Paul D. Coverdell on Health Care

RepublicanGA

Health Care109 votes · 87.2/100 consistent

Expand coverageRestrict coverage

211 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Health Care. 109 of them counted toward the score above: 38 toward “Expand coverage” and 71 toward “Restrict coverage”.

The other 102 did not count: 102 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 0 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
1993-06-25	To strike certain medicaid immunization provisions and provisions relating to the central bulk purchasing program for pediatric vaccines and insert provisions relating to medicaid reimbursement of vaccine manufacturers. — (SENATE AGREED TO THE BUMPERS AMENDMENT NO. 561, TO STRIKE CERTAIN MEDICAID IMMUNIZATION PROVISIONS AND PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE CENTRAL BULK PURCHASING PROGRAM FOR PEDIATRIC VACCINES AND INSERT PROVISIONS RELATING TO MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT OF VACCINE MANUFACTURERS.)S. 1134 · 103rd Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
1993-06-24	To repeal the section 936 credit and to express the sense of the Senate that the resulting increase in revenues be used to limit the reductions in medicare. — (THREE-FIFTHS OF THOSE SENATORS DULY CHOSEN AND SWORN NOT HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, SENATE REJECTED A MOTION TO WAIVE THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT OF 1974 WITH RESPECT TO CONSIDERATION OF BRYAN/REID AMENDMENT NO. 551, TO REPEAL THE SECTION 936 CREDIT AND TO EXPRESS THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT THE RESULTING INCREASE IN REVENUES BE USED TO LIMIT THE REDUCTIONS IN MEDICARE.)S. 1134 · 103rd Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Restrict coverage
1993-06-24	To eliminate the reduction of payment updates for inpatient hospital services, the reduction in payment for indirect costs of medical education, the extension of medicare-dependent small rural hospital payments, the reduction in skilled nursing facility cost limits, the changes in payment for hospice care, and the changes to payment formulas for certain outpatient hospital services, and to pay for the provisions eliminated. — (THREE-FIFTHS OF THOSE SENATORS DULY CHOSEN AND SWORN NOT HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, SENATE REJECTED A MOTION TO WAIVE THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT OF 1974 WITH RESPECT TO CONSIDERATION OF GRAHAM AMENDMENT NO. 548, TO ELIMINATE THE REDUCTION OF PAYMENT UPDATES FOR INPATIENT HOSPITAL SERVICES, THE REDUCTION IN PAYMENT FOR INDIRECT COSTS OF MEDICAL EDUCATION, THE EXTENSION OF MEDICARE-DEPENDENT SMALL RURAL HOSPITAL PAYMENTS, THE REDUCTION IN SKILLED NURSING FACILITY COST LIMITS, THE CHANGES IN PAYMENT FOR HOSPICE CARE, AND THE CHANGES TO PAYMENT FORMULAS FOR CERTAIN OUTPATIENT HOSPITAL SERVICES, AND TO PAY FOR THE PROVISIONS ELIMINATED.)S. 1134 · 103rd Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Restrict coverage
1993-06-24	To limit the tax rate for certain small businesses, and for other purposes. — (THREE-FIFTHS OF THOSE SENATORS DULY CHOSEN AND SWORN NOT HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, SENATE REJECTED A MOTION TO WAIVE SECTION 904 OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT OF 1974 WITH RESPECT TO CONSIDERATION OF ROTH AMENDMENT NO. 525, TO LIMIT THE TAX RATE FOR CERTAIN SMALL BUSINESSES BY EXEMPTING ACTIVE TRADE OR BUSINESS INCOME REINVESTED OR RETAINED IN A SMALL BUSINESS OR FAMILY FARM FROM THE INCREASED INDIVIDUAL TAX RATES AND THE MEDICARE HOSPITAL INSURANCE WAGE TAX.)S. 1134 · 103rd Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
1993-06-24	To establish a National Health Care Trust Fund. — (SENATE REJECTED THE KERREY AMENDMENT NO. 518, TO ESTABLISH A NATIONAL HEALTH CARE TRUST FUND.)S. 1134 · 103rd Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrict coverage
1993-04-28	To contain health care costs and increase access to affordable health care, and for other purposes. — (SENATE TABLED SPECTER AMENDMENT NO. 325, ADDING THE "COMPREHENSIVE ACCESS AND AFFORDABILITY HEALTH CARE ACT OF 1993".)S. 171 · 103rd Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Restrict coverage
1993-03-24	To ensure that further federal health care savings will be accomplished as part of comprehensive health care reform. — (SENATE AGREED TO THE SASSER AMENDMENT NO. 262, TO EXPRESS THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE REFORM WILL RESULT IN LONG TERM SAVINGS, AND REDUCE THE DEFICIT LEVELS SET FORTH IN THE RESOLUTION.)S.Con.Res. 18 · 103rd Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
1993-02-18	A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend the programs of the National Institutes of Health, and for other purposes. — (SENATE PASSED S. 1, TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT TO REVISE AND EXTEND THE PROGRAMS OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH.)S. 1 · 103rd Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Direction not readable
1993-02-18	To permit the United States Claims Court to continue to receive, and forward, petitions for compensation for a vaccine-related injury. — (SENATE REJECTED THE HELMS AMENDMENT NO. 48, TO ELIMINATE A REQUIREMENT THAT THE PRESIDENT APPOINT AN ETHICS ADVISORY BOARD AS A CONDITION OF WITHHOLDING FUNDING FOR RESEARCH PROPOSALS.)S. 1 · 103rd Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
1993-02-18	Relating to the admission to the United States of aliens infected with the AIDS virus. — (SENATE AGREED TO NICKLES AMENDMENT NO. 39, RELATING TO THE ADMISSION TO THE UNITED STATES OF ALIENS INFECTED WITH THE AIDS VIRUS.)S. 1 · 103rd Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
1993-02-18	To provide that the current list of communicable diseases of public health significance remain in place for a 90-day period and to require that a careful review of potential costs to the U.S. health care system take place before any change in the list. — S.1 BY KENNEDY, EDWARD (D-MA) -- NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH REVITALIZATION ACT OF 1993 (PUB. L. 103-43, APPROVED 6/10/93) (SENATE REJECTED THE KENNEDY AMENDMENT NO. 40, TO PROVIDE THAT THE CURRENT LIST OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES OF PUBLIC HEALTH SIGNIFICANCE REMAIN IN PLACE FOR A 90-DAY PERIOD AND TO REQUIRE THAT A CAREFUL REVIEW OF POTENTIAL COSTS TO THE UNITED STATES HEALTH CARE SYSTEM TAKE PLACE BEFORE ANY CHANGE IN THE LIST.)S. 1 · 103rd Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable

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.