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Latest Fact-Checks In Health Care

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Scott Brown
Scott Brown
stated on November 3, 2013 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
The federal health care law raises taxes and cuts Medicare.
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • November 3, 2013
Ezekiel Emanuel
Ezekiel Emanuel
stated on November 3, 2013 a "Fox News Sunday" interview
"The insurance companies are making that choice (to cancel or change policies), not the president."
Mostly False
By Julie Kliegman • November 3, 2013
Jan Crawford
Jan Crawford
stated on November 3, 2013 comments on CBS' "Face the Nation"
"On day one, six people were able to sign up" for health insurance through the federal marketplace.
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • November 3, 2013
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on November 3, 2013 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"Health insurance is more expensive in Massachusetts than anywhere else in the country."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • November 3, 2013
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on October 28, 2013 comments on her TV show
"Rand Paul’s speech ... on 'Gattaca' was totally ripped off of Wikipedia."  
True
By Julie Kliegman, Steve Contorno • November 1, 2013
Suzanne Somers
Suzanne Somers
stated on November 28, 2013 a column in the "Wall Street Journal"
"Even after Obamacare is fully implemented, there still will be tens of millions of people not covered."
True
By Louis Jacobson • November 1, 2013
Kathleen Sebelius
Kathleen Sebelius
stated on October 30, 2013 testimony before Congress
"If I have affordable coverage in my workplace, I'm not eligible to go into the marketplace. ... It’s illegal."
Pants on Fire!
By Steve Contorno • October 30, 2013
Valerie Jarrett
Valerie Jarrett
stated on October 28, 2013 a tweet
"FACT: Nothing in #Obamacare forces people out of their health plans."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 30, 2013
David Axelrod
David Axelrod
stated on October 28, 2013 comments on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
"The vast majority of people in this country are keeping their (health insurance) plan."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • October 29, 2013
Joe Barton
Joe Barton
stated on October 24, 2013 a Fox News interview
"Hidden" in the healthcare.gov code is language that means users "waive any reasonable right to privacy of your personal information."
False
By Julie Kliegman • October 29, 2013
John Fleming
John Fleming
stated on October 27, 2013 a discussion on CNN's "State of the Union"
In Massachusetts, "half of the primary care doctors are not accepting new patients."
True
By Louis Jacobson • October 29, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 21, 2013 a public address
Nearly 6 in 10 uninsured Americans "can get health insurance for what may be the equivalent of your cell phone bill."
Mostly True
By Julie Kliegman • October 28, 2013
Nick Gillespie
Nick Gillespie
stated on October 22, 2013 a discussion on CNN's "Crossfire"
Emergency rooms account for "2 percent of all health care spending."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 28, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 22, 2013 an interview on "The O'Reilly Factor."
In Florida, "300,000 people are going to lose their individual coverage because of Obamacare. Now those people next year, they don’t have health insurance."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 25, 2013
Lawrence O'Donnell
Lawrence O'Donnell
stated on October 21, 2013 'The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell"
"The IRS has been specifically forbidden ...  from ever actually pursuing either civil or criminal remedies" for people who don’t purchase health insurance.
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • October 25, 2013
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 21, 2013 Facebook posts
Congress, criminals, Scientologists and other groups are exempt from Obamacare.
Mostly False
By Julie Kliegman • October 24, 2013
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on September 25, 2013 an interview
"Wisconsin is not as obese as the national average is. The national average, 35.7 percent of the population is obese. In Wisconsin, it's closer to 26 percent."
Mostly False
October 24, 2013
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on October 21, 2013 a broadcast of the Sean Hannity Show on WBAP AM
"In 45 out of 50 states, on average men are seeing their premiums double, going up 99 percent. Women up 62 percent."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 24, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 20, 2013 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
"I never was in favor of shutting down the government. … (I) voted to fund the government fully."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2013
Barth Bracy
Barth Bracy
stated on October 2, 2013 a news release
Gov. Lincoln Chafee has imposed "a mandatory abortion fee" on all Rhode Islanders who buy health insurance through the state’s Obamacare exchange.
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 23, 2013
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