It initiated a Law Commission review to address care legislation and the rights and entitlements of citizens in respect of care.
Many Republicans were hostile to the managed care legislation that the House passed.
Mr. Hastert filled the managed care legislation with a little bit of everything.
Gini led a letter-writing campaign in 1959, alerting survivors in every state to write to their congressmen urging national attendant care legislation.
Mr. Lazio has supported Republican versions of managed care legislation that would have provided things like new tax deductions to help people pay medical bills.
It reinforces a commitment to preservation of the Hyde Amendment's policy restricting federal funds for abortion within the context of recent health care legislation.
Among the items on his must-do list are regulating public authorities more tightly and overhauling health care legislation, goals shared by many members.
Senate Democrats were also instrumental in forcing today's vote on the managed care legislation.
Health care lobbyists have been fighting for years to block Mr. Kennedy's managed care legislation.
The pursuit of long-term care legislation must be cautious but determined.