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Valerie Jarrett
Valerie Jarrett
stated on October 28, 2013 a tweet:
"FACT: Nothing in #Obamacare forces people out of their health plans."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 30, 2013
Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney
stated on October 27, 2013 an interview on "This Week":
Says Mike Enzi is "getting about 84 percent of his campaign funds from Washington-based PACs. That's more than any senator of either party."
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • October 30, 2013
Charlie Sykes
Charlie Sykes
stated on October 25, 2013 a broadcast of the Charlie Sykes Show on WTMJ:
"The number of Americans who receive means-tested government benefits -- welfare -- now outnumbers those who are year-round full-time workers."
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 30, 2013
David Axelrod
David Axelrod
stated on October 28, 2013 comments on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":
"The vast majority of people in this country are keeping their (health insurance) plan."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • October 29, 2013
Joe Barton
Joe Barton
stated on October 24, 2013 a Fox News interview:
"Hidden" in the healthcare.gov code is language that means users "waive any reasonable right to privacy of your personal information."
False
By Julie Kliegman • October 29, 2013
John Fleming
John Fleming
stated on October 27, 2013 a discussion on CNN's "State of the Union":
In Massachusetts, "half of the primary care doctors are not accepting new patients."
True
By Louis Jacobson • October 29, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 21, 2013 a public address:
Nearly 6 in 10 uninsured Americans "can get health insurance for what may be the equivalent of your cell phone bill."
Mostly True
By Julie Kliegman • October 28, 2013
Nick Gillespie
Nick Gillespie
stated on October 22, 2013 a discussion on CNN's "Crossfire":
Emergency rooms account for "2 percent of all health care spending."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 28, 2013
Lawrence O'Donnell
Lawrence O'Donnell
stated on October 21, 2013 'The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell":
"The IRS has been specifically forbidden ...  from ever actually pursuing either civil or criminal remedies" for people who don’t purchase health insurance.
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • October 25, 2013
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 21, 2013 Facebook posts:
Congress, criminals, Scientologists and other groups are exempt from Obamacare.
Mostly False
By Julie Kliegman • October 24, 2013
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on October 21, 2013 a broadcast of the Sean Hannity Show on WBAP AM:
"In 45 out of 50 states, on average men are seeing their premiums double, going up 99 percent. Women up 62 percent."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 24, 2013
Paul LePage
Paul LePage
stated on October 14, 2013 a speech in Falmouth, Maine:
"About 47 percent of able-bodied people in the state of Maine don’t work."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2013
Andrew Napolitano
Andrew Napolitano
stated on October 17, 2013 an interview on "Fox and Friends":
"Woodrow Wilson borrowed $30 billion to fund World War I in 1917. That money has not been paid back. And we are still paying interest on it."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 20, 2013 an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
"I never was in favor of shutting down the government. … (I) voted to fund the government fully."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2013
Sam Stein
Sam Stein
stated on October 21, 2013 an interview on MSNBC's 'Morning Joe':
"No one beta-tested" healthcare.gov.
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • October 22, 2013
Tom Colicchio
Tom Colicchio
stated on October 20, 2013 a tweet:
Says under President Barack Obama, the debt increased by 23 percent, which was less than under any president going back to Ronald Reagan.
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 22, 2013
Maria Bartiromo
Maria Bartiromo
stated on October 20, 2013 an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"As a result of Obamacare, we are becoming something of a part-time employment country."
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 22, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 17, 2013 a public address:
"Half of all CEOs say that the shutdown and the threat of shutdown set back their plans to hire over the next six months."
Mostly True
By Julie Kliegman • October 21, 2013
Louie Gohmert
Louie Gohmert
stated on October 15, 2013 an interview with Fox News:
"We went from $160 billion deficit spending in (President George W.) Bush's last year to $1.6 trillion the following year."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 18, 2013
Mick Mulvaney
Mick Mulvaney
stated on October 16, 2013 an interview with CBS News:
The "president has given 1,100 special waivers to his friends" for Obamacare.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 18, 2013
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