Statements we say are Half-True
The Democratic health care bill will "collect higher taxes for 10 years and provide health care for only 6 years."
"Americans who get their insurance through the workplace, cost savings could be as much as $3,000 less per employee than if we do nothing."
A national poll found that among people who oppose the Democratic health care reform bill, "almost 40 percent" opposed it not because it goes too far, but because "they don’t think it goes far enough. ... They will not be unhappy when we pass health care reform."
The Congressional Budget Office analysis of the health insurance reform legislation says the bill "cuts the deficit by $1.2 trillion in the second ten years."
"There is no precedent for what the Democrats are doing with this deception... We have never written a reconciliation bill to amend a law that does not exist."
"Under the ruling of the Supreme Court, any lobbyist could go into any legislator and say, if you don't vote our way on this bill, we're going to run a million-dollar campaign against you in your district."
The health care bill will "create 4 million jobs, 400,000 jobs almost immediately."
The health care bill "dumps 15 to 18 million low-income Americans into a Medicaid program that none of us want to be a part of because 50 percent of doctors won't see new patients."
"The costs for families (in the individual market) for the same type of coverage that they're currently receiving would go down 14 percent to 20 percent."
"Congresswoman Bachmann actually said we should be 'weaned' off our Social Security and Medicare. She wants to privatize Social Security and replace Medicare with some kind of voucher system."
The stimulus includes "$219,000 to study the sex lives of female college freshmen."
The stimulus includes "$7 million to build a bridge in Thedford, Nebraska, to help 168 residents avoid a 30-second wait at a local train crossing. Not one full-time job will be created."
"So far, the Recovery Act is responsible for the jobs of about 2 million Americans who would otherwise be unemployed. ... [And] the Recovery Act is on track to save or create another 1.5 million jobs in 2010."
Among the money spent on health care in the United States, "46 cents on every dollar spent is through Medicare and Medicaid."
President Barack Obama's "initial response when we heard about the Christmas underwear bomber" was to say that "this was the act of an isolated extremist."
The House passed a pay-as-you-go rule that said, "If you wanted to have an investment, an entitlement, etc., you had to pay for it."
"One state even spent a million bucks to put up signs that advertise that they were spending on the federal stimulus projects."
"Thomas Jefferson created the Marines for the Islamic pirates that were happening."
Health care reform "would bring down the deficit by as much as $1 trillion over the next two decades."
"The amount of debt is on pace to double in five years and triple in 10. The federal debt is now over $100,000 per household."
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