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Tennessee Democratic Party
Tennessee Democratic Party
stated on August 17, 2012 in Tennessee Democratic Party press release sent via email in a version specifically cri:
The "Health Care Compact bill would end Medicare's guaranteed benefit for Tennessee's Medicare recipients and shift management of the federal health care plan to the state's TennCare program."
False
By Tom Humphrey • September 7, 2012
James Clyburn
James Clyburn
stated on September 6, 2012 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.:
When Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid were created, "Republicans stood on the sidelines"
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 7, 2012
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 12, 2012 in an op-ed piece:
A study showed that President Barack Obama’s health-care reforms will "devastate Wisconsin" by pushing people off employer-sponsored insurance, driving up premiums, increasing dependency and making 122,000 people ineligible for Medicaid.
False
By Dave Umhoefer, Guy Boulton • July 29, 2012
Brian Robinson
Brian Robinson
stated on July 8, 2012 in an article:
Funding the federal health care law without a tax hike will "require the state to cut nearly a quarter of its annual budget."
False
By Eric Stirgus • July 16, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on July 2, 2012 in comments on CNBC:
The Medicaid expansion is "going to cost Florida $1.9 billion a year."  
False
By Aaron Sharockman • July 2, 2012
Elizabeth Roberts
Elizabeth Roberts
stated on May 24, 2012 in a debate on State of the State:
"Massachusetts is reporting a trend far below the national trend in the escalation of health-care costs in this year."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 10, 2012
Amy Handlin
Amy Handlin
stated on April 4, 2012 in an opinion piece in the Times of Trenton:
Says under the Affordable Care Act, New Jersey’s "new (Medicaid) enrollees won’t qualify for the matching federal funds simply because we added them onto the rolls before 2014."
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • April 8, 2012
Elliott Naishtat
Elliott Naishtat
stated on March 5, 2012 in an oped column.:
"More than half of the births in Texas are paid for by Medicaid."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 24, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on March 6, 2012 in a campaign speech in Steubenville, Ohio:
After President Barack Obama’s health care law takes full effect, "100 percent" of Americans will "depend on some form of federal payment, some form of government benefit to help provide for them."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 8, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on March 6, 2012 in a campaign speech in Steubenville, Ohio:
"A little less than 50 percent of the people in this country depend on some form of federal payment, some form of government benefit to help provide for them."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 8, 2012
Kurt Schrader
Kurt Schrader
stated on February 2, 2012 in congressional website :
In just a few decades, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, other mandatory spending programs, and paying interest due on the debt will eclipse our entire budget.
True
By Charles Pope • February 3, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 30, 2012 in a speech in Tampa, Fla.:
"Gov. Romney cut off kosher meals for Jewish senior citizens who were on Medicaid to save $5 a day."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • February 1, 2012
National Taxpayers Union
National Taxpayers Union
stated on November 13, 2011 in a newspaper advertisement.:
President Obama plans to "impose a tax of at least 23 percent on the Medicare prescription drug benefit for low-income beneficiaries."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 22, 2011
Nick Tsiongas
Nick Tsiongas
stated on September 6, 2011 in newspaper commentary:
"Health care is the greatest contribution to spending increases in the state budget."
True
By Edward Fitzpatrick • October 9, 2011
Margaret Carlson
Margaret Carlson
stated on August 9, 2011 in a politics column.:
Rick Perry "has advocated abandoning Social Security, scuttling Medicaid and ending the federal income tax."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 28, 2011
Gary Sasse
Gary Sasse
stated on June 26, 2011 in an interview on 10 News Conference:
Rhode Island spends "52 percent more per capita on human service programs than the national average."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 8, 2011
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on June 8, 2011 in a news release:
"Rep. Jim Renacci’s plan to end Medicare also puts nursing home care for 3,000 seniors in the district in immediate jeopardy."
Mostly False
By Sabrina Eaton • June 28, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 21, 2011 in a television interview:
Says critics who say he cut Medicaid are wrong; his budget added $1.2 billion to the program  
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • June 24, 2011
Michelle Litjens
Michelle Litjens
stated on June 2, 2011 in a tweet:
"Taxpayers pay for roughly 45 percent of all births in Wisconsin! And 60 percent of the births in Milwaukee!!!"
True
By Tom Kertscher • June 14, 2011
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