Latest Fact-Checks In Health Care

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Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on March 16, 2022 Twitter
"The price of insulin has been jacked up by Big Drug Corporations.”
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By D.L. Davis • April 8, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 26, 2022 a Facebook post
A molecule found in a Himalayan fungus "kills cancer cells with 40 times potency."
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By Andy Nguyen • February 15, 2022
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.
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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.”
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By Julie Appleby • December 7, 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.
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By Louis Jacobson • October 5, 2021
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on September 1, 2021 on social media
Texas “ranks 50th in baby wellness checks, ranks 50th in clinical care for infants, ranks 50th in uninsured women, ranks 43rd in maternal mortality, ranks 44th in school funding per child, and ranks 46th in child hunger.”
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By Louis Jacobson • September 8, 2021
Erin Marie Olszewski
Erin Marie Olszewski
stated on August 2, 2021 an Instagram post
“It’s not unusual for hospitals to sit at max or near max capacity on any given day.”
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By Madison Czopek • August 11, 2021
Jon Erpenbach
Jon Erpenbach
stated on June 15, 2021 Twitter
“Wisconsin is 49th in public health spending.”
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By Madeline Heim • July 9, 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."
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By Madeline Heim • May 7, 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."
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By Haley BeMiller • April 7, 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.”
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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.”
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 6, 2021
Xavier Becerra
Xavier Becerra
stated on February 24, 2021 statements at a confirmation hearing
“I have never sued a nun — any nuns.”
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By Louis Jacobson • February 26, 2021
Theresa Greenfield
Theresa Greenfield
stated on October 22, 2020 a tweet
Says Joni Ernst "supports the lawsuit that's headed to the Supreme Court that will” repeal the Affordable Care Act.
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By Caleb McCullough • October 31, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 9, 2020 a TV campaign ad
Says Donald Trump “is pushing to slash Medicare benefits."
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By Stephanie Stapleton • October 23, 2020
Cal Cunningham
Cal Cunningham
stated on September 14, 2020 a debate
Says Thom Tillis has been “blocking his own party’s efforts to reduce the cost of prescription drugs.”
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By Paul Specht • September 24, 2020
Lucy McBath
Lucy McBath
stated on September 9, 2020 an ad
Says Karen Handel voted with Donald Trump, "gutting health care for millions, supporting horrific child separation policies" and for "abortion bans."
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September 14, 2020
Bryan Steil
Bryan Steil
stated on July 30, 2020 a tweet
“3.8% of Wisconsin’s coronavirus funding has been spent.”
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By Haley BeMiller • August 7, 2020
Iowa Democratic Party
Iowa Democratic Party
stated on April 21, 2020 an online statement
Says Joni Ernst "claims she ‘pushed for’ new funding for hospitals and COVID-19 testing after opposing It for weeks.”
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May 21, 2020
Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders
Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders
stated on April 20, 2020 news release
“We are currently using only around 20% of our testing capacity.”
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By Eric Litke • April 24, 2020
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