Tag: false claims

President Trump’s first 100 days so far: 4 false/misleading claims per day, 6 of 60 promises kept

The following post is from the Washington Post’s Fact Checker email of February 24, 2017:

This week, we launched a new Fact Checker project: 100 days of Trump claims. Every day for the first 100 days of the new presidency, we will keep track of false or misleading claims made by the new president.

Trump is a unique politician in terms of the volume and frequency of false or misleading claims he makes. Moreover, he often repeats the same debunked claims even though they have been fact-checked. So far, Trump has said something misleading or false every day of his presidency. Continue reading “President Trump’s first 100 days so far: 4 false/misleading claims per day, 6 of 60 promises kept”

Paul Ryan’s claim that ‘more and more doctors just won’t take Medicaid’

The following article was written by Michelle Ye H Lee was posted on the Washington Post website February 1, 2017:

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“The problem that we’re seeing in Medicaid is more and more doctors just won’t take Medicaid, because they lose money on Medicaid.”
— House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.), town hall on CNN, Jan. 12, 2017

During a town hall on Republican plans to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, Ryan described the need for changes to the Medicaid program at the state level. Some states made changes so that low-income enrollees could get coverage and access to care, but not all states did, he said. Continue reading “Paul Ryan’s claim that ‘more and more doctors just won’t take Medicaid’”