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Robert Deuell

Robert Deuell

Mostly True

Rough estimate linked to NJ study

Says it's "estimated that 300 babies a year are sent home from the hospital with an unrecognized congenital heart defect; it is the most common birth defect in America."                   

Michele Bachmann

Michele Bachmann

Pants on Fire!

None of those things

The IRS is going to be "in charge" of "a huge national database" on health care that will include Americans’ "personal, intimate, most close-to-the-vest-secrets."

Michele Bachmann

Michele Bachmann

False

IRS role hardly puts it "in charge"

The IRS is "going to be in charge of our health care."

Michele Bachmann

Michele Bachmann

Mostly False

Maybe to delay health insurance

"The IRS will have the ability potentially" to deny or delay health care.

Nancy Pelosi

Nancy Pelosi

Half-True

Law may be helping limit rate of growth

"The Affordable Care Act is bringing the cost of health care in our country down."

Will Weatherford

Will Weatherford

Half-True

A lot of dough, but doesn't drive deficit

"Expanding Medicaid would require borrowing more money, drastically expanding our deficit."

Jeff Wagner

Jeff Wagner

Half-True

Claim about nursing homes overstated

"The State of Wisconsin thinks you should have to" wash your hands "at least 28 times to make one peanut butter-and-jelly sandwich."

National Republican Senatorial Committee

National Republican Senatorial Committee

Mostly False

Repeal & replace more like it

U.S. Rep. John Barrow of Georgia has helped support the implementation of "Obamacare."

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Half-True

Not the 'only' impact

For people with insurance, the only impact of the health care law "is that their insurance is stronger, better and more secure than it was before. Full stop. That's it. They don't have to worry about anything else."

Ted Poe

Ted Poe

True

When good turkeys go bad

Says new Medicare billing guidelines "have nine codes for (injuries by) turkeys."

Nelson Wolff

Nelson Wolff

Mostly False

Four-year-old number, conflicting studies

Says uncompensated health care costs absorbed by Texas hospitals are adding $1,800 a year to Texas private insurance rates.

Virginia Society for Human Life

Virginia Society for Human Life

False

Policy holders, not government, would have paid for option

Under Obamacare, Virginia taxpayers would have been "forced to pay for abortions" if the General Assembly had not recently intervened.  

NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia

NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia

Mostly False

Old, disputed study

Abortion coverage is a standard insurance benefit "in nearly 90 percent of private plans sold in the U.S."

Michele Walsh

Michele Walsh

True

Alarming statistics

"Within the three miles surrounding the University Circle area, infant mortality exceeds some Third World countries."

Lon Burnam

Lon Burnam

False

No Texas windfall for other states

Says rejecting federal aid to expand Medicaid in Texas will "send $9 billion in federal taxes paid by Texans to other states to insure their working poor."

Rick Perry

Rick Perry

Mostly True

Remark not limited to Medicaid

Says Obama called Medicaid "broken" four years ago.

Ted Cruz

Ted Cruz

False

A misreading of the studies

"Expanding Medicaid will worsen health care options for the most vulnerable among us in Texas."

Bobby Scott

Bobby Scott

Mostly True

Budget is based on Obamacare taxes coming in

Paul Ryan’s budget "keeps the Obamacare taxes and spending cuts that paid for Obamacare, but then cuts all of the benefits."

New Hampshire Democratic Party

New Hampshire Democratic Party

Half-True

Sweeping statement overreaches

Preventive care coverage under the Affordable Care Act has already "helped Granite Staters save money and live healthier lives." 

Fred Thompson

Fred Thompson

False

Claim needs a major tune-up

Says that under President Barack Obama’s health care law, "your insurance" premiums could go up by 200 percent and cost "as much as a new Explorer."

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