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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on September 22, 2009 an interview with Sen. John McCain on Fox News Channel:
The Obama administration is "cutting back on defense"
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 25, 2009
Massachusetts legislature
Massachusetts legislature
stated on September 22, 2009 votes in 2004 and 2009:
On whether the governor of Massachusetts should be able to appoint an interim U.S. senator
Full Flop
By Louis Jacobson • September 24, 2009
Bruce Braley
Bruce Braley
stated on September 16, 2009 a speech on the House floor:
"Recent census data shows that the average American family spends over $13,000 a year for health care coverage."
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 22, 2009
Health Care for America Now
Health Care for America Now
stated on September 15, 2009 a television advertisement:
Health insurance companies deny "1 out of 5 treatments prescribed by doctors."
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 18, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 9, 2009 a speech to a joint session of Congress:
Insurers delayed an Illinois man's treatment, "and he died because of it."
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 17, 2009
Health Care for America Now
Health Care for America Now
stated on September 15, 2009 a television advertisement:
Health insurance companies pay CEOs $24 million a year
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 16, 2009
Howard Dean
Howard Dean
stated on September 13, 2009 remarks on NBC's Meet the Press:
"Every other democracy in the world has a health care system that covers everybody, and we don't."
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 15, 2009
Paul Hipp
Paul Hipp
stated on September 9, 2009 a YouTube video:
The U.S. ranks 37th in the world for health care.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 14, 2009
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on September 10, 2009 a statement from the Minority Leader's office:
As a candidate, President Obama "declared that everyone deserves access to reproductive health care that includes abortion, and vowed that this 'right' would be at the heart of his health care reform plan if elected president."
True
By Louis Jacobson • September 11, 2009
House Republican Conference
House Republican Conference
stated on September 9, 2009 a "myth and fact" news release:
"Nothing in any of the Democrat bills would require individuals to verify their citizenship or identity prior to receiving taxpayer-subsidized benefits."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 10, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 9, 2009 a speech to a joint session of Congress:
"The claim ... that we plan to set up panels of bureaucrats with the power to  kill off senior citizens ... is a lie, plain and simple."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • September 10, 2009
Matt Miller
Matt Miller
stated on September 8, 2009 a Washington Post op-ed:
"Switzerland and the Netherlands . . . cover all their citizens using private insurers, and they do so for much less cost."
True
By Louis Jacobson • September 9, 2009
John Carter
John Carter
stated on August 31, 2009 a column by the Texas Republican on the Web site of the Christian Coalition of America:
"The Obama Administration's own White House Council of Economic Advisers has estimated 4.7 million Americans will lose their jobs if the (health care) bill passes."
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 8, 2009
Haley Barbour
Haley Barbour
stated on August 13, 2009 an op-ed in the Washington Examiner:
"It took Obama six months to pick out a family dog," but he's "cramming health care reform down the country's throat in a fraction of that time."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 3, 2009
America's Health Insurance Plans
America's Health Insurance Plans
stated on August 27, 2009 CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight:
"Every survey shows strong satisfaction with private coverage."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 1, 2009
Tom Coburn
Tom Coburn
stated on August 24, 2009 Fox News Channel's On the Record With Greta Van Susteren:
"Medicare has at least $80 billion worth of fraud a year. That's a full 20 percent of every dollar that's spent on Medicare goes to fraud."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 27, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 20, 2009 a forum with supporters:
"If we went back to the obesity rates that existed back in the 1980s, the Medicare system over several years could save as much as a trillion dollars."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 24, 2009
Bill Pascrell
Bill Pascrell
stated on July 28, 2009 a speech on the House floor:
"As many as 22,000 Americans die each year because they don’t have health insurance."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 20, 2009
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on August 19, 2009 an appearance on the Rachel Maddow Show:
"We spend twice as much per capita on health care as any other nation on Earth."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 20, 2009
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on August 12, 2009 an editorial board meeting with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
"I'm 59. In either Canada or Great Britain, if I broke my hip, I couldn’t get it replaced."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • August 19, 2009
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