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Patriot Majority USA
Patriot Majority USA
stated on February 12, 2014 a campaign ad
Says North Carolina Republican Senate candidate Thom Tillis "supports a plan that would end Medicare as we know it."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 14, 2014
Democratic Party of Virginia
Democratic Party of Virginia
stated on July 16, 2013 a TV ad.
"In his book, (Ken) Cuccinelli questions whether Medicare and Social Security should exist." 
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • July 22, 2013
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
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
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
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
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
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
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on September 25, 2012 a campaign commercial
Brendan Doherty wants "to repeal Obamacare, increasing drug prices for seniors."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 30, 2012
Phil Gingrey
Phil Gingrey
stated on August 14, 2012
Medicare "premium support" backed by Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan "is not vouchers."
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • September 17, 2012
Shelley Adler
Shelley Adler
stated on September 12, 2012 a video posted on YouTube
Says Congressman Jon Runyan has a "plan to raise Medicare costs $6,400 a year."
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • September 16, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on August 29, 2012 a speech at the Republican National Convention
President Obama "funneled" $716 billion out of Medicare "at the expense of the elderly."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 30, 2012
Jim Renacci
Jim Renacci
stated on August 15, 2012 a campaign email
Says Betty Sutton and House Democrats "gutted" Medicare by $741 billion to pay for Obamacare.
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • August 24, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on August 18, 2012 a speech in The Villages, Fla.
Says Obama puts "15 unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats in charge of Medicare, who are required to cut Medicare ... that will lead to denied care for current seniors."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • August 23, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 20, 2012 a radio ad
"In Florida, they're already talking about how the Ryan-Romney plan will end Medicare and replace it with a voucher."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • August 22, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 12, 2012 an interview on "60 Minutes"
Says Barack Obama "robbed Medicare (of) $716 billion to pay for ... Obamacare."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 15, 2012
American Commitment
American Commitment
stated on July 5, 2012 a TV ad
Bill Nelson’s vote for the Affordable Care Act "cuts $500 billion from Medicare to pay for new government programs."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • August 9, 2012
Scott Garrett
Scott Garrett
stated on July 29, 2012 an op-ed on NorthJersey.com
"The president’s health care law raids Medicare by more than $500 billion and creates a Medicare rationing board — a group of 15 unelected bureaucrats — to slow the growth of Medicare spending."
Mostly False
By Erin O'Neill • August 3, 2012
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on June 7, 2012 a news release
President Barack Obama’s health care reform "slashed $500 billion from Medicare."
Mostly False
July 11, 2012
Elizabeth Roberts
Elizabeth Roberts
stated on May 24, 2012 a debate on State of the State
"Massachusetts is reporting a trend far below the national trend in the escalation of health-care costs in this year."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 10, 2012
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