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Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on August 17, 2011 a speech at "Politics and Eggs" in Bedford, N.H.
Says Texas gained 21,000 doctors due to tort reform.
False
By Jon Greenberg • August 25, 2011
Phil Gingrey
Phil Gingrey
stated on June 22, 2011 a news conference
Under last year’s health care reform, "a bunch of bureaucrats decide whether you get care, such as continuing on dialysis or cancer chemotherapy."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • August 2, 2011
Michael Doherty
Michael Doherty
stated on July 11, 2011 a speech on the Senate floor by Sen. Michael Doherty (R-Warren)
Says Planned Parenthood provides about 140 visits for prenatal care in each state.  
False
By Bill Wichert • July 18, 2011
Mike Haridopolos
Mike Haridopolos
stated on June 29, 2011 a posting on Twitter
Florida’s proposed Health Care Freedom Act "will allow Floridians to opt out of Obama’s govt. takeover of healthcare!"
False
By Janet Zink • July 13, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on June 16, 2011 a television interview on On the Line
"Only the State of New York spends more money on Medicaid than the State of New Jersey."
False
By Bill Wichert • July 5, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on June 20, 2011 a campaign fund-raising letter
There is a Republican "plan to end Medicare."
False
By Stephen Koff • June 27, 2011
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on June 9, 2011 a news release
Says that Sherrod Brown "voted to cut Medicare by over $500 billion in order to fund government-run health care."
False
By Tom Feran • June 23, 2011
Mike Haridopolos
Mike Haridopolos
stated on May 22, 2011 TV interview
"No one thought we could get a bipartisan bill (Medicaid) passed. We did in the Florida Senate."
False
By Katie Sanders • June 3, 2011
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on May 29, 2011 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"
The Medicare proposal by Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., would "allow insurance companies to deny you coverage and drop you for pre-existing conditions."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 1, 2011
The Agenda Project
The Agenda Project
stated on May 17, 2011 an advertisement
The Paul Ryan budget proposal would leave the country "without Medicare."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • May 25, 2011
Laura Ingraham
Laura Ingraham
stated on May 12, 2011 an interview on Fox News' "O'Reilly Factor"
The Massachusetts health care plan is "wildly unpopular" among state residents.
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 16, 2011
Robert Watson
Robert Watson
stated on April 26, 2011 a speech on the House floor
"I'm well aware that medical marijuana is a recognized, medical, viable treatment for this sort of [pancreas] pain condition."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 8, 2011
Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on March 28, 2011 a letter to a constituent
Says the Internal Revenue Service estimated it must hire "16,500 agents at a cost of $10 billion to the taxpayer" to enforce the federal health care overhaul.
False
By Willoughby Mariano • May 4, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on March 17, 2011 an interview
Says "in Canada, the number of CT scan machines per 1,000 people is like one-tenth of what we have here in this country. That's why people have to wait."
False
By M.B. Pell • May 2, 2011
Bill Maher
Bill Maher
stated on April 15, 2011 an episode of HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher"
Under a proposal by Rep. Paul Ryan, people on Medicare will only have $15,000 from the federal government to spend on their health care.
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 20, 2011
Peter DeFazio
Peter DeFazio
stated on April 13, 2011 a House floor speech
"Medicare passed with virtually no Republican support."
False
By Louis Jacobson, Patrick Kennedy • April 15, 2011
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on March 23, 2011 an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal
For the first time in U.S. history, a personal inaction will be deemed unlawful -- not purchasing a health-insurance plan
False
By Dave Umhoefer • April 6, 2011
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on March 29, 2011 a radio interview
"A third of all the young people in America are not in America today because of abortion, because one in three pregnancies end in abortion."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 31, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 23, 2011 an opinion article published in the 'Tampa Tribune'
"Before this (federal health care) law was enacted, Florida parents ... were able to purchase inexpensive 'child-only' coverage for their children. The law’s 'consumer protections' have now eliminated that choice in Florida."
False
By Laura Figueroa • March 31, 2011
Larry Ahern
Larry Ahern
stated on March 25, 2011 a letter to the editor of the "St. Petersburg Times"
"We don't need a separate (prescription drug) database ... Pharmacies already have a database in place."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • March 29, 2011
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