ASA Continues Opposition of Recently Released $11B Federal Cuts to Medicare

The American Society of Anesthesiologists continues to oppose the cuts to Medicare released recently in a sequestration report by the White House Office of Management and Budget.

ASA, along with 72 other medical organizations, wrote to Congress asking them to reach a bi-partisan agreement to pass legislation nullifying the Medicare payments cuts.

When the Budget Control Act's super committee failed to reduce the national deficit by $1.2 trillion over 10 years, the sequestration process began. Automatic, across-the-board cuts are scheduled to begin in January of 2013 and last for nine years. Cuts include 2 percent or $11.065 billion to Medicare spending.

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