To prohibit legislation that makes America sick again.

SA 8. Mr. KAINE (for himself, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Carper, Mr.
Udall, Mr. Booker, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Brown, Mrs. Shaheen,
Mr. Markey, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Cardin, Mr.
Casey, Ms. Stabenow, Ms. Warren, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Franken, Mrs.
Murray, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Coons, Mr. Sanders, Ms.
Hirono, Mr. King, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Wyden, and Mr. Merkley) proposed an
amendment to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 3, setting forth
the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal
year 2017 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal
years 2018 through 2026; as follows:

At the end of title IV, add the following:

SEC. 4__. DON'T MAKE AMERICA SICK AGAIN.

(a) In General.--It shall not be in order in the Senate to
consider any legislation that makes America sick again, as
described in subsection (b).
(b) Legislation Making America Sick Again.--For purposes of
subsection (a), legislation that makes America sick again
refers to any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment,
amendment between the Houses, or conference report that the
Congressional Budget Office determines would--
(1) reduce the number of Americans enrolled in public or
private health insurance coverage, as determined based on the
March 2016 updated baseline budget projections by the
Congressional Budget Office;
(2) increase health insurance premiums or total out-of-
pocket health care costs for Americans with private health
insurance; or
(3) reduce the scope and scale of benefits covered by
private health insurance, as compared to the benefits
Americans would have received pursuant to the requirements
under title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care
Act (Public Law 111-148; 124 Stat. 130) and the amendments
made by that title.
(c) Waiver and Appeal.--This section 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 this
section.
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