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Latest Fact-Checks In Health Care

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Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 3, 2021 remarks on the American Families Plan:
For vaccine rates among Americans 65 and older, “there’s virtually no difference between white, Black, Hispanic, Asian American.”
False
By Victoria Knight • May 11, 2021
Jon Erpenbach
Jon Erpenbach
stated on March 21, 2021 TV interview:
"There’s no strings attached to that money that we’d be getting as an incentive to expand Medicaid."
Half-True
By Madeline Heim • May 7, 2021
Mark Born
Mark Born
stated on March 21, 2021 a TV appearance:
“Private insurance gives … better coverage” than people would get under a Medicaid expansion.
False
By Eric Litke • April 21, 2021
Janet Bewley
Janet Bewley
stated on March 28, 2021 TV interview:
Says Republican lawmakers delayed COVID-19 testing
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • April 16, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 6, 2021 a Facebook image post:
Says the “1986 Vaccine protection act” resulted in “the biggest jump in shots” for children because it gave drug manufacturers “exemption for responsibility of killing people.”
False
By Andy Nguyen • April 13, 2021
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on March 23, 2021 News release:
"Over the past decade, drug prices have risen at three times the rate of inflation."
Half-True
By Haley BeMiller • April 7, 2021
James Edming
James Edming
stated on March 23, 2021 a speech:
“You can’t tell me they can (develop a safe vaccine) in eight to 10 months. Or a year. It takes more time than that.”
Pants on Fire!
By Eric Litke • March 26, 2021
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on March 9, 2021 a State of the State Address:
“California’s [COVID-19] death rate has remained one of the lowest per capita in the nation: 134 deaths per 100,000, compared to 158 nationally, 153 in Texas and 247 in New York.”
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • March 10, 2021
Ron Kim
Ron Kim
stated on February 18, 2021 a radio interview:
Says Gov. Andrew Cuomo "issued a legal blanket immunity, and snuck that into our budget, giving these facilities essentially a license to kill, a get-out-of-jail free card.”
Half-True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 6, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on March 1, 2021 post on Facebook:
Says 5-year-olds can “take hormones and change my sex.”
False
By Monique Curet • March 5, 2021
Scott Fitzgerald
Scott Fitzgerald
stated on February 27, 2021 a press release:
“More than 91% of the spending in this $1.9 trillion package is not used for pandemic relief.”
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • March 1, 2021
Xavier Becerra
Xavier Becerra
stated on February 24, 2021 statements at a confirmation hearing:
“I have never sued a nun — any nuns.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 26, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 12, 2021 a Facebook post:
Insulin prices rose “with the swipe of (Joe Biden’s) pen.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • February 25, 2021
Chuck Grassley
Chuck Grassley
stated on January 14, 2021 a tweet:
Insulin prices have "gone THRU THE ROOF for patients/taxpayers bc of manufacturer, health plan & PBM biz practices."
True
By Madison Black • February 2, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 10, 2019 a Facebook post:
Congressional benefits include “free health care, outrageous retirement packages, 67 paid holidays, three weeks paid vacation, unlimited paid sick days.”
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • February 1, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 1, 2021 a Facebook post:
There are “absolutely no patients” at Los Angeles hospital considered the center of region's COVID-19 surge.
Pants on Fire!
By Chris Nichols • January 6, 2021
James Gallagher
James Gallagher
stated on December 3, 2020 a tweet:
“Government imposed lockdowns do NOT reduce [COVID-19] cases or stop spikes.”
False
By Chris Nichols • December 16, 2020
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on November 16, 2020 a television interview:
Says Charles Schumer supports “putting everybody on the Medicare system. He wants the Green New Deal … reduce funding for the police.”
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 4, 2020
Kelly Loeffler
Kelly Loeffler
stated on November 13, 2020 a proposal:
Says her health care plan would "ensure Americans with preexisting conditions are protected."
False
By Tom Kertscher • November 30, 2020
Kim Reynolds
Kim Reynolds
stated on November 10, 2020 a press conference:
"If you can’t get a test through Test Iowa, there are multiple other sites: your doctor, your clinics, your pharmacies, the stroke detection clinic centers."
Mostly True
By Brooklyn Draisey • November 18, 2020
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