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Barack Obama stated on July 22, 2009 in a press conference:

Health insurance companies are "making record profits, right now."

By Angie Drobnic Holan• July 23, 2009

Ginny Brown-Waite stated on September 09, 2009 in a letter to AARP:

AARP is "the largest reseller of insurance in the country" and "has a vested interest in seeing that the market for reselling supplemental insurance expands."

By Angie Drobnic Holan• September 29, 2009

Donald Trump stated on October 18, 2017 in a tweet:

Insurance companies "have made a fortune with Obamacare."

By Jon Greenberg• October 23, 2017

Donald Trump stated on November 16, 2025 in remarks to reporters:

Stock prices for health insurance companies are “up over 1,000% over a short period of time.”

By Louis Jacobson• November 19, 2025

Social Media stated on December 16, 2024 in social media posts:

Tipster in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing is ineligible for reward money "because she called 911 instead of the tip line."

By Loreben Tuquero• December 19, 2024

Don Beyer stated on February 04, 2015 in a speech.:

"If you look at the income of average Americans...they’re absolutely flat in constant dollars since 1979."

By Warren Fiske, Sean Gorman• February 9, 2015

Reid Ribble stated on October 12, 2010 in a campaign news release:

"I lost my health insurance and my doctor because of Obamacare."

By James B. Nelson• October 27, 2010

Michael Moore stated on January 01, 2014 in a "New York Times" op-ed:

Because of the health care law, "by 2017, we will be funneling over $100 billion annually to private insurance companies."

By Jon Greenberg• January 3, 2014

Jon Huntsman stated on August 11, 2011 in the Republican debate in Ames, Iowa:

"We created a flat tax in the state of Utah."

By Louis Jacobson• August 12, 2011

Jon Huntsman stated on January 07, 2012 in a Republican presidential debate in Manchester, N.H.:

"I delivered a flat tax for my state. I took my state to No. 1 in job creation. With all due respect to what Rick Perry has said about Texas, we did a little bit better."

By Louis Jacobson• January 8, 2012

Jon Huntsman stated on July 04, 2011 in a house party in Belmont, N.H. :

Says that when he was governor of Utah, he worked with the state Legislature to create a flat tax that "cut income taxes by 30 percent."

By Louis Jacobson, Kevin Landrigan• July 28, 2011

Jon Huntsman stated on October 11, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Hanover, N.H.:

"I created a flat tax in the state of Utah. It took that state to the number-one position in terms of job creation."

By Louis Jacobson• October 12, 2011

Social Media stated on December 07, 2024 in posts:

“Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was set to testify against Nancy Pelosi for insider trading.”

By Loreben Tuquero• December 10, 2024

Richard Cordray stated on July 06, 2010 in a statement posted to his website:

Says his office "has already recovered over $2 billion from Wall Street for the workers, retirees, and investors who were harmed."

By Aaron Marshall• July 26, 2010

House Republican Conference stated on September 22, 2009 in an article on its Web site:

Medicare officials have treated Humana and AARP inconsistently on how they can communicate with seniors.

By Angie Drobnic Holan• September 30, 2009

MAGA Inc stated on May 12, 2023 in a TV ad:

“In Congress Ron DeSantis pushed a 23% national sales tax.”

By Amy Sherman• May 16, 2023

Martin O'Malley stated on May 30, 2015 in his presidential announcement speech:

"Today in America, 70 percent of us are earning the same or less than we were 12 years ago, and this is the first time that that has happened this side of World War II."

By Louis Jacobson• June 2, 2015

Hillary Clinton stated on December 05, 2007 in New York, N.Y.:

"Productivity has risen 18 percent ...yet wages have stayed flat... There are 5-million more people in poverty here in our country than there were in 2000."

By Wes Allison• December 15, 2007

Mike Murphy stated on May 22, 2019 in remarks during a press conference:

Says when New York "implemented a program" to tax the wealthy at higher rates it saw a revenue shortfall "because of the outward migration of their top earners."

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller• May 30, 2019

Elizabeth Warren stated on February 05, 2020 in a CNN town hall:

“We have an America where … hard-working families have flat wages.”

By Louis Jacobson• February 6, 2020

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