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George Will
George Will
stated on 2009-08-23 an interview on This Week with George Stephanopoulos:
Most of the stimulus money will be spent "not this year, not next year, but in 2011."
Mostly False
By Catharine Richert • August 26, 2009
Michael Steele
Michael Steele
stated on 2009-08-25 a Fox News interview:
The Department of Veterans Affairs has "a manual out there telling our veterans stuff like, 'Are you really of value to your community?' You know, encouraging them to commit suicide."
Pants on Fire!
By Robert Farley • August 25, 2009
Howard Dean
Howard Dean
stated on 2009-08-09 an appearance on ABC's "This Week":
"There's no rationing in any of these bills."
False
By Robert Farley • August 25, 2009
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on 2009-08-18 a press release:
The health bill's plan for comparative effectiveness research "would be used by the government to ration care."
False
By Robert Farley • August 25, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2009-08-20 a forum with supporters:
"If we went back to the obesity rates that existed back in the 1980s, the Medicare system over several years could save as much as a trillion dollars."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 24, 2009
Dick Armey
Dick Armey
stated on 2009-08-13 an interview with Judy Woodruff:
"If you're over 65 years old in America today, you have no choice but to be in Medicare. Even if you want out of Medicare, you have to forfeit your Social Security to get out of it."
Half-True
By Catharine Richert • August 24, 2009
Orly Taitz
Orly Taitz
stated on 2009-08-02 an attachment to a lawsuit:
Birthers have obtained a copy of Obama's Kenyan birth certificate.
Pants on Fire!
By Robert Farley • August 21, 2009
Orrin Hatch
Orrin Hatch
stated on 2009-08-20 an interview on Fox News:
If you don't count illegal aliens, people who qualify for other insurance, and people who make more than $75,000 a year, "it leaves about 15 million people" who are uninsured.
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 21, 2009
Bill Pascrell
Bill Pascrell
stated on 2009-07-28 a speech on the House floor:
"As many as 22,000 Americans die each year because they don’t have health insurance."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 20, 2009
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on 2009-08-19 an appearance on the Rachel Maddow Show:
"We spend twice as much per capita on health care as any other nation on Earth."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 20, 2009
Progressive Change Campaign Committee
Progressive Change Campaign Committee
stated on 2009-08-19 their Web site:
76 percent of Americans want a public health care option.
False
By Catharine Richert • August 20, 2009
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on 2009-08-12 an editorial board meeting with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
"I'm 59. In either Canada or Great Britain, if I broke my hip, I couldn’t get it replaced."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • August 19, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2009-08-11 a town hall meeting:
"Nearly 46 million Americans don't have health insurance coverage today."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 18, 2009
J. James Rohack
J. James Rohack
stated on 2009-08-16 Fox News Sunday:
Pregnant women trying to buy health insurance on their own are barred from maternity coverage because they have a "pre-existing condition."
True
By Louis Jacobson • August 18, 2009
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on 2009-08-14 the Rachel Maddow Show:
Republicans Chuck Grassley, John Boehner and John Mica flip-flopped on providing end-of-life counseling for the elderly.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 17, 2009
stated on 2009-08-14 an interview on the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer:
Preventive care does not save the government money.
True
By Catharine Richert • August 17, 2009
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on 2009-08-12 a TV ad:
The health care reform plan being proposed in Congress would mean "big tax increases."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • August 14, 2009
David Axelrod
David Axelrod
stated on 2009-08-13 a chain e-mail:
Obama's plan for health care reform "ends exorbitant out-of-pocket expenses, deductibles or co-pays."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Catharine Richert • August 14, 2009
David Axelrod
David Axelrod
stated on 2009-08-13 in a chain e-mail:
Health care reform will not affect veterans' benefits.
True
By Catharine Richert • August 14, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2009-08-11 a town hall meeting.:
"I just want to assure [you] we're not talking about cutting Medicare benefits."
Half-True
By Catharine Richert • August 14, 2009
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