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Latest Fact-Checks In Health Care

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Mr. Conservative
Mr. Conservative
stated on January 29, 2014 a blog post:
"According to (Barack) Obama’s newest unconstitutionally enacted law, health care professionals are now required to violate HIPAA privacy laws and submit medical data to the government," which is "then used as justification for gun confiscation."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 6, 2014
Monica Wehby
Monica Wehby
stated on January 10, 2014 a town meeting in La Grande:
Some businesses in Oregon "are having to shrink back their businesses as a result of the law."
True
By Dana Tims • February 6, 2014
Ann Coulter
Ann Coulter
stated on February 2, 2014 an interview on "Fox & Friends Weekend":
A friend’s sister "died from Obamacare" because Blue Shield "completely just pulled out of California."
Pants on Fire!
By Katie Sanders • February 5, 2014
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on February 4, 2014 a tweet:
Says President Barack Obama’s health care law is "expected to destroy 2.3 million jobs."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 5, 2014
Gretchen Carlson
Gretchen Carlson
stated on February 4, 2014 a broadcast of Fox News' "The Real Story":
"The CBO now says the president's health care law will cut the number of full-time jobs in the United States by 2.3 million by 2021."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • February 5, 2014
Tom Harkin
Tom Harkin
stated on January 29, 2014 a press conference:
Cuba has "a lower child mortality rate than ours. Their life expectancy is now greater than ours."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2014
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on January 26, 2014 an interview with CNN:
"Over half of the young people" in medical, dental and law schools are women.
False
By Steve Contorno • January 28, 2014
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on January 9, 2014 press release:
Volunteer firefighters and communities they serve in Georgia and elsewhere are being devastated by Obamacare.
Half-True
By Nancy Badertscher • January 27, 2014
Ed Gillespie
Ed Gillespie
stated on January 21, 2014 a web ad.:
"Obamacare passed by just one vote in the Senate. It wouldn’t have passed without Mark Warner’s vote."
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • January 27, 2014
Patty Murray
Patty Murray
stated on January 22, 2014 an online statement:
In the past three years, state legislatures have "enacted more of these restrictions (on abortion) than in the previous 10 years combined."
True
By Julie Kliegman • January 24, 2014
Louie Gohmert
Louie Gohmert
stated on January 23, 2014 an interview on Fox News:
"Forty years ago, hardly anybody in the country had health insurance."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • January 24, 2014
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 10, 2014 a speech at a Texas Public Policy Foundation forum:
Obama unilaterally announced he was delaying employer mandate "through a blog post by a mid-level bureaucrat at the Department of Treasury."
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • January 16, 2014
Charles Krauthammer
Charles Krauthammer
stated on January 2, 2014 a "Washington Post" op-ed:
Buried in the Affordable Care Act is "a huge government bailout."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • January 13, 2014
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 12, 2014 comments on CBS' "Face the Nation":
"Under Obamacare, when you turn Medicaid over to the states ... the money will be available up front for the expansion for a few years. Then, the money will go away."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • January 13, 2014
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 5, 2014 comments on Fox's "Fox News Sunday":
The federal health care law tells "the American people precisely what type of coverage they have to have."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • January 5, 2014
Gene Sperling
Gene Sperling
stated on January 5, 2014 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
The Obama administration offered "no magic number" of people that needed to sign up for health care on the marketplaces.
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • January 5, 2014
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on December 12, 2013 a tweet:
In altered photo, says Barack Obama wants "more of Texans’ private data" via health care.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • January 4, 2014
Carol Shea-Porter
Carol Shea-Porter
stated on December 10, 2013 a press release:
"Granite Staters who hold individual policies from Anthem...can indeed renew their policies and keep their current doctors and hospitals" in 2014.
True
By Kaitlin Mulhere • January 3, 2014
Michael Moore
Michael Moore
stated on January 1, 2014 a "New York Times" op-ed:
Because of the health care law, "by 2017, we will be funneling over $100 billion annually to private insurance companies."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • January 3, 2014
Tom Graves
Tom Graves
stated on December 19, 2013 a Tweet:
"More Americans believe the moon landing was fake than believe Obamacare is affordable."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • January 3, 2014
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