To the editor:

The Big Beautiful Bill recently passed by the Republicans in the US Congress, including our own Representative Michelle Fischbach, will trigger significant cuts to Medicare. The Congressional Budget Office said that these cuts could take as much as $45 billion out of Medicare for fiscal year 2026. What's more, the amount cut from Medicare would increase in every subsequent year, resulting in total cuts of as much as $536 billion between 2026 and 2034.

The CBO released its analysis of the GOP's budget package on Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, and acknowledged that it would be required to issue a sequestration, which is essentially a cancellation of budgetary resources. The sequestration is required under the rules set out by the Statutory Pay‑As‑You‑Go Act of 2010 that requires spe

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