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PolitiFact→ DeSantis Watch – Rep. Ron DeSantis backed raising Social Security and Medicare age; Gov. DeSantis has different tack

2023-03-15 "Ron DeSantis wants to raise the retirement age to 70." Go to site post…»

Poynter→ Fact-checking 6 claims in Joe Biden’s budget speech on the economy, taxes and Medicare

2023-03-13 President Joe Biden proposed a $6.8 trillion budget this week that would impose tax hikes on the wealthy to bolster Medicare’s finances ands provide additional money to expand social programs. […] The post Fact-checking 6 claims in Joe Biden’ Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: All Senior Citizens CANNOT Get Free $3,500 Grocery Card From Medicare In 2023

2023-03-11 Can all senior citizens get a free $3,500 grocery card from Medicare in 2023? No, that's not true: Neither the government nor Medicare are offering a free grocery card valued at $3,500 to all senior citizens in the United States. The clos Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Fact-checking 6 claims in Joe Biden’s budget speech on the economy, taxes and Medicare

2023-03-10 When President Joe Biden released his $6.8 trillion budget proposal for fiscal year 2024, he made several claims about the economy, tax rates and Medicare. Some of them were accurate, we found; others were unsupported. Go to site post…»

Health Feedback→ Analysis of alleged Medicare data by Steve Kirsch is flawed and doesn’t show COVID-19 vaccines increase mortality rate

2023-03-09  REVIEW  On 26 February 2023, entrepreneur Steve Kirsch published a Substack post with the headline “Medicare data shows the COVID vaccines increase your risk of dying”. Medicare is federal health insurance for people aged 65 and older in the U. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ National Republican Senate Committee . – No, Tammy Baldwin isn’t trying to take away Social Security and Medicare

2023-03-07 “Tammy Baldwin wants to take away” Medicare and Social Security. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ National Republican Senatorial Committee – No, Tammy Baldwin isn’t trying to take away Social Security and Medicare

2023-03-07 “Tammy Baldwin wants to take away” Medicare and Social Security. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Medicare Data Do NOT Show COVID Vaccines Increase Risk Of Dying

2023-03-03 Do Medicare data show that COVID-19 vaccines increase your risk of dying? No, that's not true: "There is no credible scientific evidence that COVID-19 vaccines are causing excess deaths," or deaths that wouldn't have otherwise happened, t Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ DeSantis Watch – In the House, Ron DeSantis voted to rein in Medicare spending. Is that a cut?

2023-02-22 "Ron DeSantis voted to cut $473 billion from Medicare." Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Tom Cotton – Proposed Medicare Advantage changes cannot accurately be called 'cuts,' experts said

2023-02-15 "It's President Biden who is proposing to cut Medicare Advantage." Go to site post…»

AllSides→ Biden Claims He Capped Insulin Costs for Medicare Enrollees

2023-02-09 https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/02/07/fact-check-biden-claims-he-capped-insulin-costs-for-medicare-enrollees/ Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Medicare Does NOT Offer Recipients A $2,888 Benefit Card For Food

2023-02-01 Are seniors on Medicare eligible for a benefits card that provides $2,888 in food assistance? No, that's not true: Medicare, the federal health insurance program for senior Americans, does not offer food benefit cards. The claim is a ruse Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Senate Majority PAC – Democratic group omits details of Budd votes on Social Security, Medicare

2022-11-08 “Ted Budd voted to cut Medicare and Social Security and voted to raise the retirement age, too.” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Maggie Hassan – New Hampshire GOP Senate candidate Don Bolduc has advocated privatizing Medicare and Social Security

2022-11-01 "Don Bolduc wants to cut trillions from Medicare and end Social Security." Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Rick Scott – Rick Scott repeats false claim that Democrats cut $280 billion from Medicare

2022-10-31 “All Democrats in the Senate and House voted to cut $280 billion out of Medicare just two months ago.” Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: GOP ‘Commitment To America’ Does NOT Say It Will Take Social Security From Disabled Veterans, Raise Medicare Age To 75

2022-10-24 Does the Republican "Commitment to America" say they will take Social Security away from disabled veterans, and raise the age for Medicare to 75 and take it away at 90? No, that's not true: The image of the plan proposed by Republicans le Go to site post…»

Washington Post→ Dissecting White House spin on Social Security and Medicare

2022-10-21 Benefit payments are going up and premiums are going down -- but that's not the whole story Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There’s NO New Stimulus Giving $440 A Month To Low-Income Americans Who Don’t Have Medicaid Or Medicare

2022-10-12 Is there a new stimulus package that is giving $440 a month to low-income Americans who don't have Medicaid or Medicare? No, that's not true: The claim offers no proof that the money is being distributed to people who do not have Medicaid Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ National Republican Senatorial Committee – Democratic bill didn’t 'slash' Medicare spending. It would get the same drugs, cheaper

2022-09-29 Sen. Raphael Warnock "voted with Biden to slash Medicare spending.” Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ Biden’s Misleading Boast on Medicare Premium Drop

2022-09-29 President Joe Biden boasted of a decrease in premiums for Medicare Part B as the “first” reduction “in more than a decade.” That’s true. But he neglected to mention the drop follows a large increase the prior year, partly Go to site post…»

Washington Post→ The false claim that Senate Republicans ‘plan to end Social Security and Medicare’

2022-09-27 It’s the final weeks of the election campaign, and Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) is relying on an old trope — a nonexistent GOP plan to eliminate popular old-age programs. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Biden mostly on track that Ron Johnson wants annual approval of Social Security and Medicare

2022-09-26 Says Ron Johnson "wants to put Social Security and Medicare on the chopping block every single year." Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ Medicare Prescription Drug Provisions of Inflation Reduction Act

2022-08-12 The reconciliation bill passed by Congress includes several provisions affecting prescription drug costs for Medicare beneficiaries. Democrats and Republicans offer opposing views on how the legislation will affect seniors. We’ll explain what the Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove Congress Intends To Cut $300 Billion From Medicare To Pay For Obamacare

2022-08-10 Is Congress considering a bill that would cut $300 billion from Medicare to fund Obamacare, former President Barack Obama's health care law? No, that's not true: The Inflation Reduction Act, which was introduced by congressional Democrats Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ American Prosperity Alliance – No, Senate bill won’t strip $300 billion from Medicare

2022-08-05 The Senate Democrats’ reconciliation bill “will strip $300 billion from Medicare.” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ American Commitment – Ad targeting Manchin, AARP misses on Medicare drug price negotiations

2022-07-25 Sen. Joe Manchin and AARP “support government price-setting schemes” to divert money from Medicare to “unrelated government programs or pad big insurers’ profits.” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Democratic Party of Wisconsin – Democrats still exaggerating GOP backing of Scott’s plan on Social Security, Medicare, taxes

2022-06-15 Republican politicians are pushing a plan "that could raise taxes on almost one in three Wisconsinites and sunset Social Security and Medicare in five years." Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ Democrats Misleadingly Claim ‘Republicans’ Plan’ Would ‘End’ Social Security, Medicare

2022-04-29 As part of his plan to downsize the federal government, Republican Sen. Rick Scott says he wants all federal legislation to “sunset” in five years, and “[i]f a law is worth keeping, Congress can pass it again.” Well, Social Secu Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee – Democratic ad exaggerates GOP embrace and scope of Scott's proposal on Social Security, Medicare

2022-04-06 “Senate Republicans’ plan" would "end Social Security" and "end Medicare." Go to site post…»

AllSides→ Examining Rick Scott’s Claim That Medicare, Social Security Will Soon Go ‘Bankrupt’

2022-03-30 https://www.factcheck.org/2022/03/examining-rick-scotts-claim-that-medicare-social-security-will-soon-go-bankrupt/ Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ Examining Rick Scott’s Claim That Medicare, Social Security Will Soon Go ‘Bankrupt’

2022-03-29 In promoting his plan to “rescue America,” Sen. Rick Scott went too far in claiming that Medicare will go “bankrupt” in four years and Social Security in 12 years. Government trustees project that certain Medicare and Social Sec Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Alex Lasry – Ron Johnson has not endorsed plan to phase out of Social Security, Medicare

2022-03-18 Says Ron Johnson "is supporting the Republican plan that phases out Social Security and Medicare." Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No truth to claim that Medicare is offering free dental care

2022-01-27 “Biden announces Medicare stimulus that provides free dental work to all Seniors who need it! Crowns and implants included.” Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ Viral Post Makes False Claim About Medicare Coverage of Dental Work

2022-01-27 Quick Take Democrats tried but failed to expand Medicare coverage to include dental benefits in the Build Back Better bill. Yet a Facebook post tells seniors they have until Jan. 31 to apply for “free dental work” under a recently announced Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ Viral Post Makes False Claim About Medicare Coverage of Dental Work

2022-01-27 Quick Take Democrats tried but failed to expand Medicare coverage to include dental benefits in the Build Back Better bill. Yet a Facebook post tells seniors they have until Jan. 31 to apply for “free dental work” under a recently announced Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Government Medicare Program Does NOT Offer A Flex Card

2022-01-14 Is the U.S. government's Medicare program providing "flex cards" to qualified seniors that allow them to spend up to $2,800 a year? No, that's not true: Flex cards -- attached to a flexible spending account with money put aside for specif Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Medicare ‘flex cards’ are not as advertised

2022-01-12 Senior citizens qualify for a Medicare “flex card” that pays for groceries, dental costs and prescriptions. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Medicare Limits Coverage of $28,000-A-Year Alzheimer’s Drug

2022-01-12 For Medicare to pay, patients taking Biogen’s Aduhelm medication will have to be part of clinical trials to assess the drug’s effectiveness. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Abby Finkenauer – Context needed for Grassley comment about Medicare vote

2021-12-17 Chuck Grassley was “voting to slash Medicare” when voting against the debt ceiling bill. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Rick Scott – Florida Sen. Rick Scott off-base in claim that Medicare premiums are rising due to inflation

2021-11-23 An increase in Medicare Part B premiums means “America’s seniors are paying the price for Biden’s inflation crisis.” Go to site post…»

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