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Peter Roskam
Peter Roskam
stated on July 1, 2018 in a Facebook ad
Says Sean Casten supports "doubling premiums" and "cutting current health care plans."
Pants on Fire!
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • August 12, 2018
Kevin Cramer
Kevin Cramer
stated on July 31, 2018 a radio interview
"I've always voted for keeping the government open. I’ve never cast a vote to shut down the government."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • August 6, 2018
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on July 30, 2018 a video
Says the Koch Brothers sponsored "a study that shows that Medicare for All would save the American people $2 trillion over a 10-year period."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 3, 2018
Missouri Democratic Party
Missouri Democratic Party
stated on July 17, 2018 a tweet
If a lawsuit backed by Josh Hawley succeeds, "nearly 2.5 million Missourians with pre-existing conditions could lose their health care coverage."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 26, 2018
Kelda Helen Roys
Kelda Helen Roys
stated on July 19, 2018 a TV ad
"In Wisconsin, abortion is still a crime."  
Mostly False
July 25, 2018
Patrick Morrisey
Patrick Morrisey
stated on July 17, 2018 an ad
Says Joe Manchin said "yes to repealing Obamacare. He lied."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 24, 2018
Demand Justice
Demand Justice
stated on July 12, 2018 a television ad
Says Brett Kavanaugh "refused to uphold key patient protections in the past."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • July 18, 2018
Andrew Napolitano
Andrew Napolitano
stated on July 10, 2018 an interview on "Fox and Friends."
Says Brett Kavanaugh is "pro-Obamacare."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • July 11, 2018
For Our Future PAC
For Our Future PAC
stated on July 2, 2018 a website
"Repealing the Affordable Care Act — and with it, Ohio’s Medicaid expansion — could cost Ohio more than 81,000 jobs, jeopardize nearly 1 million Ohioans’ health care coverage, and leave more than 220,000 Ohioans with mental illness or substance use disorders without insurance."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 10, 2018
Mandy Cohen
Mandy Cohen
stated on June 26, 2018 a speech
Indiana expanded Medicaid when Mike Pence was governor
Mostly True
By Paul Specht • July 9, 2018
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on June 22, 2018 a tweet
"Pat Morrisey joined a federal lawsuit to allow insurance companies to deny coverage for people with pre-existing conditions."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 26, 2018
AFSCME
AFSCME
stated on June 6, 2018 an attack ad
Says Republican gubernatorial candidate Adam Laxalt "tried to cut a deal with big pharma" in a lawsuit.  
False
By Jon Greenberg • June 25, 2018
Dana Wachs
Dana Wachs
stated on April 11, 2018 an interview
Says Scott Walker "has turned down $1 billion of Medicaid money over the course of his tenure."
Mostly True
June 15, 2018
Lupe Valdez
Lupe Valdez
stated on May 7, 2018 an online survey
"After Texas cut" its "two-year family planning budget by $73 million, one in four clinics closed their doors."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 14, 2018
Jacky Rosen
Jacky Rosen
stated on June 8, 2018 a campaign press release
Says Dean Heller helped "craft a partisan repeal bill that also would have slashed coverage protections for people with pre-existing conditions."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • June 13, 2018
Protect Our Care
Protect Our Care
stated on May 28, 2018 a web image
Republican "sabotage" cost 3.2 million people coverage in 2017.  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • June 1, 2018
Lupe Valdez
Lupe Valdez
stated on May 23, 2018 a New York Times news story
"One in six Texans don’t have health care. We’re the most uninsured state in the U.S."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 31, 2018
Patrick Morrisey
Patrick Morrisey
stated on May 11, 2018 a radio interview
Says Joe Manchin displayed an "unwillingness to change the failed Obamacare."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 15, 2018
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on April 9, 2018 a speech to the City Club of Cleveland
"Right now in Ohio 200,000 people are getting opioid treatment because they have insurance under the Affordable Care Act."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • April 20, 2018
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on April 17, 2018 a tweet
"X marks the spot at every HCA location where (Gov. Rick Scott) probably defrauded taxpayers."
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • April 19, 2018
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