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Jon Runyan
Jon Runyan
stated on May 4, 2012 an interview on NJTV’s “On the Record”
Says "as we sit right now, Medicare, if we do nothing, will be gone in eight years, if we do nothing to it."
False
By Bill Wichert • May 20, 2012
Betty Sutton
Betty Sutton
stated on May 1, 2012 a campaign email
Jim Renacci "voted repeatedly to end Medicare."
False
By Tom Feran • May 11, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 4, 2012 a speech to the Newspaper Association of America
Says Barack Obama "is the only president to ever cut $500 billion from Medicare."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • April 4, 2012
Pat Boone
Pat Boone
stated on March 11, 2012 a television ad
"Medicare will be bankrupt in nine years."
False
By Tom Feran • March 29, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on March 6, 2012 a campaign speech in Steubenville, Ohio
After President Barack Obama’s health care law takes full effect, "100 percent" of Americans will "depend on some form of federal payment, some form of government benefit to help provide for them."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 8, 2012
Steve Rothman
Steve Rothman
stated on February 8, 2012 a speech on the House floor
"The Republicans just voted last year to end Medicare."
False
By Bill Wichert • February 19, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on December 10, 2011 a Republican presidential primary debate
"Only one president has ever cut Medicare for seniors in this country . . . Barack Obama."
False
By Molly Moorhead • December 12, 2011
National Taxpayers Union
National Taxpayers Union
stated on November 13, 2011 a newspaper advertisement.
President Obama plans to "impose a tax of at least 23 percent on the Medicare prescription drug benefit for low-income beneficiaries."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 22, 2011
Rob Cornilles
Rob Cornilles
stated on November 9, 2011 a speech.
Says Suzanne Bonamici "supports the $500 billion cut to Medicare passed last year."
False
By Ian K. Kullgren • November 14, 2011
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on August 23, 2011 a speech before the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce
The premiums on Medicare’s prescription drug program have fallen almost every year since it began.
False
By Willoughby Mariano • September 13, 2011
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 30, 2011 remarks at a campaign fundraiser
Says U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget proposal "eliminates Medicare" in 10 years.
False
By Dave Umhoefer • September 7, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on June 20, 2011 a campaign fund-raising letter
There is a Republican "plan to end Medicare."
False
By Stephen Koff • June 27, 2011
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on June 9, 2011 a news release
Says that Sherrod Brown "voted to cut Medicare by over $500 billion in order to fund government-run health care."
False
By Tom Feran • June 23, 2011
Scott Rigell
Scott Rigell
stated on June 3, 2011 a newsletter.
"The (national) debt really added up $75 trillion in 2010 and is on track to hit $99 trillion this year."
False
By Sean Gorman • June 9, 2011
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on June 1, 2011 an e-mail.
"Rep. Robert Hurt voted again today to end Medicare and raise health care costs for Virginia seniors."
False
By Jacob Geiger • June 9, 2011
Mike Haridopolos
Mike Haridopolos
stated on May 22, 2011 TV interview
"No one thought we could get a bipartisan bill (Medicaid) passed. We did in the Florida Senate."
False
By Katie Sanders • June 3, 2011
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on May 29, 2011 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"
The Medicare proposal by Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., would "allow insurance companies to deny you coverage and drop you for pre-existing conditions."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 1, 2011
Scott Fitzgerald
Scott Fitzgerald
stated on May 21, 2011 a speech at the state GOP convention
One of every two Wisconsin residents are "on some kind of government handout."
False
May 26, 2011
The Agenda Project
The Agenda Project
stated on May 17, 2011 an advertisement
The Paul Ryan budget proposal would leave the country "without Medicare."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • May 25, 2011
Tom Petri
Tom Petri
stated on April 29, 2011 a constituent newsletter
Says President Barack Obama’s debt commission recommended converting Medicare "to a system where Medicare participants are given a voucher to purchase insurance in the private market."
False
May 10, 2011
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