http://factcheck.org/2012/08/medicares-finances/
Medicare’s Finances
The Romney campaign has claimed that reductions in Medicare spending that are part of the Affordable Care Act hurt Medicare’s finances. But as Managing Editor Lori Robertson explains on Connecticut Public Broadcasting, the opposite is true. And such claims falsely imply that Medicare is losing this money and won’t get it back.
For a full explanation on how Medicare Part A’s trust fund works, see our Aug. 24 article “Medicare’s ‘Piggy Bank.’ “
POSTED BY LORI ROBERTSON ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2012 AT 5:53 AM FILED UNDER FACTCHECK.ORG ON THE AIR,OTHER MEDIA. TAGGED WITH MEDICARE.
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