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Barack Obama
stated on September 9, 2009 in a speech to Congress:

Health reform will "give every American the same opportunity" to buy health insurance the way members of Congress do.

By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 10, 2009

Joe Wilson
stated on September 9, 2009 in the audience at a joint session of Congress:

"You lie!" (in response to President Obama saying health reform would not insure illegal immigrants.)

By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 10, 2009

Barack Obama
stated on September 9, 2009 in a speech to Congress:

Preventive care "saves money."

By Catharine Richert • September 10, 2009

John Carter
stated on August 31, 2009 in a column by the Texas Republican on the Web site of the Christian Coalition of America:

"The Obama Administration's own White House Council of Economic Advisers has estimated 4.7 million Americans will lose their jobs if the (health care) bill passes."

By Louis Jacobson • September 8, 2009

Arne Duncan
stated on August 26, 2009 in a letter to principals:

A scheduled speech by President Barack Obama will be "the first time an American president has spoken directly to the nation's school children about persisting and succeeding in school."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 3, 2009

Investor's Business Daily
stated on September 2, 2009 in an editorial:

"Cap-and-trade is wildly unpopular with Americans."

By Catharine Richert • September 3, 2009

Howard Dean
stated on August 25, 2009 in an interview on the Rachel Maddow Show:

"All the really great programs in American history, Social Security, was done without Republicans. Medicare was done without Republican support until the last vote where they realized they had to get on board."

By Catharine Richert • August 28, 2009

Howard Dean
stated on August 9, 2009 in an appearance on ABC's "This Week":

"There's no rationing in any of these bills."

By Robert Farley • August 25, 2009

John Boehner
stated on August 18, 2009 in a press release:

The health bill's plan for comparative effectiveness research "would be used by the government to ration care."

By Robert Farley • August 25, 2009

Barack Obama
stated on August 20, 2009 in 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."

By Louis Jacobson • August 24, 2009

Bernie Sanders
stated on August 19, 2009 in an appearance on the Rachel Maddow Show:

"We spend twice as much per capita on health care as any other nation on Earth."

By Louis Jacobson • August 20, 2009

Progressive Change Campaign Committee
stated on August 19, 2009 in their Web site:

76 percent of Americans want a public health care option.

By Catharine Richert • August 20, 2009

Sarah Palin
stated on August 12, 2009 in her Facebook page:

A provision in the health care reform bill for end-of-life counseling for seniors is not "entirely voluntary."

By Robert Farley • August 13, 2009

Michele Bachmann
stated on July 27, 2009 in a statement on the House floor:

Ezekiel Emanuel, one of President Obama's key health care advisers, "says medical care should be reserved for the nondisabled. So watch out if you're disabled."

By Robert Farley • August 12, 2009

Barack Obama
stated on August 11, 2009 in a town hall meeting in New Hampshire:

"I have not said that I was a single-payer supporter."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 12, 2009

John Boehner
stated on July 23, 2009 in an op-ed for National Review:

The Democrat-backed health care reform plan "will require (Americans) to subsidize abortion with their hard-earned tax dollars."

By Robert Farley • August 7, 2009

Paul Krugman
stated on August 5, 2009 in a blog posting.:

During the 2005 fight over Social Security, "there were noisy demonstrations — but they were outside the events," and opponents were "not disruptive — crowds booed lines they didn’t like, but that was about it."

By Louis Jacobson • August 7, 2009

Bloggers
stated on August 4, 2009 in a news release:

Health care reform legislation is "likely to mandate free ‘sex change’ surgeries."

By Louis Jacobson • August 7, 2009

Club for Growth
stated on August 4, 2009 in a TV ad:

The health care reform plan would set limits similar to the "socialized" system in Britain, where people are allowed to die if their treatment would cost more than $22,000.

By Catharine Richert • August 6, 2009

Barack Obama
stated on August 5, 2009 in a speech in Wakarusa, Ind.:

Stimulus tax cuts "began showing up in paychecks of 4.8 million Indiana households about three months ago."

By Louis Jacobson • August 5, 2009

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