Latest Fact-Checks In Health Care

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stated on October 13, 2025 an X post
Florida will be the “hardest hit” state in the country if enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies expire.
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By Samantha Putterman • October 20, 2025
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on September 28, 2025 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"
People with insurance through the Affordable Care Act will see a “75% increase in premiums starting Nov. 1” if enhanced subsidies are not extended, including “twice as much in the rural areas.”
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By Louis Jacobson • September 30, 2025
stated on September 12, 2025 a post on X
“Republicans are spiking health insurance premiums by 75% for everyday Americans” if they don’t extend enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies.
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By Louis Jacobson • September 17, 2025
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on July 20, 2024 remarks at a fundraiser in Provincetown, Mass.
Donald Trump “took away protections against discrimination for LGBTQ patients under the Affordable Care Act.”
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By Grace Abels • September 9, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 8, 2024 a Biden for President campaign ad
If the Affordable Care Act were terminated, “that would mean over a hundred million Americans will lose protections for preexisting conditions.”
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By Jacob Gardenswartz • June 12, 2024
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on May 5, 2024 X, formerly Twitter
“When I worked on the Affordable Care Act, I wrote the amendment that allows all young people to stay on their parents’ health insurance until they turn 26. Overnight, millions of young Americans got health care.”
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By Madeline Heim • May 17, 2024
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on May 1, 2024 a speech
In his Time magazine interview, Donald Trump “said states have the right to monitor pregnant women to enforce these bans, and states have the right to punish pregnant women for seeking out abortion care.”
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By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • May 2, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on April 9, 2024 an interview with Univision
Starting in 2025 "no matter what your total bills are for prescription drugs,” Medicare Part D users will never pay “more than $2,000 a year, because some of these cancer drugs are 10(,000 to) 15,000 bucks a year.”
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By Amy Sherman • April 18, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 22, 2024 in a campaign reception
If you went “anywhere in the world,” you could get a prescription filled for 40% to 60% less than it costs in the U.S.
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By Samantha Putterman • March 4, 2024
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on February 1, 2024 Facebook post
“Big drug companies charge as little as $7 for an inhaler overseas and nearly $500 for the exact same one here in the US.”
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By D.L. Davis • February 23, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 29, 2023 a speech at the White House
“According to the Congressional Budget Office,” the Inflation Reduction Act “will save the federal government $160 billion over the next 10 years because Medicare will be paying less for the prescription drugs they’re making available to seniors.”
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By Louis Jacobson • August 31, 2023
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on July 19, 2023 a press release.
“Tens of millions of Americans live in communities where they cannot find a doctor while others have to wait months to be seen.”
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By Michelle Andrews • July 28, 2023
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.”
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By Julie Appleby • June 5, 2023
X posts
X posts
stated on April 18, 2023 a Tweet
Missouri’s attorney general has a website “where people can report trans individuals and the people who help them.”
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By Grace Abels • April 20, 2023
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on January 19, 2023 Speech
In Wisconsin, even multimillionaires can be on BadgerCare "because we don't even ask people what their income level is to qualify for free health care."
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By Madeline Heim • February 9, 2023
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 1, 2023 Twitter
“Every pro-life Governor up for election in November won – by a large margin.”
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By Madeline Heim • January 13, 2023
Val Demings
Val Demings
stated on October 31, 2022 a campaign ad
Sen. Marco Rubio "helped write the law to raise prescription prices."
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By Yacob Reyes • November 7, 2022
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on October 19, 2022 Campaign ad
If a 12-year-old girl became pregnant because of rape or incest, "Tim Michels would force her to deliver the baby."
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By Madeline Heim • October 21, 2022
Raphael Warnock
Raphael Warnock
stated on October 14, 2022 a debate
“Black women are 3 to 4 times more likely to die (from maternal mortality) even when they have the insurance and the income.”
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By Louis Jacobson • October 17, 2022
Bob Good
Bob Good
stated on July 9, 2022 an anti-abortion rally.
“Ninety-two percent of abortions in Virginia take place before 15 weeks.”
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By Warren Fiske • July 12, 2022
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