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DemocratAmendment · S.Amdt. 622· Senate(119-SAMDT-622)

S.Amdt. 622

Rep. Merkley
Age: 70 years
Oregon
Introduced
2/20/2025
Sponsored by
Jeff Merkley
Cosponsors
None
Changes bill
119-SCONRES-7 — An original concurrent resolution setting forth 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.
  1. Introduced
  2. Pending Consideration

What this amendment would do

Mr. Merkley submitted SA 622, which aims to add a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to preserving health care providers' autonomy from health insurance company ownership.

  • The amendment allows the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate to revise allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in the resolution.
  • It permits adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger for legislation relating to the enforcement of antitrust laws.
  • This legislation may include prohibiting anti-competitive vertical integration in health care, or any health insurance issuer's ownership, operation, or control of a health care provider or management services organization that has a management services agreement with a health care provider.
  • The changes are allowed as long as the legislation would not increase the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal years 2025 through 2034.