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Nikki Fried
Nikki Fried
stated on February 21, 2022 a virtual town hall meeting:
Florida is "49th in the nation when it comes to (Medicaid) funding” for people with disabilities.
True
By Yacob Reyes • March 14, 2022
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on November 19, 2021 a rally:
"Expanding Medicaid, which if we had done at the beginning of the Abbott administration, would have brought in $100 billion to this state's economy."
Mostly True
By Nusaiba Mizan • January 10, 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.
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • December 10, 2021
Terri Bryant
Terri Bryant
stated on July 13, 2021 a radio interview:
“You may be 55 years old in [Illinois] and a citizen and not eligible for Medicaid. But if you are an undocumented immigrant and 55 or older, you’re eligible for Medicaid.”
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • July 20, 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."
Half-True
By Madeline Heim • May 7, 2021
Mark Born
Mark Born
stated on March 21, 2021 a TV appearance:
“Private insurance gives … better coverage” than people would get under a Medicaid expansion.
False
By Eric Litke • April 21, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 12, 2021 a Facebook post:
Insulin prices rose “with the swipe of (Joe Biden’s) pen.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • February 25, 2021
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on January 24, 2021 a tweet:
“Innocent lives will be saved” by ending taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood.
False
By Brandon Mulder • February 12, 2021
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on November 19, 2020 Twitter:
“Americans are paying the highest price in the world for Remdesivir because the Trump administration is allowing Gilead Sciences to jack up the prices on this #COVID19 treatment.”
Half-True
By Laura Schulte • December 1, 2020
Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham
stated on October 13, 2020 in comments during Senate Judiciary Committee hearing:
“Under the Affordable Care Act, three states get 35% of the money, folks. Can you name them? I'll help you: California, New York and Massachusetts.”
Half-True
By Phil Galewitz • October 28, 2020
Nicole Galloway
Nicole Galloway
stated on October 4, 2020 a Facebook post:
Says "Gov. Parson’s administration purged 100,000 kids from Medicaid rolls."
Mostly True
By William Skipworth • October 23, 2020
Chris Jones
Chris Jones
stated on August 20, 2019 TV ad.:
Says he "led the fight to expand Medicaid."
Half-True
By Warren Fiske • September 10, 2019
Rob Schmitt
Rob Schmitt
stated on August 14, 2019 a "Fox & Friends First" discussion:
Says the Trump administration’s new policy for legal immigrants on welfare "has been around for a while. This is not a new thing that the president is trying to implement here, that the United States has been this way."
Half-True
By Bill McCarthy • August 15, 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
Greg Steube
Greg Steube
stated on May 28, 2019 a press release:
"It’s estimated that in 2018 alone, dead people received $1 billion in benefits from Medicare, Medicaid, social security payments, and federal pensions."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • June 13, 2019
Dale Kooyenga
Dale Kooyenga
stated on April 12, 2019 a radio interview:
"Tony Evers is cutting child support."  
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • May 10, 2019
John Delaney
John Delaney
stated on April 13, 2019 a Tweet:
"Most of home care is paid by government programs."
Mostly True
By Yanqi Xu • April 25, 2019
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on March 12, 2019 a tweet:
Says President Donald Trump’s fiscal year 2020 budget "slashes investments in health care to pay for tax cuts to billionaires."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • March 20, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 25, 2019 a CNN town hall event:
Says President Donald Trump "came forth with a budget — a trillion dollar cut in Medicaid, $500 billion to Medicare, and $72 billion for the Social Security Disability Fund."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • March 6, 2019
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on January 30, 2019:
Says "30,000 veterans in North Carolina have no health insurance."
Mostly True
By Paul Specht • February 14, 2019
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