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Latest Fact-Checks In Health Care

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Sydney Batch
Sydney Batch
stated on October 23, 2018 a TV ad:
John Adcock and Republicans’ plan for health care "would get rid of coverage altogether for thousands of families and raise premiums on the rest of us."
False
By Paul Specht • October 23, 2018
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on August 23, 2018 a news release:
"Black lung cases are at a 25-year high."
True
By Douglas Soule • October 23, 2018
VoteVets.org
VoteVets.org
stated on October 12, 2018 an ad:
Says Rick Scott’s "hospital company stole millions, defrauding the military’s health care program."
True
By Amy Sherman • October 23, 2018
Dave Brat
Dave Brat
stated on October 11, 2018 Facebook post.:
Abigail Spanberger "wants a tax increase of $32 trillion - that’s with a `T,’ to pay for her socialist health care plan."  
False
By Warren Fiske • October 23, 2018
Kathy Manning
Kathy Manning
stated on October 9, 2018 a television ad:
Says Ted Budd "voted to gut protections for pre-existing conditions … letting insurance companies deny coverage for (necessary) treatment."
Half-True
By Bill McCarthy • October 22, 2018
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on October 9, 2018 a TV ad:
"Wisconsin pays 50% more than Minnesota for the same health care."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • October 22, 2018
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
stated on October 16, 2018 an attack ad:
Says Dean Heller "broke that promise" to protect expanded Medicaid.  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • October 19, 2018
stated on October 4, 2018 a website:
Says Rep. Martha McSally "has repeatedly tried to limit women’s access to birth control, and she even cosponsored a bill to make contraception more expensive for women."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • October 19, 2018
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on October 10, 2018 a campaign video:
Says Scott Walker supports "a health care plan that would gut protections for pre-existing conditions."  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • October 18, 2018
Andrew Gillum
Andrew Gillum
stated on September 26, 2018 an ad:
"In Congress, Ron DeSantis demanded that any new health law eliminate protections for people with pre-existing conditions."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 18, 2018
Andrew Gillum
Andrew Gillum
stated on September 26, 2018 an ad:
"When (Ron DeSantis) was asked what cancer patients should do without health insurance, DeSantis said 'show up to the emergency room.'"
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 18, 2018
House Majority PAC
House Majority PAC
stated on October 9, 2018 a TV ad:
Says U.S. Rep. Mimi Walters "took $213,000 from insurance interests" and that she supported a plan that "strips protections for people with pre-existing conditions and slaps an age tax on older Californians."  
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • October 16, 2018
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on October 9, 2018 a campaign ad:
Says Washington’s Kim Schrier has a plan to eliminate employer-provided health coverage, double income taxes and put your care "in the hands of government bureaucrats."  
Mostly False
By Stephen Koff • October 11, 2018
Abigail Spanberger
Abigail Spanberger
stated on September 28, 2018 a TV ad.:
Says Dave Brat "voted against protecting pre-existing conditions."
Half-True
By Warren Fiske • October 11, 2018
VoteVets.org
VoteVets.org
stated on September 27, 2018 a campaign ad:
Says Minnesota congressional candidate Jim Hagedorn supports a plan that would take away health care for 340,000 veterans, with 17,000 in Minnesota possibly losing coverage.  
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • October 11, 2018
Joe Donnelly
Joe Donnelly
stated on October 8, 2018 Indiana Senate debate:
"At (Mike Braun’s) company, the deductible on his health care is $10,000."
Mostly True
By Manuela Tobias • October 11, 2018
Tom Malinowski
Tom Malinowski
stated on October 3, 2018 a campaign ad:
Says New Jersey Rep. Leonard Lance voted repeatedly "to let insurance companies charge more to people aged 50 and over."  
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • October 9, 2018
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on September 20, 2018 a TV ad:
"2.4 million people in Wisconsin have pre-existing conditions" and Leah Vukmir supports letting insurance companies "deny coverage to people with pre-existing conditions."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • October 8, 2018
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on September 15, 2018 a TV ad:
Says that Minnesota Democratic congressional candidate Dean Phillips doesn’t offer health insurance for his employees.
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • October 8, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 4, 2018 a rally in Rochester, Minn.:
"Some of the Democrats have been talking about ending (coverage for) pre-existing conditions."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 5, 2018
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