Dissecting The Claims On Both Sides Of Health Reform Ads

Jackie Judd, Kaiser Family Foundation; Jordan Rau, Kaiser Health News

Jackie Judd and Jordan Rau discuss the accuracies and inaccuracies of recent television ads on health care reform legislation. So far, over $165 million has been spent by groups trying to influence the debate.

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<h1>Dissecting The Claims On Both Sides Of Health Reform Ads</h1>
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			December 8, 2009		</time>
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 Jackie Judd, <a href="http://www.kff.org/">Kaiser Family Foundation</a>; Jordan Rau, Kaiser Health News Jackie Judd and Jordan Rau discuss the accuracies and inaccuracies of recent television ads on health care reform legislation. So far, over $165 million has been spent by groups trying to influence the debate.Listen to <a href="https://www.kff.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2009/12/120709_khn_audit_audio.mp3">audio version</a> (.mp3) or <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/legacy/DF18FB42-6D42-453B-A40B-65A1243EAD52">Read Transcript</a> <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/legacy/E60252E2-96C2-495D-B7B5-B33712986E13"> See all Ad Audits </a> <ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/120809-ad-audit/?share=x">X</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/120809-ad-audit/?share=facebook">Facebook</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/120809-ad-audit/?share=linkedin">LinkedIn</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Dissecting%20The%20Claims%20On%20Both%20Sides%20Of%20Health%20Reform%20Ads&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2Fnews%2F120809-ad-audit%2F&share=email">Email</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/120809-ad-audit/#print">Print</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/120809-ad-audit/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/120809-ad-audit/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=9789&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;">

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