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Carlos Curbelo
Carlos Curbelo
stated on September 18, 2014 a speech to a college GOP group
Social Security and Medicare are "a Ponzi scheme."
False
By Amy Sherman • September 24, 2014
Joe Garcia
Joe Garcia
stated on September 5, 2014 a Web ad
Says U.S. House candidate Carlos Curbelo "supported ending the Medicare guarantee."
False
By Amy Sherman • September 9, 2014
Alison Lundergan Grimes
Alison Lundergan Grimes
stated on July 10, 2014 a campaign ad
Says Mitch McConnell voted to raise Medicare costs for a current Kentucky senior by $6,000.
False
By Steve Contorno • July 10, 2014
Ralph Nader
Ralph Nader
stated on May 7, 2014 a radio interview
A majority of Americans "since Harry Truman days" support single-payer health insurance, or "full Medicare for all."  
False
May 14, 2014
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on April 1, 2014 a Facebook post
Says Charlie Crist supports "cuts to the Medicare Advantage program."
False
By Amy Sherman • April 9, 2014
Todd Young
Todd Young
stated on June 19, 2013 a letter to a constituent
"Nearly 70 percent of all federal spending will go towards Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid" in fiscal year 2014.
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 2, 2013
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on October 23, 2012 a debate
"The Ryan budget gets rid of Medicare in 10 years and turns it into a voucher program."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 2, 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
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
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
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
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on September 19, 2012 a TV ad
Says the "public option" considered in the health care law backed by U.S. Senate candidate Tammy Baldwin was "wildly unpopular."  
False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 1, 2012
Jon Runyan
Jon Runyan
stated on September 17, 2012 an interview with Townsquare Media New Jersey
Says "if we do nothing and continue to let Obamacare siphon off that $700 billion dollars off the top of it, Medicare goes away in less than 10 years -- certain accounts of it -- and it just falls apart at the seams."
False
By Erin O'Neill • September 20, 2012
Tennessee Democratic Party
Tennessee Democratic Party
stated on August 17, 2012 Tennessee Democratic Party press release sent via email in a version specifically cri
The "Health Care Compact bill would end Medicare's guaranteed benefit for Tennessee's Medicare recipients and shift management of the federal health care plan to the state's TennCare program."
False
By Tom Humphrey • September 7, 2012
James Clyburn
James Clyburn
stated on September 6, 2012 a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
When Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid were created, "Republicans stood on the sidelines"
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 7, 2012
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on August 9, 2012 a campaign flier
"(Brendan) Doherty wants to raise the eligibility age for Social Security benefits for anyone born after 1960, with no regard for the challenges it would cause for people working in physically demanding occupations."
False
By Tom Mooney • August 15, 2012
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on July 30, 2012 a news release
In 2010, Betty Sutton "voted to destroy Medicare."
False
By Stephen Koff • August 3, 2012
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 12, 2012 an op-ed piece
A study showed that President Barack Obama’s health-care reforms will "devastate Wisconsin" by pushing people off employer-sponsored insurance, driving up premiums, increasing dependency and making 122,000 people ineligible for Medicaid.
False
By Dave Umhoefer, Guy Boulton • July 29, 2012
American Crossroads
American Crossroads
stated on June 13, 2012 a TV ad.
Tim Kaine urged "$500 billion in Medicare cuts."
False
By Nancy Madsen • June 20, 2012
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