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Latest Fact-Checks In Health Care

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Ben Nelson
Ben Nelson
stated on December 22, 2009 a speech on the Senate floor
A Medicaid provision added to the Senate health care reform bill "is not a special deal for Nebraska."
False
December 23, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 22, 2009 an interview with the Washington Post
"I didn't campaign on a public option."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 23, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 15, 2009 remarks at the White House
Health care reform plans being consided in Congress "will finally reduce the costs of health care."
Half-True
December 18, 2009
Tom Harkin
Tom Harkin
stated on December 13, 2009 a Senate floor speech
"Today and every day, an estimated 14,000 Americans will lose their health insurance coverage."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 15, 2009
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on December 1, 2009 a floor speech
The Senate health care bill does not contain limits on medical malpractice lawsuits.
True
By Catharine Richert • December 2, 2009
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on November 30, 2009 a press release
Under the Democratic health plan, families "will be forced to spend an additional $2,100 a year to keep their current health care."
Mostly False
December 1, 2009
Ed Schultz
Ed Schultz
stated on November 20, 2009 MSNBC's the 'Ed Show'
"Ninety-eight percent of the American people will not see their taxes go up" due to the House health care bill.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 27, 2009
Chain email
Chain email
stated on November 23, 2009 a widely circulated e-mail
A data-storing microchip "would be implanted in the majority of people who opt to become covered by the public health care option."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • November 25, 2009
Mike Enzi
Mike Enzi
stated on November 19, 2009 a press release
The Senate health care bill "would leave 24 million people without insurance coverage."
True
November 20, 2009
Joe Lieberman
Joe Lieberman
stated on November 19, 2009 an interview with Politico
If you look at last year's presidential campaign, "you can't find a mention of public option."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 20, 2009
Orrin Hatch
Orrin Hatch
stated on November 19, 2009 a news release
The Senate health care bill is longer than Tolstoy's 'War and Peace.'
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 20, 2009
Ed Rendell
Ed Rendell
stated on November 12, 2009 the 'Rachel Maddow Show'
A small business receiving a federal tax credit "to provide health care for its employees ... would be barred under the Stupak Amendment from allowing their employees to use ... the health care that they offer them for abortion."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 19, 2009
Ron Wyden
Ron Wyden
stated on November 17, 2009 MSNBC's 'Morning Meeting With Dylan Ratigan'
In the House health care bill, "Something like 2 percent of the people would [be] eligible even to get the public option."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 18, 2009
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on November 12, 2009 her show on MSNBC
"The Stupak Amendment doesn't just say you can't use your federal insurance subsidy to pay for an abortion, it says, if you're getting a federal subsidy of any kind, you're not allowed to buy an insurance plan that covers abortion even with your own money."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 16, 2009
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on November 12, 2009 a note on Facebook
Under the House health care bill, the government "will have to penalize citizens if we choose not to buy a plan that will cost a minimum of about $15,000 per family per year."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 13, 2009
Diana DeGette
Diana DeGette
stated on November 9, 2009 the 'Rachel Maddow Show'
"The public option is not funded with public money. It's funded with private insurance premiums."
Half-True
By Catharine Richert • November 13, 2009
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on November 12, 2009 his radio program
"In the health care bill, we're now offering insurance for dogs."
Pants on Fire!
November 12, 2009
Bob Beckel
Bob Beckel
stated on November 9, 2009 Sean Hannity's show on Fox News
"There were more people at the Air and Space Museum" than at a rally against the health care bills.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 12, 2009
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on November 10, 2009 his radio show
The health care bills will be "mandated spending. You can't cut it, regardless of the budget circumstances."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 12, 2009
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on November 2, 2009 a comment on his television show
Guantanamo Bay detainees will get the H1N1 vaccine.
True
By Catharine Richert • November 11, 2009
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