Claim: Slate writer Tim Noah 'fesses up to, and dissects, his erroneous telling of an anecdote about an Illinois man whose insurance company canceled his coverage while he was in the middle of chemotherapy. Noah's July 27 column – which said, wrongly, that "the delay in treatment eliminated  chances of recovery, and he died" – was the source for President Obama's careless repetition of the story in his health care address to Congress on Sept.
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Verdict: slate writer tim noah 'fesses up to, and dissects, his erroneous telling of an anecdote about an illinois man whose insurance company canceled his coverage while he was in the middle of chemotherapy. noah's july 27 column – which said, wrongly, that "the delay in treatment eliminated  chances of recovery, and he died" – was the source for president obama's careless repetition of the story in his health care address to congress on sept.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Viveca Novak
Date published: 2009-09-18T16:01:54