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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of May 7-13.
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Tag Archives: health care
Malpractice: Savings Reconsidered
In 2004 we accused President Bush of using “dubious statistics” to support his claim that limiting malpractice awards to injured patients could save the economy between $60 billion and $108 billion per year. Ever since, we’ve said most independent research indicated little if any savings from limiting malpractice liability, and just a few weeks ago …
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TGIF
President Obama’s unexpected Nobel Peace Prize may end up being the story of the week, but it was the third-party groups that occupied most of our attention here at factcheck.org. Once again, health care dominated the discussion, though we also saw some new ads on taxes and on climate change. …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Americans for Prosperity, cap-and-trade, health care, Health Care for America Now, health insurance, medicare, special election
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Going Out of Business?
A new health care ad from a conservative group claims that “Medicare will be bankrupt in eight years.” That gives a false impression. The program does have huge financial problems, but there’s no reason to think it’s going out of business as the word “bankrupt” implies. And …
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Targeting Ensign
We’re not ones to doubt that money can influence politics. But uncovering a paying-for-favors scandal takes more than a mere list of campaign contributions and a few committee votes. That tactic, however, is being used – again – in the health care debate, this time in an ad from the liberal …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged campaign contributions, health care, Health Care for America Now, health insurance, John Ensign
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Health Care Overhaul: Constitutional?
Q: Are the health care overhaul proposals that are pending in the House and Senate constitutional? A: Legal experts agree that requiring citizens to buy something is a novel concept that has not been tested in the courts.
Posted in Ask FactCheck
Tagged commerce clause, constitutional, health care, supreme court
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Grayson’s Iffy Claims
Florida Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson is facing rebuke from House Republicans for saying that "Republicans want you to die quickly if you get sick." In a Sept. 29 speech on the House floor, Grayson said that the Republican health care plan is: "Don’t get sick. And if you do get …
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The DNC and Senior Scare
The Democratic National Committee has released a new TV ad about health care legislation, this time on the Senate Finance Committee proposal. In the ad, the DNC takes on Republicans for "trying to scare seniors about health reform," saying that news outlets had called their claims "dishonest" and "scare-mongering." The ad’s …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Democratic National Committee, health care, health insurance
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Denial of Claims
Insurance companies aren’t very popular these days, and it’s certainly not too difficult to dig up a horror story or two of how a patient’s medical claim was denied unfairly. But do companies really "deny payment for 1 out of every 5 treatments doctors prescribe," as a new ad says? …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged health care, Health Care for America Now, health insurance
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