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Ted Cruz
stated on April 1, 2013 remarks in Austin, Texas:

"Expanding Medicaid will worsen health care options for the most vulnerable among us in Texas."

False

By Louis Jacobson • April 8, 2013

Bobby Scott
stated on March 25, 2013 a radio interview.:

Paul Ryan’s budget "keeps the Obamacare taxes and spending cuts that paid for Obamacare, but then cuts all of the benefits."

Mostly True

By Nancy Madsen • April 8, 2013

New Hampshire Democratic Party
stated on March 26, 2013 in a press release:

Preventive care coverage under the Affordable Care Act has already "helped Granite Staters save money and live healthier lives."

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg • April 5, 2013

Fred Thompson
stated on March 27, 2013 a tweet:

Says that under President Barack Obama’s health care law, "your insurance" premiums could go up by 200 percent and cost "as much as a new Explorer."

False

By Louis Jacobson • April 3, 2013

Rick Perry
stated on April 1, 2013 a press release jointly issued with U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz.:

"Only three in 10 Texas doctors are currently accepting new Medicaid patients."

Mostly False

By W. Gardner Selby • April 1, 2013

Pete Snyder
stated on March 6, 2013 a website post.:

"A study by the University of Virginia pulls back the curtain on Medicaid’s tragically bad outcomes, including ‘increased risk of adjusted mortality.’"

Half-True

By Nancy Madsen • April 1, 2013

Ted Cruz
stated on March 16, 2013 a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference:

Says the Democrats told the Catholic Church that they’ll use federal powers to shut down church charities and hospitals if the church doesn’t change its beliefs.

Pants on Fire!

By Sue Owen • March 28, 2013

Rick Perry
stated on February 22, 2013 remarks at a Washington, D.C. event.:

Says Houston is "home to more doctors, more nurses, more researchers than any other place in the world."

False

By W. Gardner Selby • March 21, 2013

Michele Bachmann
stated on March 16, 2013 a speech at CPAC:

"Scientists tell us that we could have a cure in 10 years for Alzheimer's" were it not for "overzealous regulators, excessive taxation and greedy litigators."

Pants on Fire!

By Louis Jacobson • March 20, 2013

SEIU
stated on March 5, 2013 a lawsuit:

"There is no clinical evidence that vaccinating healthcare workers protects patients."

False

By Michael McKinney • March 17, 2013

Joseph Levy
stated on February 25, 2013 a legislative hearing :

Says indoor workers get "less UV than outdoor workers, but they get more melanomas."

Mostly False

By Janie Har • March 16, 2013

Joshua Miller
stated on March 1, 2013 a news release:

"In the period from 2007 to 2011, the Office of Health Insurance Commissioner reported an 18 percent decline in the state’s total medical spending."

Half-True

By Edward Fitzpatrick • March 16, 2013

Will Weatherford
stated on March 8, 2013 an interview:

Eighty-five percent of Floridians who will benefit from expanding Medicaid are "single, childless adults."

Mostly False

By Katie Sanders • March 15, 2013

Paul Ryan
stated on March 3, 2013 an interview:

The fiscal cliff agreement was "the largest tax increase in history."

False

By Tom Kertscher • March 15, 2013

Christopher L. Smith
stated on March 5, 2013 a speech:

Florida is "second in the nation in the uninsured."

Mostly True

By Amy Sherman • March 8, 2013

Scott Walker
stated on February 20, 2013 a speech:

"In Wisconsin, only half of all the adults with serious psychological distress received mental health treatment or medication."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • March 8, 2013

Garnet Coleman
stated on February 10, 2013 an interview for WFAA-TV's "Inside Texas Politics.":

Says Texas has the most uninsured people of any state -- 6 million.

Mostly False

By W. Gardner Selby • March 6, 2013

John Kasich
stated on February 4, 2013 a news conference:

Without a Medicaid expansion, 275,000 more Ohioans could be getting their primary care in emergency rooms, costing "everybody a lot of money."

Mostly True

By Tom Feran • February 21, 2013

Barack Obama
stated on February 19, 2013 a speech in Washington, D.C.:

If the sequester hits, "hundreds of thousands of Americans will lose access to primary care and preventive care like flu vaccinations and cancer screenings."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • February 21, 2013

Josh Mandel
stated on February 11, 2013 a letter to Ohio lawmakers:

Federal spending on entitlements "is projected to consume all revenue by 2045."

Mostly True

By Stephen Koff • February 21, 2013

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