Joseph Patrick Kennedy II on Health Care

DemocratMA

Health Care104 votes · 77/100 consistent

Expand coverageRestrict coverage

210 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Health Care. 104 of them counted toward the score above: 92 toward “Expand coverage” and 12 toward “Restrict coverage”.

The other 106 did not count: 99 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 7 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
1987-10-15	TO AMEND HR 162, HIGH-RISK OCCUPATIONAL-DISEASE NOTIFICATION, TO DESIGNATE AS A POPULATION AT RISK THOSE HEALTH CARE WORKERS AND EMERGENCY CARE WORKERS WHO ARE AT RISK OF OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE TO AIDS.H.R. 162 · 100th Congress	Nay	Restrict coverage
1987-09-09	TO PASS HR 1327, THE HEALTH SERVICE CORPS AMENDMENTS, A BILL TO REALLOCATE FUNDING FOR FISCAL YEARS 1988-90 FOR THE FEDERAL PROGRAM THAT PAYS EDUCATIONAL COSTS FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AGREEING TO PRACTICE IN MEDICALLY UNDERSTAFFED AREAS.H.R. 1327 · 100th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1987-08-04	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS HR 2881, NATIONAL COMMISSION ON AIDS, A BILL TO ESTABLISH A COMMISSION TO STUDY THE GROWING EPIDEMIC OF ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME. MOTION PASSED; TWO-THIRDS OF THOSE PRESENT VOTING IN FAVOR.H.R. 2881 · 100th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1987-07-22	TO PASS HR 2470, CATASTROPHIC HEALTH INSURANCE, A BILL TO PROTECT THE BENEFICARIES OF MEDICARE FROM CATASTROPHIC HEALTH-CARE COSTS AND TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM IN OTHER WAYS.H.R. 2470 · 100th Congress	Yea	Expand coverage
1987-07-22	TO RECOMMIT TO THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE HR 2470, CATASTROPHIC HEALTH INSURANCE, TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF ADDITIONAL TAXES IMPOSED OR ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS REQUIRED OF SENIOR CITIZENS AS A RESULT OF THE BENEFITS EXTENDED TO PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 65 WHO ARE FIGHTING THE ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME VIRUS.H.R. 2470 · 100th Congress	Nay	Expand coverage
1987-07-22	TO AMEND IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE HR 2470, CATASTROPHIC HEALTH INSURANCE, TO PROVIDE AN EXPANDED MEDICARE PROGRAM TO PROTECT BENEFICARIES FROM CATASTROPHIC HEALTH-CARE COSTS IN A MORE LIMITED WAY THAN PREVIOUSLY PROPOSED.H.R. 2470 · 100th Congress	Nay	Expand coverage
1987-07-22	TO AMEND HR 2470, CATASTROPHIC HEALTH INSURANCE, TO DELETE PROVISIONS ENCOURAGING THE USE OF GENERIC DRUGS AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR BRAND-NAME PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.H.R. 2470 · 100th Congress	Nay	Direction not readable
1987-07-22	TO ADOPT H RES 227, A RULE TO PROVIDE FOR HOUSE FLOOR CONSIDERATION OF HR 2470, CATASTROPHIC HEALTH INSURANCE, A BILL TO EXPAND MEDICARE TO PROTECT BENEFICARIES FROM THE CATASTROPHIC COSTS OF HEALTH CARE.H.R. 2470 · 100th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1987-06-30	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS HR 2616, VETERANS ADMINISTRATION HEALTH CARE, A BILL TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION TO REQUIRE MORE OUTPATIENT HEALTH CARE AND TO RECRUIT HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS, FOR FISCAL YEAR 1988. MOTION PASSED; TWO-THIRDS OF THOSE PRESENT VOTING IN FAVOR.H.R. 2616 · 100th Congress	Yea	Expand coverage
1987-06-02	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS HR 1444, THE MEDICARE/MEDICAID PATIENT PROTECTION ACT, A BILL TO PROTECT MEDICARE/MEDICAID PATIENTS FROM INCOMPETENT OR UNSCRUPULOUS HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS. MOTION PASSED; TWO-THIRDS OF THOSE PRESENT VOTING IN FAVOR.H.R. 1444 · 100th Congress	Yea	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.