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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 9, 2009 a speech to a joint session of Congress
Insurers delayed an Illinois man's treatment, "and he died because of it."
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 17, 2009
Howard Dean
Howard Dean
stated on September 13, 2009 remarks on NBC's Meet the Press
"Every other democracy in the world has a health care system that covers everybody, and we don't."
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 15, 2009
Thomas Sowell
Thomas Sowell
stated on September 8, 2009 a column in Investor's Business Daily.
The Obama administration "was successful in rushing a massive spending bill through Congress in just two days — after which it sat on the president's desk for three days, while he was away on vacation."
False
By Ian Jannetta • September 15, 2009
Chain email
Chain email
stated on August 24, 2009 a message forwarded to many people
A new bill "was written into the new health care reform initiative ensuring that Congress will be 100 percent exempt."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 11, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 9, 2009 a speech to Congress
Health reform will "give every American the same opportunity" to buy health insurance the way members of Congress do.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 10, 2009
Joe Wilson
Joe Wilson
stated on September 9, 2009 the audience at a joint session of Congress
"You lie!" (in response to President Obama saying health reform would not insure illegal immigrants.)
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 10, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 9, 2009 a speech to Congress
Preventive care "saves money."
False
By Catharine Richert • September 10, 2009
John Carter
John Carter
stated on August 31, 2009 a column by the Texas Republican on the Web site of the Christian Coalition of America
"The Obama Administration's own White House Council of Economic Advisers has estimated 4.7 million Americans will lose their jobs if the (health care) bill passes."
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 8, 2009
Arne Duncan
Arne Duncan
stated on August 26, 2009 a letter to principals
A scheduled speech by President Barack Obama will be "the first time an American president has spoken directly to the nation's school children about persisting and succeeding in school."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 3, 2009
Investor's Business Daily
Investor's Business Daily
stated on September 2, 2009 an editorial
"Cap-and-trade is wildly unpopular with Americans."
False
By Catharine Richert • September 3, 2009
Howard Dean
Howard Dean
stated on August 25, 2009 an interview on the Rachel Maddow Show
"All the really great programs in American history, Social Security, was done without Republicans. Medicare was done without Republican support until the last vote where they realized they had to get on board."
False
By Catharine Richert • August 28, 2009
Howard Dean
Howard Dean
stated on August 9, 2009 an appearance on ABC's "This Week"
"There's no rationing in any of these bills."
False
August 25, 2009
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on August 18, 2009 a press release
The health bill's plan for comparative effectiveness research "would be used by the government to ration care."
False
August 25, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 20, 2009 a forum with supporters
"If we went back to the obesity rates that existed back in the 1980s, the Medicare system over several years could save as much as a trillion dollars."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 24, 2009
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on August 19, 2009 an appearance on the Rachel Maddow Show
"We spend twice as much per capita on health care as any other nation on Earth."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 20, 2009
Progressive Change Campaign Committee
Progressive Change Campaign Committee
stated on August 19, 2009 their Web site
76 percent of Americans want a public health care option.
False
By Catharine Richert • August 20, 2009
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on August 12, 2009 her Facebook page
A provision in the health care reform bill for end-of-life counseling for seniors is not "entirely voluntary."
False
August 13, 2009
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on July 27, 2009 a statement on the House floor
Ezekiel Emanuel, one of President Obama's key health care advisers, "says medical care should be reserved for the nondisabled. So watch out if you're disabled."
False
August 12, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 11, 2009 a town hall meeting in New Hampshire
"I have not said that I was a single-payer supporter."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 12, 2009
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on July 23, 2009 an op-ed for National Review
The Democrat-backed health care reform plan "will require (Americans) to subsidize abortion with their hard-earned tax dollars."
False
August 7, 2009
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