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Protect Social Security and Medicare Act
To protect benefits provided under Social Security, Medicare, and any other program of benefits administered by the Social Security Administration or the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Summary
This bill would require a two-thirds supermajority vote in Congress (both the House and Senate) to consider any bill, amendment, or resolution that would reduce benefits provided by Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid. Any proposal to cut these benefits would be blocked from floor consideration unless two-thirds of members voting agree to allow consideration of that proposal. The bill includes an exception for provisions that reduce payments to Medicare Advantage plans only if those reductions are offset by equal or greater increases in other Medicare benefit payments. The Social Security Administration's Chief Actuary would be the sole authority for determining whether a provision would result in a reduction of benefits for purposes of this requirement.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI)
8 cosponsors
Actions (2)
- Mar 6, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Rules. · house
- Mar 6, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 6, 2025
Mr. Pocan (for himself, Mr. Doggett, and Mr. Frost) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Rules
A BILL
To protect benefits provided under Social Security, Medicare, and any other program of benefits administered by the Social Security Administration or the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Protect Social Security and Medicare Act”.
SEC. 2. SUPERMAJORITY VOTE REQUIRED TO CUT BENEFITS ADMINISTERED BY SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION OR CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES.
(a) Supermajority Vote Requirement.—A bill or joint resolution, or any amendment offered to a bill or joint resolution, which contains any provision which, if enacted, would result in the reduction of any existing benefit provided or administered by the Social Security Administration or the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services may not be considered in the House of Representatives or the Senate unless two-thirds of the Members present and voting agree to a motion to consider the bill, joint resolution, or amendment with the provision included.
(b) Exception for Payments to Medicare Advantage Plans.—Subsection
(a) does not apply to any provision which, if enacted, would result in the reduction of any payment made to a Medicare Advantage plan under part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-21 et seq.), but only if the provision would, if enacted, result in an increase in the amount of payments made for other purposes under title XVIII of the Social Security Act in an amount equal to or greater than the amount of the reduction in payment made to the Medicare Advantage plan.
SEC. 3. DETERMINATION OF REDUCTION OF BENEFITS.
During the consideration of a bill, joint resolution, or amendment in the House of Representatives or Senate, any determination regarding whether a provision in the bill, joint resolution, or amendment would, if enacted, result in a reduction described in section 2(a) or a reduction or increase described in section 2(b) shall be made solely on the basis of a determination made by the Office of the Chief Actuary of the Social Security Administration. <all>
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