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Latest Fact-Checks In Health Care

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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 20, 2009 a forum with supporters
"If we went back to the obesity rates that existed back in the 1980s, the Medicare system over several years could save as much as a trillion dollars."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 24, 2009
Dick Armey
Dick Armey
stated on August 13, 2009 an interview with Judy Woodruff
"If you're over 65 years old in America today, you have no choice but to be in Medicare. Even if you want out of Medicare, you have to forfeit your Social Security to get out of it."
Half-True
By Catharine Richert • August 24, 2009
Orrin Hatch
Orrin Hatch
stated on August 20, 2009 an interview on Fox News
If you don't count illegal aliens, people who qualify for other insurance, and people who make more than $75,000 a year, "it leaves about 15 million people" who are uninsured.
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 21, 2009
Bill Pascrell
Bill Pascrell
stated on July 28, 2009 a speech on the House floor
"As many as 22,000 Americans die each year because they don’t have health insurance."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 20, 2009
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on August 19, 2009 an appearance on the Rachel Maddow Show
"We spend twice as much per capita on health care as any other nation on Earth."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 20, 2009
Progressive Change Campaign Committee
Progressive Change Campaign Committee
stated on August 19, 2009 their Web site
76 percent of Americans want a public health care option.
False
By Catharine Richert • August 20, 2009
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on August 12, 2009 an editorial board meeting with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"I'm 59. In either Canada or Great Britain, if I broke my hip, I couldn’t get it replaced."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • August 19, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 11, 2009 a town hall meeting
"Nearly 46 million Americans don't have health insurance coverage today."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 18, 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."
True
By Louis Jacobson • August 18, 2009
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on August 14, 2009 the Rachel Maddow Show
Republicans Chuck Grassley, John Boehner and John Mica flip-flopped on providing end-of-life counseling for the elderly.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 17, 2009
stated on August 14, 2009 an interview on the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Preventive care does not save the government money.
True
By Catharine Richert • August 17, 2009
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on August 12, 2009 a TV ad
The health care reform plan being proposed in Congress would mean "big tax increases."
Half-True
August 14, 2009
David Axelrod
David Axelrod
stated on August 13, 2009 a chain e-mail
Obama's plan for health care reform "ends exorbitant out-of-pocket expenses, deductibles or co-pays."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Catharine Richert • August 14, 2009
David Axelrod
David Axelrod
stated on August 13, 2009 in a chain e-mail
Health care reform will not affect veterans' benefits.
True
By Catharine Richert • August 14, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 11, 2009 a town hall meeting.
"I just want to assure [you] we're not talking about cutting Medicare benefits."
Half-True
By Catharine Richert • August 14, 2009
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on August 12, 2009 her Facebook page
A provision in the health care reform bill for end-of-life counseling for seniors is not "entirely voluntary."
False
August 13, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 11, 2009 a town hall on health care
AARP is "endorsing" the health care reform bill.
Mostly False
By Catharine Richert • August 12, 2009
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on July 27, 2009 a statement on the House floor
Ezekiel Emanuel, one of President Obama's key health care advisers, "says medical care should be reserved for the nondisabled. So watch out if you're disabled."
False
August 12, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 11, 2009 a town hall meeting in New Hampshire
"I have not said that I was a single-payer supporter."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 12, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 11, 2009 a town hall meeting
"If you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 11, 2009
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