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Latest Fact-Checks In Health Care

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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
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 birth control."
True
By Louis Jacobson • October 10, 2014
Pat Roberts
Pat Roberts
stated on October 1, 2014 a Web video:
"20,000 Kansans lost their health insurance because of (Obamacare)."
False
By Lauren Carroll • October 9, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 2, 2014 a speech at Northwestern University:
The cost of "health care is now the single-biggest factor driving down" the federal budget deficit.
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • October 8, 2014
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on September 30, 2014 a campaign commercial:
Says U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland "voted himself health care for life."
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin • October 8, 2014
Thom Tillis
Thom Tillis
stated on October 7, 2014 a debate:
By voting for Obamacare, Sen. Kay Hagan "voted to kill the equivalent of 2.5 million jobs."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 8, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on October 1, 2014 a TV ad:
Says Rick Scott signed "laws requiring mandatory ultrasounds and restricting access to abortion even in cases of rape or incest."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • October 7, 2014
Democratic Party of Virginia
Democratic Party of Virginia
stated on September 16, 2014 a news release.:
"Hospitals have already begun layoffs, a direct result of Republican inaction" on Medicaid expansion.
Half-True
By Nancy Madsen • October 6, 2014
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on September 29, 2014 a debate in Austin:
Leticia Van de Putte "voted to give illegal immigrants in this country free health care--not emergency health care but total free health care."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 2, 2014
Georgians Together
Georgians Together
stated on September 23, 2014 television attack ad:
David Perdue "proposes rolling back the clock on women’s health care."  
Half-True
By Nancy Badertscher • October 1, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on March 9, 2014 an interview on CNN:
On support for the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).
Full Flop
By Joshua Gillin • September 30, 2014
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on September 29, 2014:
On opposing legislation that would take away existing health care plans.
Half Flip
By Nancy Madsen, Warren Fiske • September 29, 2014
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on September 23, 2014 a TV ad:
Health insurance costs for Floridians are up 30 percent or more.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • September 29, 2014
Ed Gillespie
Ed Gillespie
stated on September 9, 2014 a TV ad.:
Says Mark Warner told PolitiFact National's "Lie of the Year" in 2013.
False
By Warren Fiske • September 28, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 18, 2014 a TV ad:
Says opponent Mary Burke says she "supports Obamacare unequivocally and wants to expand it."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • September 23, 2014
Lois Frankel
Lois Frankel
stated on September 12, 2014 a fundraising email :
Recently Rick Scott "closed 30 women’s health care centers across the state."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • September 18, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on September 9, 2014 a TV ad:
Says Rick Scott "thinks employers should be able to deny women coverage for birth control."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • September 11, 2014
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on September 4, 2014 a campaign ad:
Says cuts to Medicare affect people who have already "paid in. We paid for it."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 9, 2014
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on September 4, 2014 a campaign ad:
Says Democratic Senate candidate "Bruce Braley voted to cut $700 billion from Medicare to support Obamacare."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 9, 2014
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