A resolution urging the protection of Medicare from the devastating cuts caused by H.R. 1.

This Senate resolution states that the Senate should protect Medicare from automatic, across-the-board spending cuts (called sequestration) that it says will be triggered by H.R. 1, the 2025 budget reconciliation law. It cites Congressional Budget Office estimates that the law will add $4.1 trillion to the deficit and that sequestration would cut Medicare by $45 billion in 2026 and $536 billion through 2034. It also says the Senate should safeguard seniors' Medicare benefits and related social services. The resolution expresses the Senate's position and does not change any law on its own.

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• Sheldon Whitehouse Democrat sponsor
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