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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of May 7-13.
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Tag Archives: health care
A False Hit on Critz
We’ve written about misrepresentations in the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s attack on Tim Burns, the GOP candidate in the Pennsylvania 12th. Being equal-opportunity fact-checkers, we can’t let a false attack ad from the National Republican Congressional Committee in this race slip by without mention. The hit on Democratic nominee Mark …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Add new tag, Democratic National Campaign Committee, health care, Mark Critz, murtha, Pennsylvania, Republican National Campaign Committee, Tim Burns
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A 3.8 Percent “Sales Tax” on Your Home?
Q: Does the new health care law impose a 3.8 percent tax on profits from selling your home? A: No, with very few exceptions. The first $250,000 in profit from the sale of a personal residence won’t be taxed, or the first $500,000 in the case of a married couple. …
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Posted in Ask FactCheck
Tagged 3.8% tax, chain e-mail, health care, health care reform, investment income, taxes
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Optimistic Job Stats
Christina Romer, chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, talked jobs with NBC "Meet the Press" host David Gregory on Sunday. The interview came a few days after the release of encouraging numbers — employment rose by 162,000 in March, the biggest one-month increase in three years. A …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Christina Romer, economy, health care, jobs, meet the press, stimulus, unemployment
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IRS Agents, Health Care and Student Loans
In Episode 5 of our podcast, we look into Republican claims that the new health care law will require the IRS to hire 16,500 agents — and GOP Rep. Ron Paul’s assertion that they’d all be carrying guns. We also discuss health care ads from liberals and conservatives, and claims …
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Posted in FactCheck Radio
Tagged Ben Nelson, health care, health care reform, IRS, jobs, lobbyists, Ron Paul, Scott Sipprelle, student loans
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Overstated Stats
Congressional Republicans appearing on CBS’ "Face the Nation" repeated a couple of false claims we’ve talked about before. The first guest, Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina, inflated some statistics when he talked about opposition to the health care bill. His claim, that 60 percent of Americans support repealing the bill, …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged health care, health care reform, Jim DeMint, Michele Bachmann, polls
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IRS Expansion
Q: Will the IRS hire 16,500 new agents to enforce the health care law? A: No. The law requires the IRS mostly to hand out tax credits, not collect penalties. The claim of 16,500 new agents stems from a partisan analysis based on guesswork and false assumptions, and compounded by …
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Posted in Ask FactCheck
Tagged Add new tag, agents, health care, health care reform, IRS, Ron Paul
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Health Care and Census
President Obama signed the health care bill into law this week — but we’re still fact-checking claims about it. In this episode, we look at two ads from groups that were pushing for passage of the legislation. Plus, we discuss various false claims about the 2010 Census. (Click the play …
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Posted in FactCheck Radio
Tagged Americans for Stable Quality Care, Americans United for Change, Census, chain e-mail, health care, health care reform, health insurance, Internet rumors, Jerry Day
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