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Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on 2009-09-22 an interview with Sen. John McCain on Fox News Channel:
The Obama administration is "cutting back on defense"
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 25, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2009-09-20 an interview on "This Week with George Stephanopolous.":
"Medicare does just as good, if not better, at keeping people healthy" as Medicare Advantage.
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 24, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2009-09-20 an interview on This Week with George Stephanopoulos:
Families are paying $900, on average, "in higher premiums because of uncompensated care."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 20, 2009
Keith Olbermann
Keith Olbermann
stated on 2009-09-16 his television show "Countdown":
For middle-class families under the Baucus plan, "13 percent of what they make could be deducted directly from their paychecks . . . the so-called 'Max Tax.'"
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 17, 2009
Karl Rove
Karl Rove
stated on 2009-09-16 an interview on Fox News:
Obama used to be a lawyer for ACORN.
Half-True
By Robert Farley • September 17, 2009
House Republican Conference
House Republican Conference
stated on 2009-09-09 a "myth and fact" news release:
"Nothing in any of the Democrat bills would require individuals to verify their citizenship or identity prior to receiving taxpayer-subsidized benefits."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 10, 2009
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on 2009-09-03 his television program:
Van Jones signed a petition indicating he "thinks the Bush administration blew up the World Trade Center and covered it up."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 8, 2009
America's Health Insurance Plans
America's Health Insurance Plans
stated on 2009-08-27 CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight:
"Every survey shows strong satisfaction with private coverage."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 1, 2009
Tom Coburn
Tom Coburn
stated on 2009-08-24 Fox News Channel's On the Record With Greta Van Susteren:
"Medicare has at least $80 billion worth of fraud a year. That's a full 20 percent of every dollar that's spent on Medicare goes to fraud."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 27, 2009
Ginny Brown-Waite
Ginny Brown-Waite
stated on 2009-08-24 a mailing:
"Any government-run 'public' plan ... creates an entitlement that will cost another $1 trillion over the next 10 years."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 26, 2009
Dick Armey
Dick Armey
stated on 2009-08-13 an interview with Judy Woodruff:
"If you're over 65 years old in America today, you have no choice but to be in Medicare. Even if you want out of Medicare, you have to forfeit your Social Security to get out of it."
Half-True
By Catharine Richert • August 24, 2009
Orrin Hatch
Orrin Hatch
stated on 2009-08-20 an interview on Fox News:
If you don't count illegal aliens, people who qualify for other insurance, and people who make more than $75,000 a year, "it leaves about 15 million people" who are uninsured.
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 21, 2009
Bill Pascrell
Bill Pascrell
stated on 2009-07-28 a speech on the House floor:
"As many as 22,000 Americans die each year because they don’t have health insurance."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 20, 2009
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on 2009-08-14 the Rachel Maddow Show:
Republicans Chuck Grassley, John Boehner and John Mica flip-flopped on providing end-of-life counseling for the elderly.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 17, 2009
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on 2009-08-12 a TV ad:
The health care reform plan being proposed in Congress would mean "big tax increases."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • August 14, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2009-08-11 a town hall meeting.:
"I just want to assure [you] we're not talking about cutting Medicare benefits."
Half-True
By Catharine Richert • August 14, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2009-08-11 a town hall meeting:
"If you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 11, 2009
Donna Brazile
Donna Brazile
stated on 2009-08-02 CNN's State of the Union with John King:
Under President George W. Bush, the U.S. "spent $1.3 trillion on tax cuts for the wealthy" and "trillions" each on a war and on Medicare drug benefits.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 5, 2009
Michelle Malkin
Michelle Malkin
stated on 2009-08-02 on This Week with George Stephanopoulos:
A former Clinton administration official and other economists agree that "if you keep extending these temporary unemployment benefits, you're just going to extend joblessness even more."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 4, 2009
Bill Pascrell
Bill Pascrell
stated on 2009-07-28 a speech on the House floor:
"53 percent of Americans cut back on their health care in the last year because of costs."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 30, 2009
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