Tag Archives: health care

Fact Checking Obama’s Speech

Posted on February 25, 2009 , Updated on February 25, 2009

President Obama’s first speech to a joint session of Congress was stuffed with signals about the new direction his budget will take and meant-to-be reassuring words about the economy. But it was also peppered with exaggerations and factual misstatements. He said “we import more oil today than ever …
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Doctor’s Orders?

Posted on February 20, 2009 , Updated on February 27, 2009

Conservative politicians have claimed that the stimulus bill requires that doctors follow government orders on what medical treatments can and can’t be prescribed. But the bill doesn’t say that. Rep. Tom Price of Georgia says the measure creates “a national health care rationing board.” Not true. What it creates is …
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Stimulus Bill Bravado

Posted on February 13, 2009 , Updated on February 20, 2009

In recent weeks, in his pitches to Congress and the public on the need to pass the economic stimulus bill, Obama has made several claims about what it would do. (Republicans, too, have made stimulus boasts of their own.) But these pronouncements are not a sure thing. Obama repeatedly said …
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Highlighting Health Care

Posted on January 9, 2009

It has started. A new TV spot is running nationally saying that “fixing health care” is “something that we must do.” It is the first ad in what we expect will be a massive barrage of public relations claims on all sides of the coming debate over President-elect Obama’s …
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Health Care Bill Bankruptcies

Posted on December 18, 2008

Q: What is the percentage of total personal bankruptcies caused by health care bills? A: A Harvard study published in 2005 found that about half of those who filed for bankruptcy said health care expenses, illness or related job-loss led them to do so. Twenty-seven percent cited uncovered medical bills …
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Same Old Claims in Another Language

Posted on October 30, 2008

Summary The presidential campaigns and third-party groups have been bilingual throughout the election, targeting Spanish-speaking voters with some misleading and false ads. Among the recent TV spots: A McCain-Palin ad tries to paint Obama as a "riesgo" (risk), falsely claiming that his health care plan would require small businesses to …
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More Health Care Exaggerations

Posted on October 22, 2008

Planned Parenthood is distributing a mailer in Ohio that criticizes Sen. John McCain’s health care plan. But it uses a bogus figure on what McCain’s plan would do to Ohioans’ taxes. The mailer says, “I see struggling patients every day. That’s why I was so horrified when I read about …
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Health Care Premium Costs

Posted on October 20, 2008

In last week’s final debate, Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama cited greatly different estimates for the average cost of health insurance, and a number of readers have asked us to sort it out. Obama: By the way, the average policy costs about $12,000. … McCain: The average cost of …
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Unions Mislead on Health Care

Posted on October 17, 2008 , Updated on October 20, 2008

Summary Two labor unions are running ads falsely characterizing McCain’s health care plan. A United Auto Workers spot features a woman who claims she’d pay up to $2,800 more in taxes. That’s a bogus figure, based on a false assumption about what McCain is actually proposing. She and families like …
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FactChecking Debate No. 3

Posted on October 16, 2008 , Updated on October 16, 2008 , Corrected on October 17, 2008

Summary Spin and hype were apparent, once again, at the third and final debate between McCain and Obama: McCain claimed the liberal group ACORN “is now on the verge of maybe perpetrating one of the greatest frauds in voter history … maybe destroying the fabric of democracy.” In fact, a …
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