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← Elizabeth H. Dole

Elizabeth H. Dole on Health Care

RepublicanNC

Health Care95 votes · 71.3/100 consistent
Expand coverageRestrict coverage

137 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Health Care. 95 of them counted toward the score above: 32 toward “Expand coverage” and 63 toward “Restrict coverage”.

The other 42 did not count: 42 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.

DateWhat was voted onVotedCounted as
2003-06-26To evaluate alternative payment and delivery systems.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2003-06-26To reduce aggregate beneficiary obligations by $2,400,000,000 per year beginning in 2009.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayRestrict coverage
2003-06-26To provide additional assistance for certain eligible beneficiaries under part D.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaRestrict coverage
2003-06-26To protect seniors with cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or Alzheimer's disease.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaExpand coverage
2003-06-26To update, beginning in 2009, the asset or resource test used for purposes of determining the eligibility of low-income beneficiaries for premium and cost-sharing subsidies.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayRestrict coverage
2003-06-26To eliminate the coverage gap for individuals with cancer.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaRestrict coverage
2003-06-26To protect seniors who are diagnosed with cancer from high prescription drug costsS. 1 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaExpand coverage
2003-06-26To strengthen protections for consumers against misleading direct-to-consumer drug advertising.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2003-06-26To establish a demonstration project under the Medicaid program to encourage the provision of community-based services to individuals with disabilities.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaRestrict coverage
2003-06-25To study the comparative effectiveness and safety of important Medicare covered drugs to ensure that consumers can make meaningful comparisons about the quality and efficacy.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2003-06-25To deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayRestrict coverage
2003-06-25To provide that an eligible beneficiary is not responsible for paying the applicable percent of the monthly national average premium while the beneficiary is in the coverage gap and to sunset the bill, and for other purposes.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayRestrict coverage
2003-06-25To strengthen protections for consumers against misleading direct-to-consumer drug advertising.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2003-06-25To provide reimbursement for Federally qualified health centers participating in medicare manged care.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaExpand coverage
2003-06-24To modify the amount of the direct subsidy to be provided to qualified retiree prescription drug plans.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2003-06-24To provide 50 percent cost-sharing for a beneficiary whose income is at least 160 percent but not more thansa968 250 percent of the poverty line after the beneficiary has reached the initial coverage gap and before the beneficiary has reached the annual out-of pocket limit.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayRestrict coverage
2003-06-24To make prescription drug coverage available beginning on July 1, 2004.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayRestrict coverage
2003-06-24To allow Medicare beneficiaries who are enrolled in fallback plans to remain in such plans for two years by requiring the same contracting cycle for fallback plans as Medicare Prescription Drug plans.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaRestrict coverage
2003-06-24To provide that prescription drug benefits for any Member of Congress who is enrolled in a health benefits plan under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, may not exceed the level of prescription drug benefits passed in the 1st session of the 108th Congress, and for other purposes.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaRestrict coverage
2003-06-24To eliminate the coverage gap.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaRestrict coverage
2003-06-24To provide equal access to competitive global prescription medicine prices for American purchasers.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaRestrict coverage
2003-06-24To permit continuous open enrollment and disenrollment in Medicare Prescription Drug plans and MedicareAdvantage plans until 2008.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaRestrict coverage
2003-06-24To treat costs for covered drugs as incurred costs without regard to whether the individual or another person, including a State program or other third-party coverage, has paid for such costs.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaRestrict coverage
2003-06-20To provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaExpand coverage
2003-06-19To ensure that there is competition in the pharmaceutical industry and increased access to affordable drugs.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaExpand coverage
2003-06-19To ensure that an affordable plan is available in all areas.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayRestrict coverage
2003-06-19To improve disclosure requirements and to increase beneficiary choices.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaExpand coverage
2003-06-18To require that the Medicare plan, to be known as the Medicare Guaranteed Option, be available to all eligible beneficiaries in every year.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayRestrict coverage
2003-05-15To eliminate the dividend and upper bracket tax cuts, which primarily benefit the wealthy, to provide the additional funds necessary for an adequate medicare prescription drug benefit, including assuring that the benefit is comprehensive, with no gaps or excessive cost-sharing, covers all medicare beneficiaries, provides special help for beneficiaries with low income, and does not undermine employer retirement coverage.S. 1054 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayRestrict coverage
2003-05-15To ensure the enactment of a medicare prescription drug benefit.S. 1054 · 108th Congress · On the MotionNayRestrict coverage
2003-05-15To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to enhance beneficiary access to quality health care services in rural areas under the medicare program.S. 1054 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaExpand coverage
2003-03-25To help rural health care providers and hospitals receive a fair reimbursement for services under Medicare by reducing tax cuts to the wealthiest income brackets.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayRestrict coverage
2003-03-25To fulfill the U.S. commitment to provide health care to American Indians and Alaska Natives.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayRestrict coverage
2003-03-25To ensure that a prescription drug benefit is available to all medicare beneficiaries on an equal basis, including those who choose to remain in the current fee-for-service program.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayRestrict coverage
2003-03-21To revise the resolution to accommodate in reconciliations legislation a partially refundable tax credit of up to $5,000 for eligible expenses for individuals with long term or chronic care needs or their family caregivers who pay these expenses; in which "eligible expenses" shall include prescription drugs, medical bills, durable medical equipment, home health care custodial care, respite care, adult day care, transportation to chronic care or medical facilities, specialized therapy (including occupational therapy, physical therapy, or rehabilitational therapy), other specialized services for children (including day care for children with special needs) and other long term care related expenses as defined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services; and in which "individuals with long term or chronic care needs" of daily living, individuals with severe cognitive impairment, individualS.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayRestrict coverage
2003-03-20To provide a meaningful prescription drug benefit in Medicare that is available to all beneficiaries.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaRestrict coverage
2003-01-23To improve health care under the medicare and medicaid programs.H.J.Res. 2 · 108th Congress · On the MotionNayRestrict 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.