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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, Shefali Luthra • November 12, 2019
Cindi Castilla
Cindi Castilla
stated on October 30, 2019 a press conference
Texas lawmakers "left children able to be sterilized and mutilated at any point in their life" by failing to adopt a law prohibiting minors from undergoing medical or surgical gender transitions.
Mostly False
By Madlin Mekelburg • November 11, 2019
Joe Gruters
Joe Gruters
stated on November 6, 2019 a Tampa Bay Times forum
"All the Democrats on the entire stage — every Democratic candidate said they want to give free health care to illegals."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • November 8, 2019
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on August 19, 2019 a tweet
"In WI, over 79% of Title X patients rely on Planned Parenthood for their basic health care."
Mostly True
By Mica Soellner • November 8, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 4, 2019 a Facebook post
"People with pre-existing mental health conditions have access to firearms and not health care."
Half-True
November 7, 2019
Jerome Adams
Jerome Adams
stated on August 30, 2019 remarks at a substance abuse conference.
"Marijuana has a unique impact on the developing brain. It can prime your brain for addiction to other substances."
Half-True
By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • November 5, 2019
Ryan Fournier
Ryan Fournier
stated on October 20, 2019 a tweet
"Starting January 1, 2020, California will tax legal citizens if they don’t have health insurance. Why? The state needs to come up with $98,000,000 to pay for free health insurance for illegal aliens."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • October 30, 2019
Association of Mature American Citizens
Association of Mature American Citizens
stated on August 29, 2019 a Facebook ad
AARP backed "federal funding for Planned Parenthood."
False
October 22, 2019
Joe Biden
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. 
Mostly False
By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • October 16, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on October 15, 2019 comments made during the Oct. 15 Democratic presidential primary debate
 "Back when I was studying it, two out of three families that ended up in bankruptcy after a serious medical problem had health insurance."
Mostly True
By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • October 16, 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
Rodman Debra
Rodman Debra
stated on September 20, 2019 a TV ad.
Siobhan Dunnavant "wrote the Republican bill that would let insurance companies deny coverage for pre-existing conditions."  
False
By Warren Fiske • October 1, 2019
Viral image
Viral image
stated on August 30, 2019 a Facebook post
Says getting up too quickly in the middle of the night can cause "sudden death."  
False
September 26, 2019
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on September 11, 2019 a statement to The Guardian
When Rick Scott was governor, Florida "invested record funding in HIV/AIDS prevention."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • September 20, 2019
Tim Hugo
Tim Hugo
stated on September 10, 2019 a campaign mailer.
Dan Helmer "believes in abolishing our private insurance system."
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • September 18, 2019
Christy Harrison
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."
Mostly False
By Julie Appleby • September 17, 2019
Bernie Sanders
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."
Mostly False
By Emmarie Huetteman • September 13, 2019
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on September 12, 2019 a Democratic presidential debate
"The difference between what I support and what you support, Vice President Biden, is that you require them to opt in (to a Medicare public option), and I would not require them to opt in. … They would automatically be enrolled. That’s a big difference. … Are you forgetting what you said two minutes ago?"
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 13, 2019
Dan McCready
Dan McCready
stated on August 28, 2019 a debate on WBTV
Says Dan Bishop "took the only vote from either party — the only vote — against pharmacists being able to tell people about lower-cost drugs."
Half-True
By Julianna Rennie • September 3, 2019
Dan McCready
Dan McCready
stated on August 8, 2019 a tweet
Says "Dan Bishop doubles down on removing coverage for people with pre-existing conditions. Under his sham ‘association health plans,’ insurance companies don't have to pay for medications for pre-existing conditions."
Half-True
By Paul Specht • August 23, 2019
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