House Roll Call 263, 100th Congress · July 22, 1987

TO AMEND HR 2470, CATASTROPHIC HEALTH INSURANCE, TO DELETE PROVISIONS ENCOURAGING THE USE OF GENERIC DRUGS AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR BRAND-NAME PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.

161 yea · 265 nay6 not voting or present

Democrat45 yea · 199 nay

Republican115 yea · 65 nay

Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2470 ↗

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988

Policy area: Social Welfare — assigned by Library of Congress subject specialists, not by this site.

How this vote is scored

Which tracked issues this roll call counts toward, and which way a yea vote moves a member on each. Direction is decided per issue, because one bill can push two issues opposite ways.

Health CareDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.70) Deleting generic drug substitution provisions does not clearly alter healthcare coverage levels.
Tagged by: keyword:health insurance
Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (161)

Nay (266)

Not voting or present (6)

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