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Latest Fact-Checks In Health Care

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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
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
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 12, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"
"We were told there would never be a case of Ebola in the United States."
False
By Lauren Carroll • October 12, 2014
Jeanne Shaheen
Jeanne Shaheen
stated on September 29, 2014 a news release
Says Scott Brown co-sponsored legislation to let employers deny women coverage for mammograms.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 10, 2014
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