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Latest Fact-Checks In Health Care

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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 18, 2008 a campaign speech in Williamsport, Pa.
"More people without health care since George Bush took office; more children in poverty since George Bush took office."
Mostly True
By Adriel Bettelheim • May 8, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on April 28, 2008 a campaign stop at Miami children's hospital
"We spend a staggering amount of money on health care — over $2-trillion and almost twice as much as any other country per person."
Half-True
By Adriel Bettelheim • May 8, 2008
Florida Consumer Action Network
Florida Consumer Action Network
stated on April 29, 2008 a press conference in Tampa
"For what we spend in just one week in Iraq, 800,000 children could get health insurance for an entire year."
Mostly True
By Janet Zink • May 7, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 29, 2008 South Bend, Ind.
Every family health insurance policy has "a $900 hidden tax" to subsidize health care costs of the uninsured.
True
May 2, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 18, 2008 a television ad
Hillary Clinton is "willing to have workers' wages garnisheed if they refuse to buy health insurance."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 21, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 20, 2008 in a television ad
Barack Obama's health care plan "will cost taxpayers $1,700 more to cover each new person."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 21, 2008
MoveOn.org
MoveOn.org
stated on April 5, 2008 an e-mail message
"The Children's Defense Fund rated McCain as the worst senator in Congress for children."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 8, 2008
Campaign to Defend America
Campaign to Defend America
stated on March 5, 2008 a television ad
John McCain and George Bush have "absolutely no plan for universal health care."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 17, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 28, 2008 a campaign event in Hanging Rock, Ohio.
Obama "only wants your children to have health insurance."
False
By Bill Adair • February 29, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 26, 2008 Cleveland, Ohio
A mailer from the Obama campaign "accurately indicates" that Hillary Clinton would "force uninsured people to buy insurance, even if they can't afford it."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 27, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 21, 2008 Austin, Texas
"As has been noted by many observers, including Bill Clinton's former secretary of labor, my plan does more than anybody to reduce costs."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 22, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 13, 2008 in a television ad
Hillary Clinton "has the only health care plan that covers every American."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 13, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on January 30, 2008 a debate in Simi Valley, Calif.
Romney left Massachusetts "with a $245-million debt because of the big government-mandated health care system."
Mostly False
January 31, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on January 5, 2008 a debate in Manchester, N.H.
"There are 7,000 kids in New Hampshire who have health care because I helped to create the Children's Health Insurance Program."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 6, 2008
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 5, 2008 a debate in Manchester, N.H.
Barack Obama "wants the government to take over health care, spend hundreds of billions of dollars of new money for health insurance for everyone."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 6, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 13, 2007 Johnston, Iowa
"If we went back to the obesity rates that existed in 1980, that would save the Medicare system a trillion dollars."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 17, 2007
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on November 15, 2007 Las Vegas, Nev.
Barack Obama's health care plan "would leave 15-million Americans out."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 3, 2007
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 15, 2007 Las Vegas, Nev.
"I do provide universal health care."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 3, 2007
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on November 15, 2007 Las Vegas, Nev.
Barack Obama's health care plan "would leave 15 million Americans out."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 26, 2007
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 15, 2007 Las Vegas, Nev.
Obama says his health care plan is "universal."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 26, 2007
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