XXXX Opposed Providing Health Care to Pregnant Women. In 2008, XXXX voted against allowing pregnant women to be eligible for coverage under the State Children’s Health Insurance Program. [Vote 80, 3/14/08] *voted differently from McConnell  Prenatal Care is Critical to Children’s Health. “Babies born to mothers who received no prenatal care are three times more likely to be born at low birth weight, and five times more likely to die, than those whose mothers received prenatal care.” [Maternal and Child Health Bureau, HHS, accessed 3/14/08] XXXX Voted Six Times For SHIP Extension and Expansion. In 2007, XXXX voted six times for bi-partisan legislation to extend SCHIP funding and expand it by $35 billion over five years. The bill contained funding to provide coverage for an additional 3.2 ,million kids while including $100 million in funding to improve participation in the program. To offset the expansion, the legislation would have increased the tax on cigarettes by 61 cents to $1 per pack and raised taxes on other tobacco products. The bill would have provided coverage to pregnant women and dental coverage to children enrolled in the program. States would have to meet new requirements before being allowed to expand eligibility beyond 300 percent of poverty. [Vote 403, 11/1/07; Vote 402, 11/1/07; Vote 401, 10/31/07; Vote 353, 9/27/07; Vote 352, 9/27/07; Vote 307, 8/2/07; Financial Times.com, 8/2/07; DPC, 7/31/07]  Children’s Health Bill Would Have Covered Four Million More Children. The $35 billion expansion bill would cover almost 4 million uninsured children and one independent analyst “calculated that more than three-fourths of those kids live in families earning twice the poverty limit or less.” [Los Angeles Times, 9/26/07; AP, 9/26/07]  Bill Would Have Covered Over 51,000 Kentucky Children. In 2007, Kentucky had 111,000 uninsured children. The legislation would have provided a funding increase covering roughly 51,500 more children. [Families USA Report; CRS and CMS data] XXXX Supported S-CHIP Reauthorization. In August 2007, XXXX voted for S-CHIP reauthorization in the Senate. [Vote 307, 8/2/07; AP, 8/3/07] XXXX Voted For A GOP Bill To Reform Medicare, Medicaid, And S-CHIP. In 2000, XXXX voted to provide tax relief, to increase the minimum wage, to improve Federal health care benefits, to permit controlled substances to be used for pain management but not assisted suicide or euthanasia, and to reauthorize the Small Business Act (H.R. 2614). The bill would enact numerous reforms that would provide an additional $32 billion over 5 years to strengthen Medicare, Medicaid, and the S-CHIP program. The motion to proceed was agreed to, 55-40. [Vote 286, 10/26/00] XXXX Voted Against Increasing Cigarette Taxes to Help Children’s Health Insurance Programs. In 1997, XXXX voted against a motion to waive the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to permit consideration of the Kennedy amendment to S.949, which was an amendment to increase the excise tax on cigarettes by 43 cents per pack to provide $12 billion for children’s health insurance programs through Fiscal Year 2002. [Vote 149, 6/27/97] PATIENTS’ RIGHTS / MEDICAL MALPRACTICE XXXX Voted For Medical Malpractice Overhaul. In March 2013, XXXX voted in favor of Portman, R-Ohio, amendment no. 152 that would adjust the budget resolution to allow for a medical malpractice overhaul and provide reconciliation instructions for the Senate Judiciary Committee to report legislation that would reduce the deficit by $110 million in fiscal 2014 and by $63.8 billion by fiscal 2023. The amendment was rejected by a vote of 43-56 (D 1-51; R 42-3; I 0-2). [Vote 78, 3/23/13] XXXX Voted to Cap Malpractice Lawsuit Awards. In May 2006, XXXX voted to end debate on a bill that would have capped punitive damages for OBGYN’s accused of malpractice. The amendment would have capped 177