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Latest Fact-Checks In Medicare

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Jessica Ehrlich
Jessica Ehrlich
stated on October 8, 2012 a TV commercial:
Says Bill Young "voted twice for the Ryan budget that ends the current Medicare system."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • October 30, 2012
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on October 24, 2012 an interview:
Says she voted against the Medicare Part D prescription drug program "because it was unfunded."
False
By Tom Kertscher • October 30, 2012
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on October 18, 2012 a debate:
Says Democrats first proposed prohibiting the government from negotiating prices for prescription drugs in Medicare Part D and he "had nothing to do with" that provision in the law.
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • October 30, 2012
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on October 18, 2012 a debate:
Says U.S. Senate rival Tommy Thompson ran Medicare "into the ground" and "nine years closer to bankruptcy."
False
By Tom Kertscher • October 26, 2012
Workers' Voice
Workers' Voice
stated on October 1, 2012 a campaign flier:
Says U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Thompson supports a plan for "privatizing Social Security."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 25, 2012
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on October 17, 2012 a debate:
Says Connie Mack’s Penny Plan would cut "over $200 billion out of Medicare, over $1 trillion out of Social Security. ... $3 trillion out of defense."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • October 24, 2012
Charles Bass
Charles Bass
stated on September 26, 2012 an ad “Dancing,” released September 26, 2012.:
Ann McLane Kuster is "for a government takeover of health care more radical than Obamacare. And she supports a $700 billion cut to Medicare for current retirees."
Mostly False
By Jake Berry • October 22, 2012
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on October 16, 2012 a TV ad:
Says Tammy Baldwin "voted to gut Medicare for seniors."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 21, 2012
Ohio Republican Party
Ohio Republican Party
stated on October 19, 2012 an election flier :
"President Barack Obama (is) the first president in history to cut Medicare by $700 billion."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • October 19, 2012
Connie Mack
Connie Mack
stated on October 17, 2012 the Florida U.S. Senate debate:
Says Bill Nelson voted to cut $700 billion out of Medicare to pay for Obamacare.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 18, 2012
Rob Zerban
Rob Zerban
stated on October 4, 2012 a TV ad:
Says Paul Ryan’s budget plan "ends Medicare."
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • October 17, 2012
Ohio Republican Party
Ohio Republican Party
stated on October 15, 2012 an election flier :
"President Obama has worked to change Medicare for the worse" by "creating an unelected, unaccountable panel with the power to deny coverage of certain treatments."
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • October 15, 2012
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 11, 2012 a debate in Danville, Ky.:
"There's not one Democrat who endorses" the Romney-Ryan Medicare plan.
True
By Molly Moorhead • October 12, 2012
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 11, 2012 the vice presidential debate in Danville, Ky.:
Says Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan would "eliminate the guarantee of Medicare."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 12, 2012
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on September 27, 2012 an interview:
Says Tammy Baldwin supports a law "in which government will take over your decisions on medicine, on doctors and on hospitals."
False
By Tom Kertscher • October 10, 2012
American Crossroads
American Crossroads
stated on September 25, 2012 a television ad:
Says Bill Nelson "cast the deciding vote for Obamacare cutting Medicare spending by $700 billion and letting an unelected board decide what gets covered here." 
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 9, 2012
Robert Menendez
Robert Menendez
stated on October 4, 2012 a debate on NJTV:
Says Paul Ryan’s budget would turn Medicare into a "voucher."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • October 5, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2012 a debate in Denver:
Romney’s Medicare plan was estimated to "cost the average senior about $6,000 a year."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • October 4, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 3, 2012 a debate:
Says Barack Obama "put in place a board that can tell people ultimately what treatments they're going to receive."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 4, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2012 the first presidential debate:
Romney "would turn Medicare into a voucher program."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders, Louis Jacobson • October 4, 2012
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