WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: Health policy

P.L. 110-351, The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $3.75

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 6893 would amend parts B and E of title IV of the Social Security Act to connect and support relative caregivers, improve outcomes for children in foster care, provide for tribal foster care and adoption access, improve incentives for adoption....

Vote on This Bill: For | Against

P.L. 110-460, A bill to make a technical correction in the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST

S. 3712 would make a technical correction in the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008....

Vote on This Bill: For | Against

S. 3689, The Economic Recovery Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $773.16

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST

A bill making supplemental appropriations for job creation and preservation, infrastructure investment, and economic and energy assistance for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009....

Vote on This Bill: For | Against

H.R. 1222, The Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act - Cost per Average Family: $79.25

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1222 would restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services....

Vote on This Bill: For | Against

H.R. 1014, The Heart Disease Education, Analysis Research, and Treatment for Women Act - Cost per Average Family: $1.65

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1014 would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Public Health Service Act to improve the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women....

Vote on This Bill: For | Against

H.R. 1943, The Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $0.16

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1943 would provide for an effective HIV/AIDS program in Federal prisons....

Vote on This Bill: For | Against

P.L. 110-293, The Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $1.40

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5501 would authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to provide assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria....

Vote on This Bill: For | Against

P.L. 110-417, The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 - Cost per Average Family: $0.23

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3001 would authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, and it would prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year....

Vote on This Bill: For | Against

H.R. 7241, The Preserving Access to Healthcare (PATH) Act of 2008

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 7241 would preserve access to healthcare under the Medicare and Medicaid programs....

Vote on This Bill: For | Against

P.L. 110-343, The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $2873.99

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1424 would amend section 712 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, section 2705 of the Public Health Service Act, and section 9812 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans....

Vote on This Bill: For | Against

S. 3676, The Volunteer Firefighter and EMS Support Act of 2008

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3676 would support the recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters and emergency medical services personnel....

Vote on This Bill: For | Against

S. 3674, The 21st Century Wellness Trust Act

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3674 would amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a Wellness Trust....

Vote on This Bill: For | Against

S. 3656, The Preserving Access to Healthcare (PATH) Act of 2008

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3656 would preserve access to healthcare under the Medicare and Medicaid programs....

Vote on This Bill: For | Against

H.R. 7229, The Children's Budget Act

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 7229 would amend title 31 of the United States Code to require that Federal children's programs be separately displayed and analyzed in the President's budget....

Vote on This Bill: For | Against

H.R. 7233, The Family and Medical Leave Enhancement Act of 2008

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 7233 would amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to allow employees to take, as additional leave, parental involvement leave to participate in or attend their children's and grandchildren's educational and extracurricular activities and to clarify that leave may be taken for routine family medical needs and to assist elderly relatives....

Vote on This Bill: For | Against

H.R. 3997, The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $3755.70

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3997 would, among other provisions, create a Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP), under which the Secretary of the Treasury would be authorized to purchase, insure, hold, andsell a wide variety of financial instruments, particularly those that are based on or related to residential or commercial mortgages issued prior to March 14,2008....

Vote on This Bill: For | Against

H.R. 971, The Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $3.63

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 971 would ensure and foster continued patient safety and quality of care by making the antitrust laws apply to negotiations between groups of independent pharmacies and health plans and health insurance issuers (including health plans under parts C and D of the Medicare Program) in the same manner as such laws apply to protected activities under the National Labor Relations Act....

Vote on This Bill: For | Against

H.R. 7110, Making supplemental appropriations for job creation and preservation, infrastructure investment, and economic and energy assistance for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes - Cost per Average Family: $579.29

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 7110 would make supplemental appropriations for job creation and preservation, infrastructure investment, and economic and energy assistance for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009....

Vote on This Bill: For | Against

S. 3626, The Family and Retirement Health Investment Act of 2008

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3626 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve access to health care through expanded health savings accounts....

Vote on This Bill: For | Against

S. 3611, The Medicaid Services Restoration Act of 2008

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3611 would amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to improve the provision of rehabilitation services and case management and targeted case management services under the Medicaid program....

Vote on This Bill: For | Against

S. 3604, The Economic Recovery Act, 2008

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3604 would make emergency supplemental appropriations for economic recovery for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008....

Vote on This Bill: For | Against

H.R. 7114, The Independence at Home Act of 2008

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 7114 would amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide certain high cost Medicare beneficiaries suffering from multiple chronic conditions with access to Independence at Home services in lower cost treatment settings, such as their residences, under a plan of care developed by an Independence at Home physician or Independence at Home nurse practitioner....

Vote on This Bill: For | Against

S. 3613, The Independence at Home Act of 2008

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3613 would amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide certain high cost Medicare beneficiaries suffering from multiple chronic conditions with access to Independence at home services in lower cost treatment settings, such as their residences, under a plan of care developed by an Independence at Home physician or Independence at Home nurse practitioner....

Vote on This Bill: For | Against

H.R. 6568, The Tom Lantos Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Education Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $0.15

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6568 would direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to encourage research and carry out an educational campaign with respect to pulmonary hypertension....

Vote on This Bill: For | Against

H.R. 7077, The QI Program Supplemental Funding Act of 2008

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 7077 would amend title XIX of the Social Security System to provide additional funds for the qualifying individual (QI) program....

Vote on This Bill: For | Against