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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 29, 2009 a press conference:
Washing your hands and covering your mouth when you cough "makes a huge difference" in reducing transmission of the flu.
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 30, 2009
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
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
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
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."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 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
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
By Robert Farley • May 2, 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 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
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
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on November 15, 2007 Las Vegas:
"When Sen. Edwards ran in 2004, he wasn't for universal health care. I'm glad he is now."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 15, 2007
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 15, 2007:
"With one stroke of his pen, President Bush has denied health insurance to 3.8 million kids who were due to get it under this bipartisan expansion of the Children's Health Insurance Program."
True
By David Baumann • October 15, 2007
Duncan Hunter
Duncan Hunter
stated on August 5, 2007 Des Moines, Iowa:
"This (SCHIP) is socialized medicine. It is going to go to families that make $60,000 a year. Those aren't poor children."
True
By Sasha Bartolf • October 15, 2007
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 4, 2007 a television ad:
"She stood by ground zero workers who sacrificed their health after so many sacrificed their lives and kept standing till this administration took action."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 9, 2007
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 8, 2007:
Obama "won health care for 150,000 people."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 20, 2007
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 17, 2007 a speech in Des Moines, Iowa.:
"Each year, 18,000 people die in America because they don't have health care."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 18, 2007
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 17, 2007 a speech in Des Moines, Iowa.:
Health insurance premiums "have almost doubled ... since 2000."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 15, 2007
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