[zeugma]

And yet, you are reading it and painstakingly deciphering their BS legalese which is incomprehensible at first/second/third glance.
You’re doing it...keep going!
Stop reading their BS whenever you begin to sense utter confusion or disorientation but save your notes. Post those notes here on FR.
You’re a brave one and I appreciate your efforts. :)

I'll second that. They write these bills in the manner they do to obfuscate meaning. I've taken deep dives into legislation before and you'd be amazed at how powerful a single line of text saying something like this...

14 (1) in subsection (b)(4)—
15 (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking the first comma.

You can change the entire meaning of a sentance by striking, or adding a single comma. This kind of skulduggery is done all the time. 

[tarpit]

can you shed some light on this?

Page 147
Current Law
Section 188 of MIPPA established the Medicare Improvement Fund (MIF)available to the Secretary to make improvements under the original fee-for-service program under Parts A and B for Medicare beneficiaries. Under current law, $22.29 billion is available for services furnished during FY2014.

Chairman’s Mark
The Chairman’s Mark would eliminate the funding in the MIF.

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ps funny obama Quote: “Not a dollar of the Medicare trust fund will be used to pay for this plan.”

[khnyny]

Alex, I’ll take “skulduggery” for $300 please...

[hyperconservative]

Devious critters, aren’t they?