Latest Fact Checks By Catharine Richert

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Chain e-mail links supected Fort Hood shooter to Obama

By Catharine Richert
November 13, 2009
Maj. Nidal Hasan, the man accused of the Fort Hood shootings, "was an ADVISOR to the Obama Administration."
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DeGette claims the public option will be privately funded

By Catharine Richert
November 13, 2009
"The public option is not funded with public money. It's funded with private insurance premiums."
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Hannity says H1N1 vaccines will be given to Gitmo detainees

By Catharine Richert
November 11, 2009
Guantanamo Bay detainees will get the H1N1 vaccine.
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Beck claims universal health care is driving Massachusetts’ deficit

By Catharine Richert
November 10, 2009
"Mitt Romney ... gave you government health care that is now bankrupting the state" of Massachusetts.
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Slaughter claims that women pay 48 percent more for health insurance than men

By Catharine Richert
November 9, 2009
Women pay 48 percent more for health insurance.
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Michele Bachmann claims Page 92 prohibits private insurance

By Catharine Richert
November 3, 2009
Page 92 of the House health care bill "says specifically that people can't purchase private health insurance after a date certain."  
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Olbermann claims Connecticut has a public plan

By Catharine Richert
November 2, 2009
Sen. Joe Lieberman's "home state has a public option which covers about 10,000 of its citizens that was introduced by its Republican governor."
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Chain e-mail claims Obama is handing out free cell phones to the needy

By Catharine Richert
October 28, 2009
A new federal program provides subsidized "Obama phones" with 70 free minutes of cell phone service every month.
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Crist makes a misleading claim about a Florida health care plan

By Catharine Richert
October 23, 2009
"Usually it's about $900 a month to get health coverage. (Florida's program has) reduced that, on average, to about $150 a month."
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Freedom Project claims the deficit is the biggest in history — and that Democrats are to blame

By Catharine Richert
October 22, 2009
"Democrats rang up a $1.42 trillion budget deficit in 2009 — the single largest in American history."
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