Summary It has started. A new TV spot is running nationally saying that "fixing health care" is "something that we must do." It is the first ad in what we expect will be a massive barrage of public relations claims on all sides of the coming debate over President-elect Obama’s promised push for expanding federal health insurance programs. This one is notable primarily for who is sponsoring it: a collection of unlikely political bedfellows that includes the pharmaceutical... Click to Read the Full Post
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In Episode 2 of our podcast, we examine health care claims from the president, a conservative group and a Republican candidate in the race for a Senate seat in Nevada. Plus, we give listeners the scoop on allegations that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi hosts congressional party planes.The FactCheck Wire
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