Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Barack Obama says Arkansas ‘has covered almost 14 percent of its uninsured already’ due to Obamacare

November 4, 2013

Due to Obamacare, Arkansas "has covered almost 14 percent of its uninsured already."

Mitt Romney says ‘health insurance is more expensive in Massachusetts than anywhere else in the country’

November 3, 2013

"Health insurance is more expensive in Massachusetts than anywhere else in the country."

Suzanne Somers says even with Obamacare, tens of millions will remain uninsured

November 1, 2013

"Even after Obamacare is fully implemented, there still will be tens of millions of people not covered."

Valerie Jarrett says ‘nothing in Obamacare forces people out of their health plans.’

October 30, 2013

"FACT: Nothing in #Obamacare forces people out of their health plans."

GOP Rep. John Fleming says in Massachusetts, half of primary-care doctors aren’t seeing new patients

October 29, 2013

In Massachusetts, "half of the primary care doctors are not accepting new patients."

Does emergency care account for just 2 percent of all health spending?

October 28, 2013

Emergency rooms account for "2 percent of all health care spending."

Maine Gov. Paul LePage says 47 percent of able-bodied Maine residents aren’t working

October 23, 2013

"About 47 percent of able-bodied people in the state of Maine don’t work."

Fox News’ Andrew Napolitiano says U.S. is still paying interest on World War I costs

October 23, 2013

"Woodrow Wilson borrowed $30 billion to fund World War I in 1917. That money has not been paid back. And we are still paying interest…

Marco Rubio says he never favored a government shutdown and voted to fully fund the government

October 23, 2013

"I never was in favor of shutting down the government. … (I) voted to fund the government fully."

Celebrated chef Tom Colicchio tweets that relatively little debt accumulated under Barack Obama

October 22, 2013

Says under President Barack Obama, the debt increased by 23 percent, which was less than under any president going back to Ronald Reagan.

Louie Gohmert says deficit ballooned from $160 billion to $1.6 trillion in just one year

October 18, 2013

"We went from $160 billion deficit spending in (President George W.) Bush's last year to $1.6 trillion the following year."

Ann Coulter says no doctors who went to an American medical school will be accepting Obamacare

October 16, 2013

"No doctors who went to an American medical school will be accepting Obamacare."

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