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Ted Cruz
stated on January 31, 2016 comments on "Meet the Press":

"Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have the identical position on health care, which is they want to put the government in charge of you and your doctor."

By Linda Qiu • January 31, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on January 17, 2016 comments during the South Carolina Democratic presidential debate:

"We now have driven (health care) costs down to the lowest they've been in 50 years."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 18, 2016

Viral media reports
stated on November 9, 2015 social media and in print:

Drinking champagne could help prevent Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.

By Nancy Badertscher • November 17, 2015

Ora Houston
stated on September 8, 2015 an Austin City Council meeting about the city budget:

"HIV/AIDS among women is skyrocketing in Austin."

By Mary Ann Roser • October 2, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on September 1, 2015 a television interview:

Obamacare doesn’t require members of Congress "to abide by the same rules that all of the other Americans do."

By Sarah Hauer • September 28, 2015

Martin Shkreli
stated on September 21, 2015 comments on Bloomberg TV:

"Daraprim is still underpriced, relative to its peers."

By Linda Qiu • September 24, 2015

Bernie Sanders
stated on August 16, 2015 an interview on "Meet the Press":

"We spend almost twice as much per capita on health care as do the people of any other country."

By Will Cabaniss • August 16, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on July 11, 2015 a speech in Phoenix:

"The $5 billion website for Obamacare … never worked. Still doesn't work."

By Louis Jacobson • July 14, 2015

Dave Brat
stated on March 17, 2015 a written statement.:

Repealing Obamacare saves "our nation more than $2 trillion."

By Warren Fiske • April 13, 2015

NaturalNews.com
stated on February 5, 2015 a story making the rounds on social media:

The measles vaccine has killed 108 people in the last decade, while no one has died of measles.

By April Hunt • March 3, 2015

Bishop Thomas Tobin
stated on January 22, 2015 a newspaper column:

"Abortions account for 94 percent of the services provided for pregnant women by Planned Parenthood."

By Katie Mulvaney • March 2, 2015

Rick Perry
stated on February 5, 2014 an interview with the Texas Tribune and Washington Post.:

"When I came into office, our vaccination rate in Texas was 65 percent. When I left two weeks ago, it was 95 percent."

By W. Gardner Selby • February 12, 2015

Stuart Varney
stated on January 27, 2015 an interview on Fox News' "America's Newsroom":

"It will cost $50,000 per enrollee in Obamacare over the next 10 years."

By Jon Greenberg • January 28, 2015

Anne Nolan
stated on November 12, 2014 a Journal commentary:

"In Rhode Island, a recent study showed that among a group of people who had been homeless for a year or more, Medicaid costs averaged about $60,000 per person."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 23, 2014

Ted Cruz
stated on November 19, 2014 an interview on Fox News:

In the 2014 elections, "the American people overwhelmingly said we don't want Obamacare … and we don't want amnesty."

By Louis Jacobson • November 21, 2014

Nancy Pelosi
stated on November 13, 2014 a news conference:

"I don't know who (Jonathan Gruber) is."

By Louis Jacobson • November 13, 2014

Chain email
stated on October 30, 2014 a chain email:

"Over 214,000 doctors opt out of Obamacare exchanges."

By Steve Contorno • November 6, 2014

Herman Cain
stated on November 3, 2014 a blog post:

"More people are losing their insurance (due to Obamacare) than are becoming newly insured."

By Louis Jacobson • November 4, 2014

American Crossroads
stated on October 28, 2014 a campaign ad:

As a result of Obamacare, "California seniors face benefit cuts of over $1,700."

By Lauren Carroll • October 31, 2014

Darrell Issa
stated on October 26, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union":

Says Thomas Eric Duncan came into the United States "with an elevated temperature."

By Nai Issa, Lauren Carroll • October 26, 2014

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