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Medicare mailbag: mixed metaphor edition
By Louis Jacobson
•
April 21, 2011, midnight
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on April 18, 2011 in :
"Seniors will have to find $12,500 for health care because Republicans voted to end Medicare."
By Angie Drobnic Holan
•
April 20, 2011
Bill Maher
stated on April 15, 2011 in :
Under a proposal by Rep. Paul Ryan, people on Medicare will only have $15,000 from the federal government to spend on their health care.
By Louis Jacobson
•
April 20, 2011
Tom Graves
stated on April 13, 2011 in :
"America's wealthiest 25 percent pay 86 percent of total income taxes. Wealthiest 5 percent pay 60 percent of total income taxes."
By Eric Stirgus
•
April 20, 2011
Checking the attack lines on Medicare
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson
•
April 20, 2011, midnight
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