Jon Tester on Health Care

DemocratMT

Health Care204 votes · 74.2/100 consistent

Expand coverageRestrict coverage

354 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Health Care. 204 of them counted toward the score above: 151 toward “Expand coverage” and 53 toward “Restrict coverage”.

The other 150 did not count: 148 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 2 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
2011-11-07	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the imposition of 3 percent withholding on certain payments made to vendors by government entities, to modify the calculation of modified adjusted gross income for purposes of determining eligibility for certain healthcare-related programs, and for other purposes.H.R. 674 · 112th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Yea	Restrict coverage
2011-10-20	To prohibit the Food and Drug Administration from preventing an individual not in the business of importing a prescription drug from importing an FDA-approved prescription drug from Canada.H.R. 2112 · 112th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
2011-04-05	To protect small businesses from health insurance premium increases or losses of health insurance coverage.H.R. 4 · 112th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrict coverage
2011-02-02	To repeal the job-killing health care law and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.S. 223 · 112th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Expand coverage
2011-02-02	To repeal the expansion of information reporting requirements under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and for other purposes.S. 223 · 112th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2010-12-09	A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack in New York City on September 11, 2001, and for other purposes.H.R. 847 · 111th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Yea	Expand coverage
2010-09-29	A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule relating to status as a grandfathered health plan under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.S.J.Res. 39 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Proceed	Nay	Expand coverage
2010-09-14	To exempt certain amounts subject to other information reporting from the information reporting provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and for other purposes.H.R. 5297 · 111th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2010-03-25	An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to Title II of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010 (S. Con. Res. 13).H.R. 4872 · 111th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Expand coverage
2010-03-25	To give States incentives to reduce fraud, waste, and abuse in their Medicaid programs.H.R. 4872 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Direction not readable
2010-03-25	To strike the 2-year limitation on the small business tax credit for taxable years after the Exchanges open.H.R. 4872 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Expand coverage
2010-03-25	To provide an inflation adjustment for the additional hospital insurance tax on high-income taxpayers.H.R. 4872 · 111th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2010-03-25	To strike the penalty for failure to comply with the individual mandate.H.R. 4872 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Expand coverage
2010-03-25	An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to Title II of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010 (S. Con. Res. 13).H.R. 4872 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Direction not readable
2010-03-25	To prevent the new government entitlement program from further increasing an unsustainable deficit.H.R. 4872 · 111th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Expand coverage
2010-03-25	To index tax thresholds imposed under the legislation to prevent the government from using inflation to impose those taxes on individuals currently making less than $200,000 and families making less than $250,000.H.R. 4872 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Direction not readable
2010-03-25	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure Medicare beneficiary access to physicians, eliminate sweetheart deals for frontier States, and ensure equitable reimbursement under the Medicare program for all rural states.H.R. 4872 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Restrict coverage
2010-03-25	To ensure that health care reform reduces health care costs for American families, small businesses, and taxpayers.H.R. 4872 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Direction not readable
2010-03-25	To ensure that Americans are not require to pay for the health benefits for those here illegally by requiring the use of an effective eligibility verification system, consistent with existing law for other federal health related programs, and to also maintain the current, and well-established requirement of law, that legal immigrants should not become a "public charge" or burden to the American taxpayers, to reduce the cost of this bill, and to reduce the deficit and for other purposes.H.R. 4872 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Expand coverage
2010-03-25	To help protect Second Amendment rights of law-abiding Americans.H.R. 4872 · 111th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2010-03-25	To improve access to pro bono care for medically underserved or indigent individuals by providing limited medical liability protections.H.R. 4872 · 111th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Restrict coverage
2010-03-25	To increase women's access to breast cancer screenings.H.R. 4872 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Restrict coverage
2010-03-25	To repeal the sunset on marriage penalty relief and to make the election to deduct State and local sales taxes permanent.H.R. 4872 · 111th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2010-03-25	To repeal the limitation on itemized medical expense deductions.H.R. 4872 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Direction not readable
2010-03-25	To protect the democratic process and the right of the people of the District of Columbia to define marriage.H.R. 4872 · 111th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2010-03-25	To provide a temporary extension of certain programs.H.R. 4872 · 111th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2010-03-25	To allow individuals to elect to opt out of the Medicare part A benefits.H.R. 4872 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Expand coverage
2010-03-25	An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to Title II of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010 (S. Con. Res. 13).H.R. 4872 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Restrict coverage
2010-03-24	To protect Medicare beneficiary access to hospital care in rural areas from recommendations by the Independent Payment Advisory Board.H.R. 4872 · 111th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Restrict coverage
2010-03-24	To repeal the government takeover of health care.H.R. 4872 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Expand coverage
2010-03-24	To protect the integrity of Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense health care programs for veterans, active-duty service members, their families, widows and widowers, and orphans who have sacrificed in defense of our Nation.H.R. 4872 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Restrict coverage
2010-03-24	To provide for a long-term fix to the Medicare sustainable growth rate formula in order to improve access for Medicare beneficiaries.H.R. 4872 · 111th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Restrict coverage
2010-03-24	To protect access for America's wounded warriors.H.R. 4872 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Expand coverage
2010-03-24	To exclude pediatric devices for persons with disabilities from the medical device tax.H.R. 4872 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Direction not readable
2010-03-24	To strike the medical device tax.H.R. 4872 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Direction not readable
2010-03-24	An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to Title II of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010 (S. Con. Res. 13).H.R. 4872 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Restrict coverage
2010-03-24	To repeal the CLASS Act.H.R. 4872 · 111th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Expand coverage
2010-03-24	To ensure that no State experiences a net job loss as a result of the enactment of the SAFRA Act.H.R. 4872 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Direction not readable
2010-03-24	To improve the bill by waiving the $40,000 penalty on hiring previously unemployed individuals.H.R. 4872 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Direction not readable
2010-03-24	To protect the right of States to opt out of a Federal health care takeover.H.R. 4872 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Expand coverage
2010-03-24	To reduce the cost of providing federally funded prescription drugs by eliminating fraudulent payments and prohibiting coverage of Viagra for child molesters and rapists and for drugs intended to induce abortion.H.R. 4872 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Expand coverage
2010-03-24	An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to Title II of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010 (S. Con. Res. 13).H.R. 4872 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Direction not readable
2010-03-24	To enroll Members of Congress in the Medicaid program.H.R. 4872 · 111th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2010-03-24	An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to Title II of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010 (S. Con. Res. 13).H.R. 4872 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Direction not readable
2010-03-24	To make sure the President, Cabinet Members, all White House Senior staff and Congressional Committee and Leadership Staff are purchasing health insurance through the health insurance exchanges established by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.H.R. 4872 · 111th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2010-03-24	To ensure that Americans can keep the coverage they have by keeping premiums affordable.H.R. 4872 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Expand coverage
2010-03-24	An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to Title II of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010 (S. Con. Res. 13).H.R. 4872 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Direction not readable
2010-03-24	An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to Title II of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010 (S. Con. Res. 13).H.R. 4872 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Direction not readable
2010-03-24	To eliminate the sweetheart deals for Tennessee, Hawaii, Louisiana, Montana, Connecticut, and frontier States.H.R. 4872 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Expand coverage
2010-03-24	To prevent Medicare from being used for new entitlements and to use Medicare savings to save Medicare.H.R. 4872 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Expand coverage
2010-03-23	An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to Title II of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010 (S. Con. Res. 13).H.R. 4872 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Proceed	Yea	Expand coverage
2010-03-23	An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to Title II of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010 (S. Con. Res. 13).H.R. 4872 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Adjourn	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-12-24	An act entitled The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.H.R. 3590 · 111th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Expand coverage
2009-12-23	An act entitled The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.H.R. 3590 · 111th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Expand coverage
2009-12-23	In the nature of a substitute.H.R. 3590 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-12-23	In the nature of a substitute.H.R. 3590 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-12-23	In the nature of a substitute.H.R. 3590 · 111th Congress · On the Point of Order	Nay	Direction not readable
2009-12-23	In the nature of a substitute.H.R. 3590 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-12-23	In the nature of a substitute.H.R. 3590 · 111th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-12-23	In the nature of a substitute.H.R. 3590 · 111th Congress · On the Point of Order	Nay	Direction not readable
2009-12-22	In the nature of a substitute.H.R. 3590 · 111th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-12-22	To improve the bill.H.R. 3590 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-12-22	To change the enactment date.H.R. 3590 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-12-21	To improve the bill.H.R. 3590 · 111th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-12-16	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 to Table	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-12-15	To provide for the importation of prescription drugs.H.R. 3590 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand coverage
2009-12-15	To provide for the importation of prescription drugs.H.R. 3590 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrict coverage
2009-12-15	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
2009-12-15	To protect middle class families from tax increases.H.R. 3590 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-12-08	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
2009-12-08	To prohibit the use of Federal funds for abortions.H.R. 3590 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Expand coverage
2009-12-07	To prevent Medicare from being raided for new entitlements and to use Medicare savings to save Medicare.H.R. 3590 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrict coverage
2009-12-07	To require the Secretary to provide information regarding enrollee satisfaction with qualified health plans offered through an Exchange through the Internet portal.H.R. 3590 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
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	Nay	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	Nay	Restrict 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	Yea	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

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.