Sen. Rick Scott Reintroduces Protect Our Seniors Act to Preserve Social Security and Medicare

January 29, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Rick Scott announced the reintroduction of his Protect Our Seniors Act to preserve and protect Social Security and Medicare. After four years of the Biden-Harris administration fueling inflation with reckless policies that pushed Social Security and Medicare closer to insolvency, Senator Scott’s bill will help protect the benefits of these important programs for those who depend on them.

 

Senator Rick Scott said, “As Florida’s U.S. Senator and the Chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, preserving the benefits of Social Security and Medicare is one of my top priorities. So many Floridians depend on these programs, and after four long years of Joe Biden’s reckless policies and high inflation pushing them closer to insolvency, we must take action to protect them and keep our promises to beneficiaries. My bill, the Protect Our Seniors Act, will safeguard the benefits of these critical entitlements by 1) establishing a rule to prevent cuts to Medicare and Social Security, and 2) ensuring that any savings to the Medicare program stay in the Medicare program. I’ll be working closely with my colleagues on the Committee and President Trump to get this bill passed, grow our economy to improve the long-term health of Social Security and Medicare and make Washington work better for our seniors. Together with President Trump, we can bring our nation into its golden age for all Americans, including those enjoying their golden years of life.”

 

Senator Scott’s Protect Our Seniors Act includes key provisions to protect the benefits of Social Security and Medicare and promote the long-term solvency of these critical programs:

  1. Creates a Budget Point of Order, and requires a two-thirds vote, against any legislation that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) determines would reduce or cut existing Medicare and Social Security benefits.
  2. Amends CBO scoring laws such that savings to Medicare cannot be used to offset or pay-for spending outside of Medicare.
    1. NOTE: This tactic was used by Democrats for the “infrastructure bill” as well as the Inflation Reduction Act where Medicare savings were used as ‘pay-fors’ for Green New Deal projects and other wasteful spending.

 

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