Lemhi County Democrats    

 

Our Elected Officials have accepted donations from health care lobbies:

 Health Benefits Coalition Contributions In the Senate

Name

1995-2000 PAC & Indiv Total*

1999-2000 PAC & Indiv Total*
Michael D. Crapo (R-Idaho)

$39,500

$1,000
Larry E. Craig (R-Idaho)

$34,530

$3,000

House Votes on Managed Care Reform*

Name

1999-00 Contributions from Health Benefits Coalition Members**

Vote on the Norwood Amendment*

Vote on the Final Bill*

Michael Simpson (R-Idaho)

$16,000

Y

Y

Data from http://www.opensecrets.org/news/mcare/

Michael Crapo on Health Care
 
  • Voted NO on limiting medical liability lawsuits to $250,000. (May 2006)
  • Voted NO on expanding enrollment period for Medicare Part D. (Feb 2006)
  • Voted NO on increasing Medicaid rebate for producing generics. (Nov 2005)
  • Voted NO on negotiating bulk purchases for Medicare prescription drug. (Mar 2005)
  • Voted YES on $40 billion per year for limited Medicare prescription drug benefit. (Jun 2003)
  • Voted YES on allowing reimportation of Rx drugs from Canada. (Jul 2002)
  • Voted NO on allowing patients to sue HMOs & collect punitive damages. (Jun 2001)
  • Voted YES on funding GOP version of Medicare prescription drug benefit. (Apr 2001)
  • Voted NO on including prescription drugs under Medicare. (Jun 2000)
  • Voted YES on limiting self-employment health deduction. (Jul 1999)
  • Rated 0% by APHA, indicating a anti-public health voting record. (Dec 2003)

Data from  http://www.govote.com/Senate/Michael_Crapo.htm

You can contact Mike Crapo at http://crapo.senate.gov/contact/contact.cfm 

 
Larry Craig on Health Care
  • Voted YES on limiting medical liability lawsuits to $250,000. (May 2006)
  • Voted NO on expanding enrollment period for Medicare Part D. (Feb 2006)
  • Voted NO on increasing Medicaid rebate for producing generics. (Nov 2005)
  • Voted NO on negotiating bulk purchases for Medicare prescription drug. (Mar 2005)
  • Voted YES on $40 billion per year for limited Medicare prescription drug benefit. (Jun 2003)
  • Voted YES on allowing reimportation of Rx drugs from Canada. (Jul 2002)
  • Voted NO on allowing patients to sue HMOs & collect punitive damages. (Jun 2001)
  • Voted YES on funding GOP version of Medicare prescription drug benefit. (Apr 2001)
  • Voted NO on including prescription drugs under Medicare. (Jun 2000)
  • Voted YES on limiting self-employment health deduction. (Jul 1999)
  • Voted NO on increasing tobacco restrictions. (Jun 1998)
  • Voted YES on Medicare means-testing. (Jun 1997)
  • Voted NO on medical savings acounts. (Apr 1996)
  • Rated 0% by APHA, indicating a anti-public health voting record. (Dec 2003)
  • Collect data on birth defects and present to the public. (Apr 1998)

Data from http://www.govote.com/Senate/Larry_Craig.htm

You can contact Larry Craig at http://www.senate.gov/~craig/contact.cfm

 

Mike Simpson on Health Care

Data from http://house.ontheissues.org/House/Mike_Simpson.htm

You can contact Mike Simpson at http://www.house.gov/simpson/contact.shtml

Deborah Steelman Collected Nearly $3 Million from Health Industry Interests with Major Stake in Medicare Reform

Regardless of what final recommendations the Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare makes, there are already two big winners: the pharmaceutical industry and managed care health plans. Another winner may have been the lobbying practice of Deborah Steelman. Appointed to the Medicare Commission by Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, Steelman and her law firm have reported nearly $3 million in lobbying fees from some of the biggest health-related companies and interest groups. Drug and managed care interests led the way, paying Steelman's firm $2.26 million (or 77% of her firm's $2.94 million in total lobbying income) in 1997 and the first half of 1998.

The centerpiece of Commission Chairman Senator John Breaux's proposed restructuring is to move Medicare beneficiaries into HMOs. The pharmaceutical industry has vowed to block any plan for Medicare to cover outpatient prescription drugs in a manner that includes - or could lead to - government negotiated prices or other federally-imposed cost controls that would make the benefit affordable.

 

http://www.citizen.org/congress/reform/drug_industry/contribution/articles.cfm?ID=936

 

 

 

Study Shows American People Want Good Heath Care and Are Willing to Pay for It

 

http://www.researchamerica.org/publications/AmericaSpeaks/AmericaSpeaksV6.pdf

 

Health Care Now has a plethora of information on single-payer health plans.

http://www.healthcare-now.org/

 

Groups unite on healthcare

January 16, 2007

http://thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/Business/011607_healthcare.html

 

 

 

 

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