500,000 Americans Will Go Bankrupt This Year from Medical Bills?
A Facebook post claims that half a million Americans “will go bankrupt this year” due to medical bills, and they didn’t “blow their money at a casino in Las Vegas.”
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Did a Study Find U.S. Healthcare Costs More Than Four Times as Much as Canadian Single-Payer?
Widely shared articles claimed that Americans pay much more on average for health services as their Canadian neighbors do under their single-payer system.
Federal Deficit $585 Billion in January 2017 Versus $984 Billion in January 2019
A meme on the Facebook page “Impeach Trump” claimed the federal deficit was $585 billion on January 20 2017 and $984 billion on January 20 2019.
Hospital’s ‘$39.95 Fee to Hold a Baby’ Controversy
Numerous political pages on Facebook shared a screenshot of a purported $39.95 charge — for a parent to hold their newborn baby.
Do Four in Ten Cancer Patients Really Lose Their Life Savings?
In a pro-Medicare for All tweet, presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said that around 40 percent of cancer patients lose their life savings due solely to the costs of their treatment.
Do High Percentages of Refugees Receive Food Stamps, ‘Medicard,’ and Cash Welfare?
In late March 2019, the following meme (archived here) appeared, making three separate and warmed-over claims about “refugees” in the United States and opining, “cut them off”: The Meme The image-based meme provided no citations or links substantiating its claims. Along with a photograph of a group of women wearing burqas, misspelled text read: MIDDLE …
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Are FDR and LBJ Era ‘Say No to Socialism’ Buttons Authentic?
On February 21 2019, economist and former United States Secretary of Labor Robert Reich published a tweet alongside what appeared to be an image of two political buttons from Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s and Lyndon B. Johnson’s campaigns: Although Reich made no specific reference to the “say ‘no’ to socialism” buttons shown, he wrote: For over …
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Does the UK’s National Health Service Cost £10 a Month vs $2,500 For American Insurance?
On February 20 2019 the Facebook page “Medicare for All” shared a following meme contrasting the purported costs of health care coverage in the United States versus the United Kingdom (and alleging that Americans prefer their system): The meme showed a screenshot of a Tumblr user commenting on a screenshot of a tweet. The first user …
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Did President Barack Obama Shut Down the Government to ‘Force Obamacare’ in 2013?
On December 29, 2018, a Facebook user posted a status update claiming that a federal shutdown over border wall funding was similar to one in 2013 — and it was purportedly initiated by President Barack Obama: This was nearly identical to a December 22, 2018 post shared hundreds of thousands of times. The version above (which …
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Did 233 Representatives Vote to Steal Social Security's $2.9 Trillion Surplus?-Truth & Outdated!
It’s true that 233 members of Congress supported a bill that would have stripped Social Security’s $2.9 trillion surplus, but the measure failed.