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
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
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
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!
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
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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