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Mediacare users will experience some big shifts that are aimed to make the programbetter or cheaper to get, yet some may leave people upset, mainly if they are not r ...
The One Big Beautiful Bill triggers automatic $500B Medicare cuts under PAYGO, impacting seniors' healthcare access starting ...
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Medicare recipients overwhelmingly voted red in 2024. Now, Republicans just cut their Medicare, automatically, as a result of the BBB.
Thanks to the fact that they didn't put a PAYGO waiver in their MAGA Murder Bill, cuts could kick in automatically.
Medicare provides health insurance for about 68 million older adults and people with disabilities By Jessica Hall Last Updated: May 21, 2025, 4:22 p.m. ET First Published: May 21, 2025, 2:18 p.m. ET ...
Under current PAYGO (Pay-As-You-Go) budget rules, this would automatically trigger spending cuts across various federal programs-including a 4 percent cut to Medicare funding starting in 2026.
Though there is a 4% limit on Medicare cuts under sequestration, that still amounts to an estimated $45 billion in fiscal year 2026 and roughly $535 billion through 2034, according to the CBO.
Enacting this bill would increase the deficit by $2.3 trillion over a 10-year period, it estimated May 20. Under law, Medicare spending would be reduced by a maximum of 4%, or $490 billion.
The CBO said the GOP’s megabill would lead to $500 billion in cuts to Medicare. Two days later, 215 House Republicans voted for it anyway.