Medicare Protection Act

Bill: 113-s-2087
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2014-03-06
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Budget process

Legislative rules and procedure

Medicare
Latest action: action_date: 2014-03-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1504)

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-03-06
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Medicare Protection Act - Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the eligibility age under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act should not be increased, and (2) the Medicare program should not be privatized or turned into a voucher system.</p> <p>Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, with respect to extraneous matter in reconciliation legislation, to require a provision to be considered extraneous if it eliminates or reduces guaranteed benefits for individuals entitled to, or enrolled for, benefits under Medicare or restricts the eligibility for such program. (Thus subjects such a provision to a point of order and stricken from the bill.)<BR> <BR> </p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2087 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 6, 2014 Mr. Pryor (for himself, Mr. Brown , Mrs. Shaheen , Mr. Merkley , Mr. Franken , Mr. Schatz , Mr. Udall of New Mexico , Ms. Warren , Mrs. Hagan , Mr. Whitehouse , Ms. Landrieu , and Mr. Begich ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget A BILL To protect the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to reconciliation involving changes to the Medicare program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Medicare Protection Act . 2. Sense of the Senate It is the sense of the Senate that— (1) the eligibility age under the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.) should not be increased; and (2) the Medicare program should not be privatized or turned into a voucher system. 3. Reconciliation involving changes to the Medicare program Section 313(b)(1) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 644(b)(1)) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (E), by striking and at the end; (2) in subparagraph (F), by striking the period and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (G) a provision shall be considered extraneous if it eliminates or reduces guaranteed benefits for individuals entitled to, or enrolled for, benefits under the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.) or restricts eligibility for such program. .