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Medicare Funding 'Crisis' Is a Myth

Leon County Judge John Cooper on June 30, 2022, in a screen grab from The Florida Channel.
The Florida Channel
Leon County Judge John Cooper on June 30, 2022, in a screen grab from The Florida Channel.

Health-care consultant Paul Gionfriddo of Lake Worth says the latest estimates on the Medicare Trust Fund makes clear that the funding "crisis" Republicans and anti-government activists have relentlessly cited in recent years is a fictitious hobgoblin, invented to serve political purposes.

Read his blog at Our Health Policy Matters.

Originally founded in December 2006 as an independent grassroots publication dedicated to coverage of health issues in Florida, Health News Florida was acquired by WUSF Public Media in September 2012.