False Claim #1 – “Dr. Ruiz backed $700 billion in cuts to Medicare programs for seniors”
- TRUTH: This attack has been tried on Dr. Ruiz before – and debunked. The cuts she’s referring to DO NOT affect Medicare benefits. This was a reduction in back payment rates for hospitals and insurers. It makes no changes to the benefits that patients and seniors were promised (Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2012/08/14/romneys-right-obamacare-cuts-medicare-by-716-billion-heres-how/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.89b7ebc72768)
- TRUTH: President Trump singed into law a bipartisan piece of legislation written by Dr. Ruiz and Republican Congressman Dr. Phil Roe which which repealed an unelected board of bureaucrats tasked with making drastic changes to Medicare. (Source: https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/politics/2017/11/03/raul-ruiz-goes-against-democratic-leaders-backing-medicare-bill/831107001/)
False Claim #2 – “Unfortunately, with Raul Ruiz, we sent a lap dog to Congress”
- TRUTH: Dr. Ruiz was awarded the 2018 Bipartisan Policy Center’s Legislative Action Award for his legislative achievements while reaching across the aisle (Source: https://bipartisanpolicy.org/2018-legislative-action-awards/) (Source: http://www.kesq.com/news/rep-raul-ruiz-receives-bipartisanship-award/716826188)
- TRUTH: President Trump has already signed into law four pieces of Dr. Ruiz’s bipartisan legislation since 2017, including the Wildfire Prevention Act, the Tribal Broadband Deployment Act, and two burn pits amendments. (Source: https://www.kesq.com/news/dr-ruizs-wildfire-prevention-bill-to-be-signed-into-law/698986168) (Source: https://patch.com/california/temecula/inland-lawmakers-bill-expanding-tribal-broadband-signed) (Source: https://www.kesq.com/news/rep-raul-ruiz-s-burn-pits-legislation-signed-into-law/781142107)
