Tag Archives: health care reform

FactChecking Health Insurance Premiums

Posted on October 24, 2011

Health insurance premiums for employer-sponsored family plans jumped a startling 9 percent from 2010 to 2011, and Republicans have blamed the federal health care law. But they exaggerate. The law — the bulk of which has yet to be implemented — has caused only about a 1 percent …
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Barrasso’s Subsidy Speculation

Posted on July 22, 2011

Sen. John Barrasso engaged in wild speculation in claiming that lower-income subsidies will cost $900 billion a year under the federal health care law. He assumes that all employer-based insurance in the United States will disappear. In an op-ed for Roll Call, the Wyoming Republican and orthopedic surgeon said that …
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FactChecking Obama

Posted on May 19, 2011

We are periodically taking a look at past claims from the 2012 presidential candidates. Up next: President Barack Obama. The president officially launched his 2012 campaign on April 4, but we’ve been fact-checking his statements for about four years now. Among the major misstatements: Obama has misrepresented Republican plans for …
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Ryan’s Budget Spin

Posted on May 6, 2011

Rep. Paul Ryan spreads some false and misleading information in a series of “Setting The Record Straight” web posts, in which he criticizes the president’s proposed budget and promotes …
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Premium Nonsense On Medicare

Posted on April 1, 2011

Q: Will the new health care law raise Medicare’s basic monthly premium to $247 in 2014, as a viral message claims? A: No, Medicare officials project the basic premium will be less than half that. But the law will eventually cause 14 percent of seniors with incomes over $85,000 a …
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‘RomneyCare’ Facts and Falsehoods

Posted on March 25, 2011

It has been nearly five years since Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney signed the state’s landmark health care law amid the political flourish of a fife and drum corps and 300 guests in Boston’s Faneuil Hall. The overhaul is largely seen as a blueprint …
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Liberal Ads Oversell Health Care Law

Posted on February 11, 2011

A liberal group has launched several radio ads criticizing House Republicans who voted to repeal the health care law. But some of the claims lack needed context and may give listeners the impression that the law’s benefits are more extensive than they really are. Americans United for Change produced the …
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Millions with Preexisting Conditions

Posted on February 4, 2011

Q: Is it true — as the Obama administration claims — that "129 million Americans with a pre-existing condition could be denied coverage without new health reform law"? A: No. The number who would be truly at risk of losing health insurance or paying more money is much smaller.

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A ‘Budget-Busting’ Law?

Posted on January 19, 2011

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office states that repealing the health care law would worsen the federal deficit over the next 10 years — by $230 billion. So how does …
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Health Care Repeal, Tea Party and Political Discourse

Posted on January 14, 2011

In episode 44 of our podcast, we talk about the misleading claim from Republicans that the health care law is a job-killer. Plus, we caught Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid offering his own exaggerations on the economy and the tea party, and Sen. Rand Paul distorting a well-worn quote from …
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