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Latest Fact-Checks In Health Care

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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
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
By Robert Farley • 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
By Ciara O'Rourke • 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
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