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Latest Fact-Checks In Medicaid

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Steve Crisafulli
Steve Crisafulli
stated on April 17, 2015 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
Elizabeth Roberts
stated on March 2, 2015 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
Rick Scott
stated on April 6, 2015 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
Gina Raimondo
stated on March 13, 2015 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
Florida Chamber of Commerce
stated on March 10, 2015 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
Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity
stated on January 10, 2015 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
Florida Chamber of Commerce
stated on January 13, 2015 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
Ron Johnson
stated on December 11, 2014 an interview
Two-thirds of the federal budget is "permanent law ... it's permanently appropriated."
Mostly True
December 19, 2014
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on November 11, 2014 a radio interview
"We've had the lowest health care inflation in history because of Obamacare."  
Mostly False
December 5, 2014
Anne Nolan
Anne Nolan
stated on November 12, 2014 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
Rick Scott
stated on October 21, 2014 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
Nathan Deal
stated on October 13, 2014 television attack ad
"Jason Carter’s plan: increase spending by $12.5 billion."
False
By April Hunt, Nancy Badertscher • October 20, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on October 15, 2014 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
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
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
September 23, 2014
George Barker
George Barker
stated on July 26, 2014 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
Mark Sickles
stated on June 23, 2014 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
Kirk Cox
stated on June 23, 2014 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
Charlie Crist
stated on July 2, 2014 a tweet
"Expanding Medicaid would create 63k jobs."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 9, 2014
Dave Marsden
Dave Marsden
stated on June 14, 2014 a radio interview.
After Massachusetts passed a mandatory health insurance law "their mortality rate went down...it saved lives."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • June 27, 2014
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