Tag Archives: health care

Obama’s Untrue Anecdote

Posted on July 14, 2011

President Obama's much-told story about his mother's fight to get cancer coverage was untrue, according to a recently published book. And the White House isn't disputing the author's account. The New York Times reports that Janny Scott, in her biography, “A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama’s Mother,” …
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GOP New Hampshire Debate

Posted on June 14, 2011

In the first New Hampshire debate among 2012 presidential hopefuls, we found a number of incorrect, misleading or shaky factual claims. Pawlenty was wrong when he boasted that he was …
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Romney Off Base on Health Care

Posted on May 13, 2011

Mitt Romney made misleading statements about the federal health care law in an effort to highlight how it differs from the overhaul he signed into law as governor of Massachusetts. Romney, who has not yet declared his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination, gave a major speech on health care …
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FactCheck Wins Sigma Delta Chi Award

Posted on May 10, 2011

We are happy to announce that the staff of FactCheck.org has won a 2010 Sigma Delta Chi Award from the Society of Professional Journalists. Our coverage of deceptive claims about the federal health care legislation was selected by the judges for the non-deadline reporting award for independent news sites. SPJ says …
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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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April 1: The ‘RomneyCare’ Edition

Posted on April 1, 2011

   

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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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March 11: Health Care, WI Tax Cuts, Crossroads GPS

Posted on March 11, 2011

   

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Job Loss, Health Care and Bankruptcy

Posted on January 25, 2011

Former Bush adviser Karen Hughes and Democratic Rep. James Clyburn both twisted facts to make partisan points on "Meet the Press." Hughes claimed that the "vast majority" of recent job losses happened under President Obama, when in fact slightly more jobs were lost when her former boss George W. Bush …
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A ‘Job-Killing’ Law?

Posted on January 7, 2011

When it comes to truth in labeling, House Republicans are getting off to a poor start with their constantly repeated references to the new health care law as “job-killing.” We find: Independent, nonpartisan experts project …
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