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politifact.com - 18 days ago
Michele Bachmann: Page 92 of the House health care bill "says specifically that people can't purchase private health insurance after a date certain."  
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The Truth-o-Meter says: Pants on Fire! | Michele Bachmann claims Page 92 prohibits private insurance House Democratic leaders last week released the health care bill they plan to bring to the floor, and it didn't take long for the Republicans to publish a laundry list of complaints about it. ...
washingtonmonthly.com - 17 days ago
Note the date
— washingtonmonthly.com — NOTE THE DATE.... Today, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) hopes to lead a small army of right-wing activists around Capitol Hill, in the hopes of derailing health care reform. But let's not lose sight of the context here -- Bachmann has... (more) Note the date

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politicsdaily.com - 17 days ago
Michele Bachmann's Capitol House Call: 'Get Your Hands Off My Health Care!'
— politicsdaily.com — Rep. Michele Bachmann's message for conservatives traveling to Washington to attend her Capitol Hill House Call event Thursday is simple: "Go into the Capitol and find members of Congress," she told activists Wednesday night. "Don't bring your ... (more) Michele Bachmann's Capitol House Call: 'Get Your Hands ...

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startribune.com - 17 days ago
Bachmann leads rally opposing health plan
— startribune.com — Thousands of protesters gathered at the U.S. Capitol and chanted "Kill the bill." (more) Bachmann leads rally opposing health plan

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Fired Up! Missouri:  Shocker: Luetkemeyer Parrots Misleading Talking Points

The Political Carnival:  The Michele Bachmann File: Pants on Fire!

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Shocker: Luetkemeyer Parrots Misleading Talking Points
Fired Up! Missouri — ... His esteemed GOP colleague Michele Bachmann has made similar claims about alleged prohibitions on the purchase of private insurance, which almost guarantees that it's a faulty argument. This may come as a surprise you, but if you look at the whole bill -- and not just a couple of pages -- the lesson Luetkemeyer hopes you learn doesn't make a lot of sense.  ...

All Kinds of Crazy: Luetkemeyer Regurgitating Bogus Claims About Dems' Health Plan
Fired Up! Missouri — ... health insurance policies to be sold through a health insurance exchange, a virtual marketplace that is run by the federal government. Starting in 2013, the government won't permit new sales of bare-bones policies that offer only catastrophic coverage, and there will be a number of other new regulations as well. Still, that's a far cry from prohibiting the sale of private individual health insurance policies. (Michelle Bachmann recently made a similar claim that private insurance would be outlawed, and we rated that Pants on Fire.) ...

The Michele Bachmann File: Pants on Fire!
The Political Carnival — By GottaLaff This pretty much goes without saying, but it is fun to see the visuals: Recent statements involving Michele Bachman: ...

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