A bill to prohibit changes to Medicare and Medicaid in reconciliation.

Bill: 119-s-1903
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2025-05-22
Policy area: Health
Latest action: action_date: 2025-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3119)

Summaries:

tv_txt: II 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1903 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 22, 2025 Mr. Reed (for himself, Mr. Heinrich , and Mr. Markey ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget A BILL To prohibit changes to Medicare and Medicaid in reconciliation.

1. Prohibition on changes to Medicare and Medicaid in reconciliation Section 310(g) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ( 2 U.S.C. 641(g) ) is amended— (1) in the subsection heading, by striking the Social Security Act and inserting Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid ; (2) by striking recommendations with respect to the old-age and inserting the following: “recommendations with respect to— (1) the old-age ; (3) by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and (4) by adding at the end the following: (2) the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq. ); or (3) the Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq. ). .