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Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on April 1, 2013 a press release jointly issued with U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz.
"Only three in 10 Texas doctors are currently accepting new Medicaid patients."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 1, 2013
Pete Snyder
Pete Snyder
stated on March 6, 2013 a website post.
"A study by the University of Virginia pulls back the curtain on Medicaid’s tragically bad outcomes, including ‘increased risk of adjusted mortality.’"
Half-True
By Nancy Madsen • April 1, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on February 22, 2013 remarks at a Washington, D.C. event.
Says Houston is "home to more doctors, more nurses, more researchers than any other place in the world."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 21, 2013
Will Weatherford
Will Weatherford
stated on March 8, 2013 an interview
Eighty-five percent of Floridians who will benefit from expanding Medicaid are "single, childless adults."  
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • March 15, 2013
Christopher L. Smith
Christopher L. Smith
stated on March 5, 2013 a speech
Florida is "second in the nation in the uninsured."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • March 8, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 5, 2013 a State of the State speech
"For the first time in eight years, our budget also increases funding for persons with disabilities by $36 million to help more disabled people receive community-based services."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • March 7, 2013
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on February 4, 2013 a news conference
Without a Medicaid expansion, 275,000 more Ohioans could be getting their primary care in emergency rooms, costing "everybody a lot of money."
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • February 21, 2013
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on February 11, 2013 a letter to Ohio lawmakers
Federal spending on entitlements "is projected to consume all revenue by 2045."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • February 21, 2013
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on February 13, 2013 a radio interview
"Nobody in total is proposing cutting anything. We’re trying to reduce the rate of growth in government."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • February 20, 2013
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on February 5, 2013 a speech.
"Collectively states are spending more on Medicaid than they do on K-12 education."
True
By Nancy Madsen • February 19, 2013
Texas Medical Association
Texas Medical Association
stated on December 7, 2012 a Twitter post.
Says 31 percent of Texas physicians accept all new Medicaid patients, down from 67 percent in 2000.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 8, 2013
Lois Kolkhorst
Lois Kolkhorst
stated on September 23, 2012 a breakfast at the Texas Tribune Festival.
Says that according to "many reports and even our own data," the state of Texas spent more through Medicaid on orthodontia than all other states combined.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 4, 2013
Marcia Fudge
Marcia Fudge
stated on January 1, 2013 a news release
The so-called doc fix in the fiscal cliff deal will cut payments "for treating illnesses disproportionately impacting minorities, including end stage renal disease and diabetes."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • January 4, 2013
Terry Russell
Terry Russell
stated on December 6, 2012 in an interview
"Individuals with mental illnesses die an average of 25 years earlier than those without a mental illness."
True
By Tom Feran • January 2, 2013
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on November 24, 2012 a Huffington Post column
Says Walmart employees represent the largest group of Medicaid and food stamp recipients in many states, costing the taxpayer $1,000 per worker.
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • December 6, 2012
Patricia Morgan
Patricia Morgan
stated on November 6, 2012 a campaign flier
"Our welfare system now consumes 42 percent of our budget."
Half-True
By John Hill • November 25, 2012
Steve Lonegan
Steve Lonegan
stated on October 24, 2012 an op-ed on the Asbury Park Press' website
"Sixty percent of New Jersey doctors do not accept Medicaid patients."
True
By Bill Wichert • November 14, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 22, 2012 a debate
Rhode Island has taken its federal Medicaid funding and shown it can run the program more cost-effectively than the federal government.
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 28, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 9, 2012 a campaign ad
As governor, "Mitt Romney raised nursing home fees eight times."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • October 15, 2012
Tennessee Democratic Party
Tennessee Democratic Party
stated on August 17, 2012 Tennessee Democratic Party press release sent via email in a version specifically cri
The "Health Care Compact bill would end Medicare's guaranteed benefit for Tennessee's Medicare recipients and shift management of the federal health care plan to the state's TennCare program."
False
By Tom Humphrey • September 7, 2012
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