claim: says president barack obama’s debt commission recommended converting medicare "to a system where medicare participants are given a voucher to purchase insurance in the private market."
author: tom petri
evidence_1: false. discussed? yes. recommended? no. tom petri · says president barack  obama's debt commission recommended converting medicare "to a system  where medicare participants are given a voucher to purchase insurance in the  private market." — politifact wisconsin on tuesday, may 10th, 2011. page 1 of 1.
evidence_2: says president barack obama's debt commission recommended converting  medicare "to a system where medicare participants are given a voucher to  purchase ...
evidence_3: there were a number of different health care reforms proposed during the  obama ... during a june 2009 speech, president barack obama outlined his  strategy for ..... of medicare to a voucher system, meaning individuals would  receive a voucher which could be used to purchase health insurance in the  private market.
evidence_4: the first is to expand medicare beneficiaries' choices to include private plans with  ... by supplemental insurance coverage from former employers or purchased ....  managed care grew rapidly in the private market, and hmos' participation in part  ...... the 2008 election of democratic president barack obama and a democratic ...
evidence_5: medicare is a single-payer, national health insurance program in the united  states, begun in ... medicare is funded by a combination of a payroll tax,  beneficiary premiums and surtaxes from .... in part d, the part d trust fund helps  beneficiaries purchase drug insurance. ...... "obama threatens to veto gop 'doc  fix' bill".