Claim: In the Affordable Care Act, Democrats "cut $500 billion from Medicare" and "put in place the Independent Payment Advisory Board, 15 unelected bureaucrats, which will be making decisions about health care for our seniors and for all Americans."
Fact-check: Rep. Allen West turns to talking points on 2010 health care law
Verdict: barely-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Angie Drobnic Holan
Date published: 2011-11-01T00:00:00