“All Democrats in the Senate and House voted to cut $280 billion out of Medicare just two months ago.”
What PolitiFact found
The law allows Medicare to negotiate with drugmakers over prices, enabling the government to pay less for certain prescription drugs. This is not a cut; it preserves the same level of benefits for less money.
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In short
Rick Scott (U.S. Senator, R-Fla.) made this claim around 30 October 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 31 October 2022, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
Rick Scott has 28 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 15 of them false or fake, 11 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- transcripts.cnn.comhttps://transcripts.cnn.com/show/sotu/date/2022-10-30/segment/01
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