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Ben Sasse

Ben Sasse on Health Care

RepublicanNE

Health Care89 votes · 88.1/100 consistent
Expand coverageRestrict coverage

153 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Health Care. 89 of them counted toward the score above: 22 toward “Expand coverage” and 67 toward “Restrict coverage”.

The other 64 did not count: 61 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.

DateWhat was voted onVotedCounted as
2017-01-11To create a point of order against legislation that would reduce health insurance access and affordability for individuals based on their occupation.S.Con.Res. 3 · 115th Congress · On the MotionNayRestrict coverage
2017-01-11To create a point of order against legislation that would repeal health reforms that closed the prescription drug coverage gap under Medicare.S.Con.Res. 3 · 115th Congress · On the MotionNayRestrict coverage
2017-01-10To prevent the Senate from breaking Donald Trump's promise that "there will be no cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid".S.Con.Res. 3 · 115th Congress · On the MotionNayRestrict coverage
2017-01-10To strengthen Social Security and Medicare without raiding it to pay for new Government programs, like Obamacare, that have failed Americans by increasing premiums and reducing affordable health care options, to reform Medicaid without prioritizing able-bodied adults over the disabled, and to return regulation of insurance to State governments.S.Con.Res. 3 · 115th Congress · On the MotionYeaRestrict coverage
2017-01-09To protect the Medicare and Medicaid programs.S.Con.Res. 3 · 115th Congress · On the MotionNayRestrict coverage
2016-12-07A bill to authorize and strengthen the tsunami detection, forecast, warning, research, and mitigation program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes.H.R. 34 · 114th Congress · On the MotionYeaDirection not readable
2016-12-05A bill to authorize and strengthen the tsunami detection, forecast, warning, research, and mitigation program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes.H.R. 34 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaDirection not readable
2016-11-29A bill to require studies and reports examining the use of, and opportunities to use, technology-enabled collaborative learning and capacity building models to improve programs of the Department of Health and Human Services, and for other purposes.S. 2873 · 114th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaDirection not readable
2016-06-06To modify the requirement that the Secretary of Defense implement measures to maintain the critical wartime medical readiness skills and core competencies of health care providers within the Armed Forces.S. 2943 · 114th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2015-12-03A bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 2002 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2016.H.R. 3762 · 114th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaRestrict coverage
2015-12-03To protect victims of violence or disease, veterans, workers who have lost their health insurance and their jobs, and other vulnerable populations from the repeal of the advanced premium tax credit.H.R. 3762 · 114th Congress · On the MotionNayRestrict coverage
2015-12-03To ensure that individuals can keep their health insurance coverage.H.R. 3762 · 114th Congress · On the MotionNayRestrict coverage
2015-12-03In the nature of a substitute.H.R. 3762 · 114th Congress · On the MotionYeaDirection not readable
2015-12-03To restore Second Amendment rights in the District of Columbia.H.R. 3762 · 114th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2015-12-03To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the special rule for seniors relating to the income level for deduction of medical care expenses, and for other purposes.H.R. 3762 · 114th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaExpand coverage
2015-12-03To prevent the entry of extremists into the United States under the refugee program, and for other purposes.H.R. 3762 · 114th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2015-12-03To provide additional amounts to the Department of Veterans Affairs to increase the access of veterans to care and improve the physical infrastructure of the Department of Veterans Affairs and to impose a fair share tax on high-income taxpayers.H.R. 3762 · 114th Congress · On the MotionNayRestrict coverage
2015-12-03To protect Second Amendment rights, ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and provide a responsible and consistent background check process.H.R. 3762 · 114th Congress · On the MotionNayDirection not readable
2015-12-03To address gun violence, improve the availability of records to the National Instant Criminal background Check System, address mental illness in the criminal justice system, and end straw purchases and trafficking of illegal firearms, and for other purposes.H.R. 3762 · 114th Congress · On the MotionYeaDirection not readable
2015-12-03To increase public safety by permitting the Attorney General to deny the transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected dangerous terrorists.H.R. 3762 · 114th Congress · On the MotionNayDirection not readable
2015-12-03Relating to the Protect America Act of 2015.H.R. 3762 · 114th Congress · On the MotionYeaDirection not readable
2015-12-03To improve mental health and substance use prevention and treatment.H.R. 3762 · 114th Congress · On the MotionNayRestrict coverage
2015-12-03To strike the reinstatement of the tax on employee health insurance premiums and health plan benefits.H.R. 3762 · 114th Congress · On the AmendmentNayRestrict coverage
2015-12-03To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a credit for married couples who are both employed and have young children, and for other purposes.H.R. 3762 · 114th Congress · On the MotionNayDirection not readable
2015-12-03To improve the bill.H.R. 3762 · 114th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2015-12-03To maintain the 100 percent FMAP for the Medicaid expansion population.H.R. 3762 · 114th Congress · On the MotionNayRestrict coverage
2015-12-03To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to ensure that individuals can keep their health insurance coverage.H.R. 3762 · 114th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaExpand coverage
2015-12-03To ensure that this Act does not increase the number of uninsured women or increase the number of unintended pregnancies by establishing a women's health care and clinic security and safety fund.H.R. 3762 · 114th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaRestrict coverage
2015-08-03A bill to prohibit Federal funding of Planned Parenthood Federation of America.S. 1881 · 114th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to ProceedYeaRestrict coverage
2015-07-30A bill to provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund, to provide resource flexibility to the Department of Veterans Affairs for health care services, and for other purposes.H.R. 3236 · 114th Congress · On Passage of the BillNayRestrict coverage
2015-07-29A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans Administration from being taken into account for purposes of determining the employers to which the employer mandate applies under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.H.R. 22 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture MotionNayExpand coverage
2015-07-27A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans Administration from being taken into account for purposes of determining the employers to which the employer mandate applies under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.H.R. 22 · 114th Congress · On the Motion for AttendanceYeaDirection not readable
2015-07-26To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 entirely.H.R. 22 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaRestrict coverage
2015-07-24A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans Administration from being taken into account for purposes of determining the employers to which the employer mandate applies under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.H.R. 22 · 114th Congress · On the Motion to ProceedNayExpand coverage
2015-07-22A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans Administration from being taken into account for purposes of determining the employers to which the employer mandate applies under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.H.R. 22 · 114th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to ProceedYeaRestrict coverage
2015-07-21A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans Administration from being taken into account for purposes of determining the employers to which the employer mandate applies under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.H.R. 22 · 114th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to ProceedYeaRestrict coverage
2015-04-14A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate and strengthen Medicare access by improving physician payments and making other improvements, to reauthorize the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.H.R. 2 · 114th Congress · On Passage of the BillNayRestrict coverage
2015-04-14A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate and strengthen Medicare access by improving physician payments and making other improvements, to reauthorize the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.H.R. 2 · 114th Congress · On the MotionNayRestrict coverage
2015-04-14To repeal the therapy cap and provide for medical review of outpatient therapy services.H.R. 2 · 114th Congress · On the MotionNayRestrict coverage
2015-04-14To provide steady updates of payment rates under the Medicare physician fee schedule.H.R. 2 · 114th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaExpand coverage
2015-04-14To improve women's access to quality health care.H.R. 2 · 114th Congress · On the MotionNayRestrict coverage
2015-04-14To strike the provision excluding the budgetary effects of the Act from PAYGO requirements.H.R. 2 · 114th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2015-04-14To protect and retain our Children's Health Insurance Program for 4 years (PRO-CHIP).H.R. 2 · 114th Congress · On the MotionNayRestrict coverage
2015-04-14To repeal the individual mandate.H.R. 2 · 114th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaRestrict coverage
2015-03-27To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to ending Washington's illegal exemption from Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.S.Con.Res. 11 · 114th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2015-03-26To provide additional resources to reject the Senate Republicans' proposed $435 billion in cuts to Medicare.S.Con.Res. 11 · 114th Congress · On the AmendmentNayRestrict coverage
2015-03-26To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to providing health care to veterans who reside more than 40 miles driving distance from the closest medical facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs that provides the care sought by the veteran.S.Con.Res. 11 · 114th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaExpand coverage
2015-03-26To strike more than $1.2 trillion in cuts to Medicaid, preserving a critical source of comprehensive, affordable health and long-term care coverage for millions of otherwise uninsured low-income adults, parents, and seniors, including millions of nonelderly low-income adults in States that expanded Medicaid as part of health reform.S.Con.Res. 11 · 114th Congress · On the AmendmentNayRestrict coverage
2015-03-25To create a point of order against legislation that would privatize Medicare, cut guaranteed benefits, increase out-of-pocket spending, or turn Medicare into a premium support plan.S.Con.Res. 11 · 114th Congress · On the MotionNayRestrict coverage
2015-03-24To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve health outcomes and lower the costs of caring for medically complex children in Medicaid.S.Con.Res. 11 · 114th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaExpand coverage
2015-03-24To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect Medicaid beneficiaries from benefit cuts.S.Con.Res. 11 · 114th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaExpand coverage
2015-02-03A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide for the conduct of annual evaluations of mental health care and suicide prevention programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to require a pilot program on loan repayment for psychiatrists who agree to serve in the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.H.R. 203 · 114th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaExpand coverage
2015-01-28To provide communities that rely on drinking water from a source that may be affected by a tar sands spill from the Keystone XL pipeline an analysis of the potential risks to public health and the environment from a leak or rupture of the pipeline.S. 1 · 114th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection 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.