Latest Fact-Checks By Phil Galewitz

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Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on November 16, 2021 in a press release headline:
An increase in Medicare Part B premiums means “America’s seniors are paying the price for Biden’s inflation crisis.”
Mostly False
By Phil Galewitz • November 23, 2021
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on February 2, 2021 in a press conference:
The result of lockdowns “has been the destruction of millions of lives across America as well as increased deaths from suicide, substance abuse and despair without any corresponding benefit in Covid mortality.”
Mostly False
By Phil Galewitz • February 23, 2021
Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham
stated on October 13, 2020 in in comments during Senate Judiciary Committee hearing:
“Under the Affordable Care Act, three states get 35% of the money, folks. Can you name them? I'll help you: California, New York and Massachusetts.”
Half-True
By Phil Galewitz • October 28, 2020
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on August 10, 2020 in during a televised roundtable discussion on education:
“The fact is that in terms of the risk to schoolkids, this is lower risk than seasonal influenza.”
Mostly True
By Phil Galewitz • August 20, 2020
Seema Verma
Seema Verma
stated on February 11, 2020 in a speech to the American Medical Association:
"Yet, for all that spending, health outcomes today on Medicaid are mediocre and many patients have difficulty accessing care.”
Mostly False
By Phil Galewitz • February 20, 2020