Claim: Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul made misleading or exaggerated claims in their responses to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address. Rubio claimed that the federal health care law was causing people to lose "the health insurance they were happy with," but that glosses over the fact that 27 million uninsured Americans are expected to gain coverage. Paul claimed the federal government borrows "$50,000 every second," but the true figure is about $30,000.
Fact-check: FactChecking the GOP Response - FactCheck.org
Verdict: florida sen. marco rubio and kentucky sen. rand paul made misleading or exaggerated claims in their responses to president barack obama's state of the union address. rubio claimed that the federal health care law was causing people to lose "the health insurance they were happy with," but that glosses over the fact that 27 million uninsured americans are expected to gain coverage. paul claimed the federal government borrows "$50,000 every second," but the true figure is about $30,000.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Lori Robertson
Date published: 2013-02-14T18:18:29