HealthCare Notes

10/10/12

EXCLUSIVE: Outside Groups Spend Millions On Ads Featuring Medicare Misinformation

EXCLUSIVE: Outside Groups Spend Millions On Ads Featuring Medicare Misinformation: The false claim that the Affordable Care Act of 2010 cut $716 billion out of Medicare has been oft-repeated in political ads and speeches in recent weeks. The law eliminates current over-payments to insurance companies, limits fraud and waste, and slows the growth of the program. Based on a Congressional Budget Office finding that repeal [...]/p