Latest Fact-Checks In Medicare

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Bill Maher
Bill Maher
stated on April 15, 2011 an episode of HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher"
Under a proposal by Rep. Paul Ryan, people on Medicare will only have $15,000 from the federal government to spend on their health care.
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 20, 2011
Peter DeFazio
Peter DeFazio
stated on April 13, 2011 a House floor speech
"Medicare passed with virtually no Republican support."
False
By Louis Jacobson, Patrick Kennedy • April 15, 2011
MoveOn.org
MoveOn.org
stated on April 6, 2011 an email blast to supporters
The newly proposed House Republican budget "abolishes Medicare within 10 years."
False
April 11, 2011
Americans United for Change
Americans United for Change
stated on March 31, 2011 a news release.
Says Majority Leader Eric Cantor called for "abolishing Social Security and Medicare."
False
April 1, 2011
Darrell Issa
Darrell Issa
stated on January 2, 2011 CBS's "Face the Nation"
"We can save $125 billion in simply not giving out money to Medicare recipients that don't exist for procedures that didn't happen."
False
January 4, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 7, 2010 a press conference
When President Franklin D. Roosevelt started Social Security, "it only affected widows and orphans," and when Medicare began, "it was a small program."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 8, 2010
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on November 14, 2010 "This Week with Christiane Amanpour"
A recent report from the president's deficit commission was "completely empty" on controlling health care costs.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 16, 2010
George Pataki
George Pataki
stated on September 8, 2010 a speech at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
"Florida seniors are exempt" from losing Medicare Advantage under the federal health care bill.
False
By Amy Sherman • September 27, 2010
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on September 1, 2010 a statement.
Alex Sink wants to "cut Medicare."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • September 2, 2010
Ron Klein
Ron Klein
stated on June 28, 2010 a fundraising e-mail
"West has raised $2 million from those that would leave our beaches in ruins, end Social Security and Medicare, and give corporations free reign."
False
By Amy Sherman • July 1, 2010
Alex Sink
Alex Sink
stated on March 4, 2010 an interview with interview with the St. Petersburg Times/Miami Herald.
"Nobody has been talking about it (Medicaid fraud), focused on it, or paying attention to it."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • March 6, 2010
House Republican Conference
House Republican Conference
stated on September 22, 2009 an article on its Web site
Medicare officials have treated Humana and AARP inconsistently on how they can communicate with seniors.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 30, 2009
Howard Dean
Howard Dean
stated on August 25, 2009 an interview on the Rachel Maddow Show
"All the really great programs in American history, Social Security, was done without Republicans. Medicare was done without Republican support until the last vote where they realized they had to get on board."
False
By Catharine Richert • August 28, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 20, 2009 a forum with supporters
"If we went back to the obesity rates that existed back in the 1980s, the Medicare system over several years could save as much as a trillion dollars."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 24, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 20, 2008
"But if my opponent had his way, the millions of Floridians who rely on it would've had their Social Security tied up in the stock market this week."
False
September 22, 2008
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