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Latest Fact-Checks In Health Care

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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
Mark Cuban
Mark Cuban
stated on August 15, 2019 a tweet
Says "wealthy people in Canada donate to hospitals" to get better health care treatment.
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • August 19, 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
Physicians for Fair Coverage
Physicians for Fair Coverage
stated on July 15, 2019 a national commercial
"What Congress is considering would cut money that vulnerable patients rely on the most. That means seniors, children and Americans who rely on Medicaid would be hurt. … Tell Congress we can end surprise billing without shredding the safety net."
False
By Rachel Bluth • August 7, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 31, 2019 a re-election campaign ad
Says the Democratic presidential candidates "support giving illegal immigrants free health care at our expense."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • August 1, 2019
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on July 15, 2019 comments made at an AARP-sponsored Democratic presidential primary candidate forum
"There are, literally, two pharmaceutical lobbyists for every member of Congress."
Mostly True
By Julie Appleby • July 26, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on July 17, 2019 a speech at George Washington University
With Medicare for All, "study after study has shown that ... the average middle-class families will save $3,000 each and every year on their health care bills."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • July 22, 2019
North Carolina Healthcare Association
North Carolina Healthcare Association
stated on July 7, 2019 in a paid advertisement in the News & Observer
Says the changes to the State Health Plan "will DENY North Carolina state employees, retirees, and their families of in-network access to critical healthcare services."
Half-True
By Elizabeth Thompson • July 20, 2019
Americans For Tax Reform
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." 
Mostly False
By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • July 19, 2019
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on July 8, 2019 a tweet
"Americans are traveling to Canada to pay 12 times less for insulin than they would here in the US."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • July 11, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 8, 2019 a TV interview with CNN's Chris Cuomo
"We made parity between mental health and physical health. It was a fundamental breakthrough in how we thought about how things should work."
Mostly True
By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • July 11, 2019
Jess McIntosh
Jess McIntosh
stated on June 30, 2019 a TV panel
"Fifty percent of Republicans are in favor of Medicare for All."
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • July 2, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 26, 2019 a tweet from the Trump campaign
Says Cory Booker has accepted over $400,000 from the pharmaceutical industry during his political career.  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • July 2, 2019
Bill de Blasio
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."
Mostly False
By Emmarie Huetteman • June 27, 2019
John Delaney
John Delaney
stated on June 26, 2019 comments made during the first Democratic presidential primary debate
"If you go to every hospital in this country and you ask them one question, which is, ‘How would it have been for you last year if every one of your bills were paid at the Medicare rate?’ Every single hospital administrator said they would close." 
False
By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • June 27, 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
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on June 20, 2019 a tweet
"30,000 Americans a year die waiting for health care because of the cost." 
Half-True
By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • June 24, 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
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 28, 2019 a position paper released at a town hall meeting in Houston.
"The current school psychologist to student ratio in this country is roughly 1,400 to 1, while experts say it should be at most 700 to 1." 
Mostly True
By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • June 5, 2019
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