Latest Fact-Checks In Health Care

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Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on January 27, 2022 a statement
Thanks to the American Rescue Plan’s changes to the Affordable Care Act, “four out of five consumers (are) finding quality coverage for under $10 a month.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 2, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 23, 2022 a Facebook post
American taxpayer dollars provide “free housing, free medical, free state identification” to immigrants in the country illegally.
False
By Madison Czopek • January 31, 2022
Ronny Jackson
Ronny Jackson
stated on January 16, 2022 a tweet
"In 2022, illegal immigrants will have MORE FREEDOMS and easier access to healthcare and ballot boxes than most Americans... Just think about that."
Pants on Fire!
By Nusaiba Mizan • January 31, 2022
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 15, 2022 a speech
“In New York state, if you’re white, you have to go to the back of the line to get medical help.”
Pants on Fire!
By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 27, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on December 12, 2021 an Instagram post
"Blue Cross Blue Shield pays your doctor a $40,000 bonus for fully vaccinating at least 100 patients under the age of two."
False
January 19, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 23, 2021 Facebook posts
Pfizer made $37 billion in profit in its last quarter.
False
January 7, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 5, 2021 Twitter posts
“Dr. Ugur Sahin, CEO of BioNTech and inventor of the BIO N TECH Pfizer jab, refuses to take the jab for safety reasons.”
False
December 20, 2021
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on December 8, 2021 Radio interview
Around the world, people who exercise their "health autonomy" and don't get vaccinated are being put "basically into internment camps."
Pants on Fire!
By Madeline Heim • December 13, 2021
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on November 22, 2021 a video
The COVID-19 vaccines "suppress the immune system" and make people more susceptible to HIV, shingles and herpes.
False
By Andy Nguyen • December 10, 2021
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on December 7, 2021 a press release
The Build Back Better Act “includes $34.5 billion in cuts” for charity care funding to hospitals.
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • December 10, 2021
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
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on November 16, 2021 a video
Athletes are collapsing with heart-related issues due to the COVID-19 vaccines
False
December 1, 2021
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on November 16, 2021 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
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 22, 2021 a Facebook post
President Joe Biden will “control health care costs by slapping a 95% tax on prescription drugs.”
False
By Andy Nguyen • November 22, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on October 25, 2021 viral text
Children who receive COVID-19 vaccinations "will be walking factories of spike proteins" that will "undoubtedly cause illnesses to spread like wildfire in schools."
False
November 2, 2021
Kelda Helen Roys
Kelda Helen Roys
stated on September 28, 2021 Email
Says gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch “worked with Scott Walker to sign five abortion restrictions into law that took away services and threatened doctors with prison time for providing safe and legal abortions.”
True
By Madeline Heim • November 2, 2021
Jeff Jackson
Jeff Jackson
stated on October 11, 2021 a candidate forum
“The five most-endangered hospitals in the country are all in (North Carolina).”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • October 20, 2021
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on October 7, 2021 an article
"Bill Gates talked about using vaccines to control population growth” in an “unedited 2010 TED Talk video"
False
By Gabrielle Settles • October 11, 2021
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on October 4, 2021 TV interview
“We do not have an approved (COVID) vaccine in America … the Pfizer vaccine available in the U.S. is not FDA approved.”
False
By Allison Garfield • October 5, 2021
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on October 3, 2021 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"The pharmaceutical industry has 1,400 lobbyists on Capitol Hill right now trying to stop" Medicare drug price negotiation.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 5, 2021
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