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    Michael Hiltzik: Social Security and Medicare trustees confirm that GOP policies have hurt both programs

    by Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times Jun 06, 2018 3 minutes

    The publication of the annual trustees' reports for Social Security and Medicare has become the occasion for some of the most consistently uninformed reporting on government programs of the year.

    The release of both reports Tuesday was no exception. Within moments of their appearance, the Associated Press was tweeting, and later reported, that Medicare was projected to become "insolvent" in 2026, three years earlier than was projected last year.

    Actually, no: The Medicare report projected that its hospital insurance trust fund, which applies to Medicare Part A, will be depleted in 2026. But

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