“Social Security checks are going up. Medicare premiums are going down. That’s a big deal for seniors.”
What Washington Post found
Social Security benefits are up because of inflation and Medicare premiums went up too much the year before/
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Joe Biden (U.S. president) made this claim around 14 October 2022. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 21 October 2022, 7 days later. Its rating was “Not the whole story”.
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.
Where the claim appeared
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