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Kathleen Sebelius stated on October 30, 2013 in testimony before Congress:

"If I have affordable coverage in my workplace, I'm not eligible to go into the marketplace. ... It’s illegal."

By Steve Contorno• October 30, 2013

Rush Limbaugh stated on June 06, 2013 in his radio show:

"One person, Kathleen Sebelius, was going to determine whether or not" 10-year-old lung patient Sarah Murnaghan would live or die.

By Louis Jacobson• June 11, 2013

Mitch McConnell stated on May 19, 2013 in an interview on "Meet the Press":

Says Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told insurance companies "they couldn't inform their policyholders of what they thought the impact of Obamacare would be on them."

By Molly Moorhead• May 28, 2013

Kathleen Sebelius stated on August 12, 2013 in a speech:

Medicaid spending declined by 1.9 percent in 2012, the second such decline in 47 years.

By Eric Stirgus• August 16, 2013

Kathleen Sebelius stated on March 12, 2017 in an interview on Meet the Press:

Blue Cross Blue Shield ended "2016 open enrollment with 1 million members in the Florida marketplace."

By Amy Sherman• March 15, 2017

Kathleen Sebelius stated on April 19, 2011 in a speech:

"One of three patients hospitalized (is) harmed by the care they receive."

By Eric Stirgus• May 3, 2011

Kathleen Sebelius stated on March 18, 2014 in an oped column in the Austin American-Statesman:

On HealthCare.Gov, Texan Mark Sullivan "found a good" health insurance "plan that includes dental, for less than $80 a month."

By W. Gardner Selby• March 24, 2014

Kathleen Sebelius stated on December 15, 2013 in an opinion column:

"Texas has the highest rate of uninsured in the nation. ... And there are more uninsured children in Texas than in any other state."

By Sue Owen• December 19, 2013

Bill O'Reilly stated on June 03, 2009 in an op-ed.:

Says he didn't call Dr. George Tiller a baby killer, as liberal groups charge, but was merely reporting what "some prolifers branded him."

By Angie Drobnic Holan• June 5, 2009

Bill Clinton stated on September 05, 2012 in a convention speech:

The Obama administration is allowing state waivers from welfare work requirements "only if they had a credible plan to increase employment by 20 percent."

By Molly Moorhead• September 10, 2012

Kathleen Sebelius stated on March 11, 2014 in Atlanta press conference:

Says some Georgians can get health insurance for $105 a month.

By Nancy Badertscher, Eric Stirgus• March 25, 2014

Kathleen Sebelius stated on September 04, 2012 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.:

"Republicans would give seniors a (Medicare) voucher that limits what's covered, costing seniors as much as $6,400 more a year."

By Becky Bowers, Louis Jacobson• September 5, 2012

Gene Sperling stated on January 05, 2014 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

The Obama administration offered "no magic number" of people that needed to sign up for health care on the marketplaces.

By Katie Sanders• January 5, 2014

Barack Obama stated on November 04, 2013 in a speech to Organizing for Action:

"What we said was, you can keep (your plan) if it hasn’t changed since the law passed."

By Louis Jacobson• November 6, 2013

Barack Obama stated on October 03, 2012 in a debate in Denver:

Romney’s Medicare plan was estimated to "cost the average senior about $6,000 a year."

By Katie Sanders• October 4, 2012

Barack Obama stated on February 06, 2011 in an interview on Fox:

Twelve judges have thrown out legal challenges to the health care law because they rejected "the notion that the health care law was unconstitutional."

By Robert Farley• February 8, 2011

Daniel Lipinski stated on January 22, 2010 in a press release:

The Senate version of the health care reform bill "allows taxpayer money to pay directly for abortion in federal community health centers funded in the bill."

By Robert Farley• March 9, 2010

Michele Bachmann stated on October 18, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas:

"Obamacare is so flat-out unpopular, that even the Obama administration chose to reject part of Obamacare last Friday, when they tried to throw out the CLASS Act, which is the long-term care function."

By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 19, 2011

Rick Perry stated on April 15, 2010 in an interview:

Says Texas has been waiting for two years for the federal government to act on a proposal to allow the state to "create insurance opportunities for those that are uninsured today."

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• May 1, 2010

Mark Warner stated on May 14, 2013 in a radio interview.:

Says 70,000 children "have lost their Head Start slots" because of the sequester.

By Nancy Madsen• May 28, 2013

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