“And on my watch, for the first time in 10 years, seniors are getting an increase in their Social Security checks. So, checks are going to be up and Medicare payments are going to be down.”
What FactCheck.org found
The Part B premium drop follows a larger hike the prior year that was partly due to anticipated Alzheimer’s drug expenses, which ended up not happening. The Social Security increase is set by law and linked to inflation.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Joe Biden (President of the United States) made this claim around 1 November 2022. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 3 November 2022, 2 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Joe Biden has 509 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 140 of them false or fake, 281 misleading or mixed and 34 true.
This check was done by FactCheck.org, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.