NEW: Rep. Buddy Carter’s Budget Vote Threatens Almost $500 Billion Cut to Medicare [WSAV]

GOP Senate candidate and “MAGA warrior” Rep. Buddy Carter’s support for the GOP budget bill could trigger almost $500 billion in automatic cuts to Medicare according to breaking new reporting from WSAV. This news comes as the U.S. House prepares for a final vote to pass the devastating bill, which would also cut nearly $900 billion from Medicaid.

Previously, Carter has been “very proud” of his support for cutting Medicaid, telling Georgians that he “advocated to make more substantial cuts,” and he “wanted to cut Medicaid more.” Now, Georgians are discovering how much more is at risk after Carter helped pass the bill.

WSAV: Seniors facing potential billions in cuts under Trump budget bill

• Ben Senger, WSAV: Top story tonight, almost $500 billion in automatic cuts to Medicare that could be triggered if President Donald Trump’s budget bill becomes law.
  
• Christine Queally, WSAV: This bill would lead to several cuts directly to federal programs like Medicaid or SNAP benefits also known as “food stamps” but the potential effects on Medicare would be more of a side effect of other conditions built into the bill.
  
• Christine Queally, WSAV: Yet a side effect that could still lead to cuts for millions of people who rely on Medicare.
  
• Kathryn Roseen: To be without medical insurance at a time in my life where I need it the most, oh my gosh it would be just awful.
  
• Christine Queally, WSAV: Kathryn Roseen is one of millions of Georgia seniors whose primary insurance coverage is Medicare. She’s also one of the millions at risk of having her benefits cut.
  
• Kathryn Roseen: Most people haven’t heard that seniors could potentially face $500 billion dollars, billion dollars, $500 billion dollars in automatic cuts, it’s heartbreaking.
  
• Christine Queally, WSAV: According to the Congressional Budget Office, the bill would increase the federal deficit by trillions of dollars, which experts say could trigger some spending cuts.
  
• Nicole Jorwic, Caring Across Generations: You will see people getting emails that they’re no longer qualified, or that their services are narrowing, or that the premiums that they’re going to have to pay out-of-pocket are exponentially higher.
  
• Christine Queally, WSAV: As the bill is written, there would still be significant cuts to Medicaid.
  
• Amber Christ, Justice in Aging: The bill would roll back rules that put in place protections to help people enroll and maintain that financial assistance.