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Latest Fact-Checks In Health Care

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Anthony Weiner
Anthony Weiner
stated on August 25, 2009 an interview on "Fox and Friends":
"Under the plan, for the first five years your employer not only has to keep the coverage, but you can't migrate to the public plan."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 28, 2009
Barbara Boxer
Barbara Boxer
stated on August 10, 2009 an interview with Rachel Maddow:
"It's costing every American who is insured $1,100 to pick up the cost of uncompensated care that goes on at the emergency room."
Mostly False
By Catharine Richert • August 28, 2009
Ginny Brown-Waite
Ginny Brown-Waite
stated on August 24, 2009 a mailing:
"Any government-run 'public' plan ... forces more employers to drop employee coverage due to rising costs and pay an additional 8% payroll tax for each worker."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 26, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 11, 2009 a town hall on health care:
AARP is "endorsing" the health care reform bill.
Mostly False
By Catharine Richert, Robert Farley • August 12, 2009
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on July 2, 2009 a television ad:
Mitch McConnell opposed "legislation to create and protect Kentucky jobs . . . help for the unemployed. . .  health care for Kentucky's children," and "fair pay for women."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 6, 2009
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on May 17, 2009 an interview on Fox News Sunday.:
A public option for health care would end private insurance "because the private insurance people will not be able to compete with a government option."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 19, 2009
Conservatives for Patients' Rights
Conservatives for Patients' Rights
stated on April 27, 2009 a television ad:
The economic stimulus bill created a council that's "modeled after the national board that controls Britain’s health system."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 11, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2008 in a television ad:
John McCain's health care plan "leaves you on your own to pay McCain’s health insurance tax."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 3, 2008
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on October 2, 2008 St. Louis:
Barack Obama's health care plan is "to mandate health care coverage and have a universal government-run program."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 2, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on July 7, 2008 remarks to reporters by campaign adviser Carly Fiorina in Washington, D.C.:
"There are many health insurance plans that will cover Viagra but won't cover birth-control medication."
Mostly False
By Kris Hundley • July 16, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 20, 2008 in a television ad:
Barack Obama's health care plan "will cost taxpayers $1,700 more to cover each new person."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 21, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on January 30, 2008 a debate in Simi Valley, Calif.:
Romney left Massachusetts "with a $245-million debt because of the big government-mandated health care system."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • January 31, 2008
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 5, 2008 a debate in Manchester, N.H.:
Barack Obama "wants the government to take over health care, spend hundreds of billions of dollars of new money for health insurance for everyone."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 6, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 15, 2007 Las Vegas, Nev. :
"I do provide universal health care."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 3, 2007
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 15, 2007 Las Vegas, Nev. :
Obama says his health care plan is "universal."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 26, 2007
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 30, 2007 Philadelphia:
"All of the records, as far as I know, about what we did with health care, those are already available."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 10, 2007
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on September 2, 2007:
"The reality is, with a $2 trillion-a-year health care budget, we're spending more on health care, nearly 17 percent of our gross domestic product, versus 3.8 percent of GDP on the entire military budget."
Mostly False
By Michael Van Sickler • October 5, 2007
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