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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.”

By Madeline Heim • May 17, 2024

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.

By Samantha Putterman • March 4, 2024

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.”

By D.L. Davis • February 23, 2024

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.”

By Michelle Andrews • July 28, 2023

Joe Biden
stated on July 27, 2023 a speech on extreme heat

“The No. 1 weather-related killer is heat. 600 people die annually from its effects, more than from floods, hurricanes and tornadoes in America combined.”

By Louis Jacobson • July 28, 2023

Greg Abbott
stated on April 5, 2023 a tweet

“Fentanyl is the leading cause of death for Americans 18-45.”

By Aarón Torres • April 24, 2023

Charles Schumer
stated on March 10, 2023 a news release

Sullivan County “has the highest opioid death rate in all of New York state” yet “it’s the only county in the Hudson Valley not included in the federal High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area” program.

By Conor Amendola • April 4, 2023

Walgreens
stated on March 6, 2023 a statement

Walgreens’ position “has always been” to “dispense Mifepristone in any jurisdiction where it is legally permissible to do so.”

By Samantha Putterman • March 15, 2023

Elise Stefanik
stated on February 3, 2023 a news release

New York City Mayor Eric Adams proposes to “ban chocolate milk.”

By Cameron Carr, Marnique O. Panepento • March 8, 2023

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."

By Madeline Heim • February 9, 2023

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.”

By Louis Jacobson • October 17, 2022

Sarah Godlewski
stated on May 8, 2022 Newspaper opinion piece

"Fifty-four percent of Wisconsinites live in a child care desert."

By Alan Hovorka • July 20, 2022

Charles Schumer
stated on May 25, 2022 a floor speech

“The leading cause of death among children is a firearm.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • June 4, 2022

Facebook posts
stated on April 18, 2022 a Facebook post

“The Red Cross sells your donated blood to hospitals for $150 and then that hospital charges you thousands for a blood transfusion.”

By Madison Czopek • April 28, 2022

Pramila Jayapal
stated on August 30, 2021 an Instagram post

“The average hospital stay for a case of COVID-19 costs about $17,064. The vaccine is free.”

By Miriam Valverde • September 2, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on August 12, 2021 a Facebook post

"100 Sailors at sea. All vaxxed. All with COVID (seven) weeks following deployment."

By Andy Nguyen • August 19, 2021

Viral image
stated on July 29, 2021 a tweet

“George Washington mandated smallpox vaccines for the Continental Army.”

July 30, 2021

Joe Biden
stated on July 21, 2021 a CNN town hall

“Ten thousand people have recently died. 9,950 of them, thereabouts, are people who hadn’t been vaccinated."

By Louis Jacobson • July 22, 2021

Jill Underly
stated on April 11, 2021 TV interview

For mitigating COVID-19 spread, “masks (are) the number one way to do so."

By D.L. Davis • April 23, 2021

Viral image
stated on February 19, 2021 on social media

“COVID-19 infections down 61% from Trump’s last day. COVID-19 vaccinations up 85% from Trump’s last day. Competence Matters.”

By Louis Jacobson • February 23, 2021

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