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13 October
8:44 pm

seven hundred thousand Iowans rely on Social Security and Medicare

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Josh Turek, at Iowa U.S. Senate General Election Debate (WHO 13 / Nexstar)

8:44 pm
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Why we checked itSpecific figure about Iowa beneficiaries of Social Security and Medicare that could be verified against federal program data
What we foundSSA and CMS primary data confirm Iowa has approximately 700,000-717,000 Social Security beneficiaries and roughly 685,000-705,000 Medicare enrollees, making the '700,000 Iowans' figure broadly accurate — if anything a slight undercount.
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