Claim: The Affordable Care Act says that "at age 76 when you most need it most, you are not eligible for cancer treatment. … Cancer hospital will ration care according to the patient's age."
Fact-check: Five years on, chain email about cancer treatment rationing after age 76 is still Pants on Fire
Verdict: pants-fire
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Lauren Burns
Date published: 2014-10-21T00:00:00