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Latest Fact-Checks In Health Care

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Will Weatherford
Will Weatherford
stated on March 8, 2013 an interview
Eighty-five percent of Floridians who will benefit from expanding Medicaid are "single, childless adults."  
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • March 15, 2013
Garnet Coleman
Garnet Coleman
stated on February 10, 2013 an interview for WFAA-TV's "Inside Texas Politics."
Says Texas has the most uninsured people of any state -- 6 million.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 6, 2013
David Plouffe
David Plouffe
stated on February 17, 2013 an interview
"The group that supported the president’s health care bill the most? Latinos."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • February 20, 2013
Sacramento Bee Editorial Board
Sacramento Bee Editorial Board
stated on February 6, 2013 an editorial.
Says Texas has the nation’s most uninsured residents.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • February 13, 2013
Jim Renacci
Jim Renacci
stated on December 21, 2012 a newspaper column
Obamacare includes "a $63 charge every American will begin paying (in 2013) as a way to cover some of the increased costs associated with providing health insurance to those with pre-existing conditions." 
Mostly False
By Sabrina Eaton • January 10, 2013
Todd Hunter
Todd Hunter
stated on November 26, 2012 a Texas Tribune interview.
Says real estate taxes were put in place to pay for Obamacare.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 6, 2012
Jon Erpenbach
Jon Erpenbach
stated on November 16, 2012 a press release
Says Gov. Scott Walker has "led people to believe that if Wisconsin doesn’t implement a (health-care) exchange, Obamacare doesn’t happen here."  
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • November 25, 2012
Planned Parenthood Action Fund
Planned Parenthood Action Fund
stated on October 31, 2012 a radio ad
Says Mitt Romney wants to "get rid of Planned Parenthood."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 2, 2012
House Majority PAC
House Majority PAC
stated on September 26, 2012 a campaign commercial “Principle” about U.S. Rep. Charlie Bass, R-NH airing in New Hampshire
Says Charlie Bass supports Paul Ryan plan that forces seniors to pay $6,400 a year more for health care so millionaires can pay less in taxes.
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Maryalice Gill • October 31, 2012
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on October 18, 2012 a debate
Says Democrats first proposed prohibiting the government from negotiating prices for prescription drugs in Medicare Part D and he "had nothing to do with" that provision in the law.
Mostly False
October 30, 2012
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on October 24, 2012 a TV ad
Says U.S. Senate opponent Tommy Thompson "personally made over $3 million" from a federal contract granted to his healthcare company, but left  9/11 first responders "without the care they were promised."  
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 26, 2012
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on September 28, 2012 a news release
Says Tammy Baldwin introduced a bill that would require doctors and other health care workers to ask patients, "including young children, whether they are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or if they know their gender identity."
Mostly False
October 23, 2012
Charles Bass
Charles Bass
stated on September 26, 2012 an ad “Dancing,” released September 26, 2012.
Ann McLane Kuster is "for a government takeover of health care more radical than Obamacare. And she supports a $700 billion cut to Medicare for current retirees."
Mostly False
By Jake Berry • October 22, 2012
Ohio Republican Party
Ohio Republican Party
stated on October 15, 2012 an election flier
"President Obama has worked to change Medicare for the worse" by "creating an unelected, unaccountable panel with the power to deny coverage of certain treatments."
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • October 15, 2012
American Crossroads
American Crossroads
stated on September 25, 2012 a television ad
Says Bill Nelson "cast the deciding vote for Obamacare cutting Medicare spending by $700 billion and letting an unelected board decide what gets covered here." 
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 9, 2012
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on September 28, 2012 debate comments
Says U.S. Senate opponent Tommy Thompson favors raising taxes on small businesses.
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 7, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2012 a presidential debate
Says 50 million people would lose their health insurance if Obamacare is repealed.
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • October 5, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 3, 2012 a presidential debate in Denver
"Pre-existing conditions are covered under my (health care) plan."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Becky Bowers • October 5, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on September 30, 2012 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
Says President Barack Obama "already passed all these Obamacare taxes. About a dozen of them hit middle-income taxpayers."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 2, 2012
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on September 25, 2012 a campaign commercial
Brendan Doherty wants "to repeal Obamacare, increasing drug prices for seniors."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 30, 2012
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