S. 3118 - Preserving Access to Medicare Act of 2008
Medicare, physicians - Health policy. 110th Congress (2007-2008) View bill details
- Sponsor:
- Chuck Grassley
- Summary:
- Status:
- The bill has passed through committee and has been put on a legislative calendar.
There have been no votes on this bill.
Preserving Access to Medicare Act of 2008
S. 3118 — 110th Congress (2007–2008)
- Keywords
- Medicare, physicians
- Summary
- A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to preserve beneficiary access to care by preventing a reduction in the Medicare physician fee schedule, to improve the quality of care by advancing value based purchasing, electronic health records, and electronic prescribing, and to maintain and improve access to care in rural areas, and for other purposes. (by CRS)
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- Title
- A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to preserve beneficiary access to care by preventing a reduction in the Medicare physician fee schedule, to improve the quality of care by advancing value based purchasing, electronic health records, and electronic prescribing, and to maintain and improve access to care in rural areas, and for other purposes.
- Other Titles
- Preserving Access to Medicare Act of 2008
- Craig Thomas Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act of 2008
- Sponsor
- Chuck Grassley
- Co-Sponsors
- Subjects
- Health policy
- Access to health care
- Aged
- Aid to dependent children
- Ambulances
- Anesthetics
- Appropriations
- Budgets
- Business
- Cardiovascular diseases
- Cash welfare block grants
- Children
- Chronically ill
- Communication in medicine
- Communications
- Disabled
- Drugs
- Electronic data interchange
- Emergency management
- Emergency medicine
- Families
- Federal aid to education
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Hawaii
- Health insurance
- Higher education
- Home care services
- Hospital rates
- Hospitals
- Illegal aliens
- Imaging systems in medicine
- Immigrant health
- Immigration
- Kidney diseases
- Lung diseases
- Marketing
- Medicaid
- Medical care
- Medical education
- Medical fees
- Medically uninsured
- Medicare
- Medicine
- Old age assistance
- Physicians
- Prescription pricing
- Quality of care
- Rural affairs
- Rural health
- Sexual abstinence
- State and local government
- Technology
- Telecommunication
- Tennessee
- Welfare
- Related Bills
- Major Actions
Introduced 6/11/2008 - Bill History
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There have been no votes on this bill.
Action Date Description Introduced 6/11/2008 6/11/2008 Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. 6/11/2008 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5526-5529) Put on a legislative calendar 6/12/2008 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 776. Number Sponsor Date Offered Status
Total contributions given to Senators from interest groups that…
supported this bill
opposed this bill
Includes reported contributions to congressional campaigns of Senators in office during the 110th U.S. Congress, from interest groups invested in the vote according to MapLight, January 1, 2003 – December 31, 2008.
Contributions data source: OpenSecrets.org
Contributions data source: OpenSecrets.org
Contributions by Legislator
Name | Party | State | $ From Interest Groups That Supported | $ From Interest Groups That Opposed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel K. Akaka | D | HI | $22,550 | $1,000 |
| Andrew Lamar Alexander | R | TN | $72,750 | $0 |
| Alan Wayne Allard | R | CO | $0 | $0 |
| John Barrasso | R | WY | $118,350 | $0 |
| Max Baucus | D | MT | $165,880 | $8,500 |
| Birch "Evan" Bayh | D | IN | $112,600 | $0 |
| Bob Bennett | R | UT | $22,500 | $0 |
| Joe Biden | D | DE | $80,300 | $0 |
| Jesse "Jeff" Bingaman | D | NM | $81,430 | $4,000 |
| Christopher "Kit" Bond | R | MO | $108,845 | $0 |
| Barbara Boxer | D | CA | $120,645 | $4,000 |
| Sherrod Brown | D | OH | $268,659 | $13,000 |
| Sam Brownback | R | KS | $50,350 | $0 |
| Jim Bunning | R | KY | $82,950 | $0 |
| Richard Burr | R | NC | $251,657 | $0 |
| Robert Byrd | D | WV | $34,625 | $3,000 |
| Maria Cantwell | D | WA | $95,901 | $1,250 |
| Ben Cardin | D | MD | $179,550 | $10,450 |
| Tom Carper | D | DE | $27,190 | $1,580 |
| Bob Casey | D | PA | $143,025 | $14,800 |
| Clarence Saxby Chambliss | R | GA | $188,585 | $0 |
| Hillary Clinton | D | NY | $446,904 | $9,950 |
| Tom Coburn | R | OK | $234,732 | $0 |
| William Thad Cochran | R | MS | $28,000 | $0 |
| Norm Coleman | R | MN | $199,105 | $0 |
| Susan M. Collins | R | ME | $105,269 | $0 |
| Gaylord Kent Conrad | D | ND | $55,433 | $6,000 |
| Bob Corker | R | TN | $308,752 | $0 |
| John Cornyn | R | TX | $365,073 | $0 |
| Larry Craig | R | ID | $500 | $0 |
| Mike Crapo | R | ID | $31,577 | $0 |
| Jim DeMint | R | SC | $234,081 | $0 |
| Chris Dodd | D | CT | $43,450 | $7,800 |
| Mary Elizabeth Dole | R | NC | $112,898 | $250 |
| Pete Domenici | R | NM | $12,000 | $0 |
| Byron Dorgan | D | ND | $15,500 | $4,000 |
| Dick Durbin | D | IL | $118,600 | $4,000 |
| John Ensign | R | NV | $149,850 | $0 |
| Mike Enzi | R | WY | $33,800 | $0 |
| Russ Feingold | D | WI | $180,101 | $10,499 |
| Dianne Feinstein | D | CA | $95,550 | $3,200 |
| Lindsey Graham | R | SC | $89,950 | $0 |
| Chuck Grassley | R | IA | $192,501 | $2,000 |
| Judd Gregg | R | NH | $48,700 | $0 |
| Chuck Hagel | R | NE | $12,600 | $0 |
| Tom Harkin | D | IA | $178,749 | $5,000 |
| Orrin G. Hatch | R | UT | $56,150 | $0 |
| Kay Bailey Hutchison | R | TX | $160,699 | $0 |
| Jim Inhofe | R | OK | $51,113 | $0 |
| Dan Inouye | D | HI | $17,550 | $1,000 |
| Johnny Isakson | R | GA | $111,550 | $0 |
| Tim Johnson | D | SD | $93,529 | $8,000 |
| Ted Kennedy | D | MA | $93,400 | $1,800 |
| John F. Kerry | D | MA | $78,248 | $0 |
| Amy Klobuchar | D | MN | $53,655 | $7,500 |
| Herb Kohl | D | WI | $0 | $0 |
| Jon Kyl | R | AZ | $321,772 | $0 |
| Mary L. Landrieu | D | LA | $135,930 | $5,000 |
| Frank R. Lautenberg | D | NJ | $59,700 | $3,500 |
| Patrick J. Leahy | D | VT | $17,150 | $0 |
| Carl Levin | D | MI | $65,400 | $1,000 |
| Joe Lieberman | I | CT | $166,100 | $5,400 |
| Blanche Lincoln | D | AR | $115,550 | $6,000 |
| Dick Lugar | R | IN | $31,900 | $0 |
| Mel Martinez | R | FL | $213,512 | $0 |
| John McCain | R | AZ | $35,550 | $2,000 |
| Claire McCaskill | D | MO | $115,250 | $10,000 |
| Addison "Mitch" McConnell | R | KY | $311,325 | $0 |
| Bob Menéndez | D | NJ | $150,950 | $7,500 |
| Barbara A. Mikulski | D | MD | $38,150 | $9,000 |
| Lisa Murkowski | R | AK | $78,950 | $0 |
| Patty Murray | D | WA | $38,500 | $9,588 |
| Earl "Ben" Nelson | D | NE | $66,625 | $8,999 |
| Clarence "Bill" Nelson | D | FL | $189,169 | $5,000 |
| Barack Obama | D | IL | $177,513 | $3,750 |
| Mark L. Pryor | D | AR | $50,295 | $3,000 |
| John "Jack" Reed | D | RI | $39,200 | $2,400 |
| Harry Reid | D | NV | $190,450 | $6,000 |
| Charles "Pat" Roberts | R | KS | $117,150 | $0 |
| John "Jay" Rockefeller | D | WV | $85,650 | $2,000 |
| Ken Salazar | D | CO | $124,843 | $6,000 |
| Bernie Sanders | I | VT | $46,336 | $5,500 |
| Chuck Schumer | D | NY | $134,870 | $1,000 |
| Jeff Sessions | R | AL | $56,300 | $0 |
| Richard C. Shelby | R | AL | $6,050 | $0 |
| Gordon Smith | R | OR | $115,900 | $4,000 |
| Olympia J. Snowe | R | ME | $47,525 | $5,000 |
| Arlen Specter | D | PA | $302,315 | $5,000 |
| Debbie Stabenow | D | MI | $146,150 | $7,500 |
| Ted Stevens | R | AK | $36,400 | $0 |
| John Sununu | R | NH | $49,425 | $250 |
| Jon Tester | D | MT | $40,144 | $5,199 |
| John Thune | R | SD | $174,091 | $300 |
| David Vitter | R | LA | $267,806 | $0 |
| George Voinovich | R | OH | $213,666 | $2,000 |
| John Warner | R | VA | $0 | $0 |
| Jim Webb | D | VA | $43,295 | $1,550 |
| Sheldon Whitehouse | D | RI | $45,122 | $2,000 |
| Roger F. Wicker | R | MS | $136,725 | $0 |
| Ron Wyden | D | OR | $52,050 | $1,000 |
