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Defense DEF

Department of Defense Appropriations

Contacted: SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Capital Loss Carrybacks

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Retirement RET

HR 1332, Emergency Retiree Health Benefits Protection Act of 2009 (Retiree health insuraance)

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: H.R. 1332 (111th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

HR 1 ARRA (increase in FMAP and moratorium on Medicaid Regulations). HR 2 SCHIP, HR 904/S 547 (Medicaid drug rebates). HR 684/S 330 (establish Government PDPs). S 266 (government run negotiation of drug prices in Medicare.) S 75 (to promote generic drugs in Medicare). S 677 (means-test Part B premiums). S 1832 (to regulate Part D plan prices). S 960 (Medicare Buy-In for age 55-64). HR 3961 ("Doc Fix"). S. 2128 (MM Fraud & Abuse) S 1776 (SGR).

Contacted: SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: H.R. 3961 (111th), H.R. 1 (111th), H.R. 684 (111th), H.R. 2 (111th), S. 2128 (111th), H.R. 904 (111th)

Insurance INS

HR 1583 (McCarran-Ferguson). S 819 (Autism). HR 1253 (disclosure rules) HR 1691/S 688 (prohibit plan rescissions and establish minimum hospital stays for cancer patients) HR 1558/S623 ; also HR 1619, S. 643, HR 1092 (prohibit pre-existing condition exclusions). S. 442/ HR 1085 (prohibit aggregate lifetime limit) S. 697 /HR 1721 (Long Term Care) HR 975 (Mammography mandate) HR 1339 (Mandate to fcover deformities)

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: H.R. 1253 (111th), H.R. 1619 (111th), H.R. 1085 (111th), H.R. 1583 (111th), H.R. 1339 (111th), H.R. 1092 (111th), S. 697 (111th), S. 643 (111th), H.R. 975 (111th), H.R. 1558 (111th), H.R. 1691 (111th), H.R. 1721 (111th), S. 442 (111th)

Torts TOR

HR 1086 (Medical Malpractice liability reform)

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: H.R. 1086 (111th)

Health Issues HCR

S 1796, S 1679, HR 3962, HR 3590 (Health Care Reform). HR 1204 (Antitrust exemption for pharmacists) HR 1493 (Antitrust exemption for physicians) HR 1 (COBRA coverage subsidy; comparative effectiveness, wellness, HIT). HR 1427/S 726/ HR 1548 (FDA PAthway to approve generic Biopharmaceutical medicines). S. 369/HR 1706 (Generic/brand settlements). S. 93 (establish FEHBP for small employers) S 391/HR 1321 (National health) HR 676/S. 703 (single payer); PL 111-148; PL 111-152.

Contacted: SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: S. 93 (111th), H.R. 1706 (111th), H.R. 1548 (111th), H.R. 3590 (111th), H.R. 1493 (111th), H.R. 676 (111th), H.R. 1427 (111th), H.R. 3962 (111th), H.R. 1321 (111th), S. 369 (111th), S. 703 (111th), H.R. 1204 (111th), H.R. 1 (111th)