A new health care ad from a conservative group claims that "Medicare will be bankrupt in eight years." That gives a false impression. The program does have huge financial problems, but there's no reason to think it's going out of business as the word "bankrupt" implies. Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins - via FactCheck
Well-researched story debunking a claim of inevitable bankruptcy of the Medicare system. My only concern is that Dr. Siems is listed as a "family doctor," even though she is not listed as a board certified family physician by the American Board of Family Medicine or as a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians, nor is completion of a family medicine residency mentioned on any of the web information I located. It is possible that she might better be listed as a "general practitioner," rather than as a "family doctor," which implies residency completion and board certification.
