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Latest Fact-Checks By Julie Appleby

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Nick LaLota
Nick LaLota
stated on March 4, 2025 a video message to constituents:
“On Feb. 25, I voted yes on a budget resolution that protects Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid while cutting some spending elsewhere."
False
By Julie Appleby • March 25, 2025
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on September 15, 2024 a "Meet the Press" interview:
Former President Donald Trump could have destroyed the Affordable Care Act, but “he chose to build upon (it)."
False
By Julie Appleby • September 20, 2024
Al Franken
Al Franken
stated on May 17, 2023 a tweet:
"Americans will get $1.1 B in rebates from health insurance companies this year cuz of a provision I wrote in the ACA.”
Mostly True
By Julie Appleby • June 5, 2023
Power to the Patients
Power to the Patients
stated on April 19, 2022 a television ad:
About a federal hospital price transparency requirement, “Nobody’s enforcing that law.”
Half-True
By Julie Appleby • August 9, 2022
Community Oncology Alliance
Community Oncology Alliance
stated on November 29, 2021 a radio ad:
"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 healthcare costs.”
Half-True
By Julie Appleby • December 7, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 19, 2021 social media posts:
“For #Covid vaccines, shingles and even more dangerous and painful skin conditions may be the new thrombocytopenia."
Mostly False
By Julie Appleby • April 29, 2021
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on March 21, 2021 a tweet:
“Sorry Dr Fauci and other fearmongers, new study shows vaccines and naturally acquired immunity DO effectively neutralize COVID variants.”
Half-True
By Julie Appleby • March 26, 2021
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 24, 2020 an executive order:
“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 treatment.”
Mostly True
By Julie Appleby • October 1, 2020
Cory Gardner
Cory Gardner
stated on September 15, 2020 a tweet:
Says he authored legislation “to guarantee coverage to people with pre-existing conditions -- no matter what happens to Obamacare.”
False
By Julie Appleby • September 18, 2020
Ryan Holets
Ryan Holets
stated on August 25, 2020 in a speech at the Republican National Convention:
“Drug overdose deaths decreased in 2018 for the first time in 30 years.”
Mostly True
By Julie Appleby • August 27, 2020
Brett Giroir
Brett Giroir
stated on July 26, 2020 an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union”:
“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 need the CLIA certification.”
Mostly True
By Julie Appleby • August 4, 2020
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on March 4, 2020 in a press briefing:
“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, it's covered in the private health insurance of every American, as well as covered by Medicare and Medicaid."
Half-True
By Julie Appleby • March 6, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 4, 2020 his State of the Union address to Congress:
"Our new (health care) plans are up to 60% less expensive and better" than Obamacare.
Mostly False
By Julie Appleby • February 10, 2020
Christy Harrison
Christy Harrison
stated on August 26, 2019 a recent New York Times column:
"We have a host of issues associated with high B.M.I.s. But correlation doesn’t prove causation, and there’s a significant body of research showing that weight stigma and weight cycling can explain most if not all of the associations we see between higher weights and poor health outcomes."
Mostly False
By Julie Appleby • September 17, 2019
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on July 15, 2019 comments made at an AARP-sponsored Democratic presidential primary candidate forum:
"There are, literally, two pharmaceutical lobbyists for every member of Congress."
Mostly True
By Julie Appleby • July 26, 2019