Fact Check Posts – Page 2

Maggie Hassan
stated on June 16, 2015 in her State of the State speech in Nashua:

Six thousand people have sought addiction treatment through expanded Medicaid.

By Clay Wirestone • July 2, 2015

Anne Nolan
stated on November 12, 2014 in a Journal commentary:

"In Rhode Island, a recent study showed that among a group of people who had been homeless for a year or more, Medicaid costs averaged about $60,000 per person."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 23, 2014

Nathan Deal
stated on October 13, 2014 in television attack ad:

"Jason Carter’s plan: increase spending by $12.5 billion."

By April Hunt, Nancy Badertscher • October 20, 2014

Mark Sickles
stated on June 23, 2014 in a speech.:

Says 70 percent of Virginia’s Medicaid cost is for seniors in nursing homes.

By Nancy Madsen • July 14, 2014

Terry McAuliffe
stated on March 27, 2014 in a radio interview.:

Says the Medicaid fraud rate in Virginia was "fact-checked" and found to be "0.47 percent."

By Sean Gorman • April 8, 2014

John Boehner
stated on March 13, 2014 in a press conference:

The United States has seen "a net loss of people with health insurance" because of Obamacare.

By Steve Contorno • March 18, 2014

Scott Walker
stated on February 23, 2014 in a TV interview:

"Federal government reneging" on Medicaid payments to Wisconsin caused about $240 million in extra costs in the 2013-’15 state budget.

By Dave Umhoefer • February 28, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on February 20, 2014 in a speech to Democratic governors:

"We’ve got close to 7 million Americans who have access to health care for the first time because of Medicaid expansion."

By Louis Jacobson • February 25, 2014

Ken Cuccinelli
stated on October 2, 2013 in radio ad.:

Terry McAuliffe has "threatened to shut down Virginia’s government if his budget plan isn’t supported."

By Sean Gorman • October 11, 2013

Todd Young
stated on June 19, 2013 in a letter to a constituent:

"Nearly 70 percent of all federal spending will go towards Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid" in fiscal year 2014.

By Louis Jacobson • July 2, 2013

Lon Burnam
stated on March 4, 2013 in a press release:

Says rejecting federal aid to expand Medicaid in Texas will "send $9 billion in federal taxes paid by Texans to other states to insure their working poor."

By Sue Owen • April 12, 2013

Ted Cruz
stated on April 1, 2013 in remarks in Austin, Texas:

"Expanding Medicaid will worsen health care options for the most vulnerable among us in Texas."

By Louis Jacobson • April 8, 2013

Rick Perry
stated on February 22, 2013 in remarks at a Washington, D.C. event.:

Says Houston is "home to more doctors, more nurses, more researchers than any other place in the world."

By W. Gardner Selby • March 21, 2013

Tennessee Democratic Party
stated on August 17, 2012 in Tennessee Democratic Party press release sent via email in a version specifically cri:

The "Health Care Compact bill would end Medicare's guaranteed benefit for Tennessee's Medicare recipients and shift management of the federal health care plan to the state's TennCare program."

By Tom Humphrey • September 7, 2012

James Clyburn
stated on September 6, 2012 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.:

When Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid were created, "Republicans stood on the sidelines"

By Louis Jacobson • September 7, 2012

Scott Walker
stated on July 12, 2012 in an op-ed piece:

A study showed that President Barack Obama’s health-care reforms will "devastate Wisconsin" by pushing people off employer-sponsored insurance, driving up premiums, increasing dependency and making 122,000 people ineligible for Medicaid.

By Dave Umhoefer, Guy Boulton • July 29, 2012

Brian Robinson
stated on July 8, 2012 in an article:

Funding the federal health care law without a tax hike will "require the state to cut nearly a quarter of its annual budget."

By Eric Stirgus • July 16, 2012

Rick Scott
stated on July 2, 2012 in comments on CNBC:

The Medicaid expansion is "going to cost Florida $1.9 billion a year."

By Aaron Sharockman • July 2, 2012

Rick Santorum
stated on March 6, 2012 in a campaign speech in Steubenville, Ohio:

After President Barack Obama’s health care law takes full effect, "100 percent" of Americans will "depend on some form of federal payment, some form of government benefit to help provide for them."

By Louis Jacobson • March 8, 2012

National Taxpayers Union
stated on November 13, 2011 in a newspaper advertisement.:

President Obama plans to "impose a tax of at least 23 percent on the Medicare prescription drug benefit for low-income beneficiaries."

By W. Gardner Selby • November 22, 2011

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