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Big Surprise: Associated Press Finds Some of Obama's Facts Wrong in State of the Union Speech

Associated Press fact-checks the State of the Union speech and finds many inaccuracies.

This is the first time I am aware of that the American press has decided to check facts on an Obama speech.  For those of you are interested in seeing what Obama said in the State of the Union, vs. what the actual facts are, read this article.

Excerpt: 

OBAMA: "Our health care law relies on a reformed private market, not a government program."

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THE FACTS: That's only half true. About half of the more than 30 million uninsured Americans expected to gain coverage through the health care law will be enrolled in a government program. Medicaid, the federal-state program for low-income people, will be expanded starting in 2014 to cover childless adults living near the poverty line.

The other half will be enrolled in private health plans through new state-based insurance markets. But many of them will be receiving federal subsidies to make their premiums more affordable. And that's a government program, too.

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Starting in 2014 most Americans will be required to carry health coverage, either through an employer, by buying their own plan, or through a government program.

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