Statement·policy plan·said 2019-02-04
“Even the CBO says if you lower Medicare to allow 50-year-olds to get into it, you can not only save the government money, but you can lower premiums for all Americans.”
Proof of utterancewhere they said it
Verdict
Falseby PolitiFact
2019-02-08Reasoning
No CBO report supports Booker's claim; his office cited a Health Affairs article on Medicare-at-55 (not 50) that acknowledged higher costs would require new revenue, not savings.
Proof of outcomewhat backs the verdict