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Senate Roll Call 238, 101st Congress · October 6, 1989

To repeal, eliminate, or make adjustments to certain provisions of the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988 (P.L.100-360). — TO AMEND S 1726, CATASTROPHIC INSURANCE REFORM, TO ELIMINATE OR CHANGE SOME PROVISIONS OF THE MEDICARE CATASTROPHIC COVERAGE ACT OF 1988.

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

41 yea · 58 nayAmendment Rejected1 not voting or present
Democrat38 yea · 15 nay
Republican2 yea · 42 nay
Independent1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1726 ↗

A bill to repeal medicare catastrophic coverage provisions effective in years after 1989 and the supplemental medicare premium, and for other purposes.

Policy area: Health — 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): Repealing or eliminating Medicare catastrophic coverage provisions restricts health care coverage.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Health

    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 (41)

Nay (58)

Not voting or present (1)

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