Sec. 3. Point of order against privatizing medicare, limiting Federal funding for medicaid, or decreasing benefits in medicare or medicaid in reconciliation legislation
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Section 310 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ( 2 U.S.C. 641 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: It shall not be in order in the Senate to consider any reconciliation bill or reconciliation resolution reported pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget agreed to under section 301 or 304, or a joint resolution pursuant to section 258C of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, or any amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that would— increase the eligibility age under the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.); privatize or turn the Medicare program into a voucher system; block grant the Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.), impose per capita spending caps on State plans under such title, or decrease coverage under such program from current levels; or reduce or eliminate the ability of States to provide comprehensive and affordable health coverage through medical assistance to low-income, non-elderly individuals as established under section 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(VIII) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A)(i)(VIII) ).
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(1)may be waived or suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under paragraph
(1)and debate on such an appeal shall be limited to 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and controlled by the appellant and the manager of the reconciliation bill, reconciliation resolution, or joint resolution described in paragraph (1), as the case may be. .
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Point of order against privatizing medicare, limiting Federal funding for medicaid, or decreasing benefits in medicare or medicaid in reconciliation legislation
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