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House Roll Call 264, 100th Congress · July 22, 1987

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.

190 yea · 242 nay1 not voting or present
Democrat15 yea · 232 nay
Republican173 yea · 9 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 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 CareA yea counts toward “Restrict coverage”

    model(0.85): Providing a more limited substitute restricts the expansion of Medicare benefits.

    Tagged by: keyword:medicare,health insurance,health care

    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 (190)

Nay (242)

Not voting or present (1)

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