Fact Check Posts – Page 9

Donna Garner
stated on December 9, 2010 a newsletter

Says Joe Straus "was co-author of a bill that would have allowed Planned Parenthood to control public school sex education."

December 13, 2010

The Walking Dead
stated on December 5, 2010 the TV show's season finale

In the case of a catastrophic event, the Atlanta-area offices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will self-destruct.

By Willoughby Mariano • December 10, 2010

Rick Scott
stated on November 18, 2010 a speech

"The cost-saving measures we put into place at Columbia/HCA drove down national health care inflation from 18% to 8% in seven years."

By Amy Sherman • December 9, 2010

Mike Prendergast
stated on October 29, 2010 a campaign mailer

"Congresswoman Kathy Castor voted to spend $2.6 million to teach prostitutes in China to drink responsibly."

November 1, 2010

Reid Ribble
stated on October 12, 2010 a campaign news release

"I lost my health insurance and my doctor because of Obamacare."

By James B. Nelson • October 27, 2010

American Action Network
stated on October 21, 2010 a campaign ad

Ed Perlmutter voted for "Viagra for rapists" paid for with tax dollars.

By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 26, 2010

John Raese
stated on October 18, 2010 a debate

Under the new health care law, "the first person (a) patient has to go to is a bureaucrat. That is called a panel."

By Louis Jacobson • October 19, 2010

Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on October 13, 2010 a campaign TV ad

Says "Tom Barrett supports a government takeover of our health care"

By Dave Umhoefer • October 17, 2010

Chain email
stated on August 2, 2010 a chain e-mail

Under the new health care law, "all real estate transactions will be subject to a 3.8% Sales Tax"

By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 23, 2010

Stephen Archambault
stated on June 28, 2010 a speech at the state Democratic convention

Blue Cross headquarters has "a $30,000 granite table."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 11, 2010

Bill Lynch
stated on May 19, 2010 posting on his website

Blue Cross’ new $90-million Providence headquarters "was outfitted with $25 million in decor."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 28, 2010

Rick Barber
stated on June 13, 2010 a political ad

"Without representation, (the IRS) can increase taxes."

June 18, 2010

Chain email
stated on June 10, 2010 a chain e-mail

Starting in 2011, "you will be required to pay taxes" on "the value of whatever health insurance you are given by the company."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 10, 2010

Dan Fanelli
stated on June 3, 2010 a video on his campaign website

Under the new health care law, the elderly will be denied care when they have "passed the age limit for treatment."

By Amy Sherman • June 7, 2010

Bill O'Reilly
stated on April 13, 2010 a segment on the Fox News show The O'Reilly Factor

"We researched to find out if anybody on Fox News had ever said you're going to jail if you don't buy health insurance. Nobody's ever said it."

By Louis Jacobson • April 27, 2010

John Carter
stated on April 12, 2010 a Twitter message

Says the new health care law delivers a "$13 billion tax increase on families with special needs."

April 19, 2010

Marco Rubio
stated on March 22, 2010 in a fundraising E-mail.

"The path to ObamaCare becoming law all started with Charlie Crist supporting President Obama's $787 billion stimulus."

By Aaron Sharockman • April 7, 2010

Rick Perry
stated on April 2, 2010 a column

"The number of uninsured people in Massachusetts is about the same as it was when the mandates were passed in 2006."

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 5, 2010

John Carter
stated on March 21, 2010 a press release

"The bill also provides full federal funding for abortions…"

By W. Gardner Selby • March 29, 2010

Republican Party of Florida
stated on March 19, 2010 a news release

The Democratic health care plan is a "government takeover of nearly 20 percent of our economy."

By Bill Adair • March 19, 2010

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