Claim: "There was a recent report out that the premiums for Medicare and the payroll withholdings are only paying about half the program. So it is not financially solvent."
Fact-check: Tim Pawlenty said Medicare is only half paid for by premiums and taxes
Verdict: mostly-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Robert Farley
Date published: 2011-06-14T00:00:00