Who are the cosponsors of home care legislation?
What follows is a list of congressmen and senators who have signed on as cosponsors of the Home Health Payment Fairness Act, which, if passed, would eliminate the 15% reduction in Medicare home health payments. The home care community is urged to contact congressional representatives to ask for support in this effort. The information was compiled by the National Association of Home Care in Washington, DC:
The Senate version, S 2365, has been cosponsored by these senators:
Susan Collins (R-ME);
Christopher "Kit" Bond (R-MO);
Max Baucus (D-MT);
James Jeffords (R-VT);
Jack Reed (D-RI);
Rick Santorum (R-PA);
Spencer Abraham (R-MI);
Patty Murray (D-WA);
Thad Cochran (R-MS);
Diane Feinstein (D-CA);
Ernest "Fritz" Hollings (D-SC);
Barbara Mikulski (D-MD);
Jeff Bingaman (D-NM);
Frank Murkowski (R-AK);
Tim Hutchinson (R-AR);
Charles Schumer (D-NY);
Robert Torricelli (D-NJ);
John Edwards (D-NC);
Patrick Leahy (D-VT);
Mike Enzi (R-WY);
Richard Lugar (R-IN);
Max Cleland (D-GA);
Chuck Hagel (R-NE);
Olympia Snowe (R-ME);
Robert Bennett (R-UT);
Slade Gorton (R-WA);
Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX);
Jesse Helms (R-NC);
Wayne Allard (R-CO);
Blanche Lincoln (D-AR);
Mike DeWine (R-OH);
Lincoln Chafee (R-RI);
John Ashcroft (R-MO);
Arlen Specter (R-PA);
Pat Roberts (R-KS);
Sam Brownback (R-KS);
George Voinovich (R-OH);
Carl Levin (D-MI);
Orrin Hatch (R-UT).
The House companion legislation is cosponsored by these representatives:
Wes Watkins (R-OK);
J.C. Watts (R-OK);
William Jefferson (D-LA);
John Peterson (R-PA);
Debbie Stabenow (D-MI);
Van Hilleary (R-TN);
Rick Boucher (D-VA);
John Conyers (D-MI);
Sanford Bishop (D-GA);
Chip Pickering (R-MS);
John Baldacci (D-ME);
Virgil Goode (I-VA);
Peter Hoekstra (R-MI);
Frank Lucas (R-OK);
John McHugh (R-NY);
James Barcia (D-MI);
Merrill Cook (R-UT);
Amo Houghton (R-NY);
Robin Hayes (R-NC);
Jack Metcalf (R-WA);
Joel Hefley (R-CO);
Ed Pastor (D-AZ);
Ralph Hall (D-TX);
James Clyburn (D-SC);
John Sweeney (R-NY);
Martin Frost (D-TX);
Max Sandlin (D-TX);
Bill Barrett (R-NE);
Bart Stupak (D-MI);
Pete Sessions (R-TX);
Cass Ballenger (R-NC);
Lane Evans (D-IL);
James Walsh (R-NY);
Barbara Lee (D-CA);
Sherwood Boehlert (R-NV);
David McIntosh (R-IN);
Bob Schaffer (R-CO);
Charles Bass (R-NH);
John LaFalce (D-NY);
Robert Weygand (D-RI);
Nick Rahall (D-WV);
James Hansen (R-UT);
Jim Kolbe (R-AZ);
Zoe Lofgren (D-CA);
James McGovern (D-MA);
Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX).
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