“Says President Donald Trump is trying to make $451 billion in Medicare cuts "in the middle of a deadly pandemic.”
What PolitiFact found
The $451 billion figure is accurate, but presented in a misleading way. It is not a direct program cut to beneficiaries. It is the result of lowering payments to providers. It also reflects a 10-year budget window.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Priorities USA Action (Democratic super PAC) made this claim around 19 May 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 29 May 2020, 10 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Priorities USA Action has 3 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 0 of them false or fake, 2 misleading or mixed and 1 true.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuwhJo6yuv8
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