Medicare Myths and Realities Resource Type: Article Published: 2012 Since medicare is an extremely popular social program, the media and right-wing politicians have learned that it is unwise to attack it directly. Instead, they propagate myths designed to undermine public support for, and confidence in, the health care system, with the goal of gradually undermining and dismantling it.
Ten Health Care Myths Resource Type: Article Published: 1995 Medicare's opponents have launched a sustained ideological attack on medicare. Their propaganda relies on myths and misrepresentations.