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25 September 2017 News reports correctly describe the facts surrounding scheduled "Obamacare" web site downtime during November and December 2017.
6 September 2017 Facebook warnings accurately describe a 90 percent budget cut for publicizing the shortened 2018 enrollment period for Obamacare.
1 August 2017 A theory spread online overstated the consequences of the Arizona senator's July 2017 vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
27 July 2017 The rule allows the House to vote on the bill without notice if the Senate passes it.
22 June 2017 A partisan web site quotes the House Minority Leader selectively in order to create a false equivalence with the 2017 Republican health care plan.
20 June 2017 While both bills could be faulted for periods of closed-door negotiations, experts agree that the secrecy behind the GOP bill to repeal Obamacare is in a league of its own.
8 June 2017 Republicans are trying to bring health care legislation to a vote, but they aren't hiding their efforts from the public eye.
4 May 2017 The American Health Care Act bill now goes to the Senate.
24 March 2017 An old video capturing a gaffe from House Speaker Paul Ryan reappeared in March 2017.
15 March 2017 According to memes, Congressional members and staffers are offered free, no-strings-attached health care, but there's more to the story.
8 March 2017 An alternative bill authored by a Texas Republican has an auspicious title, but it's not the one backed by the Republican majority.
27 January 2017 Rumors about a repeal of the ACA, also known as Obamacare, were alarming to many but mostly inaccurate.
15 January 2017 Reports that President Obama made millions off of royalties from trademarking the word 'Obamacare' are fake news.
10 January 2017 A popular screenshot of a purported Facebook argument over Obamacare versus the ACA is of indeterminate origin.
21 November 2016 You can give the House Speaker your opinion on the Affordable Care Act — if you're patient.
3 November 2016 Some outlets have implied a connection between an annually-released actuarial study lowering a prediction of future increases to U.S. life expectancy and the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, but this logic is specious at best.
27 October 2016 ACA costs are going up in 2017, but premium payments depend largely on the individual's income level.
16 October 2015 A Facebook post from Benjamin Miller concerning a $2,344 fine for not having insurance went viral in October 2015.
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