Sen. Rick Scott Clarifies Exemption of Social Security, Medicare in ‘Rescue America’ Plan

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) updated his 12-point “Rescue America” policy agenda on Friday, clarifying that the plan would exempt social security or medicare from the plan’s federal legislation renewal requirements.
Scott’s Rescue America plan included a proposal to “sunset” federal legislation every five years, subjecting all federal legislation to review before renewal.
“All federal legislation sunsets in 5 years. If a law is worth keeping, Congress can pass it again,” reads the sixth point of the original plan, which Scott rolled out in February 2022 as the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
This sixth point was updated on Friday to include “specific exceptions of Social Security, Medicare, national security, veterans benefits, and other essential services” in its proposed renewal requirements….}