Latest Fact-checks in National 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 J. James Rohack stated on August 16, 2009 in Fox News Sunday: Pregnant women trying to buy health insurance on their own are barred from maternity coverage because they have a "pre-existing condition." Rachel Maddow stated on August 14, 2009 in the Rachel Maddow Show: Republicans Chuck Grassley, John Boehner and John Mica flip-flopped on providing end-of-life counseling for the elderly. David Brooks stated on August 14, 2009 in an interview on the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer: Preventive care does not save the government money. U.S. Chamber of Commerce stated on August 12, 2009 in a TV ad: The health care reform plan being proposed in Congress would mean "big tax increases." David Axelrod stated on August 13, 2009 in a chain e-mail: Obama's plan for health care reform "ends exorbitant out-of-pocket expenses, deductibles or co-pays." David Axelrod stated on August 13, 2009 in in a chain e-mail: Health care reform will not affect veterans' benefits. Barack Obama stated on August 11, 2009 in a town hall meeting.: "I just want to assure [you] we're not talking about cutting Medicare benefits." Sarah Palin stated on August 12, 2009 in her Facebook page: A provision in the health care reform bill for end-of-life counseling for seniors is not "entirely voluntary." Barack Obama stated on August 11, 2009 in a town hall on health care: AARP is "endorsing" the health care reform bill. Michele Bachmann stated on July 27, 2009 in a statement on the House floor: Ezekiel Emanuel, one of President Obama's key health care advisers, "says medical care should be reserved for the nondisabled. So watch out if you're disabled." Barack Obama stated on August 11, 2009 in a town hall meeting in New Hampshire: "I have not said that I was a single-payer supporter." Barack Obama stated on August 11, 2009 in a town hall meeting: "If you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan." Barack Obama stated on August 11, 2009 in a town hall meeting.: The health care plan for members of Congress "is no better than the janitor who cleans their offices." Newt Gingrich stated on August 9, 2009 in an interview with This Week.: In every committee when the health care bill was considered, Democrats voted against an amendment that would require members of Congress and their staff to take the government-run public option as their health care plan. Sarah Palin stated on August 7, 2009 in a message posted on Facebook: Seniors and the disabled "will have to stand in front of Obama's 'death panel' so his bureaucrats can decide, based on a subjective judgment of their 'level of productivity in society,' whether they are worthy of health care." John Boehner stated on July 23, 2009 in an op-ed for National Review: The Democrat-backed health care reform plan "will require (Americans) to subsidize abortion with their hard-earned tax dollars." Liberty Counsel stated on July 29, 2009 in a memo on the group's Web site.: Page 992 of the health care bill will "establish school-based 'health' clinics. Your children will be indoctrinated and your grandchildren may be aborted!" Paul Krugman stated on August 5, 2009 in a blog posting.: During the 2005 fight over Social Security, "there were noisy demonstrations — but they were outside the events," and opponents were "not disruptive — crowds booed lines they didn’t like, but that was about it." Bloggers stated on August 4, 2009 in a news release: Health care reform legislation is "likely to mandate free ‘sex change’ surgeries." Club for Growth stated on August 4, 2009 in a TV ad: The health care reform plan would set limits similar to the "socialized" system in Britain, where people are allowed to die if their treatment would cost more than $22,000. Public Citizen stated on July 10, 2009 in an email to supporters: A loophole "still exists which allows members of Congress and high-powered executive branch appointees to exploit 'insider' knowledge of the financial industry in order to turn personal profit." Barack Obama stated on August 5, 2009 in a speech in Wakarusa, Ind.: Stimulus tax cuts "began showing up in paychecks of 4.8 million Indiana households about three months ago." Donna Brazile stated on August 2, 2009 in CNN's State of the Union with John King: Under President George W. Bush, the U.S. "spent $1.3 trillion on tax cuts for the wealthy" and "trillions" each on a war and on Medicare drug benefits. Michelle Malkin stated on August 2, 2009 in on This Week with George Stephanopoulos: A former Clinton administration official and other economists agree that "if you keep extending these temporary unemployment benefits, you're just going to extend joblessness even more." John King stated on August 2, 2009 in an interview on CNN's State of the Union: "The John McCain Twitter account has more than 1.1 million followers. The official White House Twitter account has only about 830,000." Kimberly Guilfoyle stated on July 31, 2009 in the Glenn Beck show: If you log into the government's Cash for Clunkers Web site (cars.gov) from your home computer, the government can "seize all of your personal and private" information, and track your computer activity. Dan Lungren stated on July 28, 2009 in a speech on the House floor: President Barack Obama suggested on national TV that the Democratic health care bill "will have government decide" that a healthy, 100-year-old woman in need of a pacemaker "should take a pain pill" instead. Russ Carnahan stated on July 20, 2009 in a town hall meeting in Missouri.: "The Congressional Budget Office most recently came out and analyzed the current (health care) plan and said that it was not only deficit-neutral, but also that over 10 years it would create a $6 billion surplus." Bill Pascrell stated on July 28, 2009 in a speech on the House floor: "53 percent of Americans cut back on their health care in the last year because of costs." Bill Pascrell stated on July 28, 2009 in a speech on the House floor: Forty-five percent of Americans went without needed care because of costs in 2007.
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J. James Rohack stated on August 16, 2009 in Fox News Sunday: Pregnant women trying to buy health insurance on their own are barred from maternity coverage because they have a "pre-existing condition." Rachel Maddow stated on August 14, 2009 in the Rachel Maddow Show: Republicans Chuck Grassley, John Boehner and John Mica flip-flopped on providing end-of-life counseling for the elderly. David Brooks stated on August 14, 2009 in an interview on the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer: Preventive care does not save the government money. U.S. Chamber of Commerce stated on August 12, 2009 in a TV ad: The health care reform plan being proposed in Congress would mean "big tax increases." David Axelrod stated on August 13, 2009 in a chain e-mail: Obama's plan for health care reform "ends exorbitant out-of-pocket expenses, deductibles or co-pays." David Axelrod stated on August 13, 2009 in in a chain e-mail: Health care reform will not affect veterans' benefits. Barack Obama stated on August 11, 2009 in a town hall meeting.: "I just want to assure [you] we're not talking about cutting Medicare benefits." Sarah Palin stated on August 12, 2009 in her Facebook page: A provision in the health care reform bill for end-of-life counseling for seniors is not "entirely voluntary." Barack Obama stated on August 11, 2009 in a town hall on health care: AARP is "endorsing" the health care reform bill. Michele Bachmann stated on July 27, 2009 in a statement on the House floor: Ezekiel Emanuel, one of President Obama's key health care advisers, "says medical care should be reserved for the nondisabled. So watch out if you're disabled." Barack Obama stated on August 11, 2009 in a town hall meeting in New Hampshire: "I have not said that I was a single-payer supporter." Barack Obama stated on August 11, 2009 in a town hall meeting: "If you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan." Barack Obama stated on August 11, 2009 in a town hall meeting.: The health care plan for members of Congress "is no better than the janitor who cleans their offices." Newt Gingrich stated on August 9, 2009 in an interview with This Week.: In every committee when the health care bill was considered, Democrats voted against an amendment that would require members of Congress and their staff to take the government-run public option as their health care plan. Sarah Palin stated on August 7, 2009 in a message posted on Facebook: Seniors and the disabled "will have to stand in front of Obama's 'death panel' so his bureaucrats can decide, based on a subjective judgment of their 'level of productivity in society,' whether they are worthy of health care." John Boehner stated on July 23, 2009 in an op-ed for National Review: The Democrat-backed health care reform plan "will require (Americans) to subsidize abortion with their hard-earned tax dollars." Liberty Counsel stated on July 29, 2009 in a memo on the group's Web site.: Page 992 of the health care bill will "establish school-based 'health' clinics. Your children will be indoctrinated and your grandchildren may be aborted!" Paul Krugman stated on August 5, 2009 in a blog posting.: During the 2005 fight over Social Security, "there were noisy demonstrations — but they were outside the events," and opponents were "not disruptive — crowds booed lines they didn’t like, but that was about it." Bloggers stated on August 4, 2009 in a news release: Health care reform legislation is "likely to mandate free ‘sex change’ surgeries." Club for Growth stated on August 4, 2009 in a TV ad: The health care reform plan would set limits similar to the "socialized" system in Britain, where people are allowed to die if their treatment would cost more than $22,000. Public Citizen stated on July 10, 2009 in an email to supporters: A loophole "still exists which allows members of Congress and high-powered executive branch appointees to exploit 'insider' knowledge of the financial industry in order to turn personal profit." Barack Obama stated on August 5, 2009 in a speech in Wakarusa, Ind.: Stimulus tax cuts "began showing up in paychecks of 4.8 million Indiana households about three months ago." Donna Brazile stated on August 2, 2009 in CNN's State of the Union with John King: Under President George W. Bush, the U.S. "spent $1.3 trillion on tax cuts for the wealthy" and "trillions" each on a war and on Medicare drug benefits. Michelle Malkin stated on August 2, 2009 in on This Week with George Stephanopoulos: A former Clinton administration official and other economists agree that "if you keep extending these temporary unemployment benefits, you're just going to extend joblessness even more." John King stated on August 2, 2009 in an interview on CNN's State of the Union: "The John McCain Twitter account has more than 1.1 million followers. The official White House Twitter account has only about 830,000." Kimberly Guilfoyle stated on July 31, 2009 in the Glenn Beck show: If you log into the government's Cash for Clunkers Web site (cars.gov) from your home computer, the government can "seize all of your personal and private" information, and track your computer activity. Dan Lungren stated on July 28, 2009 in a speech on the House floor: President Barack Obama suggested on national TV that the Democratic health care bill "will have government decide" that a healthy, 100-year-old woman in need of a pacemaker "should take a pain pill" instead. Russ Carnahan stated on July 20, 2009 in a town hall meeting in Missouri.: "The Congressional Budget Office most recently came out and analyzed the current (health care) plan and said that it was not only deficit-neutral, but also that over 10 years it would create a $6 billion surplus." Bill Pascrell stated on July 28, 2009 in a speech on the House floor: "53 percent of Americans cut back on their health care in the last year because of costs." Bill Pascrell stated on July 28, 2009 in a speech on the House floor: Forty-five percent of Americans went without needed care because of costs in 2007.
J. James Rohack stated on August 16, 2009 in Fox News Sunday: Pregnant women trying to buy health insurance on their own are barred from maternity coverage because they have a "pre-existing condition."
Rachel Maddow stated on August 14, 2009 in the Rachel Maddow Show: Republicans Chuck Grassley, John Boehner and John Mica flip-flopped on providing end-of-life counseling for the elderly.
David Brooks stated on August 14, 2009 in an interview on the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer: Preventive care does not save the government money.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce stated on August 12, 2009 in a TV ad: The health care reform plan being proposed in Congress would mean "big tax increases."
David Axelrod stated on August 13, 2009 in a chain e-mail: Obama's plan for health care reform "ends exorbitant out-of-pocket expenses, deductibles or co-pays."
David Axelrod stated on August 13, 2009 in in a chain e-mail: Health care reform will not affect veterans' benefits.
Barack Obama stated on August 11, 2009 in a town hall meeting.: "I just want to assure [you] we're not talking about cutting Medicare benefits."
Sarah Palin stated on August 12, 2009 in her Facebook page: A provision in the health care reform bill for end-of-life counseling for seniors is not "entirely voluntary."
Barack Obama stated on August 11, 2009 in a town hall on health care: AARP is "endorsing" the health care reform bill.
Michele Bachmann stated on July 27, 2009 in a statement on the House floor: Ezekiel Emanuel, one of President Obama's key health care advisers, "says medical care should be reserved for the nondisabled. So watch out if you're disabled."
Barack Obama stated on August 11, 2009 in a town hall meeting in New Hampshire: "I have not said that I was a single-payer supporter."
Barack Obama stated on August 11, 2009 in a town hall meeting: "If you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan."
Barack Obama stated on August 11, 2009 in a town hall meeting.: The health care plan for members of Congress "is no better than the janitor who cleans their offices."
Newt Gingrich stated on August 9, 2009 in an interview with This Week.: In every committee when the health care bill was considered, Democrats voted against an amendment that would require members of Congress and their staff to take the government-run public option as their health care plan.
Sarah Palin stated on August 7, 2009 in a message posted on Facebook: Seniors and the disabled "will have to stand in front of Obama's 'death panel' so his bureaucrats can decide, based on a subjective judgment of their 'level of productivity in society,' whether they are worthy of health care."
John Boehner stated on July 23, 2009 in an op-ed for National Review: The Democrat-backed health care reform plan "will require (Americans) to subsidize abortion with their hard-earned tax dollars."
Liberty Counsel stated on July 29, 2009 in a memo on the group's Web site.: Page 992 of the health care bill will "establish school-based 'health' clinics. Your children will be indoctrinated and your grandchildren may be aborted!"
Paul Krugman stated on August 5, 2009 in a blog posting.: During the 2005 fight over Social Security, "there were noisy demonstrations — but they were outside the events," and opponents were "not disruptive — crowds booed lines they didn’t like, but that was about it."
Bloggers stated on August 4, 2009 in a news release: Health care reform legislation is "likely to mandate free ‘sex change’ surgeries."
Club for Growth stated on August 4, 2009 in a TV ad: The health care reform plan would set limits similar to the "socialized" system in Britain, where people are allowed to die if their treatment would cost more than $22,000.
Public Citizen stated on July 10, 2009 in an email to supporters: A loophole "still exists which allows members of Congress and high-powered executive branch appointees to exploit 'insider' knowledge of the financial industry in order to turn personal profit."
Barack Obama stated on August 5, 2009 in a speech in Wakarusa, Ind.: Stimulus tax cuts "began showing up in paychecks of 4.8 million Indiana households about three months ago."
Donna Brazile stated on August 2, 2009 in CNN's State of the Union with John King: Under President George W. Bush, the U.S. "spent $1.3 trillion on tax cuts for the wealthy" and "trillions" each on a war and on Medicare drug benefits.
Michelle Malkin stated on August 2, 2009 in on This Week with George Stephanopoulos: A former Clinton administration official and other economists agree that "if you keep extending these temporary unemployment benefits, you're just going to extend joblessness even more."
John King stated on August 2, 2009 in an interview on CNN's State of the Union: "The John McCain Twitter account has more than 1.1 million followers. The official White House Twitter account has only about 830,000."
Kimberly Guilfoyle stated on July 31, 2009 in the Glenn Beck show: If you log into the government's Cash for Clunkers Web site (cars.gov) from your home computer, the government can "seize all of your personal and private" information, and track your computer activity.
Dan Lungren stated on July 28, 2009 in a speech on the House floor: President Barack Obama suggested on national TV that the Democratic health care bill "will have government decide" that a healthy, 100-year-old woman in need of a pacemaker "should take a pain pill" instead.
Russ Carnahan stated on July 20, 2009 in a town hall meeting in Missouri.: "The Congressional Budget Office most recently came out and analyzed the current (health care) plan and said that it was not only deficit-neutral, but also that over 10 years it would create a $6 billion surplus."
Bill Pascrell stated on July 28, 2009 in a speech on the House floor: "53 percent of Americans cut back on their health care in the last year because of costs."
Bill Pascrell stated on July 28, 2009 in a speech on the House floor: Forty-five percent of Americans went without needed care because of costs in 2007.
