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markodochartaigh

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5. I've been hearing about these cuts

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Aug 16, 2025, 12:08 PM

Aug 16

on Brad Friedman's excellent podcast for a couple of months now. It is good to finally see it making the mainstream news. Apparently there is some possibility that if action was taken by Congress before the beginning of the fiscal year in October these Pay-Go cuts could be reversed. Perhaps the Democratic party could even use preventing Medicare cuts as leverage.

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Trump tax law could cause Medicare cuts if Congress doesn't act, CBO says [View all] BumRushDaShow Aug 16 OP

I'll probably die somewhere between those years anyway. Dem2theMax Aug 16 #1

Part B will be $500 a month bucolic_frolic Aug 16 #2

This is nothing new gab13by13 Aug 16 #3

I see an uptick of suicides in the coming years. Hey Joe Aug 16 #4

Nope, won't happen WestMichRad Aug 16 #6

I've been hearing about these cuts markodochartaigh Aug 16 #5

There won't be any Repuke support to overturn the effects of the 2010 law WestMichRad Aug 16 #7