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Latest Fact-Checks In Health Care

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 6, 2020 remarks to reporters
“Anybody that wants a test (for the coronavirus) can get a test.”
Pants on Fire!
By Miriam Valverde • March 11, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 28, 2020 posts on social media
“Every election year has a disease” ... SARS in 2004; avian flu in 2008; swine flu in 2010; MERS in 2012; Ebola in 2014 and 2018; Zika in 2016 and the coronavirus in 2020.
False
By Emily Venezky • March 11, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 9, 2020 an interview on MSNBC
“Joe Biden just told @Lawrence that as president he would veto Medicare for All if it passed both houses and came to his desk.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 10, 2020
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on March 5, 2020 a mass email
On key issues including taxes, health care, the Green New Deal, abortion, and guns, there is “no daylight between” Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2020
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on March 4, 2020 in a press briefing
“With regard to the cost, let me be very clear: HHS has designated the coronavirus test as an essential health benefit. That means, by definition, it's covered in the private health insurance of every American, as well as covered by Medicare and Medicaid."
Half-True
By Julie Appleby • March 6, 2020
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on February 29, 2020 a press conference
Speaking of an HIV outbreak in Indiana during his time as governor, says “we immediately deployed health resources.”
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • March 5, 2020
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on December 11, 2019 a tweet
"Prescription drug companies are charging Americans prices that are on average 4x higher than what's charged in other countries."
Mostly True
By Mica Soellner • March 5, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on February 24, 2020 a post on Facebook
"Cuba has a lung cancer vaccine we in the US had no access to because we sanctioned Cuba.”
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • March 4, 2020
Cal Cunningham
Cal Cunningham
stated on February 5, 2020 a campaign ad
Says Sen. Thom Tillis voted to "take away" coverage for people with pre-existing conditions.
Mostly True
By Paul Specht • March 2, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 15, 2019 a Facebook post
“If you have the Flu… get these two items… Sambucol (and) Oscillococcinum… in 48 hours you will feel better. In 72 hours you will be almost symptom-free.”
Mostly False
By Emily Venezky • February 27, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 23, 2020 an MSNBC interview
Says Bernie Sanders “opposed Obamacare, didn't like the fact we didn't push a single-payer option.”
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • February 27, 2020
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on February 22, 2020 a speech
Says Bernie Sanders would “go beyond reform and reorder the economy in ways most Democrats — let alone most Americans — don’t support."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 25, 2020
Daniel Lipinski
Daniel Lipinski
stated on February 14, 2020 a TV interview
Says the Affordable Care Act “took money out of the Medicare trust fund.”
Half-True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • February 23, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 20, 2020 an image
“Bernie Sanders wants free health care for all and was asked how he would pay for it. His answer was raise taxes to 52% on anybody making over $29,000 per year.”
False
By Daniel Funke • February 21, 2020
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on February 19, 2020 a debate
"Amy, I looked online at your (health care) plan. It’s two paragraphs."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 21, 2020
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on February 13, 2020 a rally
Says “black babies die at rates twice as high as white babies because of a lack of access to affordable health care.”
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • February 20, 2020
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on February 19, 2020 the Democratic debate in Nevada
The budget hole in Bernie Sanders’ plans “is bigger than the size of the entire economy of the United States."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • February 20, 2020
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 7, 2020 campaign talking points issued days before the New Hampshire primary
“Pete Buttigieg is a favorite candidate of Wall Street and the health care industry.”
Half-True
By Victoria Knight • February 19, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 4, 2020 his State of the Union address to Congress
"Our new (health care) plans are up to 60% less expensive and better" than Obamacare.
Mostly False
By Julie Appleby • February 10, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 4, 2020 his State of the Union
“Over 130 legislators in this chamber have endorsed legislation that would bankrupt our nation by providing free taxpayer-funded health care to millions of illegal aliens, forcing taxpayers to subsidize free care for anyone in the world who unlawfully crosses our borders."
Half-True
By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • February 5, 2020
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