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The latest Truth-O-Meter items from Robert Farley
"As a result of the House Republican bill, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office now confirms that families will see their health care premiums reduced by up to 10 percent."
The Republicans' alternative health care plan "will still let insurers raise premiums four times faster than wages."
The GOP health care plan "would allow health insurance companies to continue engaging in unfair and discriminatory practices like denying coverage to people because of a pre-existing medical condition."
Health care reform "requires the use of federal dollars to fund abortions through the government-run health plan."
"That 3.5 percent (increase in the third quarter GDP) came from two things — government spending on Cash for Clunkers — they just moved fourth-quarter auto sales into the third quarter — and the first-time home buyer thing."
When it comes to aid, "the United States is still about half as what European countries give as a percentage."
A request for "an increase in troops sat on desks in this White House (during the presidency of George W. Bush), including the vice president's, for more than eight months, a resource request filled by President Obama in March."
"Husbands rarely beat up their wives. Single women get beaten up more."
"The first installment of health care reform ... will raise the deficit by $250 billion."
An Iowa policy "provides for a state round up of Iowa citizens who might be exposed to the swine flu virus."
Recent stories from Robert Farley
GOP health bill analysis meets the Truth-O-MeterA Republican rebuttal to the House health care bill includes a number of distortions.
Achtung, baby! Bono mixes up foreign aid statsIn his spare time, U2's frontman advocates for an end to global poverty, and that earns him a gig with the Truth-O-Meter.
Health care reform: A summary of recent distortionsA PolitiFact guide to distortions in the health care reform debate
A new side effect of H1N1 virus: exaggerationWe examine claims by Glenn Beck and a chain e-mail about the H1N1 virus.
Michael Moore vs. the GipperIn his new film, Capitalism: A Love Story, Michael Moore contends the economic policies of President Ronald Reagan marked a turning point when the gap widened between the rich and everyone else. We put Moore's claims to the Truth-O-Meter.
Hey SNL! We've rated Obama's promises!Saturday Night Live says President Barack Obama hasn't accomplished anything. The Obameter shows a more nuanced picture.
'Hooray, Mr. President! We honor your great plans!'We check the RNC chairman's criticism of an odd Obama song, as performed by some New Jersey second-graders.
Abortion and the Baucus health care billThe health care plan from Finance Chairman Max Baucus seeks to maintain the status quo on the sensitive issue of abortion. We examine two claims about the bill from the National Right to Life Committee.
Yes, more bureaucracy; but how to measure it?Republicans contend the health care plan will create 53 new bureaucracies. We try counting them.
Catching up with Van JonesObama's controversial green jobs czar departs. We provide some context.
Robert Farley is a staff writer for PolitiFact, and has been a reporter with the St. Petersburg Times since 1998. Before joining the PolitiFact team in early 2008, he worked a stint on the newspaper's investigative team and won a 2008 Casey Medal for stories about the dramatic rise in antipsychotic drugs prescribed to children. In 2006, Farley won a first place award for general feature writing from the American Association of Sunday and Feature Editors for a story about a former girlfriend of rock icon Jim Morrison.
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