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Latest Fact-Checks In Health Care

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Howard Dean
Howard Dean
stated on January 7, 2009 an interview on MSNBC's Hardball.
"The biggest job of the surgeon general is to translate health care and health care needs into plain English."
Half-True
By Alexander Lane • January 14, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 17, 2008 a speech in Roanoke, Va.
"Senator McCain would pay for part of his (health care) plan by making drastic cuts in Medicare — $882-billion worth."
False
By Adriel Bettelheim • December 3, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 29, 2008 in a television ad
Measures in Barack Obama's health plan could "lower health care costs for the typical family by $2,500 a year."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 30, 2008
Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood
stated on October 24, 2008 a TV ad
John McCain's health care plan "won't guarantee coverage of cancer screenings or maternity care."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 27, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 26, 2008 Waterloo, Iowa
If parents "don't have health insurance that Senator Obama wants them to have (for their children), they will be fined."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 26, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 15, 2008 a debate in Hempstead, N.Y.
Medicare spends "$15-billion a year on subsidies to insurance companies."
True
October 17, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 15, 2008 a debate in Hempstead, N.Y.
If you're a small business and don't "adopt the health care plan that Senator Obama mandates, he's going to fine you."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 15, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 15, 2008 a debate in Hempstead, N.Y.
Under John McCain's health care plan, people get a $5,000 tax credit to buy a $12,000 health care policy, and "that's a loss for you."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 15, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 7, 2008 a debate in Nashville, Tenn.
Under Barack Obama's health care proposal, "if you've got a health care plan that you like, you can keep it."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 9, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 7, 2008 a debate in Nashville, Tenn.
"I want to give every American a $5,000 refundable tax credit."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 9, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 7, 2008 a debate in Nashville, Tenn.
Barack Obama's plan calls for "mandates and fines for small businesses."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 8, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2008 in a television ad
John McCain's health care plan "leaves you on your own to pay McCain’s health insurance tax."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 3, 2008
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on October 2, 2008 St. Louis
Barack Obama's health care plan is "to mandate health care coverage and have a universal government-run program."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 2, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 16, 2008 a radio ad
McCain "has opposed stem cell research."
False
September 24, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 22, 2008 a TV ad.
John McCain would "reduce oversight of health insurance."
Half-True
By Adriel Bettelheim • September 22, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 8, 2008 a TV ad
John McCain "took on the drug industry."
Mostly True
By Adriel Bettelheim • September 9, 2008
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on August 13, 2008 the Democratic Party platform
"Less than four cents of every health care dollar is spent on prevention and public health."
True
By Bart Jansen • August 26, 2008
Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood
stated on August 25, 2008 Denver
McCain "said he was 'stumped' when asked whether contraceptives help stop the spread of HIV."
True
By Alexander Lane • August 26, 2008
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on August 13, 2008 the Democratic Party platform
"We spend more on health care than any other country, but we're ranked 47th in life expectancy and 43rd in child mortality."
True
By Seth Stern • August 25, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on July 7, 2008 remarks to reporters by campaign adviser Carly Fiorina in Washington, D.C.
"There are many health insurance plans that will cover Viagra but won't cover birth-control medication."
Mostly False
By Kris Hundley • July 16, 2008
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