Fact Check Posts – Page 21

Karl Rove
stated on December 22, 2009 an interview with Fox News:

"In Florida, Sen. Bill Nelson ... got a $25 billion to $30 billion carve-out for Medicare Advantage patients in their state."

By Aaron Sharockman • December 24, 2009

Barack Obama
stated on December 22, 2009 an interview with the Washington Post:

"I didn't campaign on a public option."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 23, 2009

Mike Pence
stated on November 30, 2009 a press release:

Under the Democratic health plan, families "will be forced to spend an additional $2,100 a year to keep their current health care."

By Robert Farley • December 1, 2009

Ed Schultz
stated on November 20, 2009 MSNBC's the 'Ed Show':

"Ninety-eight percent of the American people will not see their taxes go up" due to the House health care bill.

By Louis Jacobson • November 27, 2009

Orrin Hatch
stated on November 19, 2009 a news release:

The Senate health care bill is longer than Tolstoy's 'War and Peace.'

By Louis Jacobson • November 20, 2009

Ed Rendell
stated on November 12, 2009 the 'Rachel Maddow Show':

A small business receiving a federal tax credit "to provide health care for its employees ... would be barred under the Stupak Amendment from allowing their employees to use ... the health care that they offer them for abortion."

By Louis Jacobson • November 19, 2009

Rachel Maddow
stated on November 12, 2009 her show on MSNBC:

"The Stupak Amendment doesn't just say you can't use your federal insurance subsidy to pay for an abortion, it says, if you're getting a federal subsidy of any kind, you're not allowed to buy an insurance plan that covers abortion even with your own money."

By Louis Jacobson • November 16, 2009

Sarah Palin
stated on November 12, 2009 a note on Facebook:

Under the House health care bill, the government "will have to penalize citizens if we choose not to buy a plan that will cost a minimum of about $15,000 per family per year."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 13, 2009

Louise Slaughter
stated on November 7, 2009 a statement on the House floor:

Women pay 48 percent more for health insurance.

By Catharine Richert • November 9, 2009

Valerie Jarrett
stated on November 1, 2009 an interview on ABC's 'This Week with George Stephanopoulos':

There is majority support for the Democrats' health care plans.

By Louis Jacobson • November 2, 2009

Senior Citizens League
stated on October 1, 2009 a letter to members:

A "massive" federal computer network will make your medical records available to "millions of people" with a "complete lack of privacy and confidentiality," while doctors and hospitals who don't take part face "stiff penalties."

By Louis Jacobson • October 22, 2009

Health Care for America Now
stated on October 15, 2009 a television ad:

Health proposal would create a "40% tax on health care benefits of middle-class workers."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 21, 2009

Barack Obama
stated on October 17, 2009 his weekly address:

"The Senate Finance Committee approved a reform proposal that has both Democratic and Republican support."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 19, 2009

Glenn Beck
stated on October 8, 2009 his radio program.:

"You don't know if this (the H1N1 vaccine) is gonna cause neurological damage like it did in the 1970s."

By Robert Farley • October 14, 2009

Patients First
stated on September 29, 2009 a news release:

"Health care mandate will require imprisonment and fines for Americans who can’t afford to purchase insurance or pay hefty government penalties."

By Louis Jacobson • September 29, 2009

Health Care for America Now
stated on September 15, 2009 a television advertisement:

Health insurance companies pay CEOs $24 million a year

By Louis Jacobson • September 16, 2009

Charles Boustany
stated on September 9, 2009 response to President Obama's health care address to Congress:

The Democratic health care bill in the House would "create 53 new government bureaucracies."

By Robert Farley • September 11, 2009

Barack Obama
stated on September 9, 2009 an address to a joint session of Congress:

"It’s a plan that incorporates ideas from many of the people in this room tonight – Democrats and Republicans."

By Robert Farley • September 10, 2009

Rush Limbaugh
stated on August 28, 2009 his radio program:

The government is "going to have the right to get into your bank account with the health care bill and make transfers without you knowing it."

By Robert Farley • September 8, 2009

Haley Barbour
stated on August 13, 2009 an op-ed in the Washington Examiner:

"It took Obama six months to pick out a family dog," but he's "cramming health care reform down the country's throat in a fraction of that time."

By Louis Jacobson • September 3, 2009

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