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Latest Fact-Checks In Health Care

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Mary Squires
Mary Squires
stated on October 5, 2010 a newspaper interview
Said state insurance commissioner candidate Ralph Hudgens "fights hard" to strip women of life-saving coverage such as mammograms.
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • October 12, 2010
Hank Gilbert
Hank Gilbert
stated on September 24, 2010 a press release.
Says the Texas Department of Agriculture seeks to purchase up to 300,000 promotional stress balls.  
True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 11, 2010
Sharron Angle
Sharron Angle
stated on October 7, 2010 a campaign commercial
Harry Reid "voted to use taxpayer dollars to pay for Viagra for convicted child molesters and sex offenders."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 8, 2010
Jack Conway
Jack Conway
stated on September 28, 2010 a campaign commercial
Rand Paul "wants us to pay $2,000 just to get Medicare."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 8, 2010
Blue Oregon
Blue Oregon
stated on September 30, 2010 a website posting
Says "Rep. Jim Weidner proposed a bill taking away health care for 80,000 of Oregon's children."
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • October 8, 2010
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on September 28, 2010 a campaign TV ad
"A majority of Wisconsinites opposed the government takeover of health care. But Russ Feingold voted for it anyway."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 5, 2010
Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS
stated on August 25, 2010 a television ad
"Barbara Boxer voted to cut spending on Medicare benefits by $500 billion, cuts so costly to hospitals and nursing homes that they could stop taking Medicare altogether."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 4, 2010
Scott Bruun
Scott Bruun
stated on September 30, 2010 a television ad
Says Kurt Schrader voted to cut $500 billion from Medicare, threatening "thousands of Oregon seniors and their access to their current coverage."
Mostly False
By Janie Har • October 2, 2010
Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS
stated on September 20, 2010 a campaign commercial
Says Joe Sestak "voted to gut Medicare ... reducing benefits for 854,489 seniors" and jeopardizing "access to care for millions."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 28, 2010
John Kitzhaber
John Kitzhaber
stated on August 15, 2010 a radio interview
Says more than 2 million Oregonians have received important medical services because of his health plan.
Half-True
By Brent Walth • September 24, 2010
60 Plus Association
60 Plus Association
stated on September 8, 2010 a campaign ad
The new health care law "will cut $500 billion from Medicare. That will hurt the quality of our care."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 20, 2010
Peter Palumbo
Peter Palumbo
stated on September 9, 2010 an interview on Fox News' "On the Record with Greta Van Susteren"
Rhode Island gives undocumented pregnant women health insurance, plus a cash card "with $400 a month on it" and "$250 a month or $275 a month to spend on food."
Mostly False
By Cynthia Needham • September 19, 2010
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on September 12, 2010 a TV ad.
"700 jobs (were) lost because Allen Boyd" voted for the health care bill.
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • September 16, 2010
Pam Bondi
Pam Bondi
stated on July 31, 2010 a debate
"By the year 2015 (Medicaid will) take up half our budget."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • September 8, 2010
Michael McCaul
Michael McCaul
stated on July 19, 2010 an e-mail
Says the federal agency in charge of Medicare and Medicaid will disburse $803 billion in benefits this year, making "it larger than all but 15 of the world's economies."
Half-True
September 4, 2010
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on August 27, 2010 a campaign website
"Charlie Crist has six different positions on ObamaCare."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • September 2, 2010
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on September 1, 2010 a statement.
Alex Sink wants to "cut Medicare."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • September 2, 2010
Bud Chiles
Bud Chiles
stated on August 31, 2010 a campaign website
"Florida is 49th in per capita spending on mental health care."
True
By Amy Sherman • August 31, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on August 24, 2010 a speech at the City Club of Cleveland
Under the new health care law, "if a landscaper wants to buy a new lawnmower, or a restaurant needs a new ice-maker, they have to report that to the feds."
True
By Stephen Koff • August 31, 2010
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on August 25, 2010 an editorial board meeting with the Austin American-Statesman
"We spend more money on health care per capita in the United States than any other country in the world. Of the 30 developed countries in the world, we spend 2 1/2 times more than the average. Of the country that spends the second most per capita, Switzerland, we spend 175 percent more."
Half-True
August 31, 2010
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