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Latest Fact-Checks In Health Care

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Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on April 15, 2010 an interview
Says Texas has been waiting for two years for the federal government to act on a proposal to allow the state to "create insurance opportunities for those that are uninsured today."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 1, 2010
Allen West
Allen West
stated on March 21, 2010 press release
"Klein did not hold a single town hall meeting (on health care) where the general public was invited to ask questions or present their views."
False
By Amy Sherman • April 30, 2010
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on April 24, 2010 a radio address
Says the American public "overwhelmingly opposed" Democratic-steered health care plan.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 30, 2010
Bill O'Reilly
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."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • April 27, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on April 15, 2010 an interview with The Texas Tribune and Newsweek
"Everyone in this country has access to health care."
Mostly False
April 27, 2010
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on April 5, 2010 a town hall in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
"We actually have not required in this law that you carry health insurance."
Mostly False
By Carol Rosenberg, Louis Jacobson • April 22, 2010
John Carter
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."
Pants on Fire!
April 19, 2010
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on April 18, 2010 an interview on ABC's 'This Week'
"I never had a filibuster-proof Senate."
True
April 18, 2010
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on April 15, 2010 in a press conference announcing veto of SB 6.
The passage of the teacher tenure bill in the Fla. Legislature was like the health care bill in Congress because one party jammed it through.
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • April 16, 2010
Steve Cohen
Steve Cohen
stated on April 15, 2010 a story about taxes from Associated Press
"The fact is, in the past year we have had more tax cuts than almost any time in our nation's history."
Half-True
April 16, 2010
Alex Sink
Alex Sink
stated on March 25, 2010 a news release
"Florida Statutes require (Attorney General Bill) McCollum to consult with members of Florida's Congressional delegation" before filing a lawsuit against the health care reform law.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 12, 2010
Marco Rubio
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."
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Sharockman • April 7, 2010
Rick Perry
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."
Pants on Fire!
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 5, 2010
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on March 21, 2010 a speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives
"With this reform, every insured American gets valuable consumer protections, and every uninsured American can become insured."
True
April 2, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 30, 2010 an interview on NBC's Today show
"A lot of the ideas in terms of the (health insurance) exchange, just being able to pool and improve the purchasing power of individuals in the insurance market, that originated from the Heritage Foundation."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 1, 2010
Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham
stated on March 24, 2010 an appearance on the Fox News show "On the Record" with Greta Van Susteren
"The average student will be spending $1,700 to $1,800 more during the life of their loan because of this surcharge."
False
By Catharine Richert • March 30, 2010
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on March 28, 2010 on CBS's "Face the Nation"
"The New England Journal of Medicine released a survey the week that President Obama signed Obamacare stating that over 30 percent of American physicians would leave the profession if the government took over health care."
False
March 29, 2010
Mark Kirk
Mark Kirk
stated on March 21, 2010 a floor speech in the House
"According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, the IRS would need to hire over 16,000 people ... to audit the American people and impose the new taxes and mandates" of the health care bill.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 29, 2010
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on March 28, 2010 a U.S. Senate primary debate on FOX News Sunday
"The average cost for health insurance in Florida went from about $600 a month for an individual to about $150 a month."
False
By Catharine Richert • March 29, 2010
John Carter
John Carter
stated on March 21, 2010 a press release
"The bill also provides full federal funding for abortions…"
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • March 29, 2010
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