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Latest Fact-Checks In Health Care

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Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 31, 2016 comments on "Meet the Press"
"Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have the identical position on health care, which is they want to put the government in charge of you and your doctor."
False
By Linda Qiu • January 31, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on January 17, 2016 comments during the South Carolina Democratic presidential debate
"We now have driven (health care) costs down to the lowest they've been in 50 years."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 18, 2016
Viral media reports
Viral media reports
stated on November 9, 2015 social media and in print
Drinking champagne could help prevent Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.
False
By Nancy Badertscher • November 17, 2015
Ora Houston
Ora Houston
stated on September 8, 2015 an Austin City Council meeting about the city budget
"HIV/AIDS among women is skyrocketing in Austin."
False
By Mary Ann Roser • October 2, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 1, 2015 a television interview
Obamacare doesn’t require members of Congress "to abide by the same rules that all of the other Americans do."
False
By Sarah Hauer • September 28, 2015
Martin Shkreli
Martin Shkreli
stated on September 21, 2015 comments on Bloomberg TV
"Daraprim is still underpriced, relative to its peers."  
False
By Linda Qiu • September 24, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on August 16, 2015 an interview on "Meet the Press"
"We spend almost twice as much per capita on health care as do the people of any other country."
False
By Will Cabaniss • August 16, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 11, 2015 a speech in Phoenix
"The $5 billion website for Obamacare … never worked. Still doesn't work."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 14, 2015
Dave Brat
Dave Brat
stated on March 17, 2015 a written statement.
Repealing Obamacare saves "our nation more than $2 trillion."
False
By Warren Fiske • April 13, 2015
NaturalNews.com
NaturalNews.com
stated on February 5, 2015 a story making the rounds on social media
The measles vaccine has killed 108 people in the last decade, while no one has died of measles.
False
By April Hunt • March 3, 2015
Bishop Thomas Tobin
Bishop Thomas Tobin
stated on January 22, 2015 a newspaper column
"Abortions account for 94 percent of the services provided for pregnant women by Planned Parenthood."
False
By Katie Mulvaney • March 2, 2015
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on February 5, 2014 an interview with the Texas Tribune and Washington Post.
"When I came into office, our vaccination rate in Texas was 65 percent. When I left two weeks ago, it was 95 percent."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • February 12, 2015
Stuart Varney
Stuart Varney
stated on January 27, 2015 an interview on Fox News' "America's Newsroom"
"It will cost $50,000 per enrollee in Obamacare over the next 10 years."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • January 28, 2015
Anne Nolan
Anne Nolan
stated on November 12, 2014 a Journal commentary
"In Rhode Island, a recent study showed that among a group of people who had been homeless for a year or more, Medicaid costs averaged about $60,000 per person."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 23, 2014
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on November 19, 2014 an interview on Fox News
In the 2014 elections, "the American people overwhelmingly said we don't want Obamacare … and we don't want amnesty."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 21, 2014
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on November 13, 2014 a news conference
"I don't know who (Jonathan Gruber) is."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 13, 2014
Chain email
Chain email
stated on October 30, 2014 a chain email
"Over 214,000 doctors opt out of Obamacare exchanges."
False
By Steve Contorno • November 6, 2014
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on November 3, 2014 a blog post
"More people are losing their insurance (due to Obamacare) than are becoming newly insured."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 4, 2014
American Crossroads
American Crossroads
stated on October 28, 2014 a campaign ad
As a result of Obamacare, "California seniors face benefit cuts of over $1,700."
False
By Lauren Carroll • October 31, 2014
Darrell Issa
Darrell Issa
stated on October 26, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"
Says Thomas Eric Duncan came into the United States "with an elevated temperature."
False
By Nai Issa, Lauren Carroll • October 26, 2014
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