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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
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
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on May 8, 2012 attack ad for TV
"A Florida judge ruled parts of Obamacare unconstitutional."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • May 18, 2012
Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS
stated on May 16, 2012 a television ad
President Obama "promised" families making less than $250,000 a year would not see taxes go up, but "Obamacare raises 18 different taxes."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 17, 2012
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