“Says Sen. Martha McSally “supported a plan to turn Medicare into a voucher program and ‘shift costs’ onto seniors” and “even supported raising the retirement age.”
Mark Kelly
Democratic candidate for Senate in Arizona. in campaign website. Claim dated 2 Sep 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly True
What PolitiFact found
McSally has a mixed voting record on a transition of Medicare into a premium support or voucher program. McSally in 2012 stated support for potentially raising the retirement age.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Mark Kelly (Democratic candidate for Senate in Arizona) made this claim around 2 September 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 14 September 2020, 12 days later. Its rating was “Mostly True”.
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