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Jacky Rosen stated on August 13, 2024 in an ad “Sam Brown publicly supported forcing massive cuts to Social Security and Medicare and was caught on tape saying he admires the plan to phase out Social Security and Medicare in five years.” Jon Tester stated on September 6, 2024 in a Facebook ad “Tim Sheehy told us his health care plan: ‘We need to return health care to pure privatization.’ That would eliminate Medicare.” Mike Rogers stated on August 16, 2024 in a blog post Rep. Elissa Slotkin’s vote for the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act was a vote to “cut Medicare benefits for seniors.” Donald Trump stated on July 24, 2024 in a speech at a campaign rally in Charlotte, North Carolina “Vice President, Kamala Harris cast the tie-breaking vote to cut, as you know, Medicare by $273 billion. She cast a vote to cut Medicare.” Kamala Harris stated on July 30, 2024 in a rally in Atlanta Donald Trump “intends to cut” Medicare. Facebook posts stated on April 18, 2024 in una publicación en Facebook "Cualquier persona en Estados Unidos tiene derecho a la asignación para gastos de la tercera edad...miles de dólares al año y puede utilizarse en sus supermercados favoritos como Walmart, para hacer la compra". Joe Biden stated on April 9, 2024 in an interview with Univision Starting in 2025 "no matter what your total bills are for prescription drugs,” Medicare Part D users will never pay “more than $2,000 a year, because some of these cancer drugs are 10(,000 to) 15,000 bucks a year.” Joe Biden stated on March 19, 2024 in a speech Insulin for Medicare beneficiaries "was costing 400 bucks a month on average. It now costs $35 a month." Joe Biden stated on March 7, 2024 in his State of the Union address “We cut the federal deficit by $160 billion because Medicare will no longer have to pay those exorbitant prices to Big Pharma.” Tammy Baldwin stated on February 1, 2024 in Facebook post “Big drug companies charge as little as $7 for an inhaler overseas and nearly $500 for the exact same one here in the US.” Opportunity Wisconsin stated on January 10, 2024 in TV ad “Bryan Steil is part of a group that wants to cut Social Security and Medicare, that would be devastating.” Donald Trump stated on January 6, 2024 in a speech Nikki Haley “says the retirement age at 65 is way too low, it must be much higher.” DeSantis Watch stated on November 8, 2023 in a Spanish-language radio ad Ron DeSantis “wants to cut Social Security and Medicare.” Gwen Moore stated on August 23, 2023 in Public appearance Thanks to negotiating drug prices "our seniors, instead of paying $500 a month for drugs, are paying no more than 35 cents." Debbie Mucarsel-Powell stated on August 22, 2023 in campaign website Sen. Rick Scott “wants to … end Social Security and Medicare coverage.” Joe Biden stated on August 29, 2023 in a speech at the White House “According to the Congressional Budget Office,” the Inflation Reduction Act “will save the federal government $160 billion over the next 10 years because Medicare will be paying less for the prescription drugs they’re making available to seniors.” Facebook posts stated on June 15, 2023 in Publicación en Facebook "Las personas mayores de 65 años con dificultades financieras" pueden calificar para una "flex card" de Medicare para comprar alimentos, pagar trabajo dental y otras necesidades. Ron DeSantis stated on July 9, 2023 in an interview with Fox News' Maria Bartiromo Federal “agencies and government have grown 50% since 2019.” DeSantis Watch stated on March 4, 2023 in a digital advertisement "Ron DeSantis wants to raise the retirement age to 70." National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on February 21, 2023 in YouTube ad “Tammy Baldwin wants to take away” Medicare and Social Security. Load more
Jacky Rosen stated on August 13, 2024 in an ad “Sam Brown publicly supported forcing massive cuts to Social Security and Medicare and was caught on tape saying he admires the plan to phase out Social Security and Medicare in five years.”
Jon Tester stated on September 6, 2024 in a Facebook ad “Tim Sheehy told us his health care plan: ‘We need to return health care to pure privatization.’ That would eliminate Medicare.”
Mike Rogers stated on August 16, 2024 in a blog post Rep. Elissa Slotkin’s vote for the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act was a vote to “cut Medicare benefits for seniors.”
Donald Trump stated on July 24, 2024 in a speech at a campaign rally in Charlotte, North Carolina “Vice President, Kamala Harris cast the tie-breaking vote to cut, as you know, Medicare by $273 billion. She cast a vote to cut Medicare.”
Facebook posts stated on April 18, 2024 in una publicación en Facebook "Cualquier persona en Estados Unidos tiene derecho a la asignación para gastos de la tercera edad...miles de dólares al año y puede utilizarse en sus supermercados favoritos como Walmart, para hacer la compra".
Joe Biden stated on April 9, 2024 in an interview with Univision Starting in 2025 "no matter what your total bills are for prescription drugs,” Medicare Part D users will never pay “more than $2,000 a year, because some of these cancer drugs are 10(,000 to) 15,000 bucks a year.”
Joe Biden stated on March 19, 2024 in a speech Insulin for Medicare beneficiaries "was costing 400 bucks a month on average. It now costs $35 a month."
Joe Biden stated on March 7, 2024 in his State of the Union address “We cut the federal deficit by $160 billion because Medicare will no longer have to pay those exorbitant prices to Big Pharma.”
Tammy Baldwin stated on February 1, 2024 in Facebook post “Big drug companies charge as little as $7 for an inhaler overseas and nearly $500 for the exact same one here in the US.”
Opportunity Wisconsin stated on January 10, 2024 in TV ad “Bryan Steil is part of a group that wants to cut Social Security and Medicare, that would be devastating.”
Donald Trump stated on January 6, 2024 in a speech Nikki Haley “says the retirement age at 65 is way too low, it must be much higher.”
DeSantis Watch stated on November 8, 2023 in a Spanish-language radio ad Ron DeSantis “wants to cut Social Security and Medicare.”
Gwen Moore stated on August 23, 2023 in Public appearance Thanks to negotiating drug prices "our seniors, instead of paying $500 a month for drugs, are paying no more than 35 cents."
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell stated on August 22, 2023 in campaign website Sen. Rick Scott “wants to … end Social Security and Medicare coverage.”
Joe Biden stated on August 29, 2023 in a speech at the White House “According to the Congressional Budget Office,” the Inflation Reduction Act “will save the federal government $160 billion over the next 10 years because Medicare will be paying less for the prescription drugs they’re making available to seniors.”
Facebook posts stated on June 15, 2023 in Publicación en Facebook "Las personas mayores de 65 años con dificultades financieras" pueden calificar para una "flex card" de Medicare para comprar alimentos, pagar trabajo dental y otras necesidades.
Ron DeSantis stated on July 9, 2023 in an interview with Fox News' Maria Bartiromo Federal “agencies and government have grown 50% since 2019.”
DeSantis Watch stated on March 4, 2023 in a digital advertisement "Ron DeSantis wants to raise the retirement age to 70."
National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on February 21, 2023 in YouTube ad “Tammy Baldwin wants to take away” Medicare and Social Security.
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