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Does Lack of Affordable Healthcare Kill More People in America Than Terrorism and Illegal Immigration?

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Dan MacGuill
Jan. 8, 2019 A widely-shared Facebook meme challenged readers to reevaluate their political priorities about ...
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Did a Man Receive a $153,000 Hospital Bill After a Failed Selfie With a Rattlesnake?

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Alex Kasprak
April 27, 2018 Venomous rattlesnake bites can be notoriously expensive to treat, thanks mainly to high drug cos ...
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Six 'Facts' About Healthcare in Japan

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
April 25, 2018 We fact-check a series of claims about Japan's healthcare and medical insurance system.
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Is Healthcare.gov Scheduled for Maintenance During Obamacare Enrollment?

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Dan MacGuill
Sept. 25, 2017 News reports correctly describe the facts surrounding scheduled "Obamacare" web site downtime du ...
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Does Cuba Have a Cancer Vaccine That Has Already Cured Thousands?

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Alex Kasprak
July 27, 2017 While a treatment for lung cancer developed in Cuba has entered clinical trials in the United St ...
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Did the U.S. Government Pay for Mitch McConnell's Polio Care in the 1940s?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
June 23, 2017 Partisan web sites misrepresent the source of funding for the Republican senator's care as an in ...
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Does a Vox Infographic Claim Killing GOP Members Could Prevent 'Ten 9/11s'?

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Kim LaCapria
June 15, 2017 After Rep. Steve Scalise was shot on 14 June 2017, an infographic purportedly from Vox weighed R ...
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Did Thomas Jefferson Warn About the Dangers of Governmental Interference In Medicine?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
July 24, 2012 The purported quote reads, "If the people let the government decide what foods they eat and what ...
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