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Richard Corcoran
stated on April 16, 2015 an email to constituents:

"Medicaid patients were 97 percent more likely to die than those with private insurance."

Mostly False

By Joshua Gillin • April 22, 2015

Evan Bayh
stated on April 2, 2015 an interview in Concord, N.H.:

"The fastest-growing part of the Pentagon’s budget are health care expenses."

True

By Clay Wirestone • April 21, 2015

Elizabeth Roberts
stated on March 2, 2015 a presentation to the Reinventing Medicaid Working Group:

"More than 30 cents of every state tax dollar goes to Medicaid."

True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 19, 2015

Dave Brat
stated on March 17, 2015 a written statement.:

Repealing Obamacare saves "our nation more than $2 trillion."

False

By Warren Fiske • April 13, 2015

Rick Scott
stated on April 7, 2015 interviews with reporters:

On expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.

Full Flop

By Jon Greenberg • April 7, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on March 23, 2015 a tweet:

Under Barack Obama, "the average cost of family health care premiums has increased by $4,154."

Mostly False

By Tom Kertscher • April 7, 2015

Barack Obama
stated on March 25, 2015 a speech:

The Affordable Care Act is "a major reason why we’ve seen 50,000 fewer preventable patient deaths in hospitals."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • March 31, 2015

Gina Raimondo
stated on March 13, 2015 a television interview:

"Rhode Island has the second highest per enrollee (Medicaid) cost of any state in the country, which is 60 percent higher than the national average."

Mostly True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 29, 2015

National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on March 23, 2015 a statement on a website:

U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy "voted to allow members of Congress to receive taxpayer-funded health care for life."

Pants on Fire!

By Amy Sherman • March 25, 2015

Phil Robertson
stated on February 27, 2015 a speech at the CPAC conference:

According to the CDC, "110 million Americans now have a sexually transmitted illness."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • March 4, 2015

NaturalNews.com
stated on February 5, 2015 a story making the rounds on social media:

The measles vaccine has killed 108 people in the last decade, while no one has died of measles.

False

By April Hunt • March 3, 2015

Bishop Thomas Tobin
stated on January 22, 2015 a newspaper column:

"Abortions account for 94 percent of the services provided for pregnant women by Planned Parenthood."

False

By Katie Mulvaney • March 2, 2015

John Boehner
stated on March 1, 2015 comments on CBS' "Face the Nation":

Says President Barack Obama made "unilateral changes" to Obamacare "38 times."

Half-True

By Lauren Carroll • March 1, 2015

Texas Democratic Party
stated on February 12, 2015 a press release:

More than 1 million Texans live without affordable health care because Rick Perry failed to "partner with the Legislature to find a Texas solution to closing the coverage gap."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • March 1, 2015

Jonah Goldberg
stated on February 13, 2015 a column in "National Review":

Homeopathy, acupuncture and aromatherapy "have been given elevated legitimacy under the Affordable Care Act."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • February 24, 2015

Marjorie Sanfilippo
stated on February 16, 2015 a Florida Senate criminal justice committee hearing:

"200,000 students attempt suicide every year on college campuses."

Half-True

By Amy Sherman • February 20, 2015

Rick Perry
stated on February 5, 2014 an interview with the Texas Tribune and Washington Post.:

"When I came into office, our vaccination rate in Texas was 65 percent. When I left two weeks ago, it was 95 percent."

False

By W. Gardner Selby • February 12, 2015

Katty Kay
stated on February 8, 2015 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":

"There are countries in Africa where they have higher vaccination rates than here in the United States."

True

By Katie Sanders • February 8, 2015

Elizabeth Cohen
stated on February 2, 2015 an interview with Anderson Cooper:

"If someone is in a room that has measles and leaves and you walk in two hours later, you could get measles from that person."

True

By Katie Sanders • February 4, 2015

Celine Gounder
stated on February 3, 2015 an interview on CNN:

"Measles is one of the most common causes of child blindness worldwide."

True

By Katie Sanders • February 4, 2015

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