Latest Fact-Checks In Medicare

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Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on July 30, 2018 a video
Says the Koch Brothers sponsored "a study that shows that Medicare for All would save the American people $2 trillion over a 10-year period."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 3, 2018
Senate Majority PAC
Senate Majority PAC
stated on June 8, 2018 campaign ad
Says Kevin Cramer wants to cut Social Security and Medicare to pay for tax cuts.
Half-True
By Manuela Tobias • June 19, 2018
New Republican PAC
New Republican PAC
stated on June 11, 2018 a political ad
Says Bill Nelson voted for "cuts to Medicare providers" and voted to weaken "Social Security protections" as a U.S. senator.
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • June 15, 2018
Hakeem Jeffries
Hakeem Jeffries
stated on April 29, 2018 an interview on CNN
President Donald Trump’s budget "threatened to cut $2 trillion from Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid"
False
By Dan Clark • May 4, 2018
Ron Wyden
Ron Wyden
stated on March 29, 2018 a tweet
"Republicans in Congress are plotting to take away Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security."
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 5, 2018
Antonio Villaraigosa
Antonio Villaraigosa
stated on March 5, 2018 a news release
California’s single-payer healthcare proposal would "force seniors off of Medicare."
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • March 8, 2018
Doug Jones
Doug Jones
stated on September 27, 2017 an interview
Says Roy Moore "has advocated getting the federal government out of health care altogether, which means doing away with Medicaid, which means doing away with Medicare."
False
By John Kruzel • October 26, 2017
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on October 4, 2017 a Senate floor speech
"The Republicans are proposing to pay for their giant tax cut to the rich by gutting Medicare and Medicaid."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 6, 2017
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on September 17, 2017 an interview
"Private insurance companies in this country spend between 12 and 18 percent on administration costs. The cost of administering the Medicare program, a very popular program that works well for our seniors, is 2 percent. We can save approximately $500 billion a year just in administration costs."
Half-True
By Manuela Tobias • September 20, 2017
Stacey Evans
Stacey Evans
stated on June 12, 2017 a campaign video
"I helped win one of the biggest private lawsuits against Medicare fraud in history. The government declined to pursue the case, so my firm did, and we recovered $324 million for taxpayers."
True
By Manuela Tobias • July 14, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 30, 2017 an interview
Says of the GOP health care proposal, "pre-existing conditions are in the bill."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 1, 2017
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on January 5, 2017 a tweet
The federal government is prohibited "from negotiating lower prescription drug prices for our senior citizens."
True
January 17, 2017
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on January 3, 2017 an interview on MSNBC
Says Donald Trump campaigned on not cutting Medicare and Social Security, but his nominee for the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Tom Price, "made his career on cutting Medicare and Medicaid."
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • January 10, 2017
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on November 10, 2016 an interview
"Because of Obamacare, Medicare is going broke."
Pants on Fire!
December 23, 2016
Winning Democrats
Winning Democrats
stated on December 1, 2016 an article
"Trump’s Health Secretary Pick Wants a Medicare Phaseout by Summer 2017."
False
By Allison Graves • December 7, 2016
Patrick Murphy
Patrick Murphy
stated on October 26, 2016 a Florida Senate debate
Says Marco Rubio "said Social Security and Medicare have ‘weakened us as a people.’ "
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • October 27, 2016
Ted Strickland
Ted Strickland
stated on October 14, 2016 in a Ohio senatorial candidate debate
Says Sen. Rob Portman said, "It would be irresponsible not to cut Medicare."
Half-True
By Nadia Pflaum • October 20, 2016
Katherine Cloonen
Katherine Cloonen
stated on September 21, 2016 a campaign ad
"Lindsay Parkhurst wants to take away programs like Social Security and Medicare that seniors have earned throughout their lifetimes."
Pants on Fire!
By Kevin Hoffman • October 13, 2016
Senate Majority PAC
Senate Majority PAC
stated on September 14, 2016 a TV ad
Says "Marco Rubio wanted to cut Social Security and Medicare because he said they’re bankrupting our country."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • September 16, 2016
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on September 7, 2016 a campaign website
Says Patrick Murphy advocated for "cuts to Social Security and Medicare."
False
By Joshua Gillin • September 8, 2016
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