Latest Fact-checks in Health Care Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Mary Taylor stated on August 3, 2013 in an email: "Ohioans can expect to pay up to 41 percent more for their insurance premiums when Obamacare takes effect next year." Jeb Hensarling stated on August 2, 2013 in a press release: Says "the acting chief of the IRS said he – and the majority of IRS employees – would rather stay with his current" health "plan than switch to Obamacare." Ted Deutch stated on August 1, 2013 in a letter with other Florida lawmakers to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius: Says Florida refused to allow the insurance commissioner to "negotiate lower rates with companies or refuse rates that are too high" under Obamacare. Paul Ryan stated on August 4, 2013 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation": "Obamacare … carries on even under a government shutdown." Jan Schakowsky stated on August 5, 2013 in an interview with MSNBC: "Half of all adults have a pre-existing condition" that could affect their health care coverage. Michelle Nunn stated on July 22, 2013 in an interview: Says by rejecting an expansion of Medicaid under the new law, Georgia was depriving 25,000 veterans of health care coverage. Marco Rubio stated on July 31, 2013 in a Fox News interview: Under Obamacare, people who "have a doctor they’ve been seeing for the last 15 or 20 years, they won’t be able to keep going to that doctor." Elizabeth Roberts stated on July 28, 2013 in a TV interview: "They’ve seen employer-supported coverage increase in Massachusetts after this law (Romneycare) was implemented." Marco Rubio stated on July 31, 2013 in an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity: "Even the employees’ union for the IRS -- the very people in charge of enforcing this law -- are begging to be let out from under this law." Marco Rubio stated on July 25, 2013 in a FoxNews.com op-ed: Under Obamacare, "75 percent of small businesses now say they are going to be forced to either fire workers or cut their hours." Dave Hansen stated on July 19, 2013 in a news release: The Republican-authored state budget includes a provision "forcing people earning as little as $12,000 to buy private health insurance that could cost them as much as $4,000 per year." Americans for Prosperity stated on July 23, 2013 in a press release: Patrick Murphy voted for Obamacare in 2010, "yet he reversed himself and voted to delay" the employer mandate and the individual mandate. Barack Obama stated on July 18, 2013 in a speech at the White House: Says last year "13 million (health insurance) rebates went out, in all 50 states. Another 8.5 (million) rebates are being sent out this summer, averaging around 100 bucks each." Chain email stated on July 16, 2013 in an email: A "hidden" provision in the health care law taxes sporting goods as medical devices. Facebook posts stated on June 13, 2013 in a fake Rick Perry 2016 poster.: "Texas ranks: #1 in worker deaths, #1 carbon emissions, #50 in high school graduates, #50 in funding for mental health patients." Americans for Prosperity stated on July 7, 2013 in a television ad: Says health insurance premiums will rise under Obamacare. Gilberto Hinojosa stated on July 3, 2013 in an email blast: Says if Texas abortion measure passes, "someone living in El Paso would have to drive 550 miles each way to San Antonio for something as simple as cervical cancer screening." Robert Menendez stated on July 7, 2013 in an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press”: Says Obama administration delay of health care law's employer mandate affects about 1 percent of the American workforce. Dave Schwartz stated on June 17, 2013 in a speech.: "Twenty-four percent of doctors in Virginia currently don’t accept new Medicaid patients because the reimbursement rates are so low." Rachel Campos-Duffy stated on June 12, 2013 in an interview: "Upwards of 90 percent" of women seeking an abortion decide not to have an abortion after seeing an ultrasound. Ohio Democratic Party stated on July 14, 2013 in an emailed statement: Says proposed anti-abortion legislation "would force women facing the most personal of health decisions to endure a transvaginal ultrasound." Chain email stated on July 7, 2013 in a long-running chain email: Obamacare "will provide insurance to all non-U.S. residents, even if they are here illegally." Rick Perry stated on July 1, 2013 in a radio interview.: "Abortion is the second-most conducted surgical procedure in this country." Patriot Majority USA stated on June 27, 2013 in an ad: Says Arkansas Republican Rep. Tom Cotton voted to provide Congress with "taxpayer-funded health care for life." Jodie Laubenberg stated on June 23, 2013 in Texas House debate on Senate Bill 5.: Says a "rape kit" can be used to "clean out" women, "basically like" dilation and curettage. Stephen Sweeney stated on June 1, 2013 in an interview on "On The Record with Michael Aron" program: "People want the minimum wage, they want marriage equality, they want women’s health care. There’s issues that actually that really do matter, social issues that matter to the people of this state. So I know Barbara would support those issues, I know the governor hasn’t. You’ve seen the actions he’s taken on them." Morgan Griffith stated on May 16, 2013 in a news release.: "The Government Accountability Office estimated (Obamacare) will add to the long-term deficit by $6.2 trillion." Kitty Rhoades stated on June 6, 2013 in a speech: Wisconsin is "not walking away from a dime" in federal funds by rejecting the Obamacare Medicaid expansion. Chain email stated on June 12, 2013 in an email: A hidden provision in Obamacare taxes sporting goods as medical devices. Dave Joyce stated on June 5, 2013 in a tweet: "47 - New provisions ObamaCare charges the IRS with implementing, according to the Government Accountability Office."
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Mary Taylor stated on August 3, 2013 in an email: "Ohioans can expect to pay up to 41 percent more for their insurance premiums when Obamacare takes effect next year." Jeb Hensarling stated on August 2, 2013 in a press release: Says "the acting chief of the IRS said he – and the majority of IRS employees – would rather stay with his current" health "plan than switch to Obamacare." Ted Deutch stated on August 1, 2013 in a letter with other Florida lawmakers to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius: Says Florida refused to allow the insurance commissioner to "negotiate lower rates with companies or refuse rates that are too high" under Obamacare. Paul Ryan stated on August 4, 2013 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation": "Obamacare … carries on even under a government shutdown." Jan Schakowsky stated on August 5, 2013 in an interview with MSNBC: "Half of all adults have a pre-existing condition" that could affect their health care coverage. Michelle Nunn stated on July 22, 2013 in an interview: Says by rejecting an expansion of Medicaid under the new law, Georgia was depriving 25,000 veterans of health care coverage. Marco Rubio stated on July 31, 2013 in a Fox News interview: Under Obamacare, people who "have a doctor they’ve been seeing for the last 15 or 20 years, they won’t be able to keep going to that doctor." Elizabeth Roberts stated on July 28, 2013 in a TV interview: "They’ve seen employer-supported coverage increase in Massachusetts after this law (Romneycare) was implemented." Marco Rubio stated on July 31, 2013 in an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity: "Even the employees’ union for the IRS -- the very people in charge of enforcing this law -- are begging to be let out from under this law." Marco Rubio stated on July 25, 2013 in a FoxNews.com op-ed: Under Obamacare, "75 percent of small businesses now say they are going to be forced to either fire workers or cut their hours." Dave Hansen stated on July 19, 2013 in a news release: The Republican-authored state budget includes a provision "forcing people earning as little as $12,000 to buy private health insurance that could cost them as much as $4,000 per year." Americans for Prosperity stated on July 23, 2013 in a press release: Patrick Murphy voted for Obamacare in 2010, "yet he reversed himself and voted to delay" the employer mandate and the individual mandate. Barack Obama stated on July 18, 2013 in a speech at the White House: Says last year "13 million (health insurance) rebates went out, in all 50 states. Another 8.5 (million) rebates are being sent out this summer, averaging around 100 bucks each." Chain email stated on July 16, 2013 in an email: A "hidden" provision in the health care law taxes sporting goods as medical devices. Facebook posts stated on June 13, 2013 in a fake Rick Perry 2016 poster.: "Texas ranks: #1 in worker deaths, #1 carbon emissions, #50 in high school graduates, #50 in funding for mental health patients." Americans for Prosperity stated on July 7, 2013 in a television ad: Says health insurance premiums will rise under Obamacare. Gilberto Hinojosa stated on July 3, 2013 in an email blast: Says if Texas abortion measure passes, "someone living in El Paso would have to drive 550 miles each way to San Antonio for something as simple as cervical cancer screening." Robert Menendez stated on July 7, 2013 in an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press”: Says Obama administration delay of health care law's employer mandate affects about 1 percent of the American workforce. Dave Schwartz stated on June 17, 2013 in a speech.: "Twenty-four percent of doctors in Virginia currently don’t accept new Medicaid patients because the reimbursement rates are so low." Rachel Campos-Duffy stated on June 12, 2013 in an interview: "Upwards of 90 percent" of women seeking an abortion decide not to have an abortion after seeing an ultrasound. Ohio Democratic Party stated on July 14, 2013 in an emailed statement: Says proposed anti-abortion legislation "would force women facing the most personal of health decisions to endure a transvaginal ultrasound." Chain email stated on July 7, 2013 in a long-running chain email: Obamacare "will provide insurance to all non-U.S. residents, even if they are here illegally." Rick Perry stated on July 1, 2013 in a radio interview.: "Abortion is the second-most conducted surgical procedure in this country." Patriot Majority USA stated on June 27, 2013 in an ad: Says Arkansas Republican Rep. Tom Cotton voted to provide Congress with "taxpayer-funded health care for life." Jodie Laubenberg stated on June 23, 2013 in Texas House debate on Senate Bill 5.: Says a "rape kit" can be used to "clean out" women, "basically like" dilation and curettage. Stephen Sweeney stated on June 1, 2013 in an interview on "On The Record with Michael Aron" program: "People want the minimum wage, they want marriage equality, they want women’s health care. There’s issues that actually that really do matter, social issues that matter to the people of this state. So I know Barbara would support those issues, I know the governor hasn’t. You’ve seen the actions he’s taken on them." Morgan Griffith stated on May 16, 2013 in a news release.: "The Government Accountability Office estimated (Obamacare) will add to the long-term deficit by $6.2 trillion." Kitty Rhoades stated on June 6, 2013 in a speech: Wisconsin is "not walking away from a dime" in federal funds by rejecting the Obamacare Medicaid expansion. Chain email stated on June 12, 2013 in an email: A hidden provision in Obamacare taxes sporting goods as medical devices. Dave Joyce stated on June 5, 2013 in a tweet: "47 - New provisions ObamaCare charges the IRS with implementing, according to the Government Accountability Office."
Mary Taylor stated on August 3, 2013 in an email: "Ohioans can expect to pay up to 41 percent more for their insurance premiums when Obamacare takes effect next year."
Jeb Hensarling stated on August 2, 2013 in a press release: Says "the acting chief of the IRS said he – and the majority of IRS employees – would rather stay with his current" health "plan than switch to Obamacare."
Ted Deutch stated on August 1, 2013 in a letter with other Florida lawmakers to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius: Says Florida refused to allow the insurance commissioner to "negotiate lower rates with companies or refuse rates that are too high" under Obamacare.
Paul Ryan stated on August 4, 2013 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation": "Obamacare … carries on even under a government shutdown."
Jan Schakowsky stated on August 5, 2013 in an interview with MSNBC: "Half of all adults have a pre-existing condition" that could affect their health care coverage.
Michelle Nunn stated on July 22, 2013 in an interview: Says by rejecting an expansion of Medicaid under the new law, Georgia was depriving 25,000 veterans of health care coverage.
Marco Rubio stated on July 31, 2013 in a Fox News interview: Under Obamacare, people who "have a doctor they’ve been seeing for the last 15 or 20 years, they won’t be able to keep going to that doctor."
Elizabeth Roberts stated on July 28, 2013 in a TV interview: "They’ve seen employer-supported coverage increase in Massachusetts after this law (Romneycare) was implemented."
Marco Rubio stated on July 31, 2013 in an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity: "Even the employees’ union for the IRS -- the very people in charge of enforcing this law -- are begging to be let out from under this law."
Marco Rubio stated on July 25, 2013 in a FoxNews.com op-ed: Under Obamacare, "75 percent of small businesses now say they are going to be forced to either fire workers or cut their hours."
Dave Hansen stated on July 19, 2013 in a news release: The Republican-authored state budget includes a provision "forcing people earning as little as $12,000 to buy private health insurance that could cost them as much as $4,000 per year."
Americans for Prosperity stated on July 23, 2013 in a press release: Patrick Murphy voted for Obamacare in 2010, "yet he reversed himself and voted to delay" the employer mandate and the individual mandate.
Barack Obama stated on July 18, 2013 in a speech at the White House: Says last year "13 million (health insurance) rebates went out, in all 50 states. Another 8.5 (million) rebates are being sent out this summer, averaging around 100 bucks each."
Chain email stated on July 16, 2013 in an email: A "hidden" provision in the health care law taxes sporting goods as medical devices.
Facebook posts stated on June 13, 2013 in a fake Rick Perry 2016 poster.: "Texas ranks: #1 in worker deaths, #1 carbon emissions, #50 in high school graduates, #50 in funding for mental health patients."
Americans for Prosperity stated on July 7, 2013 in a television ad: Says health insurance premiums will rise under Obamacare.
Gilberto Hinojosa stated on July 3, 2013 in an email blast: Says if Texas abortion measure passes, "someone living in El Paso would have to drive 550 miles each way to San Antonio for something as simple as cervical cancer screening."
Robert Menendez stated on July 7, 2013 in an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press”: Says Obama administration delay of health care law's employer mandate affects about 1 percent of the American workforce.
Dave Schwartz stated on June 17, 2013 in a speech.: "Twenty-four percent of doctors in Virginia currently don’t accept new Medicaid patients because the reimbursement rates are so low."
Rachel Campos-Duffy stated on June 12, 2013 in an interview: "Upwards of 90 percent" of women seeking an abortion decide not to have an abortion after seeing an ultrasound.
Ohio Democratic Party stated on July 14, 2013 in an emailed statement: Says proposed anti-abortion legislation "would force women facing the most personal of health decisions to endure a transvaginal ultrasound."
Chain email stated on July 7, 2013 in a long-running chain email: Obamacare "will provide insurance to all non-U.S. residents, even if they are here illegally."
Rick Perry stated on July 1, 2013 in a radio interview.: "Abortion is the second-most conducted surgical procedure in this country."
Patriot Majority USA stated on June 27, 2013 in an ad: Says Arkansas Republican Rep. Tom Cotton voted to provide Congress with "taxpayer-funded health care for life."
Jodie Laubenberg stated on June 23, 2013 in Texas House debate on Senate Bill 5.: Says a "rape kit" can be used to "clean out" women, "basically like" dilation and curettage.
Stephen Sweeney stated on June 1, 2013 in an interview on "On The Record with Michael Aron" program: "People want the minimum wage, they want marriage equality, they want women’s health care. There’s issues that actually that really do matter, social issues that matter to the people of this state. So I know Barbara would support those issues, I know the governor hasn’t. You’ve seen the actions he’s taken on them."
Morgan Griffith stated on May 16, 2013 in a news release.: "The Government Accountability Office estimated (Obamacare) will add to the long-term deficit by $6.2 trillion."
Kitty Rhoades stated on June 6, 2013 in a speech: Wisconsin is "not walking away from a dime" in federal funds by rejecting the Obamacare Medicaid expansion.
Chain email stated on June 12, 2013 in an email: A hidden provision in Obamacare taxes sporting goods as medical devices.
Dave Joyce stated on June 5, 2013 in a tweet: "47 - New provisions ObamaCare charges the IRS with implementing, according to the Government Accountability Office."
