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Latest Fact-Checks In Health Care

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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 5, 2009 a White House conference on health care.:
"Teddy Roosevelt first called for (health care) reform nearly a century ago."
True
By Alexander Lane • March 5, 2009
Tom Coburn
Tom Coburn
stated on March 4, 2009 an interview on the Fox News Channel.:
"Under the Obama plan . . . all the health care in this country is eventually going to be run by the government."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 5, 2009
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
By Robert Farley • 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
By Robert Farley • 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
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