James M. Jeffords on Health Care

IndependentVT

Health Care345 votes · 72.1/100 consistent

Expand coverageRestrict coverage

611 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Health Care. 345 of them counted toward the score above: 237 toward “Expand coverage” and 108 toward “Restrict coverage”.

The other 266 did not count: 254 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 12 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
1975-12-19	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND AGREE TO A RESOLUTION (H.RES. 943) PROVIDING THAT THE HOUSE CONCUR, WITH FURTHER AMENDMENTS INTO SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 10824, MAKING CHANGES IN THE MEDICARE PROGRAM FOR THE AGE AND MODIFYING PEER REVIEW REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE MEDICARE AND MEDICAID PROGRAMS FOR THE POOR.H.Res. 943 · 94th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1975-10-20	TO PASS H.R. 7988, TO REVISE AND EXTEND THE PROGRAM UNDER THE NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE, TO REVISE AND EXTEND THE PROGRAM OF NATIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE AWARDS, AND TO ESTABLISH A NATIONAL PROGRAM WITH RESPECT TO GENETIC DISEASES.H.R. 7988 · 94th Congress	Yea	Expand coverage
1975-07-29	TO OVERRIDE THE PRESIDENT'S VETO OF S. 66, THE PROPOSED HEALTH SERVICES ACT.S. 66 · 94th Congress	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
1975-07-21	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 8240, THE VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION PHYSICIANS AND DENTISTS COMPARABILITY PAY ACT OF 1975.H.R. 8240 · 94th Congress	Yea	Expand coverage
1975-07-11	TO PASS H.R. 5546.H.R. 5546 · 94th Congress	Yea	Expand coverage
1975-07-11	TO AMEND H.R. 5546, BY STRIKING TITLE 8, WHICH SETS REQUIREMENTS FOR MEDICAL RESIDENCY TRAINING PROGRAMS.H.R. 5546 · 94th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1975-07-11	TO AMEND H.R. 5546, RELATING TO STUDENTS PAYBACK OF A CAPITATION GRANTS OF $2000 GIVEN TO MEDICAL SCHOOL FOR EACH ENTERING STUDENT. THE STUDENT WOULD EITHER PAY BACK THE MONEY OR AGREE TO GO TO A PLACE WHERE THERE ARE INSUFFICIENT NUMBER OF DOCTORS.H.R. 5546 · 94th Congress	Yea	Expand coverage
1975-06-05	TO RECOMMIT H.R. 4925, A BILL TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT AND RELATED LAWS TO REVISE AND EXTEND PROGRAMS OF HEALTH REVENUE SHARING AND HEALTH SERVICES.H.R. 4925 · 94th Congress	Nay	Expand coverage
1975-05-12	TO PASS H.R. 6573, TO RESCIND CERTAIN BUDGET AUTHORITY RECOMMENDED IN THE MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF APRIL 18, 1975. THE FUNDS TO BE RESCINDED INVOLVE EVALUATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH PRORAMS, CONSTRUCTION OF COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS AND PLANNING OF MEDICAL FACILITIES IN D.C.H.R. 6573 · 94th Congress	Yea	Restrict coverage
1975-05-07	TO PASS H.R. 4115, TO REVISE AND EXTEND THE PROGRAMS OF ASSISTANCE FOR NURSE TRAINING AVAILABLE UNDER THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT.H.R. 4115 · 94th Congress	Yea	Expand coverage
1975-05-07	TO PASS H.R. 4114, A BILL TO REVISE AND EXTEND THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS PROGRAMS.H.R. 4114 · 94th Congress	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.