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60 Plus Association
stated on September 20, 2021 in a commercial shown on television and online:

Insurance companies and Washington bureaucrats “are working together to swipe $500 billion from Medicare to pay for Pelosi and Schumer’s out-of-control spending spree.”

By Victoria Knight • September 28, 2021
60 Plus Association
stated on June 6, 2012 in a television ad:

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson was "the deciding vote for the health care law."

By Louis Jacobson • June 14, 2012
60 Plus Association
stated on November 7, 2011 in a television commercial:

An independent payment advisory board created by in the health care reform law is "like a Medicare IRS with the power to cut Medicare in order to pay for new government programs."

By Sabrina Eaton • November 25, 2011
60 Plus Association
stated on September 8, 2010 in a campaign ad:

The new health care law "will cut $500 billion from Medicare. That will hurt the quality of our care."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 20, 2010