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Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on October 21, 2009 in a Fox News interview:
"Usually it's about $900 a month to get health coverage. (Florida's program has) reduced that, on average, to about $150 a month."
False
By Catharine Richert • October 23, 2009
Gun Owners of America
Gun Owners of America
stated on October 9, 2009 in an alert to members:
The Baucus health care bill "could be used to ban guns in home self-defense."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 20, 2009
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on October 12, 2009 in a statement on his Fox News Channel program:
Forty-five percent of doctors "say they'll quit" if health care reform passes.
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 15, 2009
Chain email
Chain email
stated on September 9, 2009 in a chain e-mail:
An Iowa policy "provides for a state round up of Iowa citizens who might be exposed to the swine flu virus."
False
By Robert Farley • October 14, 2009
Americans United for Change
Americans United for Change
stated on October 12, 2009 in a television advertisement:
"Baseball and insurance are the only industries exempt from antitrust laws."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 13, 2009
John Kline
John Kline
stated on October 8, 2009 in a press release:
Under the Hate Crimes bill, "any pastor, preacher, priest, rabbi or imam who gives a sermon out of their moral traditions about sexual practices could be found guilty of a federal crime."
False
By Robert Farley • October 9, 2009
PlantsNeedCO2.org
PlantsNeedCO2.org
stated on October 5, 2009 in an ad in the Washington Post:
"Not only is there no scientific evidence that CO2 is a pollutant, higher CO2 concentrations actually help ecosystems support more plant and animal life."
False
By Catharine Richert • October 7, 2009
Barney Bishop
Barney Bishop
stated on August 26, 2009 in a press release:
"There's no evidence anywhere that offshore drilling has hurt tourism in any area where it has been allowed."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • October 5, 2009
Michael Moore
Michael Moore
stated on October 2, 2009 in the movie Capitalism: A Love Story:
All the talk about socialism during the campaign made young people more interested in it by Election Day.
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 2, 2009
Michael Moore
Michael Moore
stated on September 26, 2009 in an appearance on Larry King Live:
"The majority actually want single-payer health care."
False
By Robert Farley • October 1, 2009
House Republican Conference
House Republican Conference
stated on September 22, 2009 in an article on its Web site:
Medicare officials have treated Humana and AARP inconsistently on how they can communicate with seniors.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 30, 2009
Steve Doocy
Steve Doocy
stated on September 29, 2009 in a statement on Fox and Friends:
White House Political Director Patrick Gaspard once served as the "right-hand man" for Bertha Lewis, who heads up ACORN.
False
By Robert Farley • September 30, 2009
Bruce Braley
Bruce Braley
stated on September 16, 2009 in a speech on the House floor:
"Recent census data shows that the average American family spends over $13,000 a year for health care coverage."
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 22, 2009
National Right to Life Committee
National Right to Life Committee
stated on September 16, 2009 in a press release:
"Under the Baucus bill ... federal funds would subsidize coverage of elective abortions."
False
By Robert Farley • September 21, 2009
Lamar Alexander
Lamar Alexander
stated on September 16, 2009 in a press release:
The Obama administration's cap-and-trade plan would create "a $1,761 yearly energy tax."
False
By Catharine Richert • September 18, 2009
Health Care for America Now
Health Care for America Now
stated on September 15, 2009 in a television advertisement:
Health insurance companies deny "1 out of 5 treatments prescribed by doctors."
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 18, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 9, 2009 in a speech to a joint session of Congress:
Insurers delayed an Illinois man's treatment, "and he died because of it."
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 17, 2009
Howard Dean
Howard Dean
stated on September 13, 2009 in remarks on NBC's Meet the Press:
"Every other democracy in the world has a health care system that covers everybody, and we don't."
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 15, 2009
Thomas Sowell
Thomas Sowell
stated on September 8, 2009 in a column in Investor's Business Daily.:
The Obama administration "was successful in rushing a massive spending bill through Congress in just two days — after which it sat on the president's desk for three days, while he was away on vacation."
False
By Ian Jannetta • September 15, 2009
Chain email
Chain email
stated on August 24, 2009 in a message forwarded to many people:
A new bill "was written into the new health care reform initiative ensuring that Congress will be 100 percent exempt."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 11, 2009
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