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Latest Fact-Checks In Health Care

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Regina Benjamin
Regina Benjamin
stated on August 18, 2011 a radio interview:
"The United States death rate is two-and-a-half times higher for those who do not have a high school education."
True
By Willoughby Mariano • August 26, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on August 17, 2011 a speech at "Politics and Eggs" in Bedford, N.H.:
Says Texas gained 21,000 doctors due to tort reform.
False
By Jon Greenberg • August 25, 2011
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on August 15, 2011 a column in the "New York Times":
"One in four Texans lacks health insurance, the highest proportion in the nation."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 15, 2011
NJ-CAN
NJ-CAN
stated on August 9, 2011 a petition:
Says the state’s pension and health benefits reform includes "the destruction of public sector collective bargaining rights."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • August 15, 2011
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on August 11, 2011 a debate in Ames, Iowa:
"Obamacare was patterned after (Mitt Romney's) plan in Massachusetts."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 12, 2011
Richard Codey
Richard Codey
stated on July 11, 2011 a speech on the Senate floor:
"One in every five families in the state of New Jersey has a loved one with a mental illness, a serious mental illness, and today, we don’t care." 
True
By Caryn Shinske • August 11, 2011
Alberta Darling
Alberta Darling
stated on July 29, 2011 a TV ad and campaign flier:
Says state Rep. Sandy Pasch, her recall opponent, "voted to allow public school employees to use taxpayer dollars to pick up the tab for…Viagra."
Pants on Fire!
By Dave Umhoefer • August 5, 2011
Phil Gingrey
Phil Gingrey
stated on June 22, 2011 a news conference:
Under last year’s health care reform, "a bunch of bureaucrats decide whether you get care, such as continuing on dialysis or cancer chemotherapy."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • August 2, 2011
La Raza
La Raza
stated on July 20, 2011 newscast:
Medicaid is the primary source of health insurance for 41.7 percent of Hispanic children in Georgia.
True
By Chris Joyner • August 1, 2011
Cliff Stearns
Cliff Stearns
stated on July 6, 2011 a press release:
"Active duty males in the military are twice as likely to develop prostate cancer than their civilian counterparts."
Mostly True
By Bill Thompson • July 26, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on July 16, 2011 an interview with the 'Telegraph':
"When the Republicans were in charge, they actually expanded government health care with the prescription drug program."
True
By Jake Berry • July 25, 2011
Victoria Jackson
Victoria Jackson
stated on July 15, 2011 a column by Victoria Jackson:
"A clause hidden in the Obamacare bill, which is now law, gives Obama the right to form a private army."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 22, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on July 5, 2011 a Town Hall in Wolfeboro, N.H.:
"Federal law requires that hospitals treat people whether or not they can pay. So someone (who) doesn’t have health insurance --  they can go to the hospital and get free care."
Mostly False
By Dan Gorenstein • July 22, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 11, 2009 a town hall in New Hampshire:
Said his mother had to fight with health insurance companies for treatment because of a pre-existing condition.
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 21, 2011
Michael Doherty
Michael Doherty
stated on July 11, 2011 a speech on the Senate floor by Sen. Michael Doherty (R-Warren):
Says Planned Parenthood provides about 140 visits for prenatal care in each state.  
False
By Bill Wichert • July 18, 2011
Scott Rigell
Scott Rigell
stated on June 23, 2011 a newsletter.:
Under Ryan plan, "those 54 and younger would receive the same kind of healthcare options now enjoyed by members of Congress."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Wes Hester • July 15, 2011
Mike Haridopolos
Mike Haridopolos
stated on June 29, 2011 a posting on Twitter:
Florida’s proposed Health Care Freedom Act "will allow Floridians to opt out of Obama’s govt. takeover of healthcare!"
False
By Janet Zink • July 13, 2011
Stephen Sweeney
Stephen Sweeney
stated on June 23, 2011 an interview on New Jersey 101.5 FM:
Says the average government worker won't be impacted in the first two years under the reform of state health benefits.
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • July 10, 2011
Gary Sasse
Gary Sasse
stated on June 26, 2011 an interview on 10 News Conference:
Rhode Island spends "52 percent more per capita on human service programs than the national average."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 8, 2011
Herb Conaway Jr.
Herb Conaway Jr.
stated on June 20, 2011 a rally at the Statehouse:
"This governor has cut funding repeatedly for people who have AIDS, who need drugs to save their life."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • July 8, 2011
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