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Obamacare will question your sex life?

National
Becky Bowers
By Becky Bowers
September 20, 2013

“Obamacare will question your sex life,” says a New York Post headline this week.

The opinion piece underneath, written by former lieutenant governor of New York Betsy McCaughey, claims the law pressures doctors into asking insensitive and intrusive questions about patients’ sex lives — even when the answers aren’t needed to provide care.

Readers sent us the op-ed and asked us to check it out. Our investigation revealed a very different set of facts. The Truth-O-Meter verdict: Pants on Fire! Read our complete report for details.

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