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Latest Fact-Checks In Health Care

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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 27, 2010 an appearance on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show"
The health care bill "cuts the deficit by over $1 trillion dollars."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 28, 2010
Greater Wisconsin Committee
Greater Wisconsin Committee
stated on October 8, 2010 a campaign TV ad
Says "Scott Walker favors cutting up to 350,000 families and children off health care."
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By Dave Umhoefer • October 25, 2010
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on October 10, 2010 a TV ad.
Taking the Fifth Amendment in a deposition about the Columbia/HCA hospital chain he founded "means a truthful answer to the questions that (Rick Scott) was asked would incriminate him."
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By Aaron Sharockman • October 12, 2010
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on October 10, 2010 a TV ad.
In ad attacking Rick Scott, says three executives of the Columbia/HCA hospital chain he ran were indicted.
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By Aaron Sharockman • October 12, 2010
Mary Squires
Mary Squires
stated on October 5, 2010 a newspaper interview
Said state insurance commissioner candidate Ralph Hudgens "fights hard" to strip women of life-saving coverage such as mammograms.
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By Willoughby Mariano • October 12, 2010
John Kitzhaber
John Kitzhaber
stated on August 15, 2010 a radio interview
Says more than 2 million Oregonians have received important medical services because of his health plan.
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By Brent Walth • September 24, 2010
Michael McCaul
Michael McCaul
stated on July 19, 2010 an e-mail
Says the federal agency in charge of Medicare and Medicaid will disburse $803 billion in benefits this year, making "it larger than all but 15 of the world's economies."
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September 4, 2010
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on August 27, 2010 a campaign website
"Charlie Crist has six different positions on ObamaCare."  
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By Amy Sherman • September 2, 2010
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on August 25, 2010 an editorial board meeting with the Austin American-Statesman
"We spend more money on health care per capita in the United States than any other country in the world. Of the 30 developed countries in the world, we spend 2 1/2 times more than the average. Of the country that spends the second most per capita, Switzerland, we spend 175 percent more."
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August 31, 2010
Frank Caprio
Frank Caprio
stated on August 26, 2010 his campaign website
"1 in 4 Rhode Islanders under the age of 65 does not have health insurance."  
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By Cynthia Needham • August 31, 2010
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on August 12, 2010 an op ed article
Republicans are now "taking credit" for provisions of the health care bill "that they had tried to derail."  
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August 13, 2010
Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham
stated on July 28, 2010 an interview with Fox News' "On the Record with Greta Van Susteren"
"People come here to have babies. They come here to drop a child. It's called 'drop and leave."
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By Louis Jacobson • August 6, 2010
Gordon Quan
Gordon Quan
stated on June 30, 2010 an e-mail blast
Some cardiologists estimate "70 percent of all males over 50 have some form of heart disease."
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By W. Gardner Selby • July 31, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on June 25, 2010 a speech at the Texas Democratic Party convention
"In Rick Perry’s Texas, we import nurses ... from other countries."
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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • July 14, 2010
John Oxendine
John Oxendine
stated on July 11, 2010 a televised debate on Fox 5
"To say a family has to buy a product from a private company is clearly beyond the delegated powers of the U.S. Constitution."
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By Willoughby Mariano • July 13, 2010
Judson Hill
Judson Hill
stated on June 21, 2010 a campaing mailer
He "stood up to Barack Obama by passing legislation that prevents you from being forced to join government health plans or buy health insurance against your will."
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By Willoughby Mariano • July 1, 2010
Cathie Adams
Cathie Adams
stated on June 21, 2010 a fundraising letter
"ObamaCare will use your tax dollars to provide free Viagra to convicted rapists and registered sex offenders."
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June 2, 2010
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on April 24, 2010 a radio address
Says the American public "overwhelmingly opposed" Democratic-steered health care plan.
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By W. Gardner Selby • April 30, 2010
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on April 15, 2010 in a press conference announcing veto of SB 6.
The passage of the teacher tenure bill in the Fla. Legislature was like the health care bill in Congress because one party jammed it through.
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By Aaron Sharockman • April 16, 2010
Steve Cohen
Steve Cohen
stated on April 15, 2010 a story about taxes from Associated Press
"The fact is, in the past year we have had more tax cuts than almost any time in our nation's history."
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April 16, 2010
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