Claim: Conservatives for Patients' Rights is out with a new ad, airing on CNN and Fox News, that repeats a few of the group's claims about a federal health insurance plan: that it could prevent people from keeping their doctor or their health insurance. The narrator of the ad says that 14 senators' votes "on the government-run public option plan could decide" whether you keep your doctor or your insurance plan. The "could" makes the claim squishy,
Fact-check: New Ad, Old Claims - FactCheck.org
Verdict: conservatives for patients' rights is out with a new ad, airing on cnn and fox news, that repeats a few of the group's claims about a federal health insurance plan: that it could prevent people from keeping their doctor or their health insurance. the narrator of the ad says that 14 senators' votes "on the government-run public option plan could decide" whether you keep your doctor or your insurance plan. the "could" makes the claim squishy,
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Lori Robertson
Date published: 2009-12-01T20:15:50