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Latest Fact-Checks In Health Care

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Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on June 28, 2012 a news release:
The Affordable Care Act "will likely go down as the biggest tax increase in history."
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Feran • July 20, 2012
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on July 8, 2012 a newspaper op-ed:
The health care law "adds around $800 billion of taxes on the American people. It does not discriminate between rich and poor."
False
By Katie Sanders • July 16, 2012
New Hampshire Democratic Party
New Hampshire Democratic Party
stated on July 6, 2012 a Web advertisement titled “College vs. Smokes.”:
"Bill O'Brien's Tea Party legislature tried to repeal kindergarten and compulsory education, defund Planned Parenthood and eliminate insurance coverage for birth control."
Mostly False
By Jake Berry • July 16, 2012
Brian Robinson
Brian Robinson
stated on July 8, 2012 an article:
Funding the federal health care law without a tax hike will "require the state to cut nearly a quarter of its annual budget."
False
By Eric Stirgus • July 16, 2012
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on June 28, 2012 a TV interview.:
Because of the health care act, "The people who have health care and like it in this county are not going to be able to keep what they have."
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • July 16, 2012
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on June 13, 2012 tweets:
Says he "never supported" federal health care individual mandate.
False
By Tom Kertscher • July 15, 2012
Vincent
Vincent "Buddy" Cianci
stated on July 11, 2012 a question to a candidate:
President Obama’s health care law says "when you sell your house now you have to pay a 3.8 percent tax."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 15, 2012
Jeff Duncan
Jeff Duncan
stated on July 10, 2012 a tweet:
"83% of doctors have considered leaving the profession because of #Obamacare."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 12, 2012
American Commitment
American Commitment
stated on July 10, 2012 a television ad:
The health care law could cost up to $2 trillion, "double what we were promised."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 11, 2012
American Commitment
American Commitment
stated on July 10, 2012 a television ad:
The health care law "imposes the largest tax increase in history on the middle class."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 11, 2012
American Commitment
American Commitment
stated on July 10, 2012 a television ad:
"Bill Nelson was the deciding vote" on the health care law.
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Amy Sherman • July 11, 2012
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on June 7, 2012 a news release:
President Barack Obama’s health care reform "slashed $500 billion from Medicare."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • July 11, 2012
Robert Menendez
Robert Menendez
stated on June 28, 2012 an interview on Richard French Live:
Says as a result of the national health care reform, "the Congressional Budget Office says we save $250 million over the first 10 years. Over the next 10 years, we save $1.2 trillion in savings in terms of health care."
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • July 11, 2012
Phil Gingrey
Phil Gingrey
stated on June 28, 2012 a radio interview:
The health care law is "the largest tax [increase] in the history of our country"
False
By Willoughby Mariano • July 11, 2012
Tom Price
Tom Price
stated on June 29, 2012 a television interview:
Sixteen thousand new Internal Revenue Service agents will be "empowered to enforce" the new health care legislation.
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • July 10, 2012
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 3, 2012 on the Internet:
"75 percent of the Obamacare tax falls on the middle class."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 9, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on June 28, 2012 prepared remarks:
" ‘Obamacare’ puts the federal government between you and your doctor."
False
By Jon Greenberg • July 9, 2012
Elizabeth Roberts
Elizabeth Roberts
stated on July 29, 2012 a panel discussion on "A Lively Experiment":
"Two thirds to three quarters of people without [health] insurance in Rhode Island work."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 8, 2012
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on July 1, 2012 on 'Meet the Press':
Under the health care law, "everybody will have lower rates, better quality care and better access."
False
By Jon Greenberg • July 6, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on July 2, 2012 a Fox News interview:
Says the Congressional Budget Office "said if you’re going to buy your own policy with these (health care) exchanges you’ll be paying 10 percent more ... about $2,100 more for a family."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • July 6, 2012
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