Claim: Last week House Republican Leader John Boehner's office issued a "Leader Alert" titled "10 Facts Every American Should Know About Speaker Pelosi's 1,990-Page Gov't Takeover of Health Care." It's a partisan document containing misleading characterizations of the bill. But the bullet point that bothers us most is #2, which reads: MASSIVE CUTS TO MEDICARE BENEFITS FOR SENIORS. Despite grave warnings from CBO, FactCheck.org, and the independent Lewin Group that cuts to Medicare of the magnitude included in Speaker Pelosi's bill would have a negative impact on seniors'
Fact-check: Boehner Misrepresents FactCheck.org's Findings - FactCheck.org
Verdict: last week house republican leader john boehner's office issued a "leader alert" titled "10 facts every american should know about speaker pelosi's 1,990-page gov't takeover of health care." it's a partisan document containing misleading characterizations of the bill. but the bullet point that bothers us most is #2, which reads: massive cuts to medicare benefits for seniors. despite grave warnings from cbo, factcheck.org, and the independent lewin group that cuts to medicare of the magnitude included in speaker pelosi's bill would have a negative impact on seniors'
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Viveca Novak
Date published: 2009-11-02T22:31:15