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Latest Fact-Checks In Health Care

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Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on March 24, 2010 a radio ad
In Cover Florida "thousands already enrolled and climbing."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 25, 2010
Bill McCollum
Bill McCollum
stated on March 22, 2010 a press conference
Florida's cost for the Medicaid expansion will be $1.6 billion a year or more.
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 23, 2010
Todd Tiahrt
Todd Tiahrt
stated on March 16, 2010 a speech on the House floor.
The Democratic health care bill will "collect higher taxes for 10 years and provide health care for only six years."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 19, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 19, 2010 a health care speech
"Americans who get their insurance through the workplace, cost savings could be as much as $3,000 less per employee than if we do nothing."
Half-True
March 19, 2010
John Yarmuth
John Yarmuth
stated on March 16, 2010 a speech on the House floor
A national poll found that among people who oppose the Democratic health care reform bill, "almost 40 percent" opposed it not because it goes too far, but because "they don’t think it goes far enough. ... They will not be unhappy when we pass health care reform."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 19, 2010
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on March 18, 2010 a press release
The Congressional Budget Office analysis of the health insurance reform legislation says the bill "cuts the deficit by $1.2 trillion in the second 10 years."
Half-True
March 18, 2010
Cliff Stearns
Cliff Stearns
stated on March 15, 2010 a speech on the House floor
"There is no precedent for what the Democrats are doing with this deception. ... We have never written a reconciliation bill to amend a law that does not exist."
Half-True
By Catharine Richert • March 17, 2010
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on February 25, 2010 a statement at the health care summit
The health care bill will "create 4 million jobs, 400,000 jobs almost immediately."
Half-True
By Catharine Richert • March 8, 2010
Lamar Alexander
Lamar Alexander
stated on February 25, 2010 the televised health care summit
The health care bill "dumps 15 to 18 million low-income Americans into a Medicaid program that none of us want to be a part of because 50 percent of doctors won't see new patients."
Half-True
By Catharine Richert • March 1, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 25, 2010 the televised health care summit
"The costs for families (in the individual market) for the same type of coverage that they're currently receiving would go down 14 percent to 20 percent."
Half-True
February 26, 2010
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 14, 2010 an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press'
Among the money spent on health care in the United States, "46 cents on every dollar spent is through Medicare and Medicaid."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 16, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 27, 2010 a State of the Union speech
Health care reform "would bring down the deficit by as much as $1 trillion over the next two decades."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 1, 2010
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on January 20, 2010 a press release
"Under (Rick Perry’s) watch as governor, over six million Texans have no health care coverage, including one million children, homeowners suffer from the highest insurance rates in the country, and college tuition has skyrocketed 136 percent."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 29, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 15, 2009 remarks at the White House
Health care reform plans being consided in Congress "will finally reduce the costs of health care."
Half-True
December 18, 2009
Diana DeGette
Diana DeGette
stated on November 9, 2009 the 'Rachel Maddow Show'
"The public option is not funded with public money. It's funded with private insurance premiums."
Half-True
By Catharine Richert • November 13, 2009
Bob Beckel
Bob Beckel
stated on November 9, 2009 Sean Hannity's show on Fox News
"There were more people at the Air and Space Museum" than at a rally against the health care bills.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 12, 2009
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on November 10, 2009 his radio show
The health care bills will be "mandated spending. You can't cut it, regardless of the budget circumstances."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 12, 2009
Wall Street Journal editorial page
Wall Street Journal editorial page
stated on November 2, 2009 an editorial
The House health care bill pays for "about six years of program with a decade of revenue, with the heaviest costs concentrated in the second five years."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 6, 2009
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on November 5, 2009 a press release
"As a result of the House Republican bill, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office now confirms that families will see their health care premiums reduced by up to 10 percent."
Half-True
November 6, 2009
House Republican Conference
House Republican Conference
stated on October 29, 2009 a news release
Health care reform "requires the use of federal dollars to fund abortions through the government-run health plan."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 4, 2009
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