To exempt Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid from any Federal balanced budget requirement, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-5466
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22]
Introduced: 2018-04-11
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget process

Medicaid

Medicare

Social security and elderly assistance
Latest action: action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-04-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill exempts Social Security benefits, payments under Medicare, and payments to states under Medicaid from any federal balanced budget requirement. </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5466 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 11, 2018 Mr. Deutch introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Budget A BILL To exempt Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid from any Federal balanced budget requirement, and for other purposes.

1. Exemption of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid from Federal balanced budget requirement Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the following programs and any outlays resulting therefrom shall be exempt from any Federal balanced budget requirement: (1) All Social Security benefits payable under title II of the Social Security Act. (2) Payments under the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act. (3) Payments to States under the Medicaid program under title XIX of such Act.