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Richard Corcoran
stated on April 16, 2015 in an email to constituents:

"Medicaid patients were 97 percent more likely to die than those with private insurance."

Mostly False

By Joshua Gillin • April 22, 2015

Steve Crisafulli
stated on April 17, 2015 in a radio interview:

"Medicaid expansion isn’t necessarily a very popular issue on the street."

Half-True

By Joshua Gillin • April 20, 2015

Elizabeth Roberts
stated on March 2, 2015 in a presentation to the Reinventing Medicaid Working Group:

"More than 30 cents of every state tax dollar goes to Medicaid."

True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 19, 2015

Rick Scott
stated on April 6, 2015 in a speech:

"The same federal government that offers some money for a program is walking away from another health care program."

Half-True

By Joshua Gillin • April 14, 2015

Gina Raimondo
stated on March 13, 2015 in a television interview:

"Rhode Island has the second highest per enrollee (Medicaid) cost of any state in the country, which is 60 percent higher than the national average."

Mostly True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 29, 2015

Florida Chamber of Commerce
stated on March 10, 2015 in a Senate health policy committee hearing:

Medicaid is close to 30 percent of the state budget and "the biggest expenditure at the state."

Mostly True

By Amy Sherman • March 12, 2015

Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity
stated on January 10, 2015 in a tweet:

"Common welfare programs give income of $43,330 or $20.83 an hour."

Mostly False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 1, 2015

Florida Chamber of Commerce
stated on January 13, 2015 in a report on health care costs:

"Insured Floridians pay about $2,000 for every hospital stay to cover the cost of the uninsured."

Half-True

By Joshua Gillin • January 28, 2015

Ron Johnson
stated on December 11, 2014 in an interview:

Two-thirds of the federal budget is "permanent law ... it's permanently appropriated."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • December 19, 2014

Gwen Moore
stated on November 11, 2014 in a radio interview:

"We've had the lowest health care inflation in history because of Obamacare."

Mostly False

By Tom Kertscher • December 5, 2014

Anne Nolan
stated on November 12, 2014 in a Journal commentary:

"In Rhode Island, a recent study showed that among a group of people who had been homeless for a year or more, Medicaid costs averaged about $60,000 per person."

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 23, 2014

Rick Scott
stated on October 21, 2014 in 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

Nathan Deal
stated on October 13, 2014 in television attack ad:

"Jason Carter’s plan: increase spending by $12.5 billion."

False

By April Hunt, Nancy Badertscher • October 20, 2014

Charlie Crist
stated on October 15, 2014 in a debate at Broward College:

If Florida expanded Medicaid, "some studies indicate it would create about 120,000 jobs."

Half-True

By Amy Sherman • October 16, 2014

Democratic Party of Virginia
stated on September 16, 2014 in 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

Scott Walker
stated on September 18, 2014 in 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

George Barker
stated on July 26, 2014 in statement:

Uncompensated care has "gone down by 30 percent just in the first few months" of Medicaid expansion in the states that adopted it.

True

By Nancy Madsen • August 10, 2014

Mark Sickles
stated on June 23, 2014 in a speech.:

Says 70 percent of Virginia’s Medicaid cost is for seniors in nursing homes.

False

By Nancy Madsen • July 14, 2014

Kirk Cox
stated on June 23, 2014 in a speech.:

"There are more than 46 million Americans living in poverty today -- the largest number in 54 years."

Mostly True

By Sean Gorman • July 11, 2014

Charlie Crist
stated on July 2, 2014 in a tweet:

"Expanding Medicaid would create 63k jobs."

Half-True

By Amy Sherman • July 9, 2014

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