Write Congress. was Re: PSYPHY: Kassenbaum-Kennedy bill - Bizarre Hazard to Fee-For-Service Care?
Jon A. Frederick
ptrodktl at US.ITD.UMICH.EDU
Thu Jun 6 16:56:45 EST 1996
On Wed, 5 Jun 1996, Robert C. Carson wrote:
> Jon,
> I'm far from being expert in such matters, but my impression is
> the bill is not yet ready for submission to the Pres., probably because
> of differences in the house/senate versions. I have no remedies but the
> old tried and true one: raise hell with your congresspersons.
I want to make this convenient for everyone. Here is a list of the email
addresses of the President, and every senator and represenative listed by
state. Does anyone have a sample letter that they can share (reply to
all)? Time seems to be of the essence here, and I haven't yet written mine.
Has anyone heard any more recent news on this subject which would be helpful?
President Bill Clinton, president at whitehouse.gov
U.S. Senate email addresses
Borrowed from http://www.digital-cafe.com/~webmaster/senate.html
AK Stevens, Ted senator_stevens at stevens.senate.gov
AR Bumpers, Dale senator at bumpers.senate.gov
AZ Kyl, Jon info at kyl.senate.gov
AZ McCain, John senator_mccain at mccain.senate.gov
CA Boxer, Barbara senator at boxer.senate.gov
CA Feinstein, Dianne senator at feinstein.senate.gov
CO Brown, Hank senator_brown at brown.senate.gov
CT Dodd, Christopher J. sen_dodd at dodd.senate.gov
CT Lieberman, Joseph I. senator_lieberman at lieberman.senate.gov
DE Biden, Jr., Joseph R. senator at biden.senate.gov
FL Graham, Bob bob_graham at graham.senate.gov
GA Coverdell, Paul senator_coverdell at coverdell.senate.gov
IA Grassley, Chuck chuck_grassley at grassley.senate.gov
IA Harkin, Tom tom_harkin at harkin.senate.gov
ID Craig, Larry E. larry_craig at craig.senate.gov
ID Kempthorne, Dirk dirk_kempthorne at kempthorne.senate.gov
IL Moseley-Braun, Carol senator at moseley-braun.senate.gov
IL Simon, Paul senator at simon.senate.gov
KY Ford, Wendell H. wendell_ford at ford.senate.gov
KY McConnell, Mitch senator at mcconnell.senate.gov
LA Breaux, John B. senator at breaux.senate.gov
LA Johnston, J. Bennett senator at johnston.senate.gov
MA Kennedy, Edward M. senator at kennedy.senate.gov
MA Kerry, John F. john_kerry at kerry.senate.gov
MD Mikulski, Barbara A. senator at mikulski.senate.gov
MD Sarbanes, Paul S. senator at sarbanes.senate.gov
ME Cohen, William S. billcohen at cohen.senate.gov
MI Abraham, Spencer michigan at abraham.senate.gov
MI Levin, Carl senator at levin.senate.gov
MN Grams, Rod mail_grams at grams.senate.gov
MN Wellstone, Paul senator at wellstone.senate.gov
MO Ashcroft, John john_ashcroft at ashcroft.senate.gov
MS Cochran, Thad senator at cochran.senate.gov
MT Baucus, Max max at baucus.senate.gov
MT Burns, Conrad conrad_burns at burns.senate.gov
NC Faircloth, Lauch senator at faircloth.senate.gov
NC Helms, Jesse jesse_helms at helms.senate.gov
ND Dorgan, Byron L. senator at dorgan.senate.gov
NE Kerrey, J. Robert bob at kerrey.senate.gov
NH Gregg, Judd mailbox at gregg.senate.gov
NH Smith, Bob opinion at smith.senate.gov
NJ Bradley, Bill senator at bradley.senate.gov
NM Bingaman, Jeff senator_bingaman at bingaman.senate.gov
NM Domenici, Pete V. senator_domenici at domenici.senate.gov
NV Reid, Harry senator_reid at reid.senate.gov
NY D'Amato, Alfonse M. senator_al at damato.senate.gov
NY Moynihan, Daniel Patrick senator at dpm.senate.gov
OH DeWine, Mike senator_dewine at dewine.senate.gov
PA Santorum, Rick senator at santorum.senate.gov
PA Specter, Arlen senator_specter at specter.senate.gov
RI Chafee, John H. senator_chafee at chafee.senate.gov
SC Hollings, Ernest F. senator at hollings.senate.gov
SC Thurmond, Strom senator at thurmond.senate.gov
SD Daschle, Thomas A. tom_daschle at daschle.senate.gov
SD Pressler, Larry larry_pressler at pressler.senate.gov
TN Frist, Bill senator_frist at frist.senate.gov
TN Thompson, Fred senator_thompson at thompson.senate.gov
TX Hutchison, Kay Bailey senator at hutchison.senate.gov
UT Hatch, Orrin G. senator_hatch at hatch.senate.gov
VA Robb, Charles S. senator at robb.senate.gov
VA Warner, John W. senator at warner.senate.gov
VT Jeffords, James M. vermont at jeffords.senate.gov
VT Leahy, Patrick J. senator_leahy at leahy.senate.gov
WA Gorton, Slade senator_gorton at gorton.senate.gov
WA Murray, Patty senator_murray at murray.senate.gov
WI Feingold, Russell D. senator at feingold.senate.gov
WI Kohl, Herb senator_kohl at kohl.senate.gov
WV Rockefeller IV, John D. senator at rockefeller.senate.gov
WY Simpson, Alan K. senator at simpson.senate.gov
U.S. House of Representatives Email addresses
Borrowed from http://www.youthcentral.apple.com/thevillage/speakers/house.html
ST DS PT Name E-Mail Address
__ __ __ ____________________ _________________________
AL 2 R Everett, Terry everett at hr.house.gov
AL 5 D Cramer, Bud budmail at hr.house.gov
AL 6 R Bachus, Spencer sbachus at hr.house.gov
AR 3 R Hutchinson, Tim timhutch at hr.house.gov
AR 4 R Dickey, Jay jdickey at hr.house.gov
AZ 2 D Pastor, Ed edpastor at hr.house.gov
AZ 5 R Kolbe, Jim jimkolbe at hr.house.gov
AZ 6 R Hayworth, J.D. hayworth at hr.house.gov
CA 1 R Riggs, Frank repriggs at hr.house.gov
CA 3 D Fazio, Vic dcaucus at hr.house.gov
CA 6 D Woolsey, Lynn woolsey at hr.house.gov
CA 7 D Miller, George gmiller at hr.house.gov
CA 8 D Pelosi, Nancy sfnancy at hr.house.gov
CA 10 R Baker, Bill bbaker at hr.house.gov
CA 12 D Lantos, Tom talk2tom at hr.house.gov
CA 13 D Stark, Pete petemail at hr.house.gov
CA 14 D Eshoo, Anna annagram at hr.house.gov
CA 15 R Campbell, Tom ca15 at hr.house.gov
(elected 12/12/95; e-mail address is generic)
CA 16 D Lofgren, Zoe zoegram at hr.house.gov
CA 17 D Farr, Sam samfarr at hr.house.gov
CA 19 R Radanovich, George george at hr.house.gov
CA 22 R Seastrand, Andrea andrea22 at hr.house.gov
CA 25 R McKeon, Howard tellbuck at hr.house.gov
CA 36 D Harman, Jane jharman at hr.house.gov
CA 37 D Tucker, Walter tucker96 at hr.house.gov
CA 42 D Brown, George E. talk2geb at hr.house.gov
CA 48 R Packard, Ron rpackard at hr.house.gov
CO 2 D Skaggs, David skaggs at hr.house.gov
CO 6 R Schaefer, Dan schaefer at hr.house.gov
CT 2 D Gejdenson, Sam bozrah at hr.house.gov
CT 4 R Shays, Christopher cshays at hr.house.gov
DE AL R Castle, Michael delaware at hr.house.gov
FL 5 D Thurman, Karen kthurman at hr.house.gov
FL 6 R Stearns, Cliff cstearns at hr.house.gov
FL 9 R Bilirakis, Michael truerep at hr.house.gov
FL 12 R Canady, Charles canady at hr.house.gov
FL 15 R Weldon, Dave fla15 at hr.house.gov
FL 20 D Deutsch, Peter pdeutsch at hr.house.gov
FL 23 D Hastings, Alcee hastings at hr.house.gov
GA 3 R Collins, Mac rep3mac at hr.house.gov
GA 4 R Linder, John jlinder at hr.house.gov
GA 6 R Gingrich, Newton georgia6 at hr.house.gov
GA 8 R Chambliss, Saxby saxby at hr.house.gov
GA 10 R Norwood, Charlies ga10 at hr.house.gov
GU AL D Underwood, Robert guamtodc at hr.house.gov
IA 2 R Nussle, James nussleia at hr.house.gov
ID 1 R Chenoweth, Helen askhelen at hr.house.gov
IL 1 D Rush, Bobby brush at hr.house.gov
IL 4 D Gutierrez, Luis luisg at hr.house.gov
IL 12 D Costello, Jerry jfcil12 at hr.house.gov
IL 13 R Fawell, Harris hfawell at hr.house.gov
IL 14 R Hastert, Dennis dhastert at hr.house.gov
IL 20 D Durbin, Richard durbin at hr.house.gov
IN 2 R McIntosh, David mcintosh at hr.house.gov
IN 3 D Roemer, Tim troemer at hr.house.gov
IN 4 R Souder, Mark souder at hr.house.gov
IN 8 R Hostettler, John johnhost at hr.house.gov
IN 9 D Hamilton, Lee hamilton at hr.house.gov
KS 1 R Roberts, Pat emailpat at hr.house.gov
KS 2 R Brownback, Sam brownbak at hr.house.gov
KS 4 R Tiahrt, Todd http://www.house.gov/tiahrt/guestbook.
html
KY 1 R Whitfield, Ed edky01 at hr.house.gov
KY 3 D Ward, Mike mikemail at hr.house.gov
KY 4 R Bunning, Jim bunning4 at hr.house.gov
LA 5 R McCrery, Jim mccrery at hr.house.gov
MA 6 R Torkildsen, Peter torkma06 at hr.house.gov
MA 9 D Moakley, Joe jmoakley at hr.house.gov
MD 2 R Ehrlich, Robert rallen at lattanze.loyola.edu
ehrlich at hr.house.gov
MD 3 D Cardin, Ben cardin at hr.house.gov
ME 2 D Baldacci, John baldacci at hr.house.gov
MI 2 R Hoekstra, Peter tellhoek at hr.house.gov
usavoice at hr.house.gov
MI 3 R Ehlers, Vernon congehlr at hr.house.gov
MI 4 R Camp, Dave davecamp at hr.house.gov
MI 7 R Smith, Nick repsmith at hr.house.gov
MI 8 R Chrysler, Dick chrysler at hr.house.gov
MI 13 D Rivers, Lynn lrivers at hr.house.gov
MI 14 D Conyers, John jconyers at hr.house.gov
MN 1 R Gutknect, Gil gil at hr.house.gov
MN 2 D Minge, David dminge at hr.house.gov
MN 3 R Ramstad, Jim mn03 at hr.house.gov
MN 4 D Vento, Bruce vento at hr.house.gov
MN 5 D Sabo, Martin msabo at hr.house.gov
MN 6 D Luther, Bill tellbill at hr.house.gov
MN 7 D Peterson, Collin tocollin at hr.house.gov
MN 8 D Oberstar, James oberstar at hr.house.gov
MO 2 R Talent, James talentmo at hr.house.gov
MO 3 D Gephardt, Richard gephardt at hr.house.gov
MO 8 R Emerson, Bill bemerson at hr.house.gov
MS 2 D Thompson, Bennie ms2nd at hr.house.gov
NC 2 R Funderburk, David funnc02 at hr.house.gov
NC 4 R Heineman, Frederick thechief at hr.house.gov
NC 5 R Burr, Richard mail2nc5 at hr.house.gov
NC 7 D Rose, Charlie crose at hr.house.gov
NC 9 R Myrick, Sue myrick at hr.house.gov
NC 10 R Ballenger, Cass cassmail at hr.house.gov
NC 11 R Taylor, Charles chtaylor at hr.house.gov
NC 12 D Watt, Mel melmail at hr.house.gov
ND AL D Pomeroy, Earl epomeroy at hr.house.gov
NH 1 R Zeliff, Bill zeliff at hr.house.gov
NH 2 R Bass, Charlie cbass at hr.house.gov
NJ 1 D Andrews, Robert randrews at hr.house.gov
NJ 7 R Franks, Bob franksnj at hr.house.gov
NJ 11 R Frelinghuysen, Rodney njeleven at hr.house.gov
NJ 12 R Zimmer, Dick dzimmer at hr.house.gov
NM 3 D Richardson, Bill billnm03 at hr.house.gov
NV 1 R Ensign, John ensign at hr.house.gov
NY 1 R Forbes, Michael mpforbes at hr.house.gov
NY 2 R Lazio, Rick lazio at hr.house.gov
NY 3 R King, Peter peteking at hr.house.gov
NY 7 D Manton, Thomas tmanton at hr.house.gov
NY 8 D Nadler, Jerrold nadler at hr.house.gov
NY 13 R Molinari, Susan molinari at hr.house.gov
NY 15 D Rangel, Charles rangel at hr.house.gov
NY 16 D Serrano, Jose jserrano at hr.house.gov
NY 17 D Engel, Eliot engeline at hr.house.gov
NY 18 D Lowey, Nita nitamail at hr.house.gov
NY 19 R Kelly, Sue dearsue at hr.house.gov
NY 21 D McNulty, Michael mmcnulty at hr.house.gov
NY 23 R Boehlert, Sherwood boehlert at hr.house.gov
NY 26 D Hinchey, Maurice hinchey at hr.house.gov
NY 27 R Paxon, Bill bpaxon at hr.house.gov
OH 2 R Portman, Rob portmail at hr.house.gov
OH 4 R Oxley, Michael oxley at hr.house.gov
OH 10 R Hoke, Martin hokemail at hr.house.gov
OH 15 R Pryce, Deborah pryce15 at hr.house.gov
OK 5 R Istook, Jr. Ernest istook at hr.house.gov
OR 1 D Furse, Elizabeth furseor1 at hr.house.gov
OR 3 D Wyden, Ron wyden at teleport.com
wyden at hr.house.gov
OR 4 D DeFazio, Pete pdefazio at hr.house.gov
OR 5 R Bunn, Jim askbunn at hr.house.gov
PA 7 R Weldon, Curt curtpa7 at hr.house.gov
PA 11 D Kanjorski, Paul kanjo at hr.house.gov
PA 12 D Murtha, John murtha at hr.house.gov
PA 13 R Fox, Jon jonfox at hr.house.gov
PA 15 D McHale, Paul mchale at hr.house.gov
PA 16 R Walker, Robert pa16 at hr.house.gov
SC 1 R Sanford, Mark sanford at hr.house.gov
SC 5 D Spratt, John jspratt at hr.house.gov
SC 6 D Clyburn, James jclyburn at hr.house.gov
TN 5 D Clement, Bob clement at hr.house.gov
TN 9 D Ford, Harold hford at hr.house.gov
TX 1 D Chapman, Jim jchapman at hr.house.gov
TX 2 D Wilson, Charles cwilson at hr.house.gov
TX 3 R Johnson, Sam samtx03 at hr.house.gov
TX 6 R Barton, Joe barton06 at hr.house.gov
TX 10 D Doggett, Lloyd doggett at hr.house.gov
TX 24 D Frost, Martin frost at hr.house.gov
TX 25 D Bentsen, Ken bentsen at hr.house.gov
TX 29 D Green, Gene ggreen at hr.house.gov
UT 2 R Waldholtz, Enid enidutah at hr.house.gov
UT 3 D Orton, Bill ortonut3 at hr.house.gov
VA 2 D Pickett, Owen opickett at hr.house.gov
VA 6 R Goodlatte, Bob talk2bob at hr.house.gov
VA 9 D Boucher, Rick ninthnet at hr.house.gov
VA 11 R Davis, Tom tomdavis at hr.house.gov
VT AL I Sanders, Bernie bsanders at igc.apc.org
WA 1 R White, Rick repwhite at hr.house.gov
WA 3 R Smith, Linda asklinda at hr.house.gov
WA 8 R Dunn, Jennifer dunnwa08 at hr.house.gov
WA 9 R Tate, Randy rtate at hr.house.gov
WI 1 R Neumann, Mark mneumann at hr.house.gov
WI 2 R Klug, Scott badger02 at hr.house.gov
WI 5 D Barrett, Tom telltom at hr.house.gov
WI 6 R Petri, Tom tompetri at hr.house.gov
WI 8 R Roth, Toby roth08 at hr.house.gov
WI 9 R Sensenbrenner, James sensen09 at hr.house.gov
WV 2 D Wise, Robert bobwise at hr.house.gov
WV 3 D Rahall, Nick nrahall at hr.house.gov
On Sat, 1 Jun 1996 JMRoraback at aol.com wrote:
>
>
> List members,
>
> I am forwarding this from another mail list with the thought that you may
> wish to be aware of the apparent provisions of this bill. Can anyone expand
> on this? It seems somewhat totalitarian in nature, to say the least.
>
> Dr. Rosenberg has given permission to forward this message to any other mail
> group which may be interested in this issue. Please feel free to do so.
>
> John Roraback, Ph.D.
>
> ----------- forwarded message ----------------
> Subj: Hazard to Fee-For-Service Care?
> Date: 96-05-31 23:24:18 EDT
> From: jordanr at CREATIVE.NET (Jordan Rosenberg)
>
>
> Wall Street Journal 5/30/96 p. A14
>
> Jane Orient finds the following provisions in the already passed House and
> Senate versions of the Kassenbaum-Kennedy bill:
>
> 5 years in prison for making a misstatement to your health plan (eg, failing
> to mention a pre-existing condition)
>
> 10 years in prison for intentionally misapplying any assets of the plan to a
> medically unnecessary service even if it helps you
>
> 5 years in prison for failing to turn over to a prosecutor the patient's
> records, even if it is you being prosecuted.
>
> Life in prison if a plan is defrauded in connection with a patient who dies
> (no mention of whether the fraud contributed to the death)
>
> $10000 fine for each instance of incorrect coding, even if honest mistake
>
> Fine or prison for those who transfer items for free or less than fair value
> (providing charity)
>
> Automatic seizure of property bought with money tainted by these offences.
>
> Paid informants; prosecutors keep fines and seized property
>
> Dr. Orient contends this makes health care very risky. However, the risk is
> only for providers in private practice. Those who work through an HMO are
> exempt. So is the HMO. If it does wrong it need only provide a plan of
> correction.
>
> I haven't seen the legislation but if the article is right it sounds
> devastating for fee-for-service practice. None of this is being debated,
> perhaps very few people know, and it should be addressed before the bill
> becomes law.
>
> Jordan Rosenberg
> jordanr at creative.net
>
>
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