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Steve Leslie
Steve Leslie
stated on October 29, 2013 remarks at an Austin town hall about the Dell Medical School:
The University of Texas is starting "the first medical school at a major Tier One" university "in the last 50 years."
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By W. Gardner Selby • November 8, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 30, 2013 a speech in Boston:
Due to Obamacare, Arkansas "has covered almost 14 percent of its uninsured already."
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By Louis Jacobson • November 4, 2013
Scott Brown
Scott Brown
stated on November 3, 2013 comments on "Fox News Sunday":
The federal health care law raises taxes and cuts Medicare.
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By Steve Contorno • November 3, 2013
Jan Crawford
Jan Crawford
stated on November 3, 2013 comments on CBS' "Face the Nation":
"On day one, six people were able to sign up" for health insurance through the federal marketplace.
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By Jon Greenberg • November 3, 2013
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on November 3, 2013 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"Health insurance is more expensive in Massachusetts than anywhere else in the country."
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By Louis Jacobson • November 3, 2013
David Axelrod
David Axelrod
stated on October 28, 2013 comments on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":
"The vast majority of people in this country are keeping their (health insurance) plan."
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By Jon Greenberg • October 29, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 21, 2013 a public address:
Nearly 6 in 10 uninsured Americans "can get health insurance for what may be the equivalent of your cell phone bill."
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By Julie Kliegman • October 28, 2013
Nick Gillespie
Nick Gillespie
stated on October 22, 2013 a discussion on CNN's "Crossfire":
Emergency rooms account for "2 percent of all health care spending."
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By Louis Jacobson • October 28, 2013
Lawrence O'Donnell
Lawrence O'Donnell
stated on October 21, 2013 'The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell":
"The IRS has been specifically forbidden ...  from ever actually pursuing either civil or criminal remedies" for people who don’t purchase health insurance.
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By Katie Sanders • October 25, 2013
Sam Stein
Sam Stein
stated on October 21, 2013 an interview on MSNBC's 'Morning Joe':
"No one beta-tested" healthcare.gov.
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By Katie Sanders • October 22, 2013
Hank Johnson
Hank Johnson
stated on October 18, 2013 a letter:
Says "by reducing chronic health care costs in the State of Georgia, we can reduce the $32.8 billion lost each year due to lack of productivity and economic costs."
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By Eric Stirgus • October 18, 2013
Gilberto Hinojosa
Gilberto Hinojosa
stated on September 25, 2013 an interview on YNN’s “Capital Tonight”:
40,000 veterans in Texas won’t get health care because Perry rejected Obamacare's Medicaid expansion.
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By Sue Owen • October 17, 2013
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on October 10, 2013 an appearance on CNN's "Crossfire.":
"Thirteen hundred" applicants in Rhode Island signed up for insurance through Obamacare.
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 17, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 1, 2013 an NPR interview:
"At the time that (Medicare Part D) was passed (it) was actually less popular than the Affordable Care Act, according to the polls."
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By Julie Kliegman • October 4, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 26, 2013 a speech about the Affordable Care Act:
"Up to half of all Americans have a pre-existing condition."
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By Jon Greenberg • September 27, 2013
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on September 24, 2013 on CNN's "Crossfire":
"(Obamacare) is a bill which has never once had a majority of Americans favor it."
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By Julie Kliegman • September 26, 2013
Carol Shea-Porter
Carol Shea-Porter
stated on September 20, 2013 a press release:
"According to the Congressional Budget Office, repealing Obamacare would increase the budget deficit."
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By Jim Haddadin • September 25, 2013
Chris Van Hollen
Chris Van Hollen
stated on September 15, 2013 an interview with Fox News:
The employer mandate "affects only 5 percent of businesses in this country."
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By Jon Greenberg • September 18, 2013
Grover Norquist
Grover Norquist
stated on September 8, 2013 a tweet:
"CBO reports that delaying the Obamacare individual mandate will reduce the deficit by $35 billion over ten years."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 9, 2013
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on September 4, 2013 a tweet:
"The average family premium has increased by 29% under Obama!"
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By Louis Jacobson • September 4, 2013
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