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Latest Fact-Checks In Health Care

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Tom Coburn
Tom Coburn
stated on March 23, 2010 comments to reporters
"The American people will be appalled to learn the health care bill exempts (congressional) leadership and committee staff."
Mostly True
By Catharine Richert • March 26, 2010
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on March 7, 2010 a Fox News Sunday interview
"Hospitals, doctors, MRIs, surgeries and so forth are more extensively used and far more expensive in this country than they are in many other countries.''
Mostly True
By Alex Holt • March 22, 2010
Republican Party of Texas
Republican Party of Texas
stated on March 12, 2010 an e-mail blast
"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said this week that the Democrats have to pass their terrible health care bill so that the American people can actually find out what's in it."
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By W. Gardner Selby • March 15, 2010
Dianne Feinstein
Dianne Feinstein
stated on March 8, 2010 a New York Times article
"We are the only industrialized nation that relies heavily on a for-profit medical insurance industry to provide basic health care."
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By Louis Jacobson • March 11, 2010
Americans United for Change
Americans United for Change
stated on March 3, 2010 a recorded phone message
"Individuals and small businesses will be hit by increases in health insurance premiums as high as 39 percent."
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March 11, 2010
George Will
George Will
stated on February 21, 2010 a roundtable segment on ABC's This Week
"When we started this health care debate a year ago, 85 percent of the American people had health insurance, and 95 percent of the 85 percent were happy with it."
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By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2010
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on February 28, 2010 an interview on ABC's 'This Week'
The Democrats' health care bills would end "the denial of ... coverage to those who have a pre-existing condition," while the Republican bill would not.
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By Louis Jacobson • March 3, 2010
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on February 26, 2010 a press release
U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson "compared a former vice president to a vampire ... and compared America's health care system to the Holocaust."
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By Aaron Sharockman • March 2, 2010
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on February 28, 2010 a roundtable segment on NBC's Meet the Press
"The Republicans have repeatedly said that they agree with 80 percent of what's in our bill."
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By Louis Jacobson • March 1, 2010
Charles Boustany
Charles Boustany
stated on February 25, 2010 a comment at the president's health care reform summit
The CBO found that the House Republican health care plan would lower premiums by "up to about 10 percent" and, for purchasers in the individual market, "those cost savings could even be higher."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 25, 2010
Jon Kyl
Jon Kyl
stated on February 20, 2010 an interview on Fox News
"One of the most recent polls said 75 percent of the American people have said either don't do anything or start over (on health care reform)."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 23, 2010
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on January 31, 2010 an interview on ABC's 'This Week'
The Senate-passed health care bill "is identical to the Massachusetts health care plan -- the same thing."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 4, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on January 27, 2010 a live-blog post during the State of the Union address
"A majority of Americans still oppose this health care bill."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 28, 2010
Marc Katz
Marc Katz
stated on December 8, 2009 a message on Twitter
"Texas is LAST (50th) in spending for mental health care."
Mostly True
January 12, 2010
Joe Lieberman
Joe Lieberman
stated on November 19, 2009 an interview with Politico
If you look at last year's presidential campaign, "you can't find a mention of public option."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 20, 2009
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on November 3, 2009 a press release
The GOP health care plan "would allow health insurance companies to continue engaging in unfair and discriminatory practices like denying coverage to people because of a pre-existing medical condition." 
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November 5, 2009
Keith Olbermann
Keith Olbermann
stated on October 27, 2009 'Countdown with Keith Olbermann'
Sen. Joe Lieberman's "home state has a public option which covers about 10,000 of its citizens that was introduced by its Republican governor."
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By Catharine Richert • November 2, 2009
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on October 17, 2009 a note on Facebook
The proposed excise tax on "Cadillac" health plans will hit "those making less than $200,000" the hardest.
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 21, 2009
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on October 7, 2009 a posting on the conservative Web site TownHall.com
The Baucus health care bill would require taxes on medical devices such as X-ray machines, female condoms, HIV tests and surgical needles.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 9, 2009
Tom Price
Tom Price
stated on September 14, 2009 a fundraising letter
"Medicare began as a public option and now holds 97 percent of the market share."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 16, 2009
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