Almost $500 billion in automatic cuts to Medicare could be triggered if President Donald Trump’s budget bill becomes law.
The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” passed in the Senate on Tuesday.
“Medicaid makes Medicare affordable. Medicare is really expensive. There are monthly premiums, co-pays, co-insurances, deductibles,” Managing Director of health advocacy at Justice in Aging Amber Christ said. “So, Medicaid pays for those costs for Medicare enrollees with low incomes, and the bill would roll back rules put in place to help people enroll and maintain that financial assistance.”
