To provide a 6-month transition period for coverage of prescription drugs under Medicaid for individuals whose drug coverage is to be moved to the Medicare prescription drug program.

The measure

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(0.90): Providing a transition period protects prescription drug coverage continuity.

  Tagged by: keyword:medicare,medicaid,prescription drug

  Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

• Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

  model(0.90): Extending transition coverage increases federal spending on drug benefits.

  Tagged by: policy-area:Economics and Public Finance

  Axis: Fiscal expansion ← → Fiscal restraint

Who voted which way

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