Claim: Last week on our main site, we pointed out that President Obama used an incorrect statistic on bankruptcies caused by medical expenses in his address to Congress. And yesterday, he repeated it, as Jake Tapper at ABC News noted : Tapper: "The cost of health care now causes a bankruptcy in America every thirty seconds," President Obama said at the opening of his White House forum on health care reform just now. As we said then : Last year,
Fact-check: Bad Bankruptcy Stat, Repeated - FactCheck.org
Verdict: last week on our main site, we pointed out that president obama used an incorrect statistic on bankruptcies caused by medical expenses in his address to congress. and yesterday, he repeated it, as jake tapper at abc news noted : tapper: "the cost of health care now causes a bankruptcy in america every thirty seconds," president obama said at the opening of his white house forum on health care reform just now. as we said then : last year,
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Lori Robertson
Date published: 2009-03-06T21:30:07