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House Roll Call 266, 100th Congress · July 22, 1987

TO PASS HR 2470, CATASTROPHIC HEALTH INSURANCE, A BILL TO PROTECT THE BENEFICARIES OF MEDICARE FROM CATASTROPHIC HEALTH-CARE COSTS AND TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM IN OTHER WAYS.

302 yea · 127 nay3 not voting or present
Democrat232 yea · 14 nay
Republican68 yea · 113 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 “Expand coverage”

    model(0.95): Passing the bill expands Medicare benefits and health coverage.

    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 (302)

Nay (128)

Not voting or present (3)

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