108th Congress / Bills / S 1

Title

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a voluntary prescription drug benefit under the Medicare program and to strengthen and improve the Medicare program, and for other purposes.

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Votes on this bill

Date	Chamber	Result	Vote
6/26/03	Senate	Rejected	Session 1, roll call 260: On the Amendment Hagel Amdt. No. 1026 As Modified; To provide Medicare beneficiaries with a drug discount card that ensures access to affordable prescription drugs.
6/26/03	Senate	Rejected	Session 1, roll call 259: On the Amendment Levin Amdt. No. 1111; To ensure that current retirees who have prescription drug coverage who will lose their prescription drug coverage as a result of the enactment of this legislation have the option of drug coverage under the Medicare fallback.
6/26/03	Senate	Rejected	Session 1, roll call 258: On the Amendment Bingaman Amdt. No. 1066; To permit the establishment of 2 new Medigap plans for Medicare beneficiaries enrolled for prescription drug coverage under part D.
6/26/03	Senate	Rejected	Session 1, roll call 257: On the Amendment Rockefeller Amdt. No. 975, As Modified; To make all Medicare beneficiaries eligible for Medicare prescription drug coverage.
6/26/03	Senate	Rejected	Session 1, roll call 256: On the Amendment Sessions Amdt. No. 1011; To express the sense of the Senate that the Committee on Finance should hold hearing regarding permitting States to provide health benefits to legal immigrants under Medicaid and SCHIP as part of the reauthorization of the temporary assistance for needy families program.
6/26/03	Senate	Agreed to	Session 1, roll call 255: On the Amendment Grassley Amdt. No. 1092 as Modified; To evaluate alternative payment and delivery systems.
6/26/03	Senate	Rejected	Session 1, roll call 254: On the Amendment Dorgan Amdt. No. 1103; To reduce aggregate beneficiary obligations by $2,400,000,000 per year beginning in 2009.
6/26/03	Senate	Agreed to	Session 1, roll call 253: On the Motion to Table Motion To Table Durbin Amdt. NO. 1108; To provide additional assistance for certain eligible beneficiaries under part D.
6/26/03	Senate	Agreed to	Session 1, roll call 252: On the Amendment McConnell Amdt. No. 1102; To protect seniors with cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or Alzheimer's disease.
6/26/03	Senate	Passed	Session 1, roll call 262: On Passage of the Bill S. 1 As Amended; Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003
6/26/03	Senate	Agreed to	Session 1, roll call 251: On the Amendment Bingaman Amdt. No. 1065; To update, beginning in 2009, the asset or resource test used for purposes of determining the eligibility of low-income beneficiaries for premium and cost-sharing subsidies.
6/26/03	Senate	Agreed to	Session 1, roll call 250: On the Motion to Table Motion to Table Boxer Amdt. No. 1036; To eliminate the coverage gap for individuals with cancer.
6/26/03	Senate	Agreed to	Session 1, roll call 249: On the Amendment McConnell Amdt. No. 1097; To protect seniors who are diagnosed with cancer from high prescription drug costs
6/26/03	Senate	Failed	Session 1, roll call 261: On the Motion to Table Motion To Table Feinstein Amdt. No. 1060; To provide for an income-related increase in the part B premium for individuals with income in excess of $75,000 and married couples with income in excess of $150,000.
6/26/03	Senate	Rejected	Session 1, roll call 248: On the Amendment Edwards Amdt. No. 1052; To strengthen protections for consumers against misleading direct-to-consumer drug advertising.
6/26/03	Senate	Agreed to	Session 1, roll call 247: On the Motion to Table Motion To Table Harkin Amdt. No. 991 As Modified; To establish a demonstration project under the Medicaid program to encourage the provision of community-based services to individuals with disabilities.
6/25/03	Senate	Rejected	Session 1, roll call 246: On the Amendment Clinton Amdt. No. 1000; To study the comparative effectiveness and safety of important Medicare covered drugs to ensure that consumers can make meaningful comparisons about the quality and efficacy.
6/25/03	Senate	Rejected	Session 1, roll call 245: On the Amendment Durbin Amdt. No. 994; To deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices.
6/25/03	Senate	Rejected	Session 1, roll call 244: On the Amendment Graham (FL) Amdt. No. 956; To provide that an eligible beneficiary is not responsible for paying the applicable percent of the monthly national average premium while the beneficiary is in the coverage gap and to sunset the bill, and for other purposes.
6/25/03	Senate	Rejected	Session 1, roll call 243: On the Amendment Edwards Amdt. No. 985 As Modified Further; To strengthen protections for consumers against misleading direct-to-consumer drug advertising.
6/25/03	Senate	Agreed to	Session 1, roll call 242: On the Amendment Snowe-Bingaman Amdt. No. 972; To provide reimbursement for Federally qualified health centers participating in medicare manged care.
6/24/03	Senate	Rejected	Session 1, roll call 241: On the Amendment Dodd Amdt. No. 998; To modify the amount of the direct subsidy to be provided to qualified retiree prescription drug plans.
6/24/03	Senate	Rejected	Session 1, roll call 240: On the Amendment Dodd Amdt. No. 970; To provide 50 percent cost-sharing for a beneficiary whose income is at least 160 percent but not more thansa968 250 percent of the poverty line after the beneficiary has reached the initial coverage gap and before the beneficiary has reached the annual out-of pocket limit.
6/24/03	Senate	Rejected	Session 1, roll call 239: On the Amendment Lautenberg Amdt. No. 982; To make prescription drug coverage available beginning on July 1, 2004.
6/24/03	Senate	Agreed to	Session 1, roll call 238: On the Motion to Table Motion to Table Lincoln Amdt. No. 1002; To allow Medicare beneficiaries who are enrolled in fallback plans to remain in such plans for two years by requiring the same contracting cycle for fallback plans as Medicare Prescription Drug plans.
6/24/03	Senate	Agreed to	Session 1, roll call 237: On the Amendment Dayton Amdt. No. 957; To provide that prescription drug benefits for any Member of Congress who is enrolled in a health benefits plan under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, may not exceed the level of prescription drug benefits passed in the 1st session of the 108th Congress, and for other purposes.
6/24/03	Senate	Agreed to	Session 1, roll call 236: On the Motion to Table Motion to Table Boxer Amdt. No. 1001; To eliminate the coverage gap.
6/24/03	Senate	Agreed to	Session 1, roll call 235: On the Motion to Table Motion to Table Pryor Amdt. No. 981; To provide equal access to competitive global prescription medicine prices for American purchasers.
6/24/03	Senate	Agreed to	Session 1, roll call 234: On the Motion to Table Motion ot Table Dodd Amdt. No. 969; To permit continuous open enrollment and disenrollment in Medicare Prescription Drug plans and MedicareAdvantage plans until 2008.
6/24/03	Senate	Agreed to	Session 1, roll call 233: On the Motion to Table Motion to Table Rockefeller Amdt. No. 976; To treat costs for covered drugs as incurred costs without regard to whether the individual or another person, including a State program or other third-party coverage, has paid for such costs.
6/20/03	Senate	Agreed to	Session 1, roll call 232: On the Amendment Dorgan Amdt. No. 946 as amended; To provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals.
6/19/03	Senate	Agreed to	Session 1, roll call 230: On the Amendment Gregg Amdt. No. 945; To ensure that there is competition in the pharmaceutical industry and increased access to affordable drugs.
6/19/03	Senate	Rejected	Session 1, roll call 229: On the Amendment Daschle Amdt. No. 939; To ensure that an affordable plan is available in all areas.
6/19/03	Senate	Agreed to	Session 1, roll call 228: On the Amendment Enzi Amdt. No. 932 as modified and amended; To improve disclosure requirements and to increase beneficiary choices.
6/18/03	Senate	Rejected	Session 1, roll call 227: On the Amendment Stabenow Amdt. No. 931; To require that the Medicare plan, to be known as the Medicare Guaranteed Option, be available to all eligible beneficiaries in every year.