REALIGNMENT OF THE MEDICARE SEQUESTER FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024.

SEC. 222. REALIGNMENT OF THE MEDICARE SEQUESTER FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024. Paragraph (6) (relating to implementing direct spending reductions) of section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901a) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: “(D) Notwithstanding the 2 percent limit specified in subparagraph (A) for payments for the Medicare programs specified in section 256(d), the sequestration order of the President under such subparagraph for fiscal year 2024 shall be applied to such payments so that— “(i) with respect to the first 6 months in which such order is effective for such fiscal year, the payment reduction shall be 4.0 percent; and “(ii) with respect to the second 6 months in which such order is so effective for such fiscal year, the payment reduction shall be 0.0 percent.” .