President Obama says failing to raise the debt limit will “force the United States to default on its obligations.” Sen. Rand Paul contends “there’s no reason for us to default.” Who’s right?
Defining Default
Boehner and the Medical Device Tax
House Speaker John Boehner exaggerated when he said the 2.3 percent medical device excise tax in the Affordable Care Act “is costing us tens of thousands of jobs that are being shipped overseas.”
Obama’s Numbers, October Update
Jobs, debt and poverty all are up. Our latest report on statistical measures of his presidency.
GOP Attack on Health Care Navigators
Republicans wrongly claimed in a blog post that the Obama administration went back on its word not to send federal health care “navigators” door to door to enroll Americans in the insurance exchanges.
Oct. 4: Affordable Care Act
Sex Questions from Your Doctor?
Q: Will doctors be required to ask patients questions about their sexual history under the Affordable Care Act?
A: No. A program created by the stimulus law – not Obamacare — encourages health professionals to use electronic records. But there is no requirement in the program to ask anything about sexual history.
Spinning Premium Rates
Both sides in the great Obamacare debate are distorting the facts about premium rates on the soon-to-open health exchanges to make their case for or against the law.
Cruz-a-thon, Part II
We are still reviewing the 21-hour, overnight talk-a-thon by Sen. Ted Cruz, and we found some more claims about Obamacare that are false.
Sept. 27: Affordable Care Act
FactChecking the Virginia Governor’s Race
FactCheck.org Managing Editor Lori Robertson discusses the (mostly accurate) TV ads in the race for governor of Virginia on Fox 5 News in Washington, D.C.
For more, see our archive files for candidates Terry McAuliffe and Ken Cuccinelli.