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Tammy Baldwin
stated on January 5, 2017 a tweet:

The federal government is prohibited "from negotiating lower prescription drug prices for our senior citizens."

True

By Tom Kertscher • January 17, 2017

Rand Paul
stated on January 15, 2017 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":

"The vast majority of people that got insurance under President Obama's Obamacare, the Affordable Care Act, got it through Medicaid."

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg • January 15, 2017

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
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
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
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
stated on November 10, 2016 an interview:

"Because of Obamacare, Medicare is going broke."

Pants on Fire!

By Tom Kertscher • December 23, 2016

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
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
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
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
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
stated on November 9, 2016 a news conference:

Obamacare "is not a popular law."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • November 17, 2016

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
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

By Tom Kertscher • November 4, 2016

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
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
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
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
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

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