Jan 18, 2016 ... Clinton: We now have driven costs down to the lowest they've been in 50 years. Now we've got to get individual costs down. That's what I'm planning to do. President Obama also boasted of the low rate of growth in health care spending in his State of the Union address on Jan. 12, as he has done several ...
Sep 25, 2016 ... Reality Check: Clinton on health care costs. January 17, 2016. By Tami Luhby, CNNMoney. In defending the Affordable Care Act, Clinton said, "We now have driven costs down to the lowest they've been in 50 years." First of all, it's the annual growth in health care costs that had been at the lowest rate since ...
Jan 17, 2016 ... “We now have driven costs down to the lowest they've been in 50 years.” — Clinton. Clinton significantly overstates the impact of the Affordable Care Act here. Costs are not the lowest in 50 years, but the United States in 2012 had the lowest increase in health-care costs in 50 years. In other words, costs are ...
We rate her claim as False. Clinton said during the debate, "We now have driven costs down to the lowest they've been in 50 years." When we contacted the Clinton campaign, spokesman Nick Merrill said what Clinton was actually talking about was the rate at which health care costs have been going up.
Jan 17, 2016 ... Following is a transcript of the Democratic debate, as transcribed by the Federal News Service. ... President Obama came to office determined to swing for the fences on health care reform. Voters want to know how you ..... We now have driven costs down to the lowest they've been in 50 years. Now we've ...
We now have driven (health care) costs down to the lowest they've been in 50 years.