Claim: "A couple retiring today will pay about $119,000 in lifetime Medicare taxes and receive about $357,000 in lifetime Medicare benefits. ... about 3 bucks in benefits for every dollar in taxes."
Fact-check: Retiring couples get $3 in Medicare benefits for each $1 paid in, Rob Portman says
Verdict: true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Tom Feran
Date published: 2011-11-08T00:00:00