Listen: Did Americans lack health coverage 40 years ago?

 Texas

Louie Gohmert, the Tyler congressman, said in an interview that 40 years ago, hardly anybody had health insurance.

Not so, PolitiFact found.

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See Truth-O-Meter article or listen to the interview.