Latest Fact Checks By Louis Jacobson

Hatch says Senate health care bill is longer than ‘War and Peace’

By Louis Jacobson

November 20, 2009

The Senate health care bill is longer than Tolstoy's 'War and Peace.'

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Rendell says small businesses receiving health insurance subsidies couldn’t offer plans that cover abortion

By Louis Jacobson

November 19, 2009

A small business receiving a federal tax credit "to provide health care for its employees ... would be barred under the Stupak Amendment from allowing…

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Wyden mistakenly lowballs number of people eligible for public option

By Louis Jacobson

November 18, 2009

In the House health care bill, "Something like 2 percent of the people would [be] eligible even to get the public option."

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Palin claims Reagan faced a worse recession than Obama

By Louis Jacobson

November 17, 2009

"Ronald Reagan faced an even worse recession" than the current one.

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Maddow says Stupak amendment bars those with subsidies from getting abortion coverage

By Louis Jacobson

November 16, 2009

"The Stupak Amendment doesn't just say you can't use your federal insurance subsidy to pay for an abortion, it says, if you're getting a federal…

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Beckel says protest against health care bill drew fewer people than Air and Space Museum

By Louis Jacobson

November 12, 2009

"There were more people at the Air and Space Museum" than at a rally against the health care bills.

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Limbaugh says health care bill’s spending can’t be cut in the future

By Louis Jacobson

November 12, 2009

The health care bills will be "mandated spending. You can't cut it, regardless of the budget circumstances."

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Planned Parenthood says Obama promised to “put reproductive health care at the center” of health reform

By Louis Jacobson

November 10, 2009

"President Obama campaigned on a promise to put reproductive health care at the center of his reform plan."

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Lowey says Stupak amendment restricts abortion coverage even for those who pay for their own plan

By Louis Jacobson

November 9, 2009

An amendment to the House health reform bill "puts new restrictions on women's access to abortion coverage in the private health insurance market even when…

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California Republican lumps Obama in with Hoover in his approach to fighting recession

By Louis Jacobson

November 2, 2009

Three presidents in the last century — Harding, Kennedy and Reagan — all cut taxes during recessions and produced "rapid and dramatic economic recoveries," while…

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Jarrett claims Obama has majority support for health care plan

By Louis Jacobson

November 2, 2009

There is majority support for the Democrats' health care plans.

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Conservative group says health care reform bill allows government to pry into tax records

By Louis Jacobson

October 29, 2009

The Democrats' health care bill "gives a new Health Choices Commissioner the right to look at an individual's tax return to determine what medical benefits…

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