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Latest Fact-Checks In Health Care

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Jeff Merkley
Jeff Merkley
stated on May 28, 2014 an interview
"400,000 Oregonians have gained access to health care" through the Affordable Care Act.
Half-True
By Dana Tims • May 30, 2014
Don't Let Florida Go To Pot
Don't Let Florida Go To Pot
stated on May 20, 2014 the group's website
"Less than 5 percent of registered users in states allowing medical marijuana have cancer or AIDS."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • May 29, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on May 23, 2014 a tweet
41,200 veterans in Florida "don’t have health care because Scott didn’t expand Medicaid."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • May 28, 2014
Monica Wehby
Monica Wehby
stated on May 21, 2014 a campaign news release
"Jeff Merkley was the deciding vote on Obamacare, which in Oregon has been an unmitigated disaster."
False
By Dana Tims • May 23, 2014
Democratic Party of Virginia
Democratic Party of Virginia
stated on March 26, 2014 a news release.
In 2007, Ed Gillespie "was paid $300,000 to be the frontman for a coalition that made the individual mandate the centerpiece of its health reform plan."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • May 23, 2014
Don't Let Florida Go To Pot
Don't Let Florida Go To Pot
stated on May 20, 2014 the group's website
A proposed amendment "allows a teenager to get a recommendation for medical marijuana without the consent of a parent."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • May 22, 2014
Kimberly Guilfoyle
Kimberly Guilfoyle
stated on May 21, 2014 a broadcast of "The Five" on Fox News
Obamacare is "one big fat VA system."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • May 22, 2014
Katrina vanden Heuvel
Katrina vanden Heuvel
stated on May 18, 2014 a discussion on CBS' "Face the Nation"
"Congress has cut funding, has slashed funding, for veterans' benefits over these last years."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 21, 2014
Bobby Jindal
Bobby Jindal
stated on May 13, 2014 an op-ed for Politico Magazine
Says Hillary Clinton opposed an individual mandate and favored an employer mandate back in 1993.
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • May 21, 2014
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 16, 2014 a speech at the New America Foundation
"Canadian middle class incomes are now higher than in the United States. They are working fewer hours for more pay, … living longer on average, and facing less income inequality."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 20, 2014
Russ Fulcher
Russ Fulcher
stated on May 14, 2014 a gubernatorial debate
"Idaho was the only Republican-led state in the nation that chose to partner with President Obama" by creating a state-based marketplace under the Affordable Care Act.
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 19, 2014
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on April 28, 2014 a TV ad
Under David Dewhurst’s leadership, the Texas "Senate passed an expansion of in-state tuition and free health care to illegal immigrants."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 15, 2014
Chain email
Chain email
stated on May 14, 2014 a chain email
"No Republicans voted for" recent hikes in the income tax, payroll tax, capital gains tax, dividend tax and estate tax. "These taxes were all passed under … Obamacare."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • May 14, 2014
Ralph Nader
Ralph Nader
stated on May 7, 2014 a radio interview
A majority of Americans "since Harry Truman days" support single-payer health insurance, or "full Medicare for all."  
False
May 14, 2014
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on May 3, 2014 an interview
"Explosive growth in Medicare" is the reason federal deficit spending is predicted to top $1 trillion again after falling to $600 billion annually.
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • May 11, 2014
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 6, 2014 a keynote speech
"A small majority of Americans don’t think they like the Affordable Care Act, but a large majority of Americans don’t want to do away with the protections that are in the Affordable Care Act."
Mostly True
By Julie Kliegman • May 7, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on May 15, 2014 an ad
Under his leadership, more people in Wisconsin "have access to health care."
Half-True
May 7, 2014
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on May 2, 2014 a newsletter
"For every Kentuckian that has enrolled in Obamacare, 40 have been dropped from their coverage."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • May 5, 2014
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on April 23, 2014 an ad
"Health care premiums up 90 percent in New Hampshire."
False
By Bradford Randall • May 1, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 25, 2014 a meme shared on social media
"Over 300K home owner suicides attributed to foreclosures."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • April 25, 2014
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