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The latest Truth-O-Meter items from Angie Drobnic Holan
The House health care bill pays for "about six years of program with a decade of revenue, with the heaviest costs concentrated in the second five years."
Health care reform "establishes a new board of federal bureaucrats (the 'Health Benefits Advisory Committee') to dictate the health plans that all individuals must purchase."
Health care reform "requires the use of federal dollars to fund abortions through the government-run health plan."
Research shows the employer mandate in the House health reform bill would "place millions 'at substantial risk of unemployment' — with minority workers losing their jobs at twice the rate of their white counterparts."
"One-third of the health care dollar goes to no such thing as health care; it goes to the insurance companies."
A president must "obtain Congress' consent before formally accepting the Nobel Prize."
"Forcing Americans off of their current health coverage and onto a government-run plan isn't the answer, but that's exactly what the Democrats' plan would do."
"President Bush never did one interview with the New York Times during his entire presidency."
A "fairly limited number of people, 25 million to 30 million," will be allowed to access a national health insurance exchange.
The proposed excise tax on "Cadillac" health plans will hit "those making less than $200,000" the hardest.
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GOP health bill analysis meets the Truth-O-MeterA Republican rebuttal to the House health care bill includes a number of distortions.
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A narrow door for the health exchangeIf you want to buy the public option on the health care exchange, you'll have to be part of a select group.
Health care reform: A summary of recent distortionsA PolitiFact guide to distortions in the health care reform debate
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Drug promises stall because of PhRMA dealTwo campaign promises have become bargaining chips for health care reform.
Health insurance hijinks!We check claims about a new report on the cost of health care reform, and how health insurance is like baseball.
The Afghanistan war: A simple explanationThe latest developments on the war in Afghanistan can be downright confusing — questions about more troops, election shenanigans and a resurgent Taliban. Here, we explain what's driving the discussion.
Obama's Nobel Prize: More hope than changeWe review Obama's campaign promises in light of the Nobel Peace Prize.
Angie Drobnic Holan is a staff writer and researcher for PolitiFact.com. She has worked as a researcher at the St. Petersburg Times since 2005, and she holds a master's degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She is finishing a masters of library and information science at the University of South Florida. She previously was a news researcher at The Tampa Tribune and a business reporter at the Mobile (Ala.) Press-Register.
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