soloff, 24889 [17OC]

Reasons Why Congress Should Reject Expenditure Targets: American Society of Internal Medicine, 15084 [18JY]

Repeal of Catastrophic Health Insurance: National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, 19113 [4AU]

Retirement Earnings Test: National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, 5978 [11AP]

———(excerpts from several newspapers), 5992, 5993 [11AP]

Summaries

Access to Daily Living Assistance and Protective Oversight Care for SSI Recipients (H.R. 3203), 19439 [4AU]

Administration's Medicaid Bill (H.R. 2216), 8069 [3MY]

Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Disability Insurance Trust Funds: Employee Benefit Research Institute, 13658-13660 [27JN]

Catastrophic Illness Care Coverage, 6837-6839 [18AP]

Child Welfare and Foster Care Amendments (H.R. 2185), 7854 [2MY]

Comprehensive Alzheimer's Assistance, Research, and Education Act (S. 1321), 14748 [14JY]

Delay Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act Provisions, 10931 [6JN]

Ethics in Patient Referrals Act (H.R. 939), 2036-2038 [9FE]

Infant Mortality and Children's Health Act (S. 339), 1541 [2FE]

IRA Exclusion for Long-Term Health Care Insurance (H.R. 3414), 23634 [5OC]

Maternal and Child Health Improvement Act (H.R. 1584), 5208 [22MR]

McCain Catastrophic Health Care Proposal, 23932 [7OC]

Medicaid Children's Health Improvement Act (S. 949), 8555 [9MY]

Medicaid Community and Facility Habilitation Act, 1694 [6FE]

Medicaid Coverage and Payment for Inpatient Hospital Services (H.R. 751), 1366 [31JA]

Medicaid Frail Elderly Community Care Act: Representative Waxman, 4704 [16MR]

Medicaid Home and Community Care Options Act (S. 785), 6570 [13AP]

———(S. 1942), 30560 [20NO]

Medicaid Home and Community Quality Services Act (S. 384), 1969 [8FE]

Medical Care Quality Research and Improvement Act (H.R. 1692), 5651 [5AP]

Medical Coverage for Women and Infants (S. 902), 7959 [3MY]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act, 16620 [27JY], 19113 [4AU], 23222 [4OC]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act (McCain proposal), 30159 [19NO]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Revision Act, 2918 [28FE]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Surtax Repeal Act (S. 1125), 10971 [6JN]

Medicare Coverage of Psychological Services (S. 100), 715 [25JA]

Medicare Payment for Capital-Related Costs for Inpatient Hospital Services (H.R. 712), 1194 [27JA]

Medicare Physician Repayment Reform (H. Con. Res. 83), 5208 [22MR]

Medicare/Medicaid Coverage and Reimbursement for Nursing Services (H.R. 1140), 3066 [28FE]

Mental Health and Aging Act (H.R. 46), 143 [3JA]

Office of Rural Health Policy Amendments (H.R. 1589), 5209 [22MR]

Partnerships in Child Care Act (S. 187), 841 [25JA]

Protection Against Transfers From Certain Hospitals (H.R. 821), 1648 [2FE]

Representative Payee Abuse Prevention Act (S. 1130), 10989 [6JN]

Revision of the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Program (H.R. 2651), 12603 [20JN]

Rural Health Care Coalition Initiatives, 5207-5209 [22MR]

Rural Health Clinics Act Amendments (H.R. 1585), 5208 [22MR]

Rural Hospital Recovery Act (H.R. 1583), 5207 [22MR]

Rural Nursing Incentive Act (S. 1384), 15916 [24JY]

Social Security Administration Independent Status (H.R. 791), 1631 [2FE]

Social Security Notch Adjustment Act (S. 1212), 12702 [21JN]

SSI Benefits (H.R. 866), 2587 [22FE]

SSI Benefits (H.R. 867), 2777 [23FE]

SSI Disabled and Blind Children Act (H.R. 868), 2811 [27FE]

SSI Program Improvements (H.R. 866, 867, 868), 2209 [9FE]

Tax Treatment of Expenses Used for Child Care (S. 412), 2122 [9FE]

U.S. Health Act (H.R. 2980), 15967 [24JY]

Work Incentives Relative to Disability Benefits (H.R. 8), 21555 [26SE]

Surveys

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act, 10696 [1JN]

Tables

Budget effect of medicare payments to psychologists, 1654 [2FE]

Catastrophic spending proposal, 23766 [6OC]

Characteristics of closed, open hospitals and those considered at risk of closure because of financial problems, 5352 [3AP]

Elderly out-of-pocket health care costs, 5299 [23MR]

Elimination of Social Security retirement earnings test at normal retirement age, 9428 [16MY]

Federal deficit and Social Security trust funds surpluses, 8031 [3MY]

Federal health care budget, by function, 7514 [26AP]

Federal spending as a percentage of total budget outlays, 4190 [15MR]

Funding for development and reform of mental health services, 145 [3JA]

Maximum employer-employee contributions to health insurance (part A) and cumulative totals, 1966-88, 5346 [3AP]

1989-94 baseline budget projections of the CBO, 4189 [15MR]

Per capita health care costs for people age 65 and older, 5298, 5299 [23MR]

Postcatastrophic illness total costs for individuals, 2686, 2687 [23FE]

Potential AFDC disallowances for fiscal years 1981-86, 8399 [4MY]

Projected increase in trust funds, 923 [25JA]

Social Security benefits lost in 1991, 26670 [31OC]

Social Security budget, 8158 [4MY]

Unified budget deficit, 1969-88, 4189 [15MR]

Testimonies

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act: Robert Ball, 2566 [22FE]

Medicare Catastrophic Insurance: Senator Durenberger, 10759-10763 [2JN]

Social Security Trust Funds: Dept. of the Treasury, 921 [25JA]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 241, correct technical errors in H.R. 3607, Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act, 31192, 31193 [21NO]

H.R. 372, Guardianship Rights and Responsibilities Act, 139, 140 [3JA]

H.R. 410, Social Security Children's Benefits Act, 162 [3JA]

H.R. 411, Social Security Lump-Sum Death Benefits Act, 162 [3JA]

H.R. 413, child's insurance benefits, 163 [3JA]

H.R. 417, medicare eligibility for persons with acquired immune deficiency syndrome, 118 [3JA]

H.R. 950, National Rural Health Care Act, 4131-4134 [14MR]

H.R. 990, Medicare Adult Day Care Act, 2044 [9FE]

H.R. 1026, outlier payments for inpatient hospital services under medicare, 2355 [21FE]

H.R. 1163, Older Americans Alternative Care Act, 3031 [28FE]

H.R. 1175, medicare part B coverage, 2768 [23FE]

H.R. 1176, medicare coverage of social worker services in rural clinics, 2773 [23FE]

H.R. 1259, medicaid coverage of hospice, 3393 [2MR]

H.R. 1420, Truth in Budgeting Act, 4190 [15MR]

H.R. 1583, Rural Hospital Recovery Act, 5204-5206 [22MR]

H.R. 1801, Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act, 6071 [11AP]

H.R. 2581, improve access to extended medicare and home health services after hospitalization, 14238 [11JY]

H.R. 2707, Social Security Notch Adjustment Act, 12792 [21JN]

H.R. 3140, health long-term care coverage under medicare and coverage for individuals in poverty under medicaid, 19489 [4AU]

H.R. 3607, Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act, 27932-27934 [8NO], 31237-31239 [11DE]

S. 9, phase out earnings test for individuals who have attained retirement age, 503 [25JA]

S. 10, costs for inpatient hospital services for small, rural medicare-dependent facilities, 505 [25JA]

S. 37, protect title II Social Security benefit levels, 415 [25JA]

S. 51, Social Security Equity Act, 639-641 [25JA]

S. 63, independence of social workers at outpatient rehabilitation facility services, 671 [25JA]

S. 100, medicare coverage of psychological services, 715 [25JA]

S. 112, payment of nurse midwives and nurse practitioners, 726 [25JA]

S. 115, medicare and medicaid nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist services coverage, 728 [25JA]

S. 116, psychologists' services in outpatient rehabilitation, 729 [25JA]

S. 118, coverage of clinical social workers' services, 730 [25JA]

S. 119, medicare and medicaid pediatric nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist, 730 [25JA]

S. 121, medicare psychologist services in hospice program, 736 [25JA]

S. 122, social worker services at rural clinics, 736 [25JA]

S. 124, medicare and medicaid clinical social worker services, 747 [25JA]

S. 126, nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist certification of need for certain services, 748 [25JA]

S. 184, protect Social Security benefit levels for certain individuals, 835 [25JA]

S. 187, Partnerships in Child Care Act, 841-843 [25JA]

S. 188, eliminate mandated caps on physician fees, 844 [25JA]

S. 200, improve Social Security disability determination reviews, 869-871 [25JA]

S. 205, eliminate Social Security reimbursement differential between hospitals in different areas, 910 [25JA]

S. 210, extend compulsory OASDI and medicare coverage to State and local government employees hired after December 31, 1989, not subject to any retirement system, 916 [25JA]

S. 211, increase allocation of employment taxes to Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, 917 [25JA]

S. 212, Dept. of HHS to provide personal earnings and benefits statements to individuals covered, 918 [25JA]

S. 213, reduce effect of Social Security disability benefits offset, 918 [25JA]

S. 214, develop prototype of counterfeit-resistant Social Security card, 919 [25JA]

S. 215, Social Security Trust Funds Management Act, 921-923 [25JA]

S. 217, temporary housing for destitute families eligible for AFDC, 931 [25JA]

S. 219, exclude Social Security Trust Funds from deficit calculation and extend Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, 934 [25JA]

S. 224, waive waiting period for medicare eligibility in case of individuals with acquired immune deficiency syndrome, 944 [25JA]

S. 226, improved mental health care for the chronically mentally ill and homeless mentally ill, 946 [25JA]

S. 227, exempt small rural hospitals from prospective payment system, 947 [25JA]

S. 239, waive late medicare enrollment penalty for disabled individual covered by private-employment insurance, 981 [25JA]

S. 240, modify calculation of Federal deficit amounts and maximum deficit amounts, 983 [25JA]

S. 243, regional referral center medicare classification of certain hospitals and payment rates for such hospitals, 988 [25JA]

S. 306, Equity for Rural Hospitals Act, 1288 [31JA]

S. 320, incentives for handicapped individuals to work, 1301 [31JA]

S. 335, Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Revision Act, 1534 [2FE]

S. 339, Infant Mortality and Children's Health Act, 1538-1541 [2FE]

S. 366, Rural Health Manpower Assistance Act, 1826 [7FE]

S. 384, Medicaid Home and Community Quality Services Act, 1961-1969 [8FE]

S. 401, Social Security Trust Fund Sanctity Act, 2091 [9FE], 24649 [13OC]

S. 440, Health Care for Children Act, 2668-2670 [23FE]

S. 445, Catastrophic Coverage Delay Act, 2688 [23FE]

S. 527, Sole Community Hospital Preservation Act, 3636 [7MR]

S. 537, budget deficit calculations shall exclude Social Security reserves, 3758 [8MR]

S. 562, Social Security Services Improvement Act, 3972-3975 [9MR]

S. 608, separate election of medicare benefits, 4574 [16MR]

S. 655, SSI Reform Act, 4866 [17MR]

S. 660, Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Refinancing Act, 4860 [17MR]

S. 702, Patient Outcomes Research Act, 5583 [5AP]

S. 721, medicaid coverage of certain prenatal and postnatal services, 5743 [6AP]

S. 735, extend classification of sole community hospital to certain hospitals and improve payments to such hospitals, 5859 [10AP]

S. 785, Medicaid Home and Community Care Options Act, 6567-6570 [13AP]

S. 859, Drug Utilization Review Act, 19047 [4AU]

S. 864, use of Consumer Price Index in determining cost of living increases, 7315 [19AP]

S. 879, Fair Physician Reciprocity Standards Act, 7806 [2MY]

S. 902, increase medical coverage for women and infants, 7958 [3MY]

S. 921, Rural Health Improvement Act, 7984 [3MY]

S. 949, Medicaid Children's Health Improvement Act, 8552 [9MY]

S. 997, home health services eligibility and occupational therapy, 9249 [16MY]

S. 1011, Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Delay Act, 9539 [17MY]

S. 1053, Title V Infant Mortality Reduction Act, 9863 [18MY]

S. 1070, Social Security benefits to severely disabled children, 9895 [18MY]

S. 1088, improve services to individuals with mental retardation or related conditions, 10347-10360 [31MY]

S. 1110, mandatory disclosure of Social Security numbers in claims for veterans' disability and death benefits, 10646 [1JN]

S. 1130, Representative Payee Abuse Prevention Act, 10985-10988 [6JN]

S. 1149, application of Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act benefits and premiums, 11352 [8JN]

S. 1187, repeal medicare supplemental premium and modify benefits added by Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act, 11728 [14JN]

S. 1192, Social Security earnings test modifications, 11913 [15JN]

S. 1212, Social Security Notch Adjustment Act, 12702 [21JN]

S. 1239, reconsideration of medicare payment denial, 13124 [22JN]

S. 1321, Comprehensive Alzheimer's Assistance, Research, and Education Act, 14744-14747 [14JY]

S. 1358, Social Security Work Incentives Act, 15282-15284 [19JY]

S. 1388, Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Surtax Repeal Act, 15921 [24JY]

S. 1409, drug tests for certain Federal aid applicants with dependent children, 16314 [26JY]

S. 1428, Social Security Administration Services Preservation Act, 16698 [27JY]

S. 1453, repeal certain medicare/medicaid provisions, 17500 [1AU]

S. 1460, exempt certain nurses aides from competency evaluation requirements under medicare/medicaid, 17508 [1AU]

S. 1466, Rural Hospital Improvements Act, 17960 [2AU]

S. 1486, expand nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists health care, 18397 [3AU]

S. 1516, Tax Reform Reform Act, 18415-18417 [3AU]

S. 1555, Child Support Enforcement Extension Act, 18969 [4AU]

S. 1562, expedite payment of Social Security claims, 18976 [4AU]

S. 1570, claimant representation fee in administrative proceedings, 18985 [4AU]

S. 1591, Community Mental Health Services Act, 20055 [12SE]

S. 1670, medicare coverage for medically necessary jaw reconstruction, 21699 [26SE]

S. 1674, SSI trust fund benefits, 21702 [26SE]

S. 1726, medicare catastrophic illness coverage, 23164-23166 [4OC], 23747-23749, 23829-23832 [6OC]

S. 1795, Social Security Preservation Act, 26028 [25OC]

S. 1815, Social Security taxation of cash tips, 26653 [31OC]

S. 1823, retirement test earnings exemption amount, 26668 [31OC]

S. 1942, Medicaid Home and Community Care Options Act, 30555-30560 [20NO]

S. 1995, increase amount of earnings exemption for retirement benefits, 31585-31588 [21NO]

S. 1998, Medicaid Long-Term Demonstration Project Waiver Act, 31443 [21NO]

S. Con. Res. 10, concern over continuing medicare reductions, 1309 [31JA]

S. Con. Res. 27, eliminate differential in medicare payments between rural and urban hospitals, 9285 [16MY]

S. Con. Res. 36, medicare physician reimbursement system, 8793 [10MY]

S. Con. Res. 78, conference committee deliberations for Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act, 26674 [31OC]

S. Res. 126, Medicare Prospective Payment Assessment Commission representation of rural areas, 8795 [10MY]

Transcripts

St. Anne's Hospital Closing Its Doors, 1313 [31JA]