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Monthly Archives: January 2010
Medicare board: Unrepealable?
Q: Does the Senate’s health bill contain a provision that can’t be repealed? A: No. It would create an Independent Medicare Advisory Board that could be repealed by a vote of three-fifths of the Senate.
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Tagged health care, independent medicare advisory board, patient protection and affordable care act
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January 15, 2010
In Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, only 20 percent of the population lives above the poverty line. Source: CIA World Factbook
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January 14, 2010
Haiti is slightly smaller than the state of Maryland. Source: CIA World Factbook
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Bay State Battle
In the Massachusetts special election campaign for the Senate seat held by the late Ted Kennedy, the conservative American Future Fund and Democratic state Attorney General Martha Coakley’s campaign are on the air with misleading attack ads. AFF’s ad uses a Coakley quote, “We need to get taxes up,” to portray her as a tax-hiker. But …
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January 13, 2010
About 25 percent of adults aged 19 to 64 have ever received a pneumococcal vaccination, and 60 percent of adults aged 65 years and older have received the vaccine. Source: CDC
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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of Jan. 5-Jan. 11
This week, readers sent us comments on small business lawsuits, climate data, requests for a TV show and high praise from the Army. In the FactCheck Mailbag, we feature some of the e-mail we receive. Readers can send comments to editor@factcheck.org. Letters may be edited for length.
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January 12, 2010
The largest category of salt sales by use in the U.S. is highway salt. Source: Salt Institute
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