Al Franken on Health Care

DemocratMN

Health Care126 votes · 82/100 consistent

Expand coverageRestrict coverage

217 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Health Care. 126 of them counted toward the score above: 96 toward “Expand coverage” and 30 toward “Restrict coverage”.

The other 91 did not count: 90 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 1 was one 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
2009-12-07	To prevent Medicare from being raided for new entitlements and to use Medicare savings to save Medicare.H.R. 3590 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrict coverage
2009-12-07	To require the Secretary to provide information regarding enrollee satisfaction with qualified health plans offered through an Exchange through the Internet portal.H.R. 3590 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-12-06	Relative to limitation on amount of attorneys contingency fees.H.R. 3590 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	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	Yea	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	Nay	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	Nay	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	Nay	Expand 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	Nay	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	Nay	Restrict 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	Yea	Expand 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	Yea	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	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.