Claim: Last week we posted an item on President Obama's recent claim that health insurance companies were logging record profits. Not true, we discovered, at least not for the largest publicly traded companies. Some of them weren't even close. Expect to keep hearing the assertion, however, in a series of seven cookie-cutter radio ads the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is airing around the country this month, targeting Republican House members. Here's one of them: In each ad,
Fact-check: Broken Record on Record-Breaking Profits - FactCheck.org
Verdict: last week we posted an item on president obama's recent claim that health insurance companies were logging record profits. not true, we discovered, at least not for the largest publicly traded companies. some of them weren't even close. expect to keep hearing the assertion, however, in a series of seven cookie-cutter radio ads the democratic congressional campaign committee is airing around the country this month, targeting republican house members. here's one of them: in each ad,
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Viveca Novak
Date published: 2009-08-11T17:38:03