Claim: "President Obama has worked to change Medicare for the worse" by "creating an unelected, unaccountable panel with the power to deny coverage of certain treatments."
Fact-check: Ohio Republican Party says Obama has hurt Medicare, creating an unaccountable panel with the power to deny coverage 
Verdict: barely-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Tom Feran
Date published: 2012-10-15T00:00:00