H 1030 - Position: Author: Waters Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish a program to provide screenings and treatment for cancer to minority or underserved populations. H 1031 - Position: Author: Waters Authorizes grants to provide treatment for diabetes in minority communities. H 1032 - Position: Author: Waters Authorizes grants for treatment and support services for Alzheimer's patients and their families. H 1041 - Position: Author: Smith C Provides an enhanced funding process to ensure an adequate level of funding for veterans health care programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to establish standards of access to care for veterans seeking health care from the Department of Veterans Affairs. H 1078 - Position: Author: Capps To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of comprehensive cancer care planning under the Medicare Program and to improve the care furnished to individuals diagnosed with cancer by establishing a Medicare hospice care demonstration program and grants programs for cancer palliative care and symptom management programs, provider education, and related research. H 1090 - Position: Author: Lewis R Amends the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to preserve and strengthen the Social Security Program through the creation of personal Social Security guarantee accounts ensuring full benefits for all workers and their families, restoring long-term Social Security solvency, to make certain benefit improvements; relates to other purposes. H 1107 - Position: Author: Towns Treats expenses for certain meal replacement and dietary supplement products that qualify for FDA-approved health claims as expenses for medical care. H 1110 - Position: Author: Davis T Allows Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis; allows a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums. H 1155 - Position: Author: Johnson E To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to remove the exclusion from medical assistance under the Medicaid Program of items and services for patients in an institution for mental diseases. H 1178 - Position: Author: Towns Permits a physician assistant, when delegated by a physician, to order or provide post-hospital extended care services, home health services, and hospice care under the Medicare Program. H 118 - Position: Author: Davis Jo Amends Part D of Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate prices for Part D covered drugs for Medicare beneficiaries. H 1193 - Position: Author: Lewis Jo Improves the benefits under the Medicare Program for beneficiaries with kidney disease; relates to other purposes. H 1218 - Position: Author: Wu To amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate for lower prices for Medicare prescription drugs and to eliminate the gap in coverage of Medicare prescription drug benefits, to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate regulations for the reimportation of prescription drugs, and for other purposes. H 1277 - Position: Author: Butterfield To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to investigate how to eliminate the gap in benefits between standard coverage and catastrophic coverage under the Medicare prescription drug program under part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act. H 1282 - Position: Author: English To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for guaranteed issue of Medicare supplemental policies for disabled and renal disease beneficiaries upon first enrolling under part B of the Medicare Program. H 1432 - Position: Author: Waxman Prohibits brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market. H 1474 - Position: Author: Berry Requires the sponsor of a prescription drug plan or an organization offering an MA-PD plan to promptly pay claims submitted under part D; prohibits the inclusion of certain identifying information of pharmacies on explanatory prescription drug information and cards distributed by prescription drug plan sponsors. H 1521 - Position: Author: Kagen Removes the Medicare prescription drug benefit late enrollment penalty. H 1536 - Position: Author: Doggett To amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to assist low-income individuals in obtaining subsidized prescription drug coverage under the Medicare prescription drug program by expediting the application and qualification process and by revising the resource standards used to determine eligibility for such subsidies, and for other purposes. H 154 - Position: Author: Green G Amends Title II of the Social Security Act to phase out the 24 month waiting period for disabled individuals to become eligible for Medicare benefits, to eliminate the waiting period for individuals with life threatening conditions, and for other purposes. H 1665 - Position: Author: Ross Provides Medicare beneficiaries greater choice with regard to accessing hearing health services and benefits. H 1866 - Position: Author: Cuellar To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide payment under part A of the Medicare Program on a reasonable cost basis for anesthesia services furnished by an anesthesiologist in certain rural hospitals in the same manner as payments are provided for anesthesia services furnished by anesthesiologist assistants and certified registered nurse anesthetists in such hospitals. H 1902 - Position: Author: Rush Prohibits brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market. H 1912 - Position: Author: Bilirakis To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to cover hearing aids and auditory rehabilitation services under the Medicare Program. H 2105 - Position: Author: Chandler Prevents the abuse and exploitation of older individuals. H 2521 - Position: Author: Larson Provides loans and grants for fire sprinkler retrofitting in nursing facilities. H 3701 - Position: Author: Pallone Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to intensify programs with respect to research and related activities concerning falls among older adults. H 3809 - Position: Author: Kanjorski Amends the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Act of 1988 regarding the local coordinating entity of the tax-exempt Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor; provides for grants; restricts use of federal funds to acquire land; provides for termination of assistance. H 4288 - Position: Author: English Provides for coverage of annual preventive physical examinations under the Medicare Program. H 4704 - Position: Author: Waxman Provides for coverage of federally recommended vaccines under Medicare part B. S 1108 - Position: Author: Smith Amends title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide a special enrollment period for individuals who qualify for an income-related subsidy under the Medicare prescription drug program and to provide funding for the conduct of outreach and education with respect to the premium and cost-sharing subsidies under such program, and for other purposes. S 273 - Position: Author: Specter Amends part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate for lower prices for Medicare prescription drugs. S 316 - Position: Author: Kohl Prohibits brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market.

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