What Vox Forgot To Tell You About Medicare: The Future Is Not Nearly As Rosy As Reported

Did you hear the great news? According to the latest Medicare Trustees report, “Medicare isn’t going bankrupt,” and Vox has a chart to prove it! Not only that, “slow health cost growth has improved Medicare’s financial outlook, extending the program’s trust fund to last until 2030.” That’s four years longer than last year’s forecast!

It all sounds great until you hear what Vox unaccountably elected not to tell its readers.  All those rosy Medicare predictions are based on a scenario that no one with any common sense should believe. All those rosy Medicare predictions are based on a scenario that no one with any common sense should believe.”

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