Given all the news, you'd be excused for meeting an AP article on Medicare budget cuts due to sequestration due to budget deficits.
See an August 15, 2025, AP article here.
The article builds on a May 20, 2025, letter from Congressional Budget Office to Repr. Boyle, Committee on the Budget.
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Would a $2.3T budget deficit triggger more PAYGO sequestration? Yes, a $2.3B ten year deficit would add $230B a year to the PAYGo scorecard. "OMB...would be required to issue a sequestration order...to reduce spending by $230B in FY2026."
How would that affect Medicare? Medicare reductions are limited to 4%, or $45B in 2026. The other $185B would be sequestered from other federal direct spending. Rising to $75B in 2023.
