Latest Fact-Checks In Health Care

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Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on December 1, 2009 a floor speech
The Senate health care bill does not contain limits on medical malpractice lawsuits.
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By Catharine Richert • December 2, 2009
Mike Enzi
Mike Enzi
stated on November 19, 2009 a press release
The Senate health care bill "would leave 24 million people without insurance coverage."
True
November 20, 2009
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on November 2, 2009 a comment on his television show
Guantanamo Bay detainees will get the H1N1 vaccine.
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By Catharine Richert • November 11, 2009
Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood
stated on November 9, 2009 an alert to members
"President Obama campaigned on a promise to put reproductive health care at the center of his reform plan."
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By Louis Jacobson • November 10, 2009
Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill
stated on October 25, 2009 an interview on "This Week with George Stephanopolous."
A "fairly limited number of people, 25 million to 30 million," will be allowed to access a national health insurance exchange.
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 26, 2009
Nancy-Ann DeParle
Nancy-Ann DeParle
stated on October 12, 2009 an interview on "The NewsHour"
A report by the health insurance industry "ignores some of the key policies that are part of the Senate Finance Committee bill."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 13, 2009
Jay Rockefeller
Jay Rockefeller
stated on September 21, 2009 a column in the newspaper Roll Call
Health care premiums for consumers have doubled since 2001.
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By Louis Jacobson • October 7, 2009
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on September 28, 2009 a Web ad
Barack Obama and the Democrats have "proposed a tax for not having health insurance."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 28, 2009
National Right to Life Committee
National Right to Life Committee
stated on September 16, 2009 a press release
The Baucus bill "contains provisions that would send massive federal subsidies directly to both private insurance plans and government-chartered cooperatives that pay for elective abortion."
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September 21, 2009
Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama
stated on September 18, 2009 a speech
"In some states, it is still legal to deny a woman coverage because she's been the victim of domestic violence."
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By Catharine Richert • September 21, 2009
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on September 10, 2009 a statement from the Minority Leader's office
As a candidate, President Obama "declared that everyone deserves access to reproductive health care that includes abortion, and vowed that this 'right' would be at the heart of his health care reform plan if elected president."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 11, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 9, 2009 a speech to a joint session of Congress
"The claim ... that we plan to set up panels of bureaucrats with the power to  kill off senior citizens ... is a lie, plain and simple."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • September 10, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 9, 2009 a speech to Congress
If you "already have health insurance through your job, or Medicare, or Medicaid, or the VA, nothing in this plan will require you or your employer to change the coverage or the doctor you have."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 9, 2009
Matt Miller
Matt Miller
stated on September 8, 2009 a Washington Post op-ed
"Switzerland and the Netherlands . . . cover all their citizens using private insurers, and they do so for much less cost."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 9, 2009
J. James Rohack
J. James Rohack
stated on August 16, 2009 Fox News Sunday
Pregnant women trying to buy health insurance on their own are barred from maternity coverage because they have a "pre-existing condition."
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By Louis Jacobson • August 18, 2009
stated on August 14, 2009 an interview on the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Preventive care does not save the government money.
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By Catharine Richert • August 17, 2009
David Axelrod
David Axelrod
stated on August 13, 2009 in a chain e-mail
Health care reform will not affect veterans' benefits.
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By Catharine Richert • August 14, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 11, 2009 a town hall meeting.
The health care plan for members of Congress "is no better than the janitor who cleans their offices."
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By Catharine Richert • August 11, 2009
Chain email
Chain email
stated on July 28, 2009 a chain e-mail
"All private healthcare plans must conform to government rules to participate in a Healthcare Exchange."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 30, 2009
Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith
stated on June 24, 2009 an interview on Fox News
During a town hall meeting on health care, "ABC didn't even allow ads that opposed the president's health care plan to be aired."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 30, 2009
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