John Barrasso on Health Care

RepublicanWY

Health Care218 votes · 75/100 consistent

Expand coverageRestrict coverage

359 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Health Care. 218 of them counted toward the score above: 68 toward “Expand coverage” and 150 toward “Restrict coverage”.

The other 141 did not count: 139 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 2 were ones they did not cast a yea or nay on. They are listed below anyway, marked as not scored, because a filtered list of votes is not a voting record.

Date	What was voted on	Voted	Counted as
2009-12-06	Relative to limitation on amount of attorneys contingency fees.H.R. 3590 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-12-06	To modify the limit on excessive remuneration paid by certain health insurance providers to set the limit at the same levels as the salary of the President of the United States.H.R. 3590 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2009-12-05	A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the first-time homebuyers credit in the case of members of the Armed Forces and certain other Federal employees, and for other purposes.H.R. 3590 · 111th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-12-05	To protect home health benefits.H.R. 3590 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
2009-12-04	A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the first-time homebuyers credit in the case of members of the Armed Forces and certain other Federal employees, and for other purposes.H.R. 3590 · 111th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-12-04	To ensure that there is no reduction or elimination of any benefits guaranteed by law to participants in Medicare Advantage plans.H.R. 3590 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
2009-12-04	To eliminate new entitlement programs and limit the government control over the health care of American families.H.R. 3590 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Restrict coverage
2009-12-04	To promote fiscal responsibility by protecting the Social Security surplus and CLASS program savings in this Act.H.R. 3590 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-12-03	A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the first-time homebuyers credit in the case of members of the Armed Forces and certain other Federal employees, and for other purposes.H.R. 3590 · 111th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-12-03	To protect and improve guaranteed Medicare benefits.H.R. 3590 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
2009-12-03	To ensure patients receive doctor recommendations for preventive health services, including mammograms and cervical cancer screening, without interference from government or insurance company bureaucrats.H.R. 3590 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
2009-12-03	To clarify provisions relating to first dollar coverage for preventive services for women.H.R. 3590 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrict coverage
2009-11-21	A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the first-time homebuyers credit in the case of members of the Armed Forces and certain other Federal employees, and for other purposes.H.R. 3590 · 111th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2009-11-19	A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide assistance to caregivers of veterans, to improve the provision of health care to veterans, and for other purposes.S. 1963 · 111th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Expand coverage
2009-10-21	A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the update under the Medicare physician fee schedule for years beginning with 2010 and to sunset the application of the sustainable growth rate formula, and for other purposes.S. 1776 · 111th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Restrict coverage
2009-06-11	To protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products, to amend title 5, United States Code, to make certain modifications in the Thrift Savings Plan, the Civil Service Retirement System, and the Federal Employees' Retirement System, and for other purposes.H.R. 1256 · 111th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-06-10	To protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products, to amend title 5, United States Code, to make certain modifications in the Thrift Savings Plan, the Civil Service Retirement System, and the Federal Employees' Retirement System, and for other purposes.H.R. 1256 · 111th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2009-06-09	In the nature of a substitute.H.R. 1256 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-06-08	In the nature of a substitute.H.R. 1256 · 111th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2009-06-02	To protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products, to amend title 5, United States Code, to make certain modifications in the Thrift Savings Plan, the Civil Service Retirement System, and the Federal Employees' Retirement System, and for other purposes.H.R. 1256 · 111th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-04-02	To protect the freedom of conscience for patients and the right of health care providers to serve patients without violating their moral and religious convictions.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-04-02	To protect charitable giving by ensuring that organizations that provide important religious, educational, cultural, health care, and environmental services are not negatively impacted by changes to the Federal income tax deduction for charitable donations.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-04-02	To require certain higher-income beneficiaries enrolled in the Medicare prescription drug benefit to pay higher premiums, as is currently required for physicians' services and outpatient services, and as proposed in the budget of the United States Government most recently submitted by the President.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Restrict coverage
2009-04-01	To protect all patients by prohibiting the use of data obtained from comparative effectiveness research to deny coverage of items or services under Federal health care programs and to ensure that comparative effectiveness research accounts for advancements in genomics and personalized medicine, the unique needs of health disparity populations, and differences in the treatment response and the treatment preferences of patients.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
2009-01-29	A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.H.R. 2 · 111th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Nay	Restrict coverage
2009-01-29	To provide assistance for States with percentages of children with no health insurance coverage above the national average.H.R. 2 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
2009-01-29	To clarify that new paperwork and enrollment barriers are not created in the Express Lane Enrollment option and that income may be determined by Express Lane agencies based on State income tax records or returns.H.R. 2 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrict coverage
2009-01-29	To ensure that American children have high-quality health coverage that fits their individual needs.H.R. 2 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
2009-01-29	To provide an above-the-line Federal income tax deduction for health care costs of certain children in an amount comparable to the average federal share of the benefit provided to any non-citizen child for medical assistance or child health assistance.H.R. 2 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
2009-01-29	To codify regulations specifying that an unborn child is eligible for child health assistance.H.R. 2 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
2009-01-29	To eliminate any exceptions to the prohibition on States receiving an enhanced Federal matching rate for providing coverage to children whose family income exceeds 300 percent of the poverty line.H.R. 2 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Restrict coverage
2009-01-29	To ensure that children do not lose their private insurance and that uninsured children can get access to private insurance.H.R. 2 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
2009-01-28	To provide for the development of best practice recommendations and to ensure coverage of low income children.H.R. 2 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
2009-01-28	To reinstate the crowd out policy agreed to in section 116 of H.R. 3963 (CHIPRA II), as agreed to and passed by the House and Senate.H.R. 2 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Restrict coverage
2009-01-28	To prohibit CHIP coverage for higher income children and to prohibit any payments to a State from its CHIP allotments for any fiscal year quarter in which the State Medicaid income eligibility level for children is greater than the income eligibility level for children under CHIP.H.R. 2 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Restrict coverage
2009-01-28	To ensure redistributed funds go towards coverage of low-income children or outreach and enrollment of low-income children, rather than to States that will use the funds to cover children from higher income families.H.R. 2 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Restrict coverage
2009-01-28	To restore the prohibition on funding of nongovernmental organizations that promote abortion as a method of birth control (the "Mexico City Policy").H.R. 2 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Restrict coverage
2009-01-28	In the nature of a substitute.H.R. 2 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-01-27	To require States to impose cost-sharing for any individual enrolled in a State child health plan whose income exceeds 200 percent of the poverty line.H.R. 2 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Restrict coverage
2008-10-01	A bill to provide authority for the Federal Government to purchase and insure certain types of troubled assets for the purposes of providing stability to and preventing disruption in the economy and financial system and protecting taxpayers, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax relief, and for other purposes.H.R. 1424 · 110th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Nay	Direction not readable
2008-10-01	In the nature of a substitute.H.R. 1424 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2008-07-15	A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access, and for other purposes.H.R. 6331 · 110th Congress · On Overriding the Veto	Nay	Restrict coverage
2008-07-09	A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access, and for other purposes.H.R. 6331 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Restrict coverage
2008-06-26	A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access, and for other purposes.H.R. 6331 · 110th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Nay	Restrict coverage
2008-06-12	A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access, and for other purposes.S. 3101 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Restrict coverage
2008-04-24	A bill to prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to health insurance and employment.H.R. 493 · 110th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Expand coverage
2008-03-14	To provide for a deficit-neutral reserve fund for providing an above the line Federal income tax deduction for individuals purchasing health insurance outside the workplace.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
2008-03-13	To require wealthy Medicare beneficiaries to pay a greater share of their Medicare Part D premiums.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Restrict coverage
2008-02-26	A bill to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend the Act.S. 1200 · 110th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Expand coverage
2008-02-14	To allow tribal members to make their own health care choices.S. 1200 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
2007-11-01	A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.H.R. 3963 · 110th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Nay	Restrict coverage
2007-11-01	A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.H.R. 3963 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Restrict coverage
2007-10-31	A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.H.R. 3963 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Restrict coverage
2007-10-23	To require Congress to provide health care for all children in the U.S. before funding special interest pork projects.H.R. 3043 · 110th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Expand coverage
2007-09-27	An act to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.H.R. 976 · 110th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Restrict coverage
2007-09-27	An act to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.H.R. 976 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Restrict coverage
2007-08-02	A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.H.R. 976 · 110th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Nay	Restrict coverage
2007-08-02	To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce.H.R. 976 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
2007-08-02	To increase access to health insurance for low-income children based on actual need, as adjusted for cost-of-living.H.R. 976 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage

Sorted newest first. “Counted as” is which end of the Expand coverage / Restrict coverage axis the vote moved this member toward, using the direction recorded for this issue on that roll call. Open any row to see the full measure, the tally, and the reason that direction was assigned.