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    Michael Hiltzik: Trump's USA Today op-ed on Medicare is full of lies — but does anyone really believe he wrote it himself?

    by Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times Oct 10, 2018 4 minutes

    USA Today gave President Trump a big gift Wednesday by publishing a largely fact-free attack on the "Medicare for all" plan promoted by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), disguised as an op-ed written by Trump himself.

    In strictly factual terms, the op-ed bristles with lies and misrepresentations about Medicare for all, Medicare itself, Trump's own healthcare policies, and Democratic and Republican approaches to Medicare.

    But before we get to those points, let's cover a broader issue: The ethics of USA Today's publication of this piece.

    To begin with, although it bears Trump's name, does anyone actually believe he wrote it? The article's diction and syntax

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