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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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