That is the One Big Beautiful (but really Ugly) Bill. 

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse gives a brief explanation: !Minute:

Remember how MAGAs claimed that the Trump bill that they ran through congress would not in any way affect Medicare? This may be hard to believe, but they lied. In Iowa each of our representatives and senators looked us right in the eye and lied to us. 

Senator Whitehouse gave us the very basic reason behind the coming crisis in Medicare. An analysis by Stephen Groves of the AP fleshes it out a little bit more. The simple explanation is that the PAYGO legislation that was forced on the country during the crazy Tea Party phase will now put a major hurt on Medicare in a couple of years as the deficit due to the OBB(U)B deepens the debt: 

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal budget deficits caused by President Donald Trump’s tax and spending law could trigger automatic cuts to Medicare if Congress does not act, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office reported Friday.

The CBO estimates that Medicare, the federal health insurance program for Americans over age 65, could potentially see as much as $491 billion in cuts from 2027 to 2034 if Congress does not act to mitigate a 2010 law that forces across-the-board cuts to many federal programs once legislation increases the federal deficit. The latest report from CBO showed how Trump’s signature tax and spending law could put new pressure on federal programs that are bedrocks of the American social safety net.

Trump and Republicans pledged not to cut Medicare as part of the legislation, but the estimated $3.4 trillion that the law adds to the federal deficit over the next decade means that many Medicare programs could still see cuts. In the past, Congress has always acted to mitigate cuts to Medicare and other programs, but it would take some bipartisan cooperation to do so.

Democrats, who requested the analysis from CBO, jumped on the potential cuts.

“Republicans knew their tax breaks for billionaires would force over half a trillion dollars in Medicare cuts — and they did it anyway,” said Rep. Brendan F. Boyle, the top Democrat on the House Budget Committee, in a statement. “American families simply cannot afford Donald Trump’s attacks on Medicare, Medicaid, and Obamacare.”

Hospitals in rural parts of the country are already grappling with cuts to Medicaid, which is available to people with low incomes, and cuts to Medicare could exacerbate their shortfalls.

As Republicans muscled the bill through Congress and are now selling it to voters back home, they have been highly critical of how CBO has analyzed the bill. They have also argued that the tax cuts will spur economic growth and pointed to $50 billion in funding for rural hospitals that was included in the package.

Even before that Seniors and others on Medicare will see raises in supplemental insurance. And of course those who use Medicaid as their supplemental to Medicare will be seeing huge cuts in that when those cuts kick in, in 2027 right after the election.

I would also not be surprised to see MAGAs use this impending screw. Job to force those of us who are still on traditional Medicare into their gawd-awful {not really} Medicare {with no} Advantage. Remember that is regular for profit health insurance that insurance companies are making a killing off of.

MAGAs thought they could fool us by using a back door to cut Medicare. They didn’t. Since they have passed that gawd-awful bill and the FIWH [Felon In the White House] will be there until 2029 it is unlikely that any portion of the bill will be fixed. However, voting for Democrats for national office can help set the stage for a quick reversal when MAGAs are voted out in 2028.

So do yourself and your fellow Americans a real favor next year and vote against those who screwed you over and vote for the Democrats who will help you. You can help yourself!