Fact Check Posts – Page 2

Elizabeth Warren
stated on January 26, 2020 comments made while campaigning in Davenport, Iowa.

"The president of the United States already has the legal authority to reduce the price of many commonly used prescription drugs."

By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra, Victoria Knight • January 29, 2020

Michael Bloomberg
stated on January 1, 2020 a television ad

"Mayor Bloomberg helped lower the number of uninsured by 40 percent, covering 700,000 more New Yorkers"

By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 28, 2020

Bernie Sanders
stated on January 14, 2020 comments about his "Medicare for All" plan during the January Democratic presidential debate.

"We end the $100 billion a year that the health care industry makes."

By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • January 15, 2020

Elizabeth Warren
stated on December 19, 2019 comments made during the December Democratic presidential primary debate.

"Last year, 36 million Americans didn’t have a prescription filled because they couldn’t afford it."

By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • December 20, 2019

Andrew Yang
stated on December 19, 2019 comments during the December Democratic presidential primary debate.

"If you're a black woman, you're 320% more likely to die from complications in childbirth."

By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra, Victoria Knight • December 20, 2019

Elizabeth Warren
stated on November 4, 2019 in an Instagram post

"If we make no changes over the next 10 years, Americans will reach into their pockets and pay out about $11 trillion on insurance premiums, copays, deductibles and uncovered medical expenses."

By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • November 12, 2019

Pete Buttigieg
stated on October 15, 2019 a Democratic presidential debate

Americans "say that what they want is a choice" to join a single-payer system like Medicare rather than ending private insurance.

By Louis Jacobson • October 16, 2019

Elizabeth Warren
stated on July 11, 2019 a public forum

"The law says that mental health must be treated the same as physical health," but coverage by health insurers is unequal.

By Mica Soellner • August 20, 2019

Tammy Baldwin
stated on June 24, 2019 a tweet

"More Americans are uninsured today than when (President Donald) Trump took office."

By D.L. Davis • August 13, 2019

Scott Walker
stated on May 30, 2019 a tweet

"Wisconsin is a Top 10 state for health care coverage."

By Eric Litke • June 25, 2019

Mark Pocan
stated on April 30, 2019 a tweet

"The United States is the ONLY industrialized country without universal healthcare."

By D.L. Davis • June 21, 2019

Seth Moulton
stated on June 2, 2019 a CNN town hall

"The VA negotiates prescription drug prices. Medicare doesn't do that."

By Stefanie Pousoulides • June 7, 2019

Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on May 10, 2019 a campaign stop

"I actually in 2005 ran on Medicare for all."

By Jill Terreri Ramos • May 22, 2019

Amy Klobuchar
stated on April 22, 2019 a CNN town hall event for Democratic presidential candidates

"Big pharmaceuticals pay off — they literally pay off — generics to keep the prices and the competition off the market."

By Emmarie Huetteman • April 25, 2019

West Virginia Democratic Party
stated on April 1, 2019 a tweet

The Affordable Care Act "provided over 200,000 West Virginians with health care coverage."

By Catherine Harrington, Madison Weaver • April 17, 2019

Shelia Stubbs
stated on March 12, 2019 a public forum

"Wisconsin (has) the highest infant mortality rate for black babies nationwide."

By D.L. Davis • April 16, 2019

John Bucy III
stated on March 27, 2019 the Texas House

"Right now, 1 in 4 Texas women of reproductive age are uninsured, totaling 1.5 million Texas women."

By Madlin Mekelburg • March 29, 2019

Richard Ojeda
stated on October 24, 2018 a video posted to Facebook

"We have lost more lives in the last two years" due to opioids "than all of the lives lost during the Vietnam War."

By Douglas Soule • November 15, 2018

Jon Tester
stated on October 10, 2018 in an ad

"Matt Rosendale supports plans that don’t have to cover (pre-existing conditions)."

By John Kruzel • October 31, 2018

Joe Manchin
stated on August 23, 2018 a news release

"Black lung cases are at a 25-year high."

By Douglas Soule • October 23, 2018

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