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By Caleb McCullough • January 23, 2025 WinSenate stated on October 24, 2024 in a Facebook ad: “Kari Lake is threatening Social Security and Medicare.” By Mia Osmonbekov • November 4, 2024 Tammy Baldwin stated on October 18, 2024 in TV debate: Says opponent Eric Hovde “opposes efforts to negotiate with the big pharmaceutical companies to lower the price of prescription drugs.” By D.L. Davis • October 31, 2024 United Auto Workers stated on October 23, 2024 in a Meta ad: Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers “wants to cut Medicare and Social Security.” By Caleb McCullough • October 24, 2024 Donald Trump stated on October 17, 2024 in an ad: Vice President Kamala Harris “wants struggling seniors to pay more Social Security taxes while she gives Medicare and Social Security to illegals.” By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2024 Bob Casey stated on October 10, 2024 in a TV ad: To pay for extending the Trump tax cuts, Dave McCormick has “made clear he’ll slash your Medicare and Social Security, and cut Medicaid for nursing home care.” By Caleb McCullough • October 22, 2024 Jacky Rosen stated on August 13, 2024 in an ad: “Sam Brown publicly supported forcing massive cuts to Social Security and Medicare and was caught on tape saying he admires the plan to phase out Social Security and Medicare in five years.” By Seth A. Richardson • September 24, 2024 Jon Tester stated on September 6, 2024 in a Facebook ad: “Tim Sheehy told us his health care plan: ‘We need to return health care to pure privatization.’ That would eliminate Medicare.” By Louis Jacobson • September 20, 2024 Mike Rogers stated on August 16, 2024 in a blog post: Rep. Elissa Slotkin’s vote for the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act was a vote to “cut Medicare benefits for seniors.” By Caleb McCullough • August 28, 2024 Donald Trump stated on July 24, 2024 in a speech at a campaign rally in Charlotte, North Carolina: “Vice President, Kamala Harris cast the tie-breaking vote to cut, as you know, Medicare by $273 billion. She cast a vote to cut Medicare.” By Jacob Gardenswartz • August 15, 2024 Kamala Harris stated on July 30, 2024 in a rally in Atlanta: Donald Trump “intends to cut” Medicare. By Louis Jacobson • August 7, 2024 Facebook posts stated on April 18, 2024 in una publicación en Facebook: "Cualquier persona en Estados Unidos tiene derecho a la asignación para gastos de la tercera edad...miles de dólares al año y puede utilizarse en sus supermercados favoritos como Walmart, para hacer la compra". By Maria Briceño • April 25, 2024 Joe Biden stated on April 9, 2024 in an interview with Univision: Starting in 2025 "no matter what your total bills are for prescription drugs,” Medicare Part D users will never pay “more than $2,000 a year, because some of these cancer drugs are 10(,000 to) 15,000 bucks a year.” By Amy Sherman • April 18, 2024 Joe Biden stated on March 19, 2024 in a speech: Insulin for Medicare beneficiaries "was costing 400 bucks a month on average. It now costs $35 a month." 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Joe Biden Allow import of prescription drugs from other countries Biden FDA approves Florida request to import drugs from Canada, but state didn’t act | December 6, 2024
Joe Biden Repeal law barring Medicare from negotiating lower drug prices Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act will allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices | August 10, 2022
Donald Trump Make no cuts to Medicare Democrats say latest Trump budget cuts Medicare, but it’s not that simple | March 20, 2019
Barack Obama Create a National Commission on People with Disabilities, Employment, and Social Security No commission on the horizon | January 14, 2011
Barack Obama Amend the Medicare “homebound” rule to allow some travel without loss of benefits Obama administration hasn’t changed Medicare’s ‘homebound’ rule | November 30, 2012
Barack Obama Require that health plans utilize disease management programs Health care law expands requirements for disease management | January 14, 2013
Barack Obama Eliminate the higher subsidies to Medicare Advantage plans Health care law eliminates extra payments for Medicare Advantage | April 8, 2010
Barack Obama Allow Medicare to negotiate for cheaper drug prices Action unlikely before end of administration | April 25, 2012
Barack Obama Close the “doughnut hole” in Medicare prescription drug plan Health care bill will gobble up doughnut hole — eventually | March 26, 2010
Barack Obama Provide easy-to-understand comparisons of the Medicare prescription drug plans Drug plans are easier to compare | December 5, 2012
