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

One of the aims of the Affordable Care Act is to reduce the need for Americans to visit the emergency room for first-line medical care. But the percentage of health-care dollars going to ERs today is actually less than many people assume.

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Was Rubio ‘never … in favor of shutting down the government’?

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., says he never wanted to shut down the government and voted to keep the government funded. But his public comments and Senate votes undercut that claim.

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Was Rubio ‘never … in favor of shutting down the government’?

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., says he never wanted to shut down the government and voted to keep the government funded. But his public comments and Senate votes undercut that claim.

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Mailbag: ‘You are a joke, and your operation is a sham’

With the government in shutdown mode, correspondence to PolitiFact in recent weeks has focused on debt, spending and -- as always -- President Barack Obama's health care law.

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Fact-checking Ted Cruz

The Texas senator played cheerleader to House Republicans who wanted to defund Obamacare, a strategy that resulted in a government shutdown. We look back at some of our fact-checks of Cruz, and whether he’s eligible to run for president. (Hint: Very likely!)

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Does raising the debt ceiling “increase our debt”?

President Obama said at a press conference that raising the debt ceiling "does not allow for a single dime of increased spending." We found this is a tricky statement to parse.

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Ten questions about the debt ceiling

Confused about what the debt ceiling is? As the government hurtles toward a possible default, here is an FAQ by PolitiFact's national staff about the debt ceiling and why it's important to every American.

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Ten questions about the debt ceiling

Confused about what the debt ceiling is? As the government hurtles toward a possible default, here is an FAQ by PolitiFact's national staff about the debt ceiling and why it's important to every American.

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Ten questions about the debt ceiling

Confused about what the debt ceiling is? As the government hurtles toward a possible default, here is an FAQ by PolitiFact's national staff about the debt ceiling and why it's important to every American.

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Ten questions about the debt ceiling

Confused about what the debt ceiling is? As the government hurtles toward a possible default, here is an FAQ about the debt ceiling and why it's important to every American.

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