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Tag Archives: health care
More Government Takeover Spin
Mitt Romney counts both public and private health care spending to come up with the exaggeration that government will make up “almost 50 percent” of the U.S. economy once the federal health care is fully in effect. See our May 10 article, “Romney’s ‘Gross’ Exaggeration on ‘Obamacare,’ ” for more.
Posted in FactCheck.org On the Air
Tagged government takeover, health care, Mitt Romney
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Viral Claims, Part II
A long-running chain email claims that Medicare premiums are going to shoot up to $247 per month in 2014 because of the health care law. That’s not true no matter how many times this email is forwarded. See our April 30 Ask FactCheck — “Realtors, the 3.8% ‘Sales Tax’ and …
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It’s a Job-Killer?
Claims that the health care law kills jobs are greatly exaggerated. Read more about the claim in our Feb. 21 article, “GOP’s ‘Job-Killing’ Whopper, Again.”
A Bogus Tax Attack Against Obama
The latest multimillion-dollar attack ad from Crossroads GPS claims President Obama broke a promise to not increase taxes for families making less than $250,000 a year. That’s almost entirely false. The truth is that Obama repeatedly cut taxes for such families, first through a tax credit in effect for 2009 …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Crossroads GPS, False advertising, health care, President Obama, taxes
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Romney’s ‘Gross’ Exaggeration on ‘Obamacare’
Mitt Romney falsely claims government will “constitute … almost 50 percent” of the U.S. economy when the new federal health care law takes full effect. But Romney gets to 50 percent by erroneously counting all health care spending — private and public — as “effectively under government control once Obamacare …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged health care, Mitt Romney, President Obama, small businesses, taxes, unions
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‘The Life of Julia,’ Corrected
The Obama campaign depends on some false or dubious assumptions in its “Life of Julia” slide show. The infographic depicts a fictional woman whose life from age 3 to 67 is better under the president’s policies than under those of Republican Mitt Romney. But in reality …
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Posted in Articles
Tagged health care, medicare, Mitt Romney, President Obama, Social Security
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‘Death Panels’ Redux
Q: Did an emergency-room physician in a Tennessee hospital say the new health care law is currently denying dialysis to some Medicare patients, and will deny care to those over 75 in 2013? A: No. A spokesman for the hospital says the doctor never said the things attributed to her …
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Deja Vu: The Latest Attacks from Santorum
The latest TV spot from Rick Santorum’s campaign recycles a veritable “Best Of” list of misleading claims about Mitt Romney’s record and positions. Regular readers of FactCheck.org may recognize some claims as ones we have tagged as misleading, repeatedly. The ad says Romney’s health care law “included $50 abortions and …
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Tagged abortion, cap-and-trade, health care, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum
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Obama ‘Road’ Film Takes Some Detours
An Obama campaign film, narrated by actor Tom Hanks, casts the president, not surprisingly, in the best light. But the 17-minute video lacks context and take liberties with some facts on health care and the auto bailout: The film says …
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