Tag Archives: 60 plus

Pat Boone Misleads Seniors

Posted on November 17, 2011

The same old claims about the federal health care law turn up once again in an ad featuring pop and gospel singer Pat Boone, the national spokesman for the conservative 60 Plus Association. The group says it’s spending $750,000 to air the minute-long ad in Ohio, and the spot had …
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60 Plus Wrong on Rationing

Posted on April 28, 2011 , Updated on April 29, 2011

The chairman of the conservative 60 Plus Association made the bogus claim that the Food and Drug Administration has "declassified" a breast cancer drug "because of cost and cost alone," an example, he said, of the "rationing" of Medicare because of the federal health care law. Jim Martin, the head …
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Health Care, Social Security and Vietnam

Posted on September 23, 2010

In episode 30 of our podcast, we look at deceptive ads from a conservative group on the new health care law, misleading spots on Social Security from Democrats, and a false claim about a GOP House candidate and draft dodging. [podcast]http://podcast.factcheck.org/factcheckradio_episode30.mp3[/podcast] For more on the stories discussed in this episode, …
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