REALITY: Companies with annual payrolls of less than $250,000 would pay no penalty under the House bill. The House bill would establish a 2% payroll penalty for employers with combined payroll between $250,000 to $300,000 that don't offer health insurance to employees; a 4% penalty for employers with $300,000 to $350,000 in payroll; a 6 ( Read more... )

Q: I have heard many people worry that health care will be "rationed" under health reform.  Is that true?

A: Health Insurance Reform will end current forms of rationing, not expand it.

First, there is widespread rationing in today’s system. Right now, decisions about what doctor you can see and what treatment you can receive are made by insurance ( Read more... )

1. MYTH: Health care reform would result in the greatest expansion of abortion since Roe v. Wade.
REALITY: Currently, the majority of plans already cover basic reproductive health care, including abortion care. In fact, more than 86 percent of employer-based insurance plans cover abortion care. That's why anti-choice groups are working so hard to ( Read more... )

If you haven't heard, on Oct 11, Palin said: "The truth was revealed there in that report that showed there was no unlawful or unethical activity on my part."

This statement was rated "Pants on Fire" by PolitiFact.

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For your entertainment during the debate Tuesday night:

http://pinocchiopolitics.org/bingo.htm

Complete with a nose-growing kit:


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PolitiFact: Sorting out the TRUTH in politics
http://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/

I just heard about this website via NPR. They go through claims made in political speeches and ads. They then rate each claim as either True, Mostly True, Half True, Barely True or False. And then you can click a link and read more details and facts about the ( Read more... )