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Latest Fact-Checks In Health Care

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Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on August 12, 2013 an interview on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show"
"Why didn't (uninsured Americans) buy insurance? Because of the expense."
True
By Louis Jacobson • August 15, 2013
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on August 12, 2013 an interview on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show"
Of the roughly 15 percent of Americans who don’t have health insurance, "half of them made more than $50,000 a year."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 15, 2013
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on August 10, 2013 a speech to the Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa
Says "President Obama just granted all of Congress an exception" to Obamacare.
False
By Becky Bowers • August 14, 2013
Mary Taylor
Mary Taylor
stated on August 3, 2013 an email
"Ohioans can expect to pay up to 41 percent more for their insurance premiums when Obamacare takes effect next year."
Half-True
By Robert Higgs • August 9, 2013
Jeb Hensarling
Jeb Hensarling
stated on August 2, 2013 a press release
Says "the acting chief of the IRS said he – and the majority of IRS employees – would rather stay with his current" health "plan than switch to Obamacare."
Half-True
By Sue Owen • August 9, 2013
Ted Deutch
Ted Deutch
stated on August 1, 2013 a letter with other Florida lawmakers to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius
Says Florida refused to allow the insurance commissioner to "negotiate lower rates with companies or refuse rates that are too high" under Obamacare.
True
By Becky Bowers • August 8, 2013
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on August 4, 2013 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"
"Obamacare … carries on even under a government shutdown."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 8, 2013
Jan Schakowsky
Jan Schakowsky
stated on August 5, 2013 an interview with MSNBC
"Half of all adults have a pre-existing condition" that could affect their health care coverage.
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • August 7, 2013
Michelle Nunn
Michelle Nunn
stated on July 22, 2013 an interview
Says by rejecting an expansion of Medicaid under the new law, Georgia was depriving 25,000 veterans of health care coverage.
True
By Eric Stirgus • August 6, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on July 31, 2013 a Fox News interview
Under Obamacare, people who "have a doctor they’ve been seeing for the last 15 or 20 years, they won’t be able to keep going to that doctor."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 5, 2013
Elizabeth Roberts
Elizabeth Roberts
stated on July 28, 2013 a TV interview
"They’ve seen employer-supported coverage increase in Massachusetts after this law (Romneycare) was implemented."  
True
August 4, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on July 31, 2013 an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity
"Even the employees’ union for the IRS -- the very people in charge of enforcing this law -- are begging to be let out from under this law."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 1, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on July 25, 2013 a FoxNews.com op-ed
Under Obamacare, "75 percent of small businesses now say they are going to be forced to either fire workers or cut their hours."
Pants on Fire!
By Becky Bowers • July 29, 2013
Dave Hansen
Dave Hansen
stated on July 19, 2013 a news release
The Republican-authored state budget includes a provision "forcing people earning as little as $12,000 to buy private health insurance that could cost them as much as $4,000 per year."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • July 26, 2013
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on July 23, 2013 a press release
Patrick Murphy voted for Obamacare in 2010, "yet he reversed himself and voted to delay" the employer mandate and the individual mandate.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 25, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 18, 2013 a speech at the White House
Says last year "13 million (health insurance) rebates went out, in all 50 states. Another 8.5 (million) rebates are being sent out this summer, averaging around 100 bucks each."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • July 24, 2013
Chain email
Chain email
stated on July 16, 2013 an email
A "hidden" provision in the health care law taxes sporting goods as medical devices.
Pants on Fire!
By Eric Stirgus • July 23, 2013
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 13, 2013 a fake Rick Perry 2016 poster.
"Texas ranks: #1 in worker deaths, #1 carbon emissions, #50 in high school graduates, #50 in funding for mental health patients."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 19, 2013
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on July 7, 2013 a television ad
Says health insurance premiums will rise under Obamacare.
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • July 16, 2013
Gilberto Hinojosa
Gilberto Hinojosa
stated on July 3, 2013 an email blast
Says if Texas abortion measure passes, "someone living in El Paso would have to drive 550 miles each way to San Antonio for something as simple as cervical cancer screening."
Pants on Fire!
By Sue Owen • July 12, 2013
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