John Eric Ensign on Health Care

RepublicanNV

Health Care234 votes · 71.9/100 consistent

Expand coverageRestrict coverage

398 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Health Care. 234 of them counted toward the score above: 80 toward “Expand coverage” and 154 toward “Restrict coverage”.

The other 164 did not count: 161 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 3 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
2009-01-29	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	Yea	Direction not readable
2008-10-01	In the nature of a substitute.H.R. 1424 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	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	Nay	Restrict coverage
2007-06-06	To require health care coverage for holders of Z nonimmigrant visas.S. 1348 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
2007-05-09	An act to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and cosmetic Act and the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize drug and device user fees and ensure the safety of medical products, and for other purposes.S. 1082 · 110th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Direction not readable
2007-05-09	To reduce financial conflict of interest in FDA Advisory Panels.S. 1082 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2007-05-09	To provide for the application of stronger civil penalties for violations of approved risk evaluation and mitigation strategies.S. 1082 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2007-05-09	To clarify the authority of the Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology with respect to postmarket drug safety pursuant to recommendations by the Institute of Medicine.S. 1082 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2007-05-07	A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to reauthorize and amend the prescription drug user fee provisions, and for other purposes.S. 1082 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Did not vote	Direction not readable
2007-05-07	To protect the health and safety of the public.S. 1082 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Did not vote	Direction not readable
2007-05-03	To provide for the importation of prescription drugs.S. 1082 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2007-05-02	To ensure the safety of human and pet food.S. 1082 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2007-05-02	To strike provisions related to market exclusivity.S. 1082 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2007-04-18	A bill to amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for fair prescription drug prices for Medicare beneficiaries.S. 3 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Restrict coverage
2007-04-11	A bill to intensify research to derive human pluripotent stem cell lines.S. 30 · 110th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Direction not readable
2007-04-11	A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic stem cell research.S. 5 · 110th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Nay	Direction not readable
2007-03-23	To provide a deficit-neutral reserve fund for the reauthorization of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) that eliminates enhanced Federal matching payments for coverage of nonpregnant adults and permits States to offer supplemental dental and mental health benefits for children enrolled in SCHIP.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2007-03-23	To provide a deficit-neutral reserve fund for protecting State flexibility in Medicaid.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2007-03-23	To provide for the consideration of an increase in the tobacco products user fee rate, but only to the extent that such rate increase does not result in an increase of more than 61 cents per pack of cigarettes, with all revenue generated by such increase dedicated to the reauthorization and expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrict coverage
2007-03-23	To establish a reserve fund for protecting coverage choices, additional benefits, and lower cost-sharing for Medicare beneficiaries.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
2007-03-22	To require wealthy Medicare beneficiaries to pay a greater share of their Medicare Part D premiums.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Restrict coverage
2007-03-22	To provide reconciliation instructions of $33.8 billion to make provider payments more accurate, to improve Medicare Part B income relation provisions, expand those provisions to Medicare Part D and reduce the deficit.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Restrict coverage
2007-03-22	To provide a deficit-neutral reserve fund for the reauthorization of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) that will cover kids first.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
2007-03-21	To provide tax relief to middle class families and small businesses and to expand health insurance coverage for children.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
2007-01-25	To improve access to affordable health care.H.R. 2 · 110th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Expand coverage
2006-09-06	To provide that none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to enter into or carry out a contract for the performance by a contractor of any base operation support service at Walter Reed Army Medical Hospital pursuant to a private-public competition conducted under Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 that was initiated on June 13, 2000, and has the solicitation number DADA 10-03-R-0001.H.R. 5631 · 109th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Direction not readable
2006-07-18	A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic stem cell research.H.R. 810 · 109th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Nay	Direction not readable
2006-07-18	A bill to derive human pluripotent stem cell lines using techniques that do not knowingly harm embryos.S. 2754 · 109th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Direction not readable
2006-07-18	A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the solicitation or acceptance of tissue from fetuses gestated for research purposes, and for other purposes.S. 3504 · 109th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Direction not readable
2006-07-11	To prohibit the United States Customs and Border Protection from preventing an individual not in the business of importing a prescription drug from importing an FDA-approved prescription drug.H.R. 5441 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrict coverage
2006-05-18	To establish a grant program to provide financial assistance to States and local governments for the costs of providing health care and educational services to noncitizens, and to provide additional funding for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program.S. 2611 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrict coverage
2006-05-11	A bill to amend title I of the Employee Retirement Security Act of 1974 and the Public Health Service Act to expand health care access and reduce costs through the creation of small business health plans and through modernization of the health insurance marketplace.S. 1955 · 109th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Expand coverage
2006-05-09	A bill to amend title I of the Employee Retirement Security Act of 1974 and the Public Health Service Act to expand health care access and reduce costs through the creation of small business health plans and through modernization of the health insurance marketplace.S. 1955 · 109th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Expand coverage
2006-05-08	A bill to improve women's access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the delivery of obstetrical and gynecological services.S. 23 · 109th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Yea	Direction not readable
2006-05-08	A bill to improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system.S. 22 · 109th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Yea	Direction not readable
2006-05-03	To provide funding to compensate individuals harmed by pandemic influenza vaccine.H.R. 4939 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2006-03-16	To establish a reserve fund to allow for deficit-neutral legislation that would provide seniors with a prescription drug benefit option that is affordable, user-friendly, and administered directly by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.S.Con.Res. 83 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrict coverage
2006-03-16	To provide an assured stream of funding for veteran's health care that will take into account the annual changes in the veteran's population and inflation to be paid for by restoring the pre-2001 top rate for income over $1 million, closing corporate tax loopholes and delaying tax cuts for the wealthy.S.Con.Res. 83 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrict coverage
2006-03-16	To provide for the establishment of a reserve fund concerning pandemic influenza preparedness planning.S.Con.Res. 83 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2006-03-16	To increase funding to combat avian flu, increase local preparedness, and create a Manhattan Project-like effort to develop a vaccine to inoculate the U.S. Population against a pandemic by $5 billion in FY 2007 paid for by requiring tax withholding on government payments to contractors like Halliburton.S.Con.Res. 83 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrict coverage
2006-03-15	To ensure that any savings associated with legislation that authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to use the collective purchasing power of 40,000,000 Medicare beneficiaries to negotiate the best possible prices for prescription drugs provided through part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act in fallback plans, by private drug plans (if asked) and in other circumstances, but not permitting a uniform formulary or price setting, is reserved for deficit reduction of to improve the Medicare drug benefit.S.Con.Res. 83 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrict coverage
2006-03-15	To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect medicare beneficiaries who enroll in the prescription drug benefit during 2006.S.Con.Res. 83 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrict coverage
2006-03-15	To establish a reserve fund to allow for deficit-neutral legislation that would provide for an extension of the Medicare part D enrollment period.S.Con.Res. 83 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrict coverage
2006-02-02	To provide for necessary beneficiary protections in order to ensure access to coverage under the Medicare part D prescription drug program.H.R. 4297 · 109th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Restrict coverage
2006-02-02	To express the sense of the Senate regarding the Medicare part D prescription drug program.H.R. 4297 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2005-11-17	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide extended and additional protection to Medicare beneficiaries who enroll for the Medicare prescription drug benefit during 2006.S. 2020 · 109th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Restrict coverage
2005-11-17	To express the sense of the Senate concerning the provision of health care for children before providing tax cuts for the wealthy.S. 2020 · 109th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2005-11-03	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide the authority for negotiating fair prices for medicare prescription drugs.S. 1932 · 109th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Restrict coverage
2005-11-03	To strike the provisions increasing the Medicaid rebate for generic drugs.S. 1932 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2005-11-03	To require certification prior to beneficiary enrollment in a prescription drug plan or an MA-PD plan that has a gap in the coverage of prescription drugs under part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act.S. 1932 · 109th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2005-11-03	To provide a 6-month transition period for coverage of prescription drugs under Medicaid for individuals whose drug coverage is to be moved to the Medicare prescription drug program.S. 1932 · 109th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Restrict coverage
2005-11-03	To prevent a severe reduction in the Federal medical assistance percentage determined for a State for fiscal year 2006 and to extend rebates for prescription drugs to enrollees in Medicaid managed care organizations.S. 1932 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrict coverage
2005-11-03	To hold Medicare beneficiaries harmless for the increase in the 2007 Medicare monthly part B premium that would otherwise occur because of the 2006 increase in payments under the physician fee schedule.S. 1932 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrict coverage
2005-11-03	To provide emergency health care and other relief for survivors of Hurricane Katrina.S. 1932 · 109th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Restrict coverage
2005-10-25	To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to submit to Congress a plan for changing the numerical identifier used to identify Medicare beneficiaries under the Medicare program.H.R. 3010 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2005-10-05	To ensure that future funding for health care for former members of the Armed Forces takes into account changes in population and inflation.H.R. 2863 · 109th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Restrict coverage
2005-06-29	To require Federal reserve banks to transfer certain surplus funds to the general fund of the Treasury, to be used for the provision of Indian health care services.H.R. 2361 · 109th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Restrict coverage
2005-06-21	To make grants and loans to States and other organizations to strengthen the economy, public health and environment of the United States by reducing emissions from diesel engines.H.R. 6 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2005-03-17	To expand access to preventive health care services that reduce unintended pregnancy (including teen pregnancy), reduce the number of abortions, and improve access to women's health care.S.Con.Res. 18 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrict coverage
2005-03-17	To ensure that any savings associated with legislation that provides the Secretary of Health and Human Services with the authority to participate in the negotiation of contracts with manufacturers of covered part D drugs to achieve the best possible prices for such drugs under part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act, that requires the Secretary to negotiate contracts with manufacturers of such drugs for each fallback prescription drug plan, and that requires the Secretary to participate in the negotiation for a contract for any such drug upon the request of a prescription drug plan or an MA-PD plan, is reserved for reducing expenditures under such part.S.Con.Res. 18 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2005-03-17	To create a reserve fund for the establishment of a Bipartisan Medicaid Commission to consider and recommend appropriate reforms to the Medicaid program, and to strike Medicaid cuts to protect states and vulnerable populations.S.Con.Res. 18 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrict coverage
2005-03-17	To express the sense of the Senate regarding Medicaid reconciliation legislation consistent with recommendations from the Secretary of Health and Human Services.S.Con.Res. 18 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2005-02-17	A bill to prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to health insurance and employment.S. 306 · 109th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Expand coverage
2004-07-15	To protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products, to eliminate the Federal quota and price support programs for tobacco, and to provide assistance to quota holders, tobacco producers, and tobacco-dependent communities.H.R. 4520 · 108th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-06-23	To assure that funding is provided for veterans health care each fiscal year to cover increases in population and inflation.S. 2400 · 108th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Restrict coverage
2004-06-02	To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand certain authorities to provide health care benefits for Reserves and their families, and for other purposes.S. 2400 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
2004-05-19	A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide protections and countermeasures against chemical, radiological, or nuclear agents that may be used in a terrorist attack against the United States by giving the National Institutes of Health contracting flexibility, infrastructure improvements, and expediting the scientific peer review process, and streamlining the Food and Drug Administration approval process of countermeasures.S. 15 · 108th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-04-07	A bill to improve women's access to health care services, and the access of all individuals to emergency and trauma care services, by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the delivery of such services.S. 2207 · 108th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-03-11	To provide $60 billion over five years for greater health security for working Americans and their families through a combination of public and private efforts to expand quality, affordable health insurance coverage and cut health care costs by eliminating certain tax loopholes.S.Con.Res. 95 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrict coverage
2004-02-24	A bill to improve women's health access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the delivery of obstetrical and gynecological services.S. 2061 · 108th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2003-11-25	An act to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a voluntary prescription drug benefit under the medicare program and to strengthen and improve the medicare program, and for other purposes.H.R. 1 · 108th Congress · On the Conference Report	Nay	Restrict coverage
2003-11-24	An act to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a voluntary prescription drug benefit under the medicare program and to strengthen and improve the medicare program, and for other purposes.H.R. 1 · 108th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Expand coverage
2003-11-24	An act to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a voluntary prescription drug benefit under the medicare program and to strengthen and improve the medicare program, and for other purposes.H.R. 1 · 108th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	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.