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Whoppers of 2009

Posted on December 24, 2009

Although 2009 was not an election year, it kept us exceptionally busy, and led to millions of visits to our site. In this year-end summary, we offer some of the worst examples of the falsehoods we encountered during the first year of the Obama administration. The list of howlers includes the false claim that the stimulus bill would dictate …
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Extras: Endorsements, Rockwell, Abortion

Posted on December 18, 2009

Our latest edition of Extras features doctors going to court to stop a conservative group’s ad, googly eyes and Catholic abortion attacks. Says Who? A television ad from the conservative Rethink Reform, a recently created advocacy arm of the Employment Policies Institute, uses doctors’ opposition to the Senate health care …
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Public Option Vs. Single Payer

Posted on December 18, 2009

Q: What is the difference between a "public option" and a single-payer plan? A: Single-payer is a complete government-run health insurance system under which everyone is covered, e.g., Canada’s system. The "public option" is a single federal insurance plan that would compete with private insurance companies.

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Extras: iPhone Death Panels, Newton, UFOs

Posted on December 14, 2009

This week’s political tidbits range from a new iPhone app to 17th century scientists’ correspondence. There’s an App for That OMG! We thought we’d seen it all. But an iPhone app designed to test your knowledge about the overhaul of the health care system? Seriously? To play "Death Panel," the …
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We’re in the Record

Posted on December 7, 2009

Saturday’s Senate debate on the health care bill included a few mentions of yours truly, factcheck.org. Our work was cited on Dec. 2 by Sen. John McCain, who quoted from our Oct. 20, 2008, article. Three days later our article made the Congressional Record yet again. This time, it was …
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McCain Robocall Sounds Familiar

Posted on December 2, 2009

Last year, Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign proposed cuts to Medicare spending to finance his health care overhaul proposal. This year, Senate Democrats have proposed cuts to Medicare spending to finance their health care overhaul proposal. Last year, the Obama camp promptly attacked McCain, falsely claiming, as we pointed out, …
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New Ad, Old Claims

Posted on December 1, 2009

Conservatives for Patients’ Rights is out with a new ad, airing on CNN and Fox News, that repeats a few of the group’s claims about a federal health insurance plan: that it could prevent people from keeping their doctor or their health insurance. The narrator of the ad says that 14 …
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Extras: Gore, Dogs, Health Insurance and Bunkmail

Posted on November 25, 2009

Our pre-Thanksgiving round-up of bits and pieces of political bunk includes Al Gore, a fancy new dog park and chain e-mails that refuse to die. Gore’s too hot Al Gore overstated a key fact about geothermal energy during a recent appearance on "The Tonight Show": Gore, Nov. 13: Two kilometers …
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Gimmicks in the Health Care Bill?

Posted on November 20, 2009

Democrats in Congress have been pleased with the Congressional Budget Office’s findings that both the House and Senate health care bills would reduce the deficit over 10 years. But is that assessment due to some accounting trickery in the bills? The conservative Employment Policies Institute is airing an ad on …
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A Premium Freeze? Don’t Believe It.

Posted on November 20, 2009

In defense of House members who are under attack for supporting that body’s health care bill, two liberal-leaning organizations are on the air with ads that go overboard in describing the wonders of the legislation. Americans United for Change and a labor union, the American Federation of State, County and …
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