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Search results for "Adults with lower incomes are more likely than those with upper incomes to rate their health worse"

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Save My Care stated on May 08, 2017 in a digital ad:
U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo voted for a health care bill that will let insurance companies "charge five times more for people over 50."
By Amy Sherman• May 11, 2017
Rainbow/PUSH Coalition stated on October 28, 2011 in a press release:
In Georgia, "hard-earned lottery dollars are doled out to the scion[s] of wealthy families."
By Willoughby Mariano• November 9, 2011
Rachel Maddow stated on September 19, 2011 in on "The Rachel Maddow Show":
"Poverty among Americans 65 and over is statistically unchanged" in recent years because of Social Security.
By Angie Drobnic Holan• September 19, 2011
Jeb Bush stated on June 15, 2015 in a speech launching his 2016 campaign:
"The party in the White House" is responsible for "a massive tax increase on the middle class."
By Lauren Carroll• June 23, 2015
Orrin Hatch stated on March 21, 2010 in an interview on CNN's State of the Union:
The health care bill will subsidize families of four that make more than $80,000 a year.
By Louis Jacobson• March 24, 2010
Glenn Grothman stated on May 21, 2022 in Newsletter:
"Nearly 60% of all student loan debt is held by the rich and upper-middle class," so forgiveness would give the wealthy a "financial windfall" but not really help low-income people.
By Laura Schulte• June 10, 2022
Bernie Sanders stated on July 17, 2019 in a speech at George Washington University:
With Medicare for All, "study after study has shown that ... the average middle-class families will save $3,000 each and every year on their health care bills."  
By Jon Greenberg• July 22, 2019
Taxpayer Association of Oregon stated on October 29, 2010 in a campaign mailer:
Says "Richard Devlin raised your taxes by $1 billion in a single day."
By Janie Har• October 30, 2010
Julie Lassa stated on February 25, 2015 in a speech on the Senate floor:
The infant mortality rate is 15 percent higher in states with right-to-work laws.
By James B. Nelson• March 5, 2015
Facebook posts stated on October 19, 2020 in a post on Facebook:
"Biden slipped up and came out saying he’s going to tax your 401k. Are any of you EVEN paying attention?"
By Noah Y. Kim• October 25, 2020
Mike Gallagher stated on July 09, 2017 in a TV interview:
"We’re spending 18 percent of our GDP on healthcare while the average among industrialized countries is closer to 8 percent."
By Devi Shastri• August 9, 2017
Jeb Bush stated on October 14, 2015 in a town hall meeting in Concord, N.H.:
"If you're born poor, you're more likely to stay poor than any time in American history."
By Nick Reid• October 30, 2015
Nancy Pelosi stated on October 12, 2017 in a tweet:
The state and local tax deduction is a major benefit for moderate-income households because "50% of households that claim State & Local Tax deduction make under $100K."
By Louis Jacobson• October 20, 2017
George Will stated on September 12, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour'':
"Over 10 years, (extending tax cuts for the wealthy) would add less to the deficit than Obama added with the stimulus in one year."
By Louis Jacobson• September 14, 2010
Mick Mulvaney stated on March 13, 2017 in a press conference:
The House Republican health care "plan doesn't get rid of Medicaid expansion."
By Lauren Carroll• March 14, 2017
Reince Priebus stated on April 14, 2011 in a fundraising e-mail:
"Americans will pay more in taxes in 2011 than they will spend on groceries, clothing and shelter combined."
By Louis Jacobson• April 18, 2011
Seema Verma stated on February 11, 2020 in a speech to the American Medical Association:
"Yet, for all that spending, health outcomes today on Medicaid are mediocre and many patients have difficulty accessing care.”
By Phil Galewitz• February 20, 2020
Rick Scott stated on May 06, 2015 in an interview in Washington, D.C.:
"The families that are covered through the Low Income Pool is a different group of individuals than are covered by Obamacare."
By Joshua Gillin• May 11, 2015
David Perdue stated on July 28, 2017 in a statement:
Because of the failure to pass a repeal bill, "Obamacare remains the law of the land ... This means more than 300,000 Georgians below the poverty line will still not have access to the insurance Obamacare promised."
By Louis Jacobson• August 3, 2017
Paul Ryan stated on August 27, 2012 in an interview:
Wealthy taxpayers, not middle-income earners, get "most of the deductions" in the tax code.
By Dave Umhoefer• August 29, 2012

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By Cassie Owens• August 2, 2016

Rand Paul stretches the truth on 'The Daily Show'

By Becky Bowers, Louis Jacobson• August 16, 2013

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By Louis Jacobson• November 29, 2023

The House and Senate tax bills, explained

By Louis Jacobson, Manuela Tobias• November 28, 2017

Alan Grayson claims 45,000 people die a year because they lack health insurance

By Katie Sanders• September 6, 2013

Alan Grayson claims 45,000 people die a year because they lack health insurance

By Katie Sanders• August 30, 2013

Fiscal cliff deal gets to heart of Obama’s tax promises

By Louis Jacobson, Molly Moorhead• January 2, 2013

Fiscal cliff deal gets to heart of Obama’s tax promises

By Louis Jacobson, Molly Moorhead• January 2, 2013

Fact-checking the Aug. 2 news shows

By Louis Jacobson, Linda Qiu, Katie Sanders• August 2, 2015

Fact-checking the Jan. 31 Sunday shows

By Lauren Carroll, Linda Qiu• January 31, 2016

Fact-checking Donald Trump, Rick Perry ahead of the first GOP debate

By Louis Jacobson, Linda Qiu, Katie Sanders• August 2, 2015

How the Trump-backed policy bill rolls back Obamacare

By Julie Appleby, Phil Galewitz• June 5, 2025

Return of the tax attack chain e-mail!

By Angie Drobnic Holan• August 4, 2008

Mary Lou Retton’s explanation of health insurance takes some somersaults

By Julie Appleby• January 12, 2024

Checking the Walk-O-Meter and Scott Walker's promises to make taxes lower in 2018

By Tom Kertscher• November 10, 2017

Twisting the facts on taxes

By Angie Drobnic Holan• August 8, 2008

Fact-checking the Georgia Senate debate between Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker

By Louis Jacobson• October 15, 2022

Fact-checking Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker in Georgia's Senate race

By Louis Jacobson• November 4, 2022

Top 10 facts to know about health care reform

By Angie Drobnic Holan• March 18, 2010

Medicaid expansion is at the heart of the budget fight. Here’s what it means for NC.

By Elizabeth Thompson• July 12, 2019