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Elizabeth Warren
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."
True
By Shefali Luthra, Victoria Knight • January 29, 2020
Michael Bloomberg
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"
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 28, 2020
Bernie Sanders
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."
True
By Shefali Luthra • January 15, 2020
Elizabeth Warren
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."
True
By Shefali Luthra • December 20, 2019
Andrew Yang
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."
True
By Shefali Luthra, Victoria Knight • December 20, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
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." 
True
By Shefali Luthra • November 12, 2019
Pete Buttigieg
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.
True
By Louis Jacobson • October 16, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
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.
True
By Mica Soellner • August 20, 2019
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on June 24, 2019 a tweet:
"More Americans are uninsured today than when (President Donald) Trump took office."
True
By D.L. Davis • August 13, 2019
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on May 30, 2019 a tweet:
"Wisconsin is a Top 10 state for health care coverage."
True
By Eric Litke • June 25, 2019
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on April 30, 2019 a tweet:
"The United States is the ONLY industrialized country without universal healthcare."    
True
By D.L. Davis • June 21, 2019
Seth Moulton
Seth Moulton
stated on June 2, 2019 a CNN town hall:
"The VA negotiates prescription drug prices. Medicare doesn't do that."  
True
By Stefanie Pousoulides • June 7, 2019
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on May 10, 2019 a campaign stop:
"I actually in 2005 ran on Medicare for all."
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • May 22, 2019
Amy Klobuchar
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."
True
By Emmarie Huetteman • April 25, 2019
West Virginia Democratic Party
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."
True
By Catherine Harrington, Madison Weaver • April 17, 2019
Shelia Stubbs
Shelia Stubbs
stated on March 12, 2019 a public forum:
"Wisconsin (has) the highest infant mortality rate for black babies nationwide."
True
By D.L. Davis • April 16, 2019
John Bucy III
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."
True
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 29, 2019
Richard Ojeda
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."
True
By Douglas Soule • November 15, 2018
Jon Tester
Jon Tester
stated on October 10, 2018 in an ad:
"Matt Rosendale supports plans that don’t have to cover (pre-existing conditions)."
True
By John Kruzel • October 31, 2018
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on August 23, 2018 a news release:
"Black lung cases are at a 25-year high."
True
By Douglas Soule • October 23, 2018
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