Claim: The "Health Care Compact bill would end Medicare's guaranteed benefit for Tennessee's Medicare recipients and shift management of the federal health care plan to the state's TennCare program."
Fact-check: Democrats say Republican-backed legislation "would eliminate Medicare's guaranteed benefit for 800,000 Tennessee seniors and force them into TennCare."
Verdict: false
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Tom Humphrey
Date published: 2012-09-07T00:00:00