CBS "Face the Nation" interviews during 2015: on Health Care


Carly Fiorina: FactCheck: No evidence of 470,000 failures from ObamaCare

Fiorina made the claim that "the bad news is we have 470,000 going out of business every year. And why? They cite ObamaCare."

Fiorina appears to be citing Small Business Administration statistics on the number of small business "deaths" in 2011. This was at least four years before ObamaCare's mandate on employers took effect. ObamaCare does not apply to small businesses with fewer than 50 full-time employees. The SBA defines small businesses as those with fewer than 500 workers. Certainly, some small businesses subject to health reform are straining to adhere to the rules. The National Federation of Independent Businesses is a strong critic of ObamaCare, saying the mandate is hurting their members and not lowering their cost of providing health insurance.

But there's no indication that ObamaCare is costing jobs. Few employers subject to the mandate report changing their staffing or hiring because of ObamaCare, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation/Health Research & Education Trust survey.

Source: CBS4indy.com FactCheck on GOP 2015 CNBC debate Oct 28, 2015

Bernie Sanders: Healthcare is a fundamental right in a civilized society

Q: If you get the nomination, the argument that you're promising health care for all and free college will be used against you; that you're just offering a bunch of free stuff. It's unrealistic. What is your reaction?

SANDERS: I happen to believe that in a democratic, civilized society, all people should be entitled to health care as a right. Is this a radical idea? No, it's not. Every other major industrialized country on Earth does the same.

Source: CBS Face the Nation 2015 interview by Bob Schieffer Sep 27, 2015

  • The above quotations are from CBS "Face the Nation" interviews during 2015
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