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via Think Progress: Republican Chairman Priebus: “Obama Is ‘Stealing’ From Seniors And Has ‘Blood On His Hands’”

On NBC’s Meet The Press on Sunday, Republican National Committee Chair Reince Priebus reiterated the false claim that the Affordable Care Act guts Medicare, claiming that President Obama’s attempt to increase the program’s solvency amounts to “stealing” from America’s seniors.

“If any person in this entire debate has blood on their hands in regard to Medicare, it’s Barack Obama,” Priebus insisted:

PRIEBUS: This president stole — he didn’t cut Medicare — he stole $700 billion from Medicare to fund Obamacare. If any person in this entire debate has blood on their hands in regard to Medicare, it’s Barack Obama. He’s the one that’s destroying Medicare.

But Obama’s health care law extends the solvency of Medicare, and has already saved seniors $4 billion on prescription drugs. The savings reduce the growth rate of reimbursement rates and don’t affect beneficiaries.