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Latest Fact-Checks In Health Care

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American Crossroads
American Crossroads
stated on June 13, 2012 a TV ad. :
Tim Kaine urged "$500 billion in Medicare cuts."
False
By Nancy Madsen • June 20, 2012
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 13, 2012 a Facebook post:
"Romneycare covers abortion, illegal immigrants and has a public option. Obamacare does not."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • June 18, 2012
Marsha Blackburn
Marsha Blackburn
stated on June 7, 2012:
Says her congressional district has 10,000 medical-device industry jobs and 1,000 will be lost because of health-care law tax.
Mostly False
By Bartholomew Sullivan • June 17, 2012
60 Plus Association
60 Plus Association
stated on June 6, 2012 a television ad:
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson was "the deciding vote for the health care law."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • June 14, 2012
Ohio Democratic Party
Ohio Democratic Party
stated on June 3, 2012 a news release:
Rob Portman shares "radical, ideological views" toward women.
False
By Stephen Koff • June 14, 2012
Lamar Alexander
Lamar Alexander
stated on May 7, 2012 a speech on the Senate floor.:
Says "we are overcharging students . . . to help pay for the health care law."
Half-True
By Bartholomew Sullivan • June 10, 2012
Elizabeth Roberts
Elizabeth Roberts
stated on May 24, 2012 a debate on State of the State:
"Massachusetts is reporting a trend far below the national trend in the escalation of health-care costs in this year."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 10, 2012
Bob Marshall
Bob Marshall
stated on May 24, 2012 an interview.:
Homosexual behavior "cuts your life by about 20 years."
False
By Sean Gorman • June 7, 2012
Kelly Ayotte
Kelly Ayotte
stated on May 8, 2012 an email to the news media:
Says the Affordable Care Act was a federal takeover of the student loan industry and ‘profits’ on the loans go to help pay for the health care law.
Mostly False
By Maryalice Gill • June 1, 2012
Allen West
Allen West
stated on May 14, 2012 a newsletter:
An "Obamacare slush fund" paid to spay and neuter dogs and cats, then counted it as an "anti-obesity campaign."
False
By Amy Sherman • May 30, 2012
Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama
stated on May 29, 2012 an interview with NPR:
"Only 2 percent of public high schools in the country offer PE classes."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 30, 2012
Mahlon Mitchell
Mahlon Mitchell
stated on May 11, 2012 an interview:
Access for 12,000 women to use Planned Parenthood -- "not for the right to choose," but for "basic health care" -- was "taken away" by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch.
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • May 30, 2012
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on May 23, 2012 a campaign commercial:
Says Sen. Sherrod Brown "cast the deciding vote on the government takeover of health care."
False
By Tom Feran • May 30, 2012
Joseph McNamara
Joseph McNamara
stated on May 15, 2012 a House debate:
"In the state of Rhode Island 25 percent of our current physicians are graduates of for-profit medical schools."
False
By Tom Mooney • May 29, 2012
William O'Brien
William O'Brien
stated on May 7, 2012 an interview with the Telegraph editorial board:
"There’s 400 more people working in health care today in New Hampshire than when we passed the budget."
False
By Jake Berry • May 25, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 3, 2012 a graphical tool on the campaign website:
Says under Mitt Romney, "Medicare could end as we know it, leaving Julia with nothing but a voucher to buy insurance, which means $6,350 extra per year for a similar plan."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • May 24, 2012
Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS
stated on May 16, 2012 a television ad:
"Millions could lose their health care coverage and be forced into a government pool" under the new health care law.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 21, 2012
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on May 21, 2012 TV commercial:
"Obamacare could cause 20 million people to lose their current coverage."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • May 21, 2012
Jim Renacci
Jim Renacci
stated on May 11, 2012 a campaign website posting:
Betty Sutton "gutted Medicare by $500 billion" with her vote for the president's health care bill.
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • May 21, 2012
Jon Runyan
Jon Runyan
stated on May 4, 2012 an interview on NJTV’s “On the Record”:
Says "as we sit right now, Medicare, if we do nothing, will be gone in eight years, if we do nothing to it."
False
By Bill Wichert • May 20, 2012
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