Former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop claimed that the United Kingdom’s health care system would consider seniors "too old" for the artificial joints, heart pacemakers and coronary stent that he’s received in the United States. Spokeswoman for the U.K.’s Department of Health states that Koop’s assertions are "not true."
Nancy Pfotenhauer claimed on CNN that most Americans would "have their premiums increased, not decreased," and that "hundreds of millions of people lose their current insurance coverage."
Senator Hutchison claimed in an ad that "Everything about [the Senate Democrats Health Care Reform Proposal] is going to raise costs, raise taxes and lower the quality of health care." It seems as though she may have missed some facts...
President Obama stated in an interview with the Washington Post that he “didn't campaign on a public option.” However, the public option was mentioned in some of his campaign material, so doesn't that count?
Recently, Glenn Beck stated on his radio program that the new health care bill would extend coverage to include dogs. PolitiFact.org takes aim at this claim and determines it to be false. Click the link below to read more.
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