The House has passed the Bipartisan Budget Act, a two-year plan that would extend sequestration cuts through 2023.
Senate Budget Committee Chairman Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) released the proposal earlier this week. It includes $28 billion in spending cuts over 10 years by requiring the president to maintain sequestration cuts in 2022 and 2023, maintaining the reductions at the same percentage of budgetary resources that will be cut in 2021 in accordance with current law.
The deal has drawn criticism from the Federation of American Hospitals. FAH President Chip Kahn told The Hill he expects the proposal will pass, but the group still intends to lobby against the cuts next year. Following the plan's release, he released a statement saying the agreement "sustains bad budget policy" by maintaining and extending "arbitrary Medicare sequester cuts." He wrote members of Congress should oppose the budget deal because it threatens Medicare beneficiaries' access to care.
The Greater New York Hospital Association has also expressed disapproval, sending a memo to members saying the organization is "extremely disappointed" the agreement will extend sequestration cuts.
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