Yes, really. Here are the receipts.
6 days after Extremity Care donated $5M to MAGA Inc, Trump delayed a Medicare restriction that would have removed coverage of their products because they do not have scientific proof of effectiveness. The delay cost taxpayers $2.3B.
Six days after the $5 million check, Trump attacked the pending rule on social media; 40 days after that, CMS delayed it — letting a company keep charging Medicare $11,051.10 per square inch of bandage. The $2.3 billion Medicare spent in just the months the rule was frozen...
The Times found Trump shared the company's own flyer attacking the price caps the day after its co-founder attended a Mar-a-Lago candlelight fundraiser. The 58 million-dollar donors on the same disclosure...
As the delayed rule's new deadline approached, the same company quietly put $2.5 million into the White House ballroom project. What CMS itself concluded about the company's products...