The document examines claims made by Obama and Romney regarding their healthcare policies during the 2012 US presidential election campaign. It analyzes several specific claims, finding that Romney's claim that Obama cut $716 billion from Medicare is false, as are Romney's assertions that the ACA will cause 50 million to lose insurance and that Obama established healthcare rationing boards. Obama's claim that Romney's Medicare plan would cost seniors $6000 more is partially true. Independent fact checkers found most Republican claims about the effects of the Democrats' healthcare policies to be false or misleading.