“Medicare goes bankrupt in four years. Social Security goes bankrupt in 12 years.”
What FactCheck.org found
Bankruptcy claims could leave the wrong impression. Government trustees project that certain Medicare and Social Security trust funds would become depleted by then, but payments would continue, albeit at a reduced rate.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Rick Scott (U.S. Senator) made this claim around 27 March 2022. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 29 March 2022, 2 days later. Its rating was “Distorts the Facts”.
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
- Saved copy of the posthttps://perma.cc/4W78-83RF
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