Bernard Sanders on Health Care

IndependentVT

Health Care349 votes · 77.6/100 consistent

Expand coverageRestrict coverage

740 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Health Care. 349 of them counted toward the score above: 279 toward “Expand coverage” and 70 toward “Restrict coverage”.

The other 391 did not count: 376 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 15 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
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	Did not vote	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
2009-06-11	To protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products, to amend title 5, United States Code, to make certain modifications in the Thrift Savings Plan, the Civil Service Retirement System, and the Federal Employees' Retirement System, and for other purposes.H.R. 1256 · 111th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-06-10	To protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products, to amend title 5, United States Code, to make certain modifications in the Thrift Savings Plan, the Civil Service Retirement System, and the Federal Employees' Retirement System, and for other purposes.H.R. 1256 · 111th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-06-09	In the nature of a substitute.H.R. 1256 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2009-06-08	In the nature of a substitute.H.R. 1256 · 111th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-06-02	To protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products, to amend title 5, United States Code, to make certain modifications in the Thrift Savings Plan, the Civil Service Retirement System, and the Federal Employees' Retirement System, and for other purposes.H.R. 1256 · 111th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-04-02	To protect the freedom of conscience for patients and the right of health care providers to serve patients without violating their moral and religious convictions.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2009-04-02	To protect charitable giving by ensuring that organizations that provide important religious, educational, cultural, health care, and environmental services are not negatively impacted by changes to the Federal income tax deduction for charitable donations.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2009-04-02	To require certain higher-income beneficiaries enrolled in the Medicare prescription drug benefit to pay higher premiums, as is currently required for physicians' services and outpatient services, and as proposed in the budget of the United States Government most recently submitted by the President.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Expand coverage
2009-04-01	To protect all patients by prohibiting the use of data obtained from comparative effectiveness research to deny coverage of items or services under Federal health care programs and to ensure that comparative effectiveness research accounts for advancements in genomics and personalized medicine, the unique needs of health disparity populations, and differences in the treatment response and the treatment preferences of patients.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrict coverage
2009-01-29	A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.H.R. 2 · 111th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Expand coverage
2009-01-29	To provide assistance for States with percentages of children with no health insurance coverage above the national average.H.R. 2 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrict coverage
2009-01-29	To clarify that new paperwork and enrollment barriers are not created in the Express Lane Enrollment option and that income may be determined by Express Lane agencies based on State income tax records or returns.H.R. 2 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
2009-01-29	To ensure that American children have high-quality health coverage that fits their individual needs.H.R. 2 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrict coverage
2009-01-29	To provide an above-the-line Federal income tax deduction for health care costs of certain children in an amount comparable to the average federal share of the benefit provided to any non-citizen child for medical assistance or child health assistance.H.R. 2 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrict coverage
2009-01-29	To codify regulations specifying that an unborn child is eligible for child health assistance.H.R. 2 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrict coverage
2009-01-29	To eliminate any exceptions to the prohibition on States receiving an enhanced Federal matching rate for providing coverage to children whose family income exceeds 300 percent of the poverty line.H.R. 2 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Expand coverage
2009-01-29	To ensure that children do not lose their private insurance and that uninsured children can get access to private insurance.H.R. 2 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrict coverage
2009-01-28	To provide for the development of best practice recommendations and to ensure coverage of low income children.H.R. 2 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrict coverage
2009-01-28	To reinstate the crowd out policy agreed to in section 116 of H.R. 3963 (CHIPRA II), as agreed to and passed by the House and Senate.H.R. 2 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Expand coverage
2009-01-28	To prohibit CHIP coverage for higher income children and to prohibit any payments to a State from its CHIP allotments for any fiscal year quarter in which the State Medicaid income eligibility level for children is greater than the income eligibility level for children under CHIP.H.R. 2 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Expand coverage
2009-01-28	To ensure redistributed funds go towards coverage of low-income children or outreach and enrollment of low-income children, rather than to States that will use the funds to cover children from higher income families.H.R. 2 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Expand coverage
2009-01-28	To restore the prohibition on funding of nongovernmental organizations that promote abortion as a method of birth control (the "Mexico City Policy").H.R. 2 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Expand coverage
2009-01-28	In the nature of a substitute.H.R. 2 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2009-01-27	To require States to impose cost-sharing for any individual enrolled in a State child health plan whose income exceeds 200 percent of the poverty line.H.R. 2 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Expand coverage
2008-10-01	A bill to provide authority for the Federal Government to purchase and insure certain types of troubled assets for the purposes of providing stability to and preventing disruption in the economy and financial system and protecting taxpayers, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax relief, and for other purposes.H.R. 1424 · 110th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Nay	Direction not readable
2008-10-01	In the nature of a substitute.H.R. 1424 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2008-07-15	A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access, and for other purposes.H.R. 6331 · 110th Congress · On Overriding the Veto	Yea	Expand coverage
2008-07-09	A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access, and for other purposes.H.R. 6331 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Expand coverage
2008-06-26	A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access, and for other purposes.H.R. 6331 · 110th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Yea	Expand coverage
2008-06-12	A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access, and for other purposes.S. 3101 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Expand coverage
2008-04-24	A bill to prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to health insurance and employment.H.R. 493 · 110th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Expand coverage
2008-03-14	To provide for a deficit-neutral reserve fund for providing an above the line Federal income tax deduction for individuals purchasing health insurance outside the workplace.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrict coverage
2008-03-13	To require wealthy Medicare beneficiaries to pay a greater share of their Medicare Part D premiums.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Expand coverage
2008-02-26	A bill to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend the Act.S. 1200 · 110th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Expand coverage
2008-02-14	To allow tribal members to make their own health care choices.S. 1200 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrict coverage
2007-11-01	A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.H.R. 3963 · 110th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Expand coverage
2007-11-01	A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.H.R. 3963 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Expand coverage
2007-10-31	A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.H.R. 3963 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Expand coverage
2007-10-23	To require Congress to provide health care for all children in the U.S. before funding special interest pork projects.H.R. 3043 · 110th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Restrict coverage
2007-09-27	An act to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.H.R. 976 · 110th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Expand coverage
2007-09-27	An act to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.H.R. 976 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Expand coverage
2007-08-02	A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.H.R. 976 · 110th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Expand coverage
2007-08-02	To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce.H.R. 976 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrict coverage
2007-08-02	To increase access to health insurance for low-income children based on actual need, as adjusted for cost-of-living.H.R. 976 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrict coverage
2007-06-06	To require health care coverage for holders of Z nonimmigrant visas.S. 1348 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrict coverage
2007-05-09	An act to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and cosmetic Act and the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize drug and device user fees and ensure the safety of medical products, and for other purposes.S. 1082 · 110th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Nay	Direction not readable
2007-05-09	To reduce financial conflict of interest in FDA Advisory Panels.S. 1082 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2007-05-09	To provide for the application of stronger civil penalties for violations of approved risk evaluation and mitigation strategies.S. 1082 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2007-05-09	To clarify the authority of the Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology with respect to postmarket drug safety pursuant to recommendations by the Institute of Medicine.S. 1082 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2007-05-07	A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to reauthorize and amend the prescription drug user fee provisions, and for other purposes.S. 1082 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2007-05-07	To protect the health and safety of the public.S. 1082 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2007-05-03	To provide for the importation of prescription drugs.S. 1082 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2007-05-02	To ensure the safety of human and pet food.S. 1082 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2007-05-02	To strike provisions related to market exclusivity.S. 1082 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2007-04-18	A bill to amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for fair prescription drug prices for Medicare beneficiaries.S. 3 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Expand coverage
2007-04-11	A bill to intensify research to derive human pluripotent stem cell lines.S. 30 · 110th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Nay	Direction not readable
2007-04-11	A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic stem cell research.S. 5 · 110th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Direction not readable
2007-03-23	To provide a deficit-neutral reserve fund for the reauthorization of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) that eliminates enhanced Federal matching payments for coverage of nonpregnant adults and permits States to offer supplemental dental and mental health benefits for children enrolled in SCHIP.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2007-03-23	To provide a deficit-neutral reserve fund for protecting State flexibility in Medicaid.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2007-03-23	To provide for the consideration of an increase in the tobacco products user fee rate, but only to the extent that such rate increase does not result in an increase of more than 61 cents per pack of cigarettes, with all revenue generated by such increase dedicated to the reauthorization and expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
2007-03-23	To establish a reserve fund for protecting coverage choices, additional benefits, and lower cost-sharing for Medicare beneficiaries.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrict coverage
2007-03-22	To require wealthy Medicare beneficiaries to pay a greater share of their Medicare Part D premiums.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Expand coverage
2007-03-22	To provide reconciliation instructions of $33.8 billion to make provider payments more accurate, to improve Medicare Part B income relation provisions, expand those provisions to Medicare Part D and reduce the deficit.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Expand coverage
2007-03-22	To provide a deficit-neutral reserve fund for the reauthorization of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) that will cover kids first.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrict coverage
2007-03-21	To provide tax relief to middle class families and small businesses and to expand health insurance coverage for children.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
2007-01-25	To improve access to affordable health care.H.R. 2 · 110th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Restrict coverage
2006-12-09	Dietary Supplement and Nonprescription Drug Consumer Protection ActS. 3546 · 109th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Did not vote	Direction not readable
2006-12-08	Tax Relief and Health Care ActH.R. 6111 · 109th Congress · On Motion to Agree to Senate Amendment with Amendment	Nay	Restrict coverage
2006-12-06	Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act of 2006H.R. 6099 · 109th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Nay	Direction not readable
2006-11-14	To provide for programs and activities with respect to the prevention of underage drinking.H.R. 864 · 109th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Did not vote	Direction not readable
2006-09-28	Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization ActH.R. 6143 · 109th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Expand coverage
2006-09-26	National Institutes of Health Reform ActH.R. 6164 · 109th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Direction not readable
2006-09-19	Supporting the goal of eliminating suffering and death due to cancer by the year 2015H.Con.Res. 210 · 109th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended	Did not vote	Direction not readable
2006-07-28	Congratulating the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative on 10 years of significant achievement in the search for HIV/AIDS vaccine, and for other purposesH.Res. 844 · 109th Congress · On motion to suspend the rules and agree, as amended	Yea	Direction not readable
2006-07-27	Better Health Information System ActH.R. 4157 · 109th Congress · On Passage	Nay	Direction not readable
2006-07-27	Better Health Information System ActH.R. 4157 · 109th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Yea	Direction not readable
2006-07-27	Health Information Technology Promotion Act of 2006H.R. 4157 · 109th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2006-07-19	Stem Cell Research Enhancement ActH.R. 810 · 109th Congress · Passage, Objections of the President Not Withstanding	Yea	Direction not readable
2006-07-18	Alternative Pluripotent Stem Cell Therapies Enhancement ActS. 2754 · 109th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Nay	Direction not readable
2006-07-18	Fetus Farming Prohibition ActS. 3504 · 109th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Direction not readable
2006-06-22	Supporting the efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness, treatment, and researchH.Res. 323 · 109th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended	Yea	Direction not readable
2006-06-21	To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children’s hospitalsH.R. 5574 · 109th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Expand coverage
2006-06-21	Health Centers Renewal ActH.R. 5573 · 109th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Expand coverage
2006-05-11	Encouraging all eligible Medicare beneficiaries who have not yet elected enroll in the new Medicare Part D benefit to review the available options and to determine whether enrollment in a Medicare prescription drug plan best meets their current and future needs for prescription drug coverageH.Res. 802 · 109th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree	Yea	Direction not readable
2005-12-17	Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research ActH.R. 2520 · 109th Congress · Suspend the Rules and Agree to the Senate Amendment	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.