Claim: Newspaper ads from a conservative group make the disputed claim that "Obama's Medicare Plan Will Increase Medicare Premiums." The "plan" it refers to is actually designed to produce lower prices for low-income Medicare Part D beneficiaries and taxpayers. And whether drug companies would increase prices to others in response is a matter of conjecture, not fact. Experts have differing views. And the sponsor of the ad — whose sister organization produced a study supporting the claim —
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Verdict: newspaper ads from a conservative group make the disputed claim that "obama's medicare plan will increase medicare premiums." the "plan" it refers to is actually designed to produce lower prices for low-income medicare part d beneficiaries and taxpayers. and whether drug companies would increase prices to others in response is a matter of conjecture, not fact. experts have differing views. and the sponsor of the ad — whose sister organization produced a study supporting the claim —
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Lori Robertson
Date published: 2011-08-04T21:02:42