Fact Checker Archive: Health
Michele Bachmann's 'bombshell' on a 'hidden' $105 billion
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) claims the Obama administration hid $105 billion in spending in the health care bill. She must have lost her reading glasses.
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Glenn Kessler
| March 9, 2011; 6:00 AM ET |
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4 Pinocchios, Health, Michele Bachmann
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Haley Barbour's Medicaid fantasy
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour paints a picture of Medicaid recipients driving around in high-class German cars. We find it highly dubious.
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Glenn Kessler
| March 2, 2011; 6:00 AM ET |
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4 Pinocchios, Haley Barbour, Health
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Playing games with CBO testimony on jobs and the health-care law
House Republicans are twisting beyond recognition a comment by the CBO director to claim the Obama health care bill will destroy jobs.
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Glenn Kessler
| February 11, 2011; 3:00 PM ET |
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3 Pinocchios, Economy, Health
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McConnell's claims of wide backing for health-care repeal
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell claimed widespread backing for repeal of the health care law. Is he right?
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Glenn Kessler
| February 2, 2011; 7:40 PM ET |
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1 Pinocchio, Health, Mitch McConnell
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Harry Reid's imaginary $4 billion credit to the health-care law
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid claims the new health care law has yielded $4 billion from health-care fraudsters. But he's wrong.
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Glenn Kessler
| February 2, 2011; 6:00 AM ET |
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3 Pinocchios, Harry Reid, Health
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A judge's letter on health care and an email gone viral
There's an email being sent around the country warning of details in the health care law. But it is out of date and often wrong.
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Glenn Kessler
| January 21, 2011; 6:00 AM ET |
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4 Pinocchios, Health
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