claim: medicare is "going broke. the trust fund goes bankrupt in 2026."
author: paul ryan
evidence_1: jun 6, 2018 ... medicare is not going broke in 2026. ... it anticipated the aging boomers,  medicare built up a trust fund while its costs were relatively low.
evidence_2: jul 3, 2018 ... even in 2026, when the hi trust fund is projected to be depleted, incoming ... year  at levels that cover about 25 percent of costs; general revenues pay the ... of  medicare will become insolvent at any point — because they can't.
evidence_3: jun 5, 2018 ... medicare will become insolvent in 2026 — three years earlier than ... its giant  trust fund for inpatient care wouldn't be able to fully cover projected medical ...  social security and medicare account for about 40% of government ...
evidence_4: jun 5, 2018 ... the program is now expected to deplete its funds by 2026, down ... aging  population cut the life expectancy of medicare's trust fund to just 8 years. ... and  trustees warned the program would be insolvent by 2034. ... however, the fund  for retirees is expected to go broke a year sooner than earlier projections.
evidence_5: jun 5, 2018 ... medicare's hospital trust fund is expected to run out of money in 2026, three  years earlier than previously projected, the program's trustees said ...