Latest Fact-Checks In Health Care

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Cover Oregon
Cover Oregon
stated on November 25, 2013 an Internet ad campaign
"For the cost of $5 vanilla soy latte a day, you can get a sweet health insurance plan to match."
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By Dana Tims • December 6, 2013
Ted Poe
Ted Poe
stated on October 24, 2013 an email to a constituent
Obamacare medical device tax "has led to the loss of thousands of jobs" in U.S.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • December 6, 2013
Ezekiel Emanuel
Ezekiel Emanuel
stated on December 1, 2013 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
It's a good sign for Obamacare that in California, "the proportion of kids who are signing up is the proportion of kids in the population."
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By Katie Sanders • December 5, 2013
James Capretta
James Capretta
stated on December 1, 2013 a broadcast of "Fox News Sunday"
Obamacare is a "massive, massive income redistribution" with "$250 billion a year in Medicaid expansion (and) in the subsidy structure that's basically being paid for by people on Medicare, through Medicare cuts, and a lot of tax increases."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • December 5, 2013
Lynn Westmoreland
Lynn Westmoreland
stated on November 14, 2013 a tweet
"Only 536 Georgians are signed up for Obamacare while 400,000 in the state lost their health insurance."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • November 27, 2013
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on November 17, 2013 the weekly Republican address
"Republicans have proposed dozens of (health care) solutions designed to help control costs and improve quality."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • November 26, 2013
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on November 18, 2013 comments on “The Mike Huckabee Show”
"You've got more people wanting to go moose hunting in New Hampshire than want Obamacare."    
Half-True
By Jim Haddadin • November 22, 2013
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on November 13, 2013 in a post on Twitter
"500,000 people have signed up for #Obamacare."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • November 20, 2013
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on November 13, 2013 a campaign ad
Says Mark Pryor "cut Medicare to pay for Obamacare."
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By Julie Kliegman • November 19, 2013
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on November 15, 2013 a video on Cain TV
Says Thomas Jefferson said, "You might be able to fool the people for awhile, and they may go astray, but sooner or later the American people are going to wake up and they will correct the course."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • November 19, 2013
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on November 17, 2013 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Says the number of Democrats who voted for the GOP measure allowing health plan renewals is close to the number who voted on GOP bills to delay mandates on employers and individuals.
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • November 17, 2013
Ellen Qualls
Ellen Qualls
stated on November 12, 2013 comments on Fox News Channel
Obamacare "was the Republican plan in the early '90s."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • November 15, 2013
Van Jones
Van Jones
stated on November 3, 2013 a panel on ABC's "This Week"
"Only 14 percent of Americans were able to keep these individual market plans for two years" before Obamacare became law.
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By Katie Sanders • November 3, 2013
Barth Bracy
Barth Bracy
stated on October 2, 2013 a news release
Gov. Lincoln Chafee has imposed "a mandatory abortion fee" on all Rhode Islanders who buy health insurance through the state’s Obamacare exchange.
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 23, 2013
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on October 8, 2013 an interview
All members of Congress are required to be in Obamacare, but Obama and members of his administration "have their own gold-plated health care plans that they're in."  
Half-True
October 21, 2013
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
stated on October 8, 2013 a robo-call and video
"Live cats have holes drilled into their skulls," posts put into their heads and coils put into their eyes, and some have had their ears cut off or are intentionally deafened or starved at UW-Madison labs that do research to improve hearing in humans.
Half-True
October 18, 2013
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on September 29, 2013 an interview
Domestic violence "is seen as a pre-existing" health condition and "women had to pay 50 percent more for health care because of gender ratings," but under Obamacare, "all of that is over."  
Half-True
October 6, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 26, 2013 a speech at Largo, Md.
"In states where the federal government helps run these (health care) marketplaces, the average American will have more than 50 different plans to choose from, with different levels of coverage."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • October 1, 2013
Tom Graves
Tom Graves
stated on September 22, 2013 an interview on ABC's "This Week"
Says President Barack Obama "has amended, delayed, or repealed 19 components of his very own (health care) law."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • September 25, 2013
Karen Handel
Karen Handel
stated on September 6, 2013 a radio ad
"Unlike you and me, Congress gets to keep up to $11,000 a year in taxpayer subsidies" under Obamacare.
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • September 25, 2013
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