S.Amdt. 1057

SA 1057. Mr. NELSON (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Casey, and Mr. Schumer) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 11, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE CONTINUED STRENGTH OF MEDICARE ADVANTAGE.

It is the sense of the Senate that--

(1) the changes to payments to Medicare Advantage plans enacted as part the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and retained as part of this resolution on the budget have resulted, since 2010, in an increase in Medicare Advantage enrollment of 42 and a decrease in Medicare Advantage premiums by 6 percent; and

(2) the Congressional Budget Office projects that in ten years, 45 percent of Medicare beneficiaries will be enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan.