Latest Fact-Checks In Medicare

Clear
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on February 25, 2014 a press release
Says Rick Scott "oversaw the largest Medicare fraud in the nation’s history."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • March 3, 2014
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on November 20, 2013 a speech at American Enterprise Institute
"The reason we have a national debt is not because of defense spending. What is driving our long-term debt are Medicare and Social Security programs."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • November 22, 2013
Mark Pryor
Mark Pryor
stated on November 13, 2013 a campaign ad
Says Tom Cotton "voted to turn Medicare into a voucher system."
Mostly True
By Julie Kliegman • November 19, 2013
Scott Brown
Scott Brown
stated on November 3, 2013 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
The federal health care law raises taxes and cuts Medicare.
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • November 3, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 1, 2013 an NPR interview
"At the time that (Medicare Part D) was passed (it) was actually less popular than the Affordable Care Act, according to the polls."
Mostly True
By Julie Kliegman • October 4, 2013
Peter Roskam
Peter Roskam
stated on June 12, 2013 an interview with Fox News
"Worldwide credit card transactions, the credit card fraud rate is 0.04 percent, compared to almost 8 percent, 9 percent, 10 percent of Medicare fraud."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • June 17, 2013
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on May 19, 2013 an interview on "Meet the Press"
Says Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told insurance companies "they couldn't inform their policyholders of what they thought the impact of Obamacare would be on them."
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • May 28, 2013
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on February 11, 2013 a letter to Ohio lawmakers
Federal spending on entitlements "is projected to consume all revenue by 2045."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • February 21, 2013
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on February 13, 2013 a radio interview
"Nobody in total is proposing cutting anything. We’re trying to reduce the rate of growth in government."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • February 20, 2013
Marcia Fudge
Marcia Fudge
stated on January 1, 2013 a news release
The so-called doc fix in the fiscal cliff deal will cut payments "for treating illnesses disproportionately impacting minorities, including end stage renal disease and diabetes."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • January 4, 2013
Priorities USA Action
Priorities USA Action
stated on October 31, 2012 a campaign ad
Says Mitt Romney "was director of a company that stole millions from Medicare."
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • November 2, 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
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 the first presidential debate
Romney "would turn Medicare into a voucher program."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders, Louis Jacobson • October 4, 2012
Upendra Chivukula
Upendra Chivukula
stated on August 31, 2012 an interview on NJToday
Says Republicans "have declared that they’re going to convert the Medicare program into a voucher program."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • September 10, 2012
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on August 15, 2012 an interview
Says U.S. Senate rival Tammy Baldwin wants a "completely government-controlled" health care system that goes "far beyond 'Obamacare'" and is "a Medicare system for all."
Mostly True
August 26, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 15, 2012 remarks at a campaign event
Says Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan "want to turn Medicare into a voucher system."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 16, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on March 6, 2012 a campaign speech in Steubenville, Ohio
"A little less than 50 percent of the people in this country depend on some form of federal payment, some form of government benefit to help provide for them."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 8, 2012
AFSCME
AFSCME
stated on January 20, 2012 a television ad
"While Romney was a director of the Damon Corporation, the company was defrauding Medicare of millions."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 23, 2012
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on June 13, 2011 a debate in New Hampshire
"There was a recent report out that the premiums for Medicare and the payroll withholdings are only paying about half the program. So it is not financially solvent."
Mostly True
June 14, 2011
Previous Next