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Latest Fact-Checks In Health Care

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Frank Caprio
Frank Caprio
stated on August 26, 2010 his campaign website
"1 in 4 Rhode Islanders under the age of 65 does not have health insurance."  
Half-True
By Cynthia Needham • August 31, 2010
Ann Marie Buerkle
Ann Marie Buerkle
stated on August 10, 2010 a page on her campaign website
"The Obama Health and Human Services Department is planning to compile a federal health record on all U.S. citizens by 2014," including "each individual’s Body Mass Index."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 30, 2010
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on August 18, 2010 MSNBC's "The Ed Show."
The United States is "50th in life expectancy" in the world.
Mostly True
By Lukas Pleva • August 25, 2010
Chain email
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"
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 23, 2010
Debbie Riddle
Debbie Riddle
stated on August 10, 2010 a television interview
"Over 81 percent of the babies that are born at LBJ Hospital right here in Houston are born of women who are not here legally."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, W. Gardner Selby • August 23, 2010
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on August 12, 2010 an op ed article
Republicans are now "taking credit" for provisions of the health care bill "that they had tried to derail."  
Half-True
August 13, 2010
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on August 10, 2010 a news release
A bill to aid state and local governments "is fully paid-for by closing costly corporate tax loopholes."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 13, 2010
Pam Bondi
Pam Bondi
stated on April 28, 2010 a speech.
I've shut down pill mills.
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • August 11, 2010
Gen. Peter Chiarelli
Gen. Peter Chiarelli
stated on August 8, 2010 an interview on "This Week."
About 106,000 soldiers had "a prescription of three weeks or more" for pain, depression or anxiety medication.
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 10, 2010
Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham
stated on July 28, 2010 an interview with Fox News' "On the Record with Greta Van Susteren"
"People come here to have babies. They come here to drop a child. It's called 'drop and leave."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 6, 2010
Republican Party of Texas
Republican Party of Texas
stated on July 19, 2010 a message on Twitter
Says President Barack Obama initially said the national health-care mandate isn't a tax, but his administration now says it is a tax.
Mostly True
August 2, 2010
Gordon Quan
Gordon Quan
stated on June 30, 2010 an e-mail blast
Some cardiologists estimate "70 percent of all males over 50 have some form of heart disease."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 31, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on July 13, 2010 a news release
"The Department of Health and Human Services is providing $160 million to the state of Pennsylvania to set up a new high-risk insurance pool program that would cover any abortion legal in the state."
False
By Sabrina Eaton • July 23, 2010
Pam Bondi
Pam Bondi
stated on July 15, 2010 a campaign mail piece.
Opponent Holly Benson said that "Just because you're poor doesn't mean you're unhealthy, it just means you have a lot more time to go running."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • July 20, 2010
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 18, 2010 an interview on ABC's This Week
"The health care numbers are going up."
Mostly False
By Alex Holt • July 20, 2010
National Right to Life Committee
National Right to Life Committee
stated on July 13, 2010 a prepared statement
The Obama administration will give Pennsylvania $160 million to pay for health insurance plans that cover "any legal abortion."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 16, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on June 25, 2010 a speech at the Texas Democratic Party convention
"In Rick Perry’s Texas, we import nurses ... from other countries."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • July 14, 2010
John Oxendine
John Oxendine
stated on July 11, 2010 a televised debate on Fox 5
"To say a family has to buy a product from a private company is clearly beyond the delegated powers of the U.S. Constitution."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • July 13, 2010
Stephen Archambault
Stephen Archambault
stated on June 28, 2010 a speech at the state Democratic convention
Blue Cross headquarters has "a $30,000 granite table."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 11, 2010
Ralph Hudgens
Ralph Hudgens
stated on June 22, 2010 a radio interview broadcast over the Internet
"The insurance commissioner can’t do squat about health care."
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • July 8, 2010
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