A Senate aide writes in an email that it appears that Harry Reid slipped in the provision to make it out of order for future Congresses to amend or repeal the Medicare cutting legislation after the bill was passed by the Finance Committee:
The Independent Advisory Board for Medicare was under jurisdiction of Finance Cmte. After looking at the legislative language for the Finance bill, I cannot find similar language as is included on Page 1020 of the new Reid bill in relation to Medicare advisory Board.