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AmericanNews.com
AmericanNews.com
stated on September 2, 2014 an article:
"According to recent reports, a group of death panels organized under Obamacare ordered their first execution."
Pants on Fire!
By Lauren Burns • November 11, 2014
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on November 5, 2014 a broadcast of "Hannity" on Fox News:
Every new Republican member of the U.S. Senate said they "will vote to repeal and replace Obamacare."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • November 10, 2014
Chain email
Chain email
stated on October 30, 2014 a chain email:
"Over 214,000 doctors opt out of Obamacare exchanges."
False
By Steve Contorno • November 6, 2014
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on November 3, 2014 a blog post:
"More people are losing their insurance (due to Obamacare) than are becoming newly insured."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 4, 2014
American Crossroads
American Crossroads
stated on October 28, 2014 a campaign ad:
As a result of Obamacare, "California seniors face benefit cuts of over $1,700."
False
By Lauren Carroll • October 31, 2014
James Carr
James Carr
stated on September 20, 2014 an interview:
"Before World War II, very few people actually had health insurance."
True
By Sean Gorman • October 30, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on October 27, 2014 a TV ad:
"Rick Scott vetoed funding for 30 Florida rape crisis centers. Scott said the centers weren’t needed."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 28, 2014
Darrell Issa
Darrell Issa
stated on October 26, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union":
Says Thomas Eric Duncan came into the United States "with an elevated temperature."
False
By Nai Issa, Lauren Carroll • October 26, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on October 21, 2014 a gubernatorial debate in Jacksonville:
Says property insurance rates are going up because Rick Scott signed a bill preventing the state from regulating insurance.
False
By Joshua Gillin • October 24, 2014
EMILY's List
EMILY's List
stated on October 21, 2014 a TV ad:
Says Scott Walker is "forcing some women to undergo a transvaginal probe to get an abortion."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • October 24, 2014
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on October 19, 2014 an interview on CNN:
"Obama, instead of nominating a health professional, he nominated someone who is an anti-gun activist (for surgeon general)."
False
By Lauren Carroll • October 23, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 21, 2014 a gubernatorial debate in Jacksonville:
Says Charlie Crist could have expanded Medicaid after the health care law passed but didn't.
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • October 22, 2014
Chain email
Chain email
stated on October 21, 2014 a chain email:
The Affordable Care Act says that "at age 76 when you most need it most, you are not eligible for cancer treatment. …  Cancer hospital will ration care according to the patient's age."
Pants on Fire!
By Lauren Burns • October 21, 2014
John Kitzhaber
John Kitzhaber
stated on October 20, 2014 a campaign debate:
"Ninety-five percent of Oregonians now have health insurance coverage, tens of thousands for the very first time."
True
By Dana Tims • October 20, 2014
Cory Gardner
Cory Gardner
stated on October 15, 2014 a debate:
The CDC is "spending money on things like jazzercise, urban gardening and massage therapy" that could be redirected to Ebola.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 20, 2014
Tavis Smiley
Tavis Smiley
stated on October 19, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week":
"This (Ebola) is not as bad as SARS was in 2003."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • October 19, 2014
George Will
George Will
stated on October 19, 2014 comments on "Fox News Sunday":
Some doctors say Ebola can be transmitted through the air by "a sneeze or some cough."
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 19, 2014
The Rhode Island Catholic
The Rhode Island Catholic
stated on October 2, 2014 a newspaper editorial:
Almost every state has offered an insurance plan on its health exchange that does not cover abortion.
True
By Alex Kuffner • October 17, 2014
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on October 14, 2014 a debate:
Under my platform, "I will make no changes to the current (Medicare) system for current retirees and anyone approaching retirement."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 16, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on September 17, 2014 a TV ad:
"Weeks after accepting a quarter-million-dollar campaign contribution" from a hospital board chairman, Greg Abbott went to court against victims of a drug-taking neurosurgeon.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 15, 2014
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