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Drug Free America
Drug Free America
stated on August 20, 2014 a "Tampa Bay Times" editorial meeting
Under a proposed medical marijuana amendment in Florida, "you don't get refills -- you get it forever."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • August 28, 2014
Mark S. Zaccaria
Mark S. Zaccaria
stated on August 3, 2014 an interview on "10 News Conference."
Sen. Jack Reed "cast the deciding vote in the Senate for the Affordable Care Act."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 17, 2014
Ed MacDougall
Ed MacDougall
stated on July 26, 2014 a radio ad
Says U.S. House candidate Carlos Curbelo "opposes the repeal of Obamacare."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 31, 2014
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on July 25, 2014 campaign email
Says Mark Pryor "continues to insist" that Obamacare is "an amazing success."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • July 29, 2014
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on July 22, 2014 an interview with a Las Vegas news network
"There were 36 states where Republicans who were in charge refused to implement a state (health insurance) exchange."
Mostly False
By Molly O'Connor • July 24, 2014
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on July 17, 2014 a press release
Says a new report shows the "devastating tax hikes (in the health care law) will have on middle-class Kentuckians."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • July 23, 2014
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 30, 2014 an interview at the Aspen Ideas Festival
"A salesclerk at Hobby Lobby who needs contraception … is not going to get that service through her employer’s health care plan because her employer doesn’t think she should be using contraception."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 3, 2014
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on May 29, 2014 In a television ad
Jason Carter supports using Georgia tax dollars to promote Obamacare    
Mostly False
By April Hunt • June 11, 2014
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on May 5, 2014 remarks at a forum
Medicare is "going broke. The trust fund goes bankrupt in 2026."
Mostly False
June 5, 2014
Dave Brat
Dave Brat
stated on May 9, 2014 a radio ad.
Eric Cantor "voted to fully fund Obamacare in October."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • June 2, 2014
Democratic Party of Virginia
Democratic Party of Virginia
stated on March 26, 2014 a news release.
In 2007, Ed Gillespie "was paid $300,000 to be the frontman for a coalition that made the individual mandate the centerpiece of its health reform plan."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • May 23, 2014
Kay Hagan
Kay Hagan
stated on April 17, 2014 a radio ad
Says North Carolina Republican Senate candidate Thom Tillis "called Obamacare ‘a great idea.’ "
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 22, 2014
Michael Solomon
Michael Solomon
stated on April 3, 2014 a news release
"Pregnant women who stand for five to six hours at a time increase their risk of pre-term pregnancy by 80 percent."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 20, 2014
Cory Gardner
Cory Gardner
stated on March 31, 2014 an interview on Fox News
Says Mark Udall "decided Obamacare. ... He passed Obamacare with his vote."
Mostly False
By Tim Ryan • April 15, 2014
James Carville
James Carville
stated on April 13, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"
The insurance risk corridors aren't going broke like Republicans predicted.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • April 13, 2014
Laura Ingraham
Laura Ingraham
stated on April 13, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"
Obamacare is "costing 2 million jobs."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • April 13, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on April 3, 2014 in an "El Nuevo Herald" editorial
"Seniors enrolled in Medicare Advantage are going to see an average premium increase between $50 and $90 per month."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • April 9, 2014
Charles Krauthammer
Charles Krauthammer
stated on April 1, 2014 an interview on "The O'Reilly Factor"
"If you want out of the individual mandate... all you have to do now is tick off the box that says 'hardship' and you're out."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • April 4, 2014
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on April 1, 2014 an interview on Fox's 'Hannity'
Says the goal of the Affordable Care Act was to get 30 million people insured, but it only got 7 million.
Mostly False
By Julie Kliegman • April 4, 2014
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on February 26, 2014 a radio interview.
If the legislature refuses to expand Medicaid, "27 states are going to get our money – Virginia taxpayer money – into their states to provide health care for their citizens, paid for by us."
Mostly False
By Nancy Madsen • March 31, 2014
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