Latest Fact-Checks In Medicare

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Eugene DePasquale
Eugene DePasquale
stated on August 8, 2020 a tweet
Says Donald Trump's payroll tax deferral “could leave American workers liable for thousands of dollars during tax season and could potentially leave programs like Social Security and Medicare weakened.”
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • August 24, 2020
Priorities USA Action
Priorities USA Action
stated on May 19, 2020 in a TV and digital ad
Says President Donald Trump is trying to make $451 billion in Medicare cuts "in the middle of a deadly pandemic."
Mostly False
By Victoria Knight • May 29, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 27, 2020 a Facebook post
Hospitals get paid $750 for patients who die from the flu, $17,500 for COVID-19.
False
May 18, 2020
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on April 12, 2020 a tweet
“Some states, like Montana and Nebraska, are getting more than $300,000 in federal stimulus money per reported COVID-19 case. New York is the hardest-hit state and yet we are getting only about $12,000 per case.”
Mostly True
By Meghan Hall, Hannah Roesch • April 29, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 10, 2020 a Facebook post
Hospitals get paid more to list patients as COVID-19.
Half-True
April 21, 2020
Daniel Lipinski
Daniel Lipinski
stated on February 14, 2020 a TV interview
Says the Affordable Care Act “took money out of the Medicare trust fund.”
Half-True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • February 23, 2020
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 15, 2020 a speech in Las Vegas
Says Mike Bloomberg “opposed modest proposals during Barack Obama’s presidency to raise taxes on the wealthy, while advocating for cuts to Medicare and Social Security.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • February 18, 2020
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on January 7, 2020 newsletter from the Bernie Sanders campaign
"In 2018, Biden lauded Paul Ryan for proposing cuts to Social Security and Medicare."
False
By Amy Sherman • January 9, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on December 23, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar vowed "to remove senior’s ‘entitlements,’ Social Security/Medicare."
Pants on Fire!
By Daniel Funke • January 2, 2020
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on September 30, 2019 a tweet
"$575 billion cut from Medicare in Trump’s proposed 2020 budget."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 3, 2019
Tim Hugo
Tim Hugo
stated on September 10, 2019 a campaign mailer.
Dan Helmer "believes in abolishing our private insurance system."
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • September 18, 2019
Priorities USA Action
Priorities USA Action
stated on July 23, 2019 a digital ad
"Trump wants to cut (Medicare) just to pay for tax breaks to billionaires."
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • July 26, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on July 17, 2019 a speech at George Washington University
With Medicare for All, "study after study has shown that ... the average middle-class families will save $3,000 each and every year on their health care bills."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • July 22, 2019
Jess McIntosh
Jess McIntosh
stated on June 30, 2019 a TV panel
"Fifty percent of Republicans are in favor of Medicare for All."
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • July 2, 2019
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on April 30, 2019 a tweet
"The United States is the ONLY industrialized country without universal healthcare."    
True
By D.L. Davis • June 21, 2019
Greg Steube
Greg Steube
stated on May 28, 2019 a press release
"It’s estimated that in 2018 alone, dead people received $1 billion in benefits from Medicare, Medicaid, social security payments, and federal pensions."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • June 13, 2019
John Delaney
John Delaney
stated on April 13, 2019 a Tweet
"Most of home care is paid by government programs."
Mostly True
By Yanqi Xu • April 25, 2019
Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
stated on April 11, 2019 a town hall
"There is $50 billion a year wasted in the Medicare program."  
Mostly True
April 19, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 12, 2019 a speech to the International Association of Fire Fighters
The Trump budget "cuts $845 billion, almost a trillion dollar cut in Medicare."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 26, 2019
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on March 12, 2019 a tweet
Says President Donald Trump’s fiscal year 2020 budget "slashes investments in health care to pay for tax cuts to billionaires."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • March 20, 2019
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