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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 • June 5, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 22, 2019 a speech at the White House:
"Drug prices are coming down, first time in 51 years because of my administration."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Shefali Luthra • May 22, 2019
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on May 10, 2019 a campaign stop:
"I actually in 2005 ran on Medicare for all."
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • May 22, 2019
Chris Coons
Chris Coons
stated on May 14, 2019 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe.":
Obamacare granted "the protection against preexisting condition discrimination that extended to more than 150 million Americans, folks who get their health insurance through their employer."
Half-True
By Julie Rovner • May 21, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 9, 2019 comments delivered during a White House event on surprise medical bills:
"We will always protect patients with pre-existing conditions, very importantly."
False
By Shefali Luthra • May 16, 2019
Eric Swalwell
Eric Swalwell
stated on May 8, 2019 posted on Twitter:
"The so-called ‘heartbeat’ law outlaws abortion before most women even know that they're pregnant. This is one of the most restrictive anti-abortion laws in our country." 
Mostly True
By Shefali Luthra • May 13, 2019
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on April 17, 2019 a tweet:
"Nearly 20 million Americans ... have gained health insurance since (the Affordable Care Act) passed in 2010."
Mostly True
By Garrett Spikes, Jack Tolman • May 10, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 30, 2019 an interview on CNN:
"One out of five Americans cannot afford the cost of prescription drugs."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • May 6, 2019
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on April 29, 2019 a cable TV news interview.:
"We now have longitudinal data that shows that children born around Superfund sites have dramatically higher rates of birth defects, dramatically higher rates of autism." 
Mostly True
By Shefali Luthra • May 1, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 29, 2019 a Facebook post:
"Before 1973 it was illegal in the U.S. to profit off of health care."
False
By John Kruzel • May 1, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 22, 2019 a Facebook post:
Says Mitch McConnell was cured of polio when he was a child by government-funded care and now he’s trying to take that same care away from millions of Americans
False
By Samantha Putterman • April 29, 2019
Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
stated on April 11, 2019 a town hall in New Hampshire:
"Half the country today has either diabetes or prediabetes."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • April 29, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on April 22, 2019 a CNN town hall event:
"One out of 4 diabetes patients in our country cannot afford their insulin."
Mostly True
By Shefali Luthra • April 26, 2019
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on April 22, 2019 a CNN town hall event for Democratic presidential candidates:
"Big pharmaceuticals pay off — they literally pay off — generics to keep the prices and the competition off the market."
True
By Emmarie Huetteman • April 25, 2019
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on April 17, 2019 a news release:
California is leading the nation in holding drug companies accountable and fighting prescription drug prices.  
Half-True
By Samantha Young • April 25, 2019
The Partnership for Safe Medicines
The Partnership for Safe Medicines
stated on April 18, 2019 a TV ad:
Florida state senators "are pushing a new government program that allows prescription drugs from China without FDA inspection."
False
By Amy Sherman • April 25, 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
Dave Griffith
Dave Griffith
stated on February 12, 2019 a hearing:
"Every county in the state of Texas has a veterans court."
False
By Gaëlle Fournier • April 25, 2019
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on March 18, 2019 a press release:
"It is estimated that more than 20 veterans die by suicide every day."
Mostly True
By Garrett Spikes, Jack Tolman • April 24, 2019
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