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Latest Fact-Checks In Medicaid

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Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 25, 2014 in public statements:
On expanding Medicaid as part of the health care law
Full Flop
By Amy Sherman • February 25, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on February 7, 2014 in an interview on MSNBC's "The Daily Rundown.":
"Six people in Florida die as a result of (not expanding Medicaid) every day."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • February 12, 2014
Raphael Warnock
Raphael Warnock
stated on January 20, 2014 in a speech:
"Georgia has the fifth-highest number of uninsured people of any state in the union."  
True
By Eric Stirgus • February 3, 2014
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on January 10, 2014 in a speech:
"The average rate of fraud" in the Earned Income Tax Credit, Medicare, Medicaid and food stamps programs "is 20 to 25 percent."  
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • January 20, 2014
William Howell
William Howell
stated on January 5, 2014 in an op-ed.:
In Virginia, "Medicaid has grown by 1,600 percent in the last 30 years."
True
By Sean Gorman • January 20, 2014
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on December 12, 2013 in a tweet:
In altered photo, says Barack Obama wants "more of Texans’ private data" via health care.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • January 4, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on November 5, 2013 in an interview:
"The state budget has actually grown by $4.6 billion under" Gov. Scott Walker’s actions.
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • November 24, 2013
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on November 13, 2013 in in a post on Twitter:
"500,000 people have signed up for #Obamacare."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • November 20, 2013
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on November 10, 2013 in an interview on ABC's "This Week":
"Given how expansive our program already was," expanding Medicaid in New Jersey due to Obamacare "was a relatively small expansion."
Mostly True
By Julie Kliegman • November 14, 2013
Michael Mule'
Michael Mule'
stated on November 4, 2013 in an interview:
"Georgia has lost 14 percent of its jobs paying more than $50,000 a year and added 15 percent to its Medicaid rolls during the recovery."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • November 13, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 6, 2013 in remarks at a Dallas synagogue:
"A million people … could get health insurance right away" if Texas expanded Medicaid under Obamacare.
True
By Sue Owen • November 8, 2013
Ken Cuccinelli
Ken Cuccinelli
stated on October 2, 2013 in radio ad.:
Terry McAuliffe has "threatened to shut down Virginia’s government if his budget plan isn’t supported."
False
By Sean Gorman • October 11, 2013
Kathleen Sebelius
Kathleen Sebelius
stated on August 12, 2013 in a speech:
Medicaid spending declined by 1.9 percent in 2012, the second such decline in 47 years.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • August 16, 2013
Dave Schwartz
Dave Schwartz
stated on June 17, 2013 in a speech.:
"Twenty-four percent of doctors in Virginia currently don’t accept new Medicaid patients because the reimbursement rates are so low."
Mostly True
By Nancy Madsen • July 12, 2013
Todd Young
Todd Young
stated on June 19, 2013 in a letter to a constituent:
"Nearly 70 percent of all federal spending will go towards Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid" in fiscal year 2014.
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 2, 2013
Kitty Rhoades
Kitty Rhoades
stated on June 6, 2013 in a speech:
Wisconsin is "not walking away from a dime" in federal funds by rejecting the Obamacare Medicaid expansion.
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • June 15, 2013
Will Weatherford
Will Weatherford
stated on May 9, 2013 in an op-ed:
"Expanding Medicaid would require borrowing more money, drastically expanding our deficit."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • May 16, 2013
Ted Poe
Ted Poe
stated on April 25, 2013 in an interview on Fox Business Network:
Says new Medicare billing guidelines "have nine codes for (injuries by) turkeys."
True
By Becky Bowers • April 30, 2013
Lon Burnam
Lon Burnam
stated on March 4, 2013 in a press release:
Says rejecting federal aid to expand Medicaid in Texas will "send $9 billion in federal taxes paid by Texans to other states to insure their working poor."
False
By Sue Owen • April 12, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on March 14, 2013 in a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference:
Says Obama called Medicaid "broken" four years ago.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • April 9, 2013
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