Fact Check Posts – Page 2

Priorities USA Action
stated on May 19, 2020 in a TV and digital ad

Says President Donald Trump is trying to make $451 billion in Medicare cuts "in the middle of a deadly pandemic."

By Victoria Knight • May 29, 2020

Gary Kelly
stated on May 3, 2020 an interview on CBS

Regarding the risks of coronavirus transmission on an airplane, “It’s as safe as an environment as you’re going to find.”

By Victoria Knight • May 11, 2020

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.”

By Emily Venezky • February 27, 2020

Bernie Sanders
stated on February 25, 2020 in remarks during the South Carolina Democratic primary debate

“(A recent study) said ‘Medicare for All’ will lower health care costs in this country by $450 billion a year and save the lives of 68,000 people who would otherwise have died.”

By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • February 26, 2020

Pete Buttigieg
stated on February 21, 2020 a video ad released by the Pete Buttigieg for President campaign

“If you like your private plan, you can keep it.”

By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • February 25, 2020

Seema Verma
stated on February 11, 2020 a speech to the American Medical Association

"Yet, for all that spending, health outcomes today on Medicaid are mediocre and many patients have difficulty accessing care.”

By Phil Galewitz • February 20, 2020

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.

By Julie Appleby • February 10, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on February 4, 2020 his State of the Union

Last year, "for the first time in 51 years, the cost of prescription drugs actually went down."

By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • February 5, 2020

Pharmaceutical Research and Manfacturers of America
stated on November 27, 2019 an ad in the “Politico Playbook PM” newsletter.

"Speaker Pelosi's drug pricing plan would siphon $1 trillion or more from biopharmaceutical innovators over the next 10 years. CBO's preliminary estimate found this bill ‘would result in lower spending on research and development and thus reduce the introduction of new drugs.’"

By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • December 5, 2019

Joe Biden
stated on November 20, 2019 comments made during the November Democratic presidential primary debate.

"The fact is that right now the vast majority of Democrats do not support Medicare for All."

By Victoria Knight • November 26, 2019

Joe Biden
stated on October 15, 2019 comments during the October Democratic primary debate.

"For people making between $50,000 and $75,000 a year, their taxes are going up about $5,000 because the fact is, they will pay more in new taxes" for Medicare for All.

By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • October 16, 2019

Christy Harrison
stated on August 26, 2019 a recent New York Times column

"We have a host of issues associated with high B.M.I.s. But correlation doesn’t prove causation, and there’s a significant body of research showing that weight stigma and weight cycling can explain most if not all of the associations we see between higher weights and poor health outcomes."

By Julie Appleby • September 17, 2019

Bernie Sanders
stated on September 12, 2019 comments during the Democratic presidential primary debate in Houston

"Was it 150 million people on private insurance? 50 million of those people lose their private insurance every year when they quit their jobs, or they go unemployed, or their employer changes their insurance policy."

By Emmarie Huetteman • September 13, 2019

Americans For Tax Reform
stated on May 6, 2019 a televised ad by the Americans for Tax Reform

"The Department of Health and Human Services is considering a plan to adopt socialist price controls from foreign countries."

By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • July 19, 2019

Bill de Blasio
stated on June 26, 2019 comments made during the first Democratic presidential primary debate

"It matters that we nominate a candidate who saw the destruction wrought by a broken health care system and gave people universal health care. … These things really matter. And these are the things that I've done in New York."

By Emmarie Huetteman • June 27, 2019

Mick Mulvaney
stated on April 7, 2019 in a interview during Fox News Sunday

"Drug prices in this country actually came down last year for the first time in 50 years. That’s because Donald Trump’s president."

By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • April 15, 2019

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