McCain said that Obama’s health care plan would mandate that “small businesses” provide coverage for their employees and would fine them if they failed to do so. Actually, Obama’s health care plan, posted on his Web site, says: “Small businesses will be exempt from this requirement.” McCain previously used this charge in his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention.
Posted by Lori Robertson on Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at 12:22 pm Filed under The FactCheck Wire. tagged with health care, presidential debate, small businesses.
Q: How much has the federal debt gone up under Obama?
A: During his first three years in office, it rose $4.7 trillion, an increase of 45 percent. Partisan graphics circulating via email and Facebook are both incorrect.
| “ | It is this very nitpicking of the facts that has contributed to the divisiveness this country is experiencing now. | ” |
