Tim Johnson on Health Care

DemocratSD

Health Care345 votes · 81.7/100 consistent

Expand coverageRestrict coverage

625 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Health Care. 345 of them counted toward the score above: 265 toward “Expand coverage” and 80 toward “Restrict coverage”.

The other 280 did not count: 266 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 14 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
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	Nay	Restrict 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	Nay	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	Nay	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	Yea	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	Yea	Expand 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	Yea	Expand 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	Yea	Expand 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	Yea	Expand 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	Yea	Expand 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	Yea	Expand 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	Yea	Expand 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	Yea	Expand 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	Yea	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	Yea	Expand coverage
2005-11-03	To strike the provisions increasing the Medicaid rebate for generic drugs.S. 1932 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	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	Yea	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	Yea	Expand 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	Yea	Expand 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	Yea	Expand coverage
2005-11-03	To provide emergency health care and other relief for survivors of Hurricane Katrina.S. 1932 · 109th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Expand 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	Yea	Expand 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	Yea	Expand 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	Did not vote	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	Yea	Expand 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	Yea	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	Yea	Expand 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	Nay	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	Yea	Expand 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	Nay	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	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
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	Did not vote	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	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 Cloture Motion	Yea	Expand coverage
2003-10-14	To provide emergency relief for veterans healthcare, school construction, healthcare and transportation needs in the United States, and to create 95,000 new jobs.S. 1689 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Expand coverage
2003-10-14	A bill to prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to health insurance and employment.S. 1053 · 108th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Expand coverage
2003-07-09	A bill to protect patients' access to quality and affordable health care by reducing the effects of excessive liability costs.S. 11 · 108th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2003-06-26	A bill 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.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Expand coverage
2003-06-26	To provide for an income-related increase in the part B premium for individuals with income in excess of $75,000 and married couples with income in excess of $150,000.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Expand coverage
2003-06-26	To provide Medicare beneficiaries with a drug discount card that ensures access to affordable prescription drugs.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrict coverage
2003-06-26	To ensure that current retirees who have prescription drug coverage who will lose their prescription drug coverage as a result of the enactment of this legislation have the option of drug coverage under the Medicare fallback.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
2003-06-26	To permit the establishment of 2 new Medigap plans for Medicare beneficiaries enrolled for prescription drug coverage under part D.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
2003-06-26	To make all Medicare beneficiaries eligible for Medicare prescription drug coverage.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
2003-06-26	To express the sense of the Senate that the Committee on Finance should hold hearing regarding permitting States to provide health benefits to legal immigrants under Medicaid and SCHIP as part of the reauthorization of the temporary assistance for needy families program.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2003-06-26	To evaluate alternative payment and delivery systems.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2003-06-26	To reduce aggregate beneficiary obligations by $2,400,000,000 per year beginning in 2009.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
2003-06-26	To provide additional assistance for certain eligible beneficiaries under part D.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Expand coverage
2003-06-26	To protect seniors with cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or Alzheimer's disease.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
2003-06-26	To update, beginning in 2009, the asset or resource test used for purposes of determining the eligibility of low-income beneficiaries for premium and cost-sharing subsidies.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
2003-06-26	To eliminate the coverage gap for individuals with cancer.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Expand coverage
2003-06-26	To protect seniors who are diagnosed with cancer from high prescription drug costsS. 1 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
2003-06-26	To strengthen protections for consumers against misleading direct-to-consumer drug advertising.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2003-06-26	To establish a demonstration project under the Medicaid program to encourage the provision of community-based services to individuals with disabilities.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Expand coverage
2003-06-25	To study the comparative effectiveness and safety of important Medicare covered drugs to ensure that consumers can make meaningful comparisons about the quality and efficacy.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2003-06-25	To deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
2003-06-25	To provide that an eligible beneficiary is not responsible for paying the applicable percent of the monthly national average premium while the beneficiary is in the coverage gap and to sunset the bill, and for other purposes.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
2003-06-25	To strengthen protections for consumers against misleading direct-to-consumer drug advertising.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2003-06-25	To provide reimbursement for Federally qualified health centers participating in medicare manged care.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
2003-06-24	To modify the amount of the direct subsidy to be provided to qualified retiree prescription drug plans.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2003-06-24	To provide 50 percent cost-sharing for a beneficiary whose income is at least 160 percent but not more thansa968 250 percent of the poverty line after the beneficiary has reached the initial coverage gap and before the beneficiary has reached the annual out-of pocket limit.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
2003-06-24	To make prescription drug coverage available beginning on July 1, 2004.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
2003-06-24	To allow Medicare beneficiaries who are enrolled in fallback plans to remain in such plans for two years by requiring the same contracting cycle for fallback plans as Medicare Prescription Drug plans.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Expand coverage
2003-06-24	To provide that prescription drug benefits for any Member of Congress who is enrolled in a health benefits plan under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, may not exceed the level of prescription drug benefits passed in the 1st session of the 108th Congress, and for other purposes.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Restrict coverage
2003-06-24	To eliminate the coverage gap.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Expand coverage
2003-06-24	To provide equal access to competitive global prescription medicine prices for American purchasers.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Expand coverage
2003-06-24	To permit continuous open enrollment and disenrollment in Medicare Prescription Drug plans and MedicareAdvantage plans until 2008.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Expand coverage
2003-06-24	To treat costs for covered drugs as incurred costs without regard to whether the individual or another person, including a State program or other third-party coverage, has paid for such costs.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Expand coverage
2003-06-20	To provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
2003-06-19	To ensure that there is competition in the pharmaceutical industry and increased access to affordable drugs.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
2003-06-19	To ensure that an affordable plan is available in all areas.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
2003-06-19	To improve disclosure requirements and to increase beneficiary choices.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
2003-06-18	To require that the Medicare plan, to be known as the Medicare Guaranteed Option, be available to all eligible beneficiaries in every year.S. 1 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
2003-05-15	To eliminate the dividend and upper bracket tax cuts, which primarily benefit the wealthy, to provide the additional funds necessary for an adequate medicare prescription drug benefit, including assuring that the benefit is comprehensive, with no gaps or excessive cost-sharing, covers all medicare beneficiaries, provides special help for beneficiaries with low income, and does not undermine employer retirement coverage.S. 1054 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
2003-05-15	To ensure the enactment of a medicare prescription drug benefit.S. 1054 · 108th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Expand coverage
2003-05-15	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to enhance beneficiary access to quality health care services in rural areas under the medicare program.S. 1054 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
2003-03-25	To help rural health care providers and hospitals receive a fair reimbursement for services under Medicare by reducing tax cuts to the wealthiest income brackets.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
2003-03-25	To fulfill the U.S. commitment to provide health care to American Indians and Alaska Natives.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
2003-03-25	To ensure that a prescription drug benefit is available to all medicare beneficiaries on an equal basis, including those who choose to remain in the current fee-for-service program.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
2003-03-21	To revise the resolution to accommodate in reconciliations legislation a partially refundable tax credit of up to $5,000 for eligible expenses for individuals with long term or chronic care needs or their family caregivers who pay these expenses; in which "eligible expenses" shall include prescription drugs, medical bills, durable medical equipment, home health care custodial care, respite care, adult day care, transportation to chronic care or medical facilities, specialized therapy (including occupational therapy, physical therapy, or rehabilitational therapy), other specialized services for children (including day care for children with special needs) and other long term care related expenses as defined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services; and in which "individuals with long term or chronic care needs" of daily living, individuals with severe cognitive impairment, individualS.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
2003-03-20	To provide a meaningful prescription drug benefit in Medicare that is available to all beneficiaries.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Expand coverage
2003-01-23	To improve health care under the medicare and medicaid programs.H.J.Res. 2 · 108th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Expand coverage
2002-07-31	A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals.S. 812 · 107th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Expand coverage
2002-07-31	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
2002-07-31	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide protection for all medicare beneficiaries against the costs of prescription drugs.S. 812 · 107th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Expand coverage
2002-07-30	To provide for health care liability reform.S. 812 · 107th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Direction not readable
2002-07-25	To provide temporary State fiscal relief.S. 812 · 107th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Expand coverage
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	Nay	Restrict 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	Nay	Restrict 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	Yea	Expand 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	Yea	Expand coverage
2002-07-17	To protect the health and safety of Americans.S. 812 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable

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