(Breitbart)—Democrats who benefit from Medicaid waste, fraud, and abuse are relying on studies from sympathetic radical-left groups — and advocates paid by the insurance industry — to fearmonger about reforms in President Donald Trump’s big, beautiful bill.
The scare tactics concern rural hospitals, with Democrats parroting talking points dubiously claiming more than 300 would be shuttered if Trump’s historic legislation becomes law. Their arguments push the narrative that rural hospitals benefit from excessive fraud, waste, and abuse in the Medicaid program, ignoring the financial burdens the current system places on state and federal governments that siphon resources from the most vulnerable — including in rural hospitals.
Democrats often rely on biased left-wing academics operating under a shroud of non-partisanship to influence public opinion. Breitbart News recently exposed the poor record and history of Democrat bias — and overwhelmingly-Democrat staff composition — of the non-partisan, taxpayer-funded Congressional Budget Office.
But the groups providing the information fueling Democrats’ claims about rural hospitals have even more overt Democrat ties and have pushed for radical policies such as gender mutilation surgery for minors and taxpayer-funded health coverage for illegal aliens.
Democrats are also relying upon their establishment media allies to champion the interests of those who have a financial interest in squeezing every dollar out of taxpayers, often relying solely upon bold, unevidenced claims — like that rural hospitals will somehow be hurt by Trump’s signature legislation.
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