Tag Archives: health care

Extras: Obama, Bush, Health Care and More

Posted on March 12, 2010

In this edition of Extras, we look at morphing presidents, a piece of health care pie chart and an ad that checks itself. Mighty Morphin’ Presidents In Sunday’s New York Times, the American Civil Liberties Union took out a full page ad urging President Obama to try Sept. 11 defendants …
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Ad Serves Up a Dose of Exaggeration

Posted on March 11, 2010

The Washington Post reported on March 9 that Employers for a Healthy Economy, a coalition of business groups that includes the National Association of Manufacturers and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, plans to spend up to $10 million running an ad about the effects of health care legislation on the …
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Health Care Claims, and a Party Plane?

Posted on March 10, 2010

This week, we examine health care claims from the president, a conservative group and a Republican candidate in the race for a Senate seat in Nevada. Plus, we give listeners the scoop on allegations that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi hosts congressional party planes.   [podcast]http://factcheck.org/Images/image/radio/FactCheckRadio_episodetwo.mp3[/podcast]

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A Practically Fact-Free Attack on Reid

Posted on March 5, 2010 , Corrected on March 31, 2010

Former Nevada state Sen. Sue Lowden, who is running for the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in November, goes after Reid in a new ad for trying to force "one-size-fits-all government health care" on all Americans.   Maybe "one-size-fits-all government health care" is a plausible …
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Obama’s Glowing Assessment

Posted on March 4, 2010

The president made another push for health care legislation March 3, while being flanked by physicians and nurses in the East Room of the White House. Much of what he said in describing his proposal was correct, but he went a bit overboard with a few of his statements. In …
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Voting for a Health Care Takeover?

Posted on March 3, 2010

A relatively unknown conservative group called the League of American Voters has launched an ad attacking Democratic members of Congress for, in the words of the TV spot, voting in favor of “Obama and Pelosi’s health care takeover." But the ad is filled with misleading claims.     The group’s …
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FactCheck Radio Episode #1

Posted on March 2, 2010

The premiere edition of our podcast features a look at the factual malpractice that took place during the president’s nearly daylong health care summit.  [podcast]http://factcheck.org//Images/image/radio/HealthCareSummitPodcast.1.mp3[/podcast]  

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Health Care Summit Squabbles

Posted on February 25, 2010 , Updated on March 2, 2010

We tuned in to watch the president’s health care summit at Blair House today — all six-plus hours of it. And we weren’t surprised to hear some factual missteps in the discussion: Sen. Lamar Alexander said premiums will go up for “millions” under the Senate bill and president’s plan, while President Barack Obama said families …
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More Pre-Summit Hype

Posted on February 24, 2010

A group partly supported by the Service Employees International Union is out with an ad that criticizes insurance companies and asks: "If health reform fails THEN what?" The Foundation for Patients’ Rights TV spot highlights the well-publicized rate-hike (as high as 39 percent) that had been planned by California’s Anthem …
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Health Care Summit: We Rebut A Pre-buttal

Posted on February 24, 2010

The conservative American Future Fund has released an attack ad in anticipation of President Obama’s health care summit with Democrats and Republicans at the Blair House on Thursday. The group said the ad would air on cable television during the week. It says that the president and liberals want to …
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