William H. Frist on Health Care

RepublicanTN

Health Care204 votes · 85.4/100 consistent

Expand coverageRestrict coverage

337 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Health Care. 204 of them counted toward the score above: 59 toward “Expand coverage” and 145 toward “Restrict coverage”.

The other 133 did not count: 133 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
2002-07-24	To provide medicare beneficiaries with a drug discount card that ensures access to affordable outpatient prescription drugs.S. 812 · 107th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Expand coverage
2002-07-23	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a medicare voluntary prescription drug delivery program under the medicare program, to modernize the medicare program, and for other purposes.S. 812 · 107th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Expand coverage
2002-07-23	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage of outpatient prescription drugs under the medicare program.S. 812 · 107th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Restrict coverage
2002-07-23	Richard H. Carmona, of Arizona, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service, subject to qualifications therefor as provided by law and regulations, and to be Surgeon General of the Public Health Service for a term of four yearsPN1898 · 107th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2002-07-18	To clarify that section 1927 of the Social Security Act does not prohibit a State from entering into drug rebate agreements in order to make outpatient prescription drugs accessible and affordable for residents of the State who are not otherwise eligible for medical assistance under the medicaid program.S. 812 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrict coverage
2002-07-17	To protect the health and safety of Americans.S. 812 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2002-07-17	Of a perfecting nature.S. 812 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2002-07-17	A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals.S. 812 · 107th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Expand coverage
2002-05-23	A bill to improve the ability of the United States to prevent, prepare for, and respond to bioterrorism and other public health emergencies.H.R. 3448 · 107th Congress · On the Conference Report	Yea	Direction not readable
2002-05-21	To provide a 1-year eligibility period for steelworker retirees and eligible beneficiaries affected by a qualified closing of a qualified steel company for assistance with health insurance coverage and interim assistance.H.R. 3009 · 107th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Restrict coverage
2002-01-29	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a special depreciation allowance for certain property acquired after December 31, 2001, and before January 1, 2004, and to increase the Federal medical assistance percentage under the medicaid program for calendar years 2002 and 2003.H.R. 622 · 107th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Restrict coverage
2002-01-29	To provide for a temporary increase in the Federal medical assistance percentage for the medicaid program for fiscal year 2002.H.R. 622 · 107th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Restrict coverage
2001-07-23	To require a study of the hazards and risks to public health and safety, the environment, and the economy of the transportation of hazardous chemicals and radioactive material, the improvements to transportation infrastructure necessary to prevent accidents in the transportation of such chemicals and material, and the preparedness of Federal, State, and local emergency response and medical personnel to response to and mitigate accidents in the transportation of such chemicals and material.H.R. 2299 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2001-07-10	To establish an off-budget lockbox to strengthen Social Security and Medicare.S. 1077 · 107th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2001-06-29	A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to protect consumers in managed care plans and other health coverage.S. 1052 · 107th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Nay	Restrict coverage
2001-06-29	To provide for a complete substitute.S. 1052 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2001-06-29	To permit choices in costs and damages.S. 1052 · 107th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2001-06-29	To dedicate 75 percent of any awards of civil monetary penalties allowed under this Act to a Federal trust fund to finance refundable tax credits for uninsured individuals and families.S. 1052 · 107th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Expand coverage
2001-06-29	To express the sense of the Senate regarding making medical savings accounts available to all Americans.S. 1052 · 107th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Direction not readable
2001-06-29	To exempt small employers from causes of action under the Act.S. 1052 · 107th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Restrict coverage
2001-06-29	A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to protect consumers in managed care plans and other health coverage.S. 1052 · 107th Congress · On the Point of Order	Nay	Direction not readable
2001-06-29	To require exhaustion of remedies.S. 1052 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Restrict coverage
2001-06-29	To provide that health care professionals who provide pro bono medical services to medically underserved or indigent individuals are immune from liability.S. 1052 · 107th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Direction not readable
2001-06-29	To apply the bill to plans maintained pursuant to collective bargaining agreements beginning on the general effective date.S. 1052 · 107th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Expand coverage
2001-06-29	To strike provisions relating to customs user fees, and medicare payment delay.S. 1052 · 107th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2001-06-29	To limit class actions to a single plan.S. 1052 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2001-06-29	To protect infants who are born alive.S. 1052 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2001-06-28	To require that causes of action under this Act be maintained in Federal Court.S. 1052 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2001-06-28	To provide immunity to certain self-insured group health plans that provide health insurance options.S. 1052 · 107th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Restrict coverage
2001-06-28	To modify provisions relating to causes of action against employers.S. 1052 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2001-06-28	To ensure that patients receive a minimum share of any settlement or award in a cause of action under this Act.S. 1052 · 107th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Direction not readable
2001-06-28	To modify provisions relating to the standard with respect to the continued applicability of State law.S. 1052 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2001-06-28	To modify provisions relating to preemption and State flexibility.S. 1052 · 107th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Direction not readable
2001-06-27	To clarify that nothing in the bill permits independent medical reviewers to require that plans or issuers cover specifically excluded items or services.S. 1052 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Restrict coverage
2001-06-27	To clarify that independent medical reviewers may not require coverage for excluded benefits and to clarify provisions relating to the independent determinations of the reviewer.S. 1052 · 107th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Expand coverage
2001-06-27	To exempt small employers from causes of action under the Act.S. 1052 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Restrict coverage
2001-06-26	To limit the application of the liability provisions of the Act if the General Accounting Office finds that the application of such provisions has increased the number of uninsured individuals.S. 1052 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Restrict coverage
2001-06-26	To exempt employers from causes of action under the Act.S. 1052 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Restrict coverage
2001-06-26	A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to protect consumers in managed care plans and other health coverage.S. 1052 · 107th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Expand coverage
2001-06-22	To express the sense of the Senate with respect to the opportunity to participate in approved clinical trials and access to specialty care.S. 1052 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2001-06-21	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a deduction for 100 percent of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals.S. 1052 · 107th Congress · On the Point of Order	Nay	Direction not readable
2001-06-21	A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to protect consumers in managed care plans and other health coverage.S. 1052 · 107th Congress · On the Motion to Proceed	Yea	Expand coverage
2001-05-22	To aid public health and improve water safety by providing tax-exempt bond authority to water systems to comply with the 10 parts per billion arsenic standard recommended by the National Academy of Sciences and adopted by the World Health Organization and European Union.H.R. 1836 · 107th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2001-05-22	To delay the effective date of the reductions in the tax rate relating to the highest rate bracket until the enactment of legislation that ensures the long-term solvency of the social security and medicare trust funds.H.R. 1836 · 107th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2001-05-22	To eliminate the Medicaid death tax.H.R. 1836 · 107th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2001-05-21	To strike all marginal rate tax cuts except for the establishment of the 10 percent rate and strike all estate and gift tax provisions taking effect after 2006 in order to provide funds to strengthen social security, extend the solvency of the Social Security Trust Funds, maintain progressivity in the social security benefit system, continue to lift more seniors out of poverty, extend the solvency of the Medicare Trust Funds, and provide prescription drug benefits.H.R. 1836 · 107th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Restrict coverage
2001-05-21	To delay the reduction of the top income tax rate for individuals until a real Medicare prescription drug benefit is enacted.H.R. 1836 · 107th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Restrict coverage
2001-04-05	To provide tax credits for small business to purchase health insurance for their employees and to provide for the deductibility of health insurance for the self-employed and those who don't receive health insurance from their employers and for long-term care.H.Con.Res. 83 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
2001-04-05	To establish a reserve fund to eliminate further cuts in medicare payments to home health agencies.H.Con.Res. 83 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
2001-04-05	To eliminate further cuts in Medicare payments to home health agencies.H.Con.Res. 83 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrict coverage
2001-04-04	To amend the congressional budget to allow for the continued transformation of the military, to fulfill congressional commitments to provide quality health care for active and retired military families, and to continue improvements in compensation, housing, and other quality of life issues.H.Con.Res. 83 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrict coverage
2001-04-03	To establish a prescription drug benefit under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act, without using funds generated from either the Medicare or Social Security surpluses, that is voluntary; accessible to all beneficiaries; designed to assist beneficiaries with the high cost of prescription drugs, protect them from excessive out of pocket costs, and give them bargaining power in the marketplace; affordable to all beneficiaries and the program; administered using private sector entities and competitive purchasing techniques; and consistent with broader Medicare reform.H.Con.Res. 83 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrict coverage
2001-04-03	To revise certain provisions providing for a reserve fund for prescription drugs and medicare reform in the Senate.H.Con.Res. 83 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
2001-03-13	To establish a procedure to safeguard the surpluses of the Social Security and Medicare hospital insurance trust funds.S. 420 · 107th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2001-03-13	To establish an off-budget lockbox to strengthen Social Security and Medicare.S. 420 · 107th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2000-07-17	To make the bill effective upon enactment of a Medicare prescription drug benefit.H.R. 4810 · 106th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2000-07-17	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow small business employers a credit against income tax for employee health insurance expenses paid or incurred by the employer.H.R. 4810 · 106th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Restrict coverage
2000-07-17	To amend title XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to permit States to expand coverage under the medicaid program and SCHIP to parents of enrolled children, and for other purposes.H.R. 4810 · 106th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Restrict coverage
2000-07-14	To preserve budget surplus funds so that they might be available to extend the life of Social Security and Medicare.H.R. 8 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
2000-07-13	To provide additional budget resources for a medicare prescription drug benefit program.H.R. 8 · 106th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Restrict coverage
2000-06-29	To increase access to health care and to protect consumers in managed care plans and in other health coverage.H.R. 4577 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
2000-06-29	To prohibit health insurance companies form using genetic information to discriminate against enrollees, and to prohibit employers from using such information to discriminate in the workplace.H.R. 4577 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrict coverage
2000-06-29	To protect the Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms.H.R. 4577 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2000-06-29	To establish an off-budget lockbox to strengthen Social Security and Medicare.H.R. 4577 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2000-06-22	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage of outpatient prescription drugs under the medicare program.H.R. 4577 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrict coverage
2000-06-08	To amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect consumers in managed care plans and other health coverage.S. 2549 · 106th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Restrict coverage
2000-06-07	To restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services.S. 2549 · 106th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Restrict coverage
2000-04-07	To expand medicaid and S. CHIP coverage to low income families.S.Con.Res. 101 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrict coverage
2000-04-07	To expand medicaid and S. CHIP coverage to low income families.S.Con.Res. 101 · 106th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Restrict coverage
2000-04-07	To protect the Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms.S.Con.Res. 101 · 106th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2000-04-07	To protect Social Security surpluses and reserve a portion of on-budget surpluses for Medicare and debt reduction.S.Con.Res. 101 · 106th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Restrict coverage
2000-04-05	To condition Senate consideration of any tax cut reconciliation legislation on previous enactment of legislation to provide an outpatient prescription drug benefit under the medicare program that is consistent with medicare reform.S.Con.Res. 101 · 106th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Restrict coverage
1999-11-19	A bill to amend the Social Security Act to expand the availability of health care coverage for working individuals with disabilities, to establish a Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program in the Social Security Administration to provide such individuals with meaningful opportunities to work, and for other purposes.H.R. 1180 · 106th Congress · On the Conference Report	Yea	Expand coverage
1999-11-08	To amend title 11, United States Code, to provide for health care and employee benefits, and for other purposes.S. 625 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
1999-08-05	A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce individual income tax rates, to provide marriage penalty relief, to reduce taxes on savings and investments, to provide estate and gift tax relief, to provide incentives for education savings and health care, and for other purposes.H.R. 2488 · 106th Congress · On the Conference Report	Yea	Expand coverage
1999-07-30	To express the sense of the Senate on the Medicare Reserve Fund.S. 1429 · 106th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
1999-07-29	To delay the effective dates of the provisions of, and amendments made by, the Act until the long-term solvency of social security and medicare programs is ensured.S. 1429 · 106th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
1999-07-15	A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect consumers in managed care plans and other health coverage.S. 1344 · 106th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Expand coverage
1999-07-15	To provide for a transitional period for certain patients.S. 1344 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrict coverage
1999-07-15	Enhancing and augmenting the internal review and external appeal process, covering individuals in approved cancer clinical trials, improving point-of-service coverage, protecting individuals when a plan's coverage is terminated, and prohibiting certain group health plans from discriminating against providers on the basis of license or certification.S. 1344 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
1999-07-15	To expand deductibility of long-term care to individuals; expand direct access to obstetric and gynelogical care; provide timely access to specialists; and expand patient access to emergency care.S. 1344 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
1999-07-15	To protect patients and accelerate their treatment and care.S. 1344 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
1999-07-14	To guarantee access to specialty care.S. 1344 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrict coverage
1999-07-14	To ensure that the protections provided for in the Patient's Bill of Rights apply to all patients with private health insurance.S. 1344 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrict coverage
1999-07-14	To enhance breast cancer treatment.S. 1344 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
1999-07-13	To do no harm to Americans' health care coverage, and expand health care coverage in America.S. 1344 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
1999-07-13	To provide for coverage of emergency medical care.S. 1344 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrict coverage
1999-07-13	To protect Americans from steep health care cost increases, or loss of health care insurance coverage.S. 1344 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
1999-07-13	To make health care plans accountable for their decisions, enhancing the quality of patients' care in America.S. 1344 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
1999-07-13	To provide coverage for certain items and services related to the treatment of breast cancer and to provide access to appropriate obstetrical and gynecological care, and to accelerate the deductibility of health insurance for the self-employed.S. 1344 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrict coverage
1999-06-22	To amend the Public Health Services Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect consumers in managed care plans and other health coverage.S. 1233 · 106th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Restrict coverage
1999-06-22	To improve the access and choice of patients to quality, affordable health care.S. 1233 · 106th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Expand coverage
1999-06-16	A bill to amend the Social Security Act to expand the availability of health care coverage for working individuals with disabilities, to establish a Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program in the Social Security Administration to provide such individuals with meaningful opportunities to work, and for other purposes.S. 331 · 106th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Expand coverage
1999-03-25	To create a reserve fund for medicare prescription drug benefits.S.Con.Res. 20 · 106th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Restrict coverage
1999-03-25	To allow increased tobacco tax revenues to be used as an offset for the Medicare prescription drug benefit provided for in section 209.S.Con.Res. 20 · 106th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Restrict coverage
1999-03-25	To reduce tax breaks for the wealthiest taxpayers and reserve the savings for Medicare.S.Con.Res. 20 · 106th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Restrict coverage
1999-03-25	To express the sense of the Senate regarding the modernization and improvement of the medicare program.S.Con.Res. 20 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
1999-03-24	To increase funding in FY 2000 for veterans' health care by taking an across-the-board cut in all discretionary programs, except veterans and defense.S.Con.Res. 20 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
1999-03-24	To ensure that Congress saves Social Security and strengthens Medicare before using projected budget surpluses for new spending or tax breaks.S.Con.Res. 20 · 106th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
1999-03-24	To ensure that Congress saves Social Security and strengthens Medicare before using projected budget surpluses for new spending or tax breaks.S.Con.Res. 20 · 106th Congress · On the Motion	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.