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Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024

Is Donald Trump ‘threatening to slash Medicare’?


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Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly said during his 2024 presidential campaign that he would not cut Medicare, which is health insurance mainly for people age 65 and over.

January 2023: “Under no circumstances should Republicans vote to cut a single penny from Medicare or Social Security.”

March 2024: “I will never do anything that will jeopardize or hurt Social Security or Medicare.” That seemed to walk back comments Trump made a day earlier: “There is a lot you can do in terms of entitlements, in terms of cutting and in terms of also the theft and the bad management of entitlements.”

July 2024: Trump and the Republican Party in its platform pledged “no cuts” to Medicare.

The slash claim was made Aug. 19, 2024, by Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez at the Democratic National Convention.

A spokesperson cited news reports on Trump proposals as president to reduce Medicare spending.

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