To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to access to health care, which may include legislation preventing reductions in funding for Medicaid that could lead to benefit cuts, coverage loss, or slashed provider payments.

SA 2177. Mr. WARNOCK (for himself, Mr. Kelly, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr.
Wyden, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Reed, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Bennet, Mr.
Booker, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Kim, Mr. Schiff, Mr.
Hickenlooper, Ms. Hirono, and Mrs. Gillibrand) proposed an amendment to
amendment SA 1717 proposed by Mr. Graham to the concurrent resolution
H. Con. Res. 14, establishing the congressional budget for the United
States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034; as
follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ACCESS TO
HEALTH CARE, WHICH MAY INCLUDE LEGISLATION
PREVENTING REDUCTIONS IN FUNDING FOR MEDICAID
THAT COULD LEAD TO BENEFIT CUTS, COVERAGE LOSS,
OR SLASHED PROVIDER PAYMENTS.

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution,
and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or
more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between
the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to access
to health care, which may include legislation preventing
reductions in funding for Medicaid that could lead to benefit
cuts, coverage loss, or slashed provider payments, by the
amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes,
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over the period of the total of fiscal years 2025 through
2034.
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