Paul Gerhart Hatfield on Health Care

DemocratMT

Health Care1 vote

Expand coverageRestrict coverage

11 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Health Care. 1 of them counted toward the score above: 1 toward “Expand coverage” and 0 toward “Restrict coverage”.

The other 10 did not count: 7 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
1978-10-12	TO AMEND H.R. 5285 BY ELIMINATING THE "PERCENTAGE ARRANGEMENT" SYSTEM THAT IS NOW USED WIDELY TO COMPENSATE THE INCOMES OF HOSPITAL-BASED ANESTHESIOLOGISTS, PATHOLOGISTS, AND RADIOLOGISTS.H.R. 5285 · 95th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1978-10-12	TO TABLE THE NELSON AMENDMENT TO H.R. 5285, AN AMENDMENT ESTABLISHING A VOLUNTARY HOSPITAL COST CONTAINMENT PROGRAM.H.R. 5285 · 95th Congress	Nay	Direction not readable
1978-10-12	TO TABLE A KENNEDY AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE FOR H.R. 5285, THE MEDICARE-MEDICAID ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM ACT. THE KENNEDY AMENDMENT BASICALLY EMBODIES THE ADMINISTRATION'S PROPOSAL FOR A PROGRAM OF HOSPITAL COST CONTAINMENT.H.R. 5285 · 95th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1978-09-29	TO PASS S. 2474.S. 2474 · 95th Congress	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
1978-09-29	TO TABLE STAFFORD AMENDMENT #1960 TO KENNEDY AMENDMENT #1959 TO S. 2474. THE STAFFORD AMENDMENT REQUIRES THAT COUNSELING SERVICES BE PROVIDED FOR ALL PREGNANT ADOLESCENTS SO THAT THEY ARE INFORMED OF ALL OPTIONS REGARDING THEIR PREGNANCIES. KENNEDY AMENDMENT #1959 ESTABLISHES PROGRAMS TO ASSIST IN PREVENTING UNWANTED INITIAL AND REPEATED ADOLESCENT PREGNANCIES.S. 2474 · 95th Congress	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
1978-09-29	TO TABLE PROXMIRE AMENDMENT #1957 TO KENNEDY AMENDMENT #1954 TO S. 2474, THE HEALTH SERVICES EXTENSION AND PRIMARY HEALTH CARE ACT OF 1978. AMENDMENT #1957 STRIKES THE TITLE OF THE BILL THAT ESTABLISHES AN OFFICE OF PHYSICAL FITNESS AND SPORTS MEDICINE. KENNEDY AMENDMENT #1954 PROVIDES FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE TO STATES THROUGH FORMULA AND PROJECT GRANTS FOR PREVENTITIVE HEALTH PROGRAMS.S. 2474 · 95th Congress	Yea	Expand coverage
1978-07-27	TO TABLE THE JAVITS MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY WHICH THE KENNEDY MOTION TO TABLE DIVISION 2 OF THE HUDDLESTON AMENDMENT #3098 WAS AGREED TO (SEE RC 256).S. 2410 · 95th Congress	Nay	Direction not readable
1978-07-27	TO TABLE DIVISION 2 OF THE HUDDLESTON AMENDMENT #3098 TO S. 2410. DIVISION 2 OF THE HUDDLESTON AMENDMENT ALLOWS COVERAGE OF HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS UNDER THE CERTIFICATE OF NEED OPTION, BUT EXCLUDES COVERAGE OF ANY GROUP HEALTH PRACTICES.S. 2410 · 95th Congress	Nay	Direction not readable
1978-07-27	TO TABLE DIVISION 1 OF THE HUDDLESTON AMENDMENT #3098 TO S. 2410, THE BILL AMENDING TITLES XV AND XVI OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT AND EXTENDING AUTHORIZATIONS THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 1981 FOR PROGRAMS FUNDED UNDER THE ACT. DIVISION 1 OF THE HUDDLESTON AMENDMENT GIVES THE SEPARATE STATES THE RIGHT TO EXTEND THE CERTIFICATES OF NEED OPTION TO NONINSTITUTIONAL PRIVATE OFFICES AT THEIR OWN DISCRETION.S. 2410 · 95th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1978-07-21	TO PASS S. 2534, THE BILL EXTENDING THE HEALTH MAINTENENCE ORGANIZATION PROGRAMS FUNDED UNDER TITLE XIII OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT FOR AN ADDITIONAL SIX YEARS, THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 1984.S. 2534 · 95th Congress	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
1978-06-26	TO PASS S. 2466, THE BILL ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH CARE RESEARCH.S. 2466 · 95th Congress	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.