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Bobby Jindal
Bobby Jindal
stated on May 13, 2014 an op-ed for Politico Magazine
Says Hillary Clinton opposed an individual mandate and favored an employer mandate back in 1993.
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By Steve Contorno • May 21, 2014
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 16, 2014 a speech at the New America Foundation
"Canadian middle class incomes are now higher than in the United States. They are working fewer hours for more pay, … living longer on average, and facing less income inequality."
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By Louis Jacobson • May 20, 2014
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 6, 2014 a keynote speech
"A small majority of Americans don’t think they like the Affordable Care Act, but a large majority of Americans don’t want to do away with the protections that are in the Affordable Care Act."
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By Julie Kliegman • May 7, 2014
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on April 20, 2014 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union."
"One thing that is much more unpopular than the Affordable Care Act is repealing the Affordable Care Act."
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By Steve Contorno • April 21, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on March 31, 2014 an online video
"Rick Scott wants to take us back to the days of insurance companies denying coverage for pre-existing conditions."
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By Amy Sherman • April 4, 2014
Kathleen Sebelius
Kathleen Sebelius
stated on March 11, 2014 Atlanta press conference
Says some Georgians can get health insurance for $105 a month.  
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By Eric Stirgus, Nancy Badertscher • March 25, 2014
Patriot Majority USA
Patriot Majority USA
stated on February 12, 2014 a campaign ad
North Carolina Republican Senate candidate Thom Tillis would let insurance companies "deny coverage for pre-existing conditions."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 13, 2014
Ed Gillespie
Ed Gillespie
stated on January 21, 2014 a web ad.
"Obamacare passed by just one vote in the Senate. It wouldn’t have passed without Mark Warner’s vote."
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By Warren Fiske • January 27, 2014
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 10, 2014 a speech at a Texas Public Policy Foundation forum
Obama unilaterally announced he was delaying employer mandate "through a blog post by a mid-level bureaucrat at the Department of Treasury."
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By Sue Owen • January 16, 2014
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on December 12, 2013 a tweet
In altered photo, says Barack Obama wants "more of Texans’ private data" via health care.
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By Sue Owen • January 4, 2014
Michael Moore
Michael Moore
stated on January 1, 2014 a "New York Times" op-ed
Because of the health care law, "by 2017, we will be funneling over $100 billion annually to private insurance companies."
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By Jon Greenberg • January 3, 2014
Thom Hartmann
Thom Hartmann
stated on December 12, 2013 a broadcast of "The Big Picture"
Republican state lawmakers "are refusing to give the people of their own states their own tax dollars back in the form of (expanded) Medicaid."
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By Jon Greenberg • December 31, 2013
Pam Bondi
Pam Bondi
stated on October 24, 2013 an initial brief to the Florida Supreme Court
Florida’s proposed medical marijuana amendment "would make Florida one of the most lenient medical-marijuana states, allowing use for limitless ‘other conditions’ specified by any physician."
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By Joshua Gillin • December 17, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on November 27, 2013 an interview
Even after collective bargaining reforms, most Wisconsin public employees "are still paying about 12 to 13 percent" of their health insurance premiums, while most state residents who work in the private sector "pay 20 to 25 percent."  
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December 9, 2013
Doonesbury
Doonesbury
stated on December 1, 2013 a Doonesbury strip in the Sunday comics
"The economy bled $24 billion" due to the government shutdown.
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By Jon Greenberg • December 3, 2013
Donna Brazile
Donna Brazile
stated on November 19, 2013 a broadcast of CNN's Situation Room
Republican ideas on health care don’t give people "an option to even enroll in something that they can afford."
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By Jon Greenberg • November 26, 2013
Grady Judd
Grady Judd
stated on November 19, 2013 a "Sun-Sentinel" editorial
Florida’s proposed amendment for medical marijuana would allow "people who alleged minor ailments such as muscle spasms, neck pain, back pain and even menstrual cramps (to qualify) for government-sanctioned pot-smoking."
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By Julie Kliegman • November 25, 2013
David Axelrod
David Axelrod
stated on November 21, 2013 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
"8.5 million Americans have gotten rebate checks because their insurance companies were spending too much money on executive bonuses and administrative costs and not enough on health care."
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By Katie Sanders • November 21, 2013
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 3, 2013 an image shared on Facebook
Medicare Part D "was far more expensive than the Affordable Care Act and unlike" the act, "was never budgeted."
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By Sue Owen • November 18, 2013
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on November 10, 2013 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."
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By Julie Kliegman • November 14, 2013
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