PolitiFact: On CNN’s “State of the Union,” Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., said, “All Democrats in the Senate and House voted to cut $280 billion out of Medicare just two months ago.” That’s False.
, depending on how the numbers are estimated — stems from a provision in the Democratic bill that would end the longstanding bar that kept Medicare from negotiating with drugmakers over the price of certain medicines. Not being able to negotiate prices has meant that Medicare — the pharmaceutical market’s biggest single buyer — could not leverage its weight to secure lower prices for taxpayers. This has been part of the reason U.S.
"Lowering Medicare costs is not the same as reducing benefits," the committee wrote."Quite the opposite — many measures to reduce costs for the government would reduce costs for individuals as well." But even if the impact on future drugs is significantly greater than that, as the industry argues, it wouldn’t support what Scott said. At most, the Democratic bill would have saved the government $280 billion while having some longer-term, negative, secondary impacts. It would not simply be a cut to Medicare’s budget.Scott said,"All Democrats in the Senate and House voted to cut $280 billion out of Medicare just two months ago.
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