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Latest Fact-Checks In Health Care

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Keith Ellison
Keith Ellison
stated on January 5, 2017 a tweet
"House GOP rules package bars CBO from counting spikes in deficit spending spurred by an ACA repeal."
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 12, 2017
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on January 9, 2017 an op-ed on FoxNews.com
"About 8 out of 10 favor changing Obamacare significantly or replacing it altogether."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 10, 2017
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on January 4, 2017 comments to reporters on Capitol Hill
Under Obamacare, "American families have seen an increase in premiums of $5,000."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 9, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on November 25, 2016 a blog post
Says Vicks VapoRub caused a child’s death.
False
By Jon Greenberg • January 6, 2017
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on November 10, 2016 an interview
"Because of Obamacare, Medicare is going broke."
Pants on Fire!
December 23, 2016
If You Only News
If You Only News
stated on December 4, 2016 a news-entertainment web post
"Emboldened by election, Texas Republicans kill Medicaid funding for kids with disabilities."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • December 21, 2016
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on October 14, 2016 a debate
Under Obamacare, "premiums have doubled and tripled" in Wisconsin.
Mostly True
By Eric Litke • December 13, 2016
Winning Democrats
Winning Democrats
stated on December 1, 2016 an article
"Trump’s Health Secretary Pick Wants a Medicare Phaseout by Summer 2017."
False
By Allison Graves • December 7, 2016
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on November 30, 2016 an op-ed in USA Today
Obamacare "was invented by liberal academic theorists."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • December 5, 2016
James Quintero
James Quintero
stated on October 10, 2016 a panel discussion at SXSW Eco
Says that when San Francisco banned plastic grocery bags, "you saw the number of instances of people going to the ER with things like salmonella and other related illnesses" spike.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 23, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on November 9, 2016 a news conference
Obamacare "is not a popular law."
Mostly True
November 17, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 3, 2016 a campaign speech
"It's just been announced that the residents of Florida are going to experience a massive, double-digit premium hike."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • November 7, 2016
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on October 28, 2016 an ad
Says Russ Feingold said that with Obamacare, "we could keep our doctors and our plans, it was rated as the Lie of the Year."  
True
November 4, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 30, 2016 a campaign speech.
Says Nevadans will have a "double-digit hike in their Obamacare premiums for the year" and "10 of Nevada’s 16 counties will only have one Obamacare...exchange insurer"
Mostly True
By Riley Snyder • November 4, 2016
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on October 14, 2016 a U.S. Senate debate
"Prior to Obamacare here in Wisconsin, 95 percent of Wisconsinites were covered by insurance. After Obamacare, 95 percent of Wisconsinites were covered by insurance. It hasn’t had an impact."
False
By Eric Litke • November 4, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 1, 2016 a speech
"In many instances, (people's) health care costs are more than their mortgage costs or their rent, which, by the way, is a first in American history."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 2, 2016
Elise Stefanik
Elise Stefanik
stated on October 6, 2016 a television ad
When asked about bills in Congress important to the North Country, Derrick responded ‘I just don’t know enough about it.’
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • November 1, 2016
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on October 25, 2016 an interview on CNN
"It's four or five states where the number of insurance options have narrowed" under the Affordable Care Act.
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 26, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 17, 2016 a U.S. Senate debate
"In about three weeks over a half million Floridians are going to lose their coverage again" through Obamacare.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 18, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 9, 2016 a presidential debate
Says Hillary Clinton "wants to go to a single-payer plan" for health care
False
By Amy Sherman, C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 10, 2016
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