FactChecking Trump’s Medicare Op-Ed
By Robert Farley, Lori Robertson and D’Angelo Gore – Factcheck.org In an op-ed for USA Today, President Donald Trump made a series of false and misleading statements about Medicare and health…
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(Fact Check) Trump’s False Medicare Math
By Eugene Kiely – Factcheck.org President Donald Trump on several occasions has taken credit for making Medicare “stronger.” In one instance, he said, “Medicare will be $700…
‘Extreme’ Use of Painkillers and Doctor Shopping Plague Medicare, New Report Says
by Charles Ornstein ProPublica, July 13, 2017, 9:30 a.m. In Washington, D.C., a Medicare beneficiary filled prescriptions for 2,330 pills of oxycodone, hydromorphone and morphine…