Latest Fact Checks By Julie Appleby

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Rep. Nick LaLota at debate 10-23-24

LaLota says he was voting to protect Medicaid, other programs. The budget resolution doesn’t do that

By Julie Appleby
March 25, 2025
“On Feb. 25, I voted yes on a budget resolution that protects Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid while cutting some spending elsewhere."
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Donald Trump and J.D. Vance at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, 7-15-2024

Vance misleads: Trump tried to take the Affordable Care Act down, not build upon it

By Julie Appleby
September 20, 2024
Former President Donald Trump could have destroyed the Affordable Care Act, but “he chose to build upon (it)."
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Al Franken and Joe Biden in 2009

A windfall in health insurance rebates? It’s not as crazy as it sounds

By Julie Appleby
June 5, 2023
"Americans will get $1.1 B in rebates from health insurance companies this year cuz of a provision I wrote in the ACA.”
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Hospital pricing

Rapper Fat Joe says no one is making sure hospitals post their prices

By Julie Appleby
August 9, 2022
About a federal hospital price transparency requirement, “Nobody’s enforcing that law.”
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Biden Build Back Better

Oncologists’ claim that Build Back Better Act will slash cancer care funding omits key details

By Julie Appleby
December 7, 2021
"An independent analysis shows that payments for cancer care will be slashed by close to 45% causing cancer clinics to close and massively raising your…
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People rest in observation area

Despite all the talk, COVID-19 vaccination does not infect people with shingles

By Julie Appleby
April 29, 2021
“For #Covid vaccines, shingles and even more dangerous and painful skin conditions may be the new thrombocytopenia."
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In his continued sparring with Fauci, Sen. Paul oversimplified the science

By Julie Appleby
March 26, 2021
“Sorry Dr Fauci and other fearmongers, new study shows vaccines and naturally acquired immunity DO effectively neutralize COVID variants.”
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Trump’s COVID program for uninsured people: It exists, but falls short

By Julie Appleby
October 1, 2020
“For example, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, my Administration implemented a program to provide any individual without health-insurance coverage access to necessary COVID‑19‑related testing and…
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Gardner’s bill has as much to do with politics as preexisting conditions

By Julie Appleby
September 18, 2020
Says he authored legislation “to guarantee coverage to people with pre-existing conditions -- no matter what happens to Obamacare.”
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Overdose deaths declined in 2018. But there’s more to the story

By Julie Appleby
August 27, 2020
“Drug overdose deaths decreased in 2018 for the first time in 30 years.”
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Giroir says labs that test livestock could ease the COVID testing backlog for people

By Julie Appleby
August 4, 2020
“Five veterinary labs have their CLIA certification to officially test human patients. There are a lot of labs who are doing surveillance testing that don't…
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Pence and Azar for coronavirus

What’s missing in Pence’s statement about insurance coverage for coronavirus testing?

By Julie Appleby
March 6, 2020
“With regard to the cost, let me be very clear: HHS has designated the coronavirus test as an essential health benefit. That means, by definition,…
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