Claim: Sen. John Barrasso mistakenly claimed that "57 percent of doctors don't want new Medicare patients," which isn't true. His own spokeswoman admits he got it wrong. National surveys have put the number who don't take new Medicare patients as low as 14 percent, and a big American Medical Association survey last year showed only 17 percent of all physicians said they were "restricting" Medicare patients . The Wyoming senator —
Fact-check: Sen. Barrasso's Medicare Mistake - FactCheck.org
Verdict: sen. john barrasso mistakenly claimed that "57 percent of doctors don't want new medicare patients," which isn't true. his own spokeswoman admits he got it wrong. national surveys have put the number who don't take new medicare patients as low as 14 percent, and a big american medical association survey last year showed only 17 percent of all physicians said they were "restricting" medicare patients . the wyoming senator —
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: D'Angelo Gore
Date published: 2011-05-04T21:46:12