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Martin Shkreli
stated on September 21, 2015 comments on Bloomberg TV:

"Daraprim is still underpriced, relative to its peers."

False

By Linda Qiu • September 24, 2015

Ben Carson
stated on September 16, 2015 the second GOP debate:

There are a "multitude" of vaccines that do not prevent deadly and crippling diseases.

False

By April Hunt • September 23, 2015

Jim Carrey
stated on June 30, 2015 a Twitter post:

The California governor "says yes to poisoning more children with mercury and aluminum" in vaccines.

False

By April Hunt • July 17, 2015

Rebecca Quigley
stated on May 14, 2015 a comment on a "State of the State" TV program.:

"Once a woman enters into the sex trade, her average life expectancy is seven years."

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 31, 2015

Kathleen Sullivan
stated on April 29, 2015 testimony before the House Judiciary Committee:

"The proportion of Rhode Islanders entering substance abuse treatment primarily due to marijuana use has reached its highest point in 20 years."

False

By Mark Reynolds • May 17, 2015

Bloggers
stated on March 21, 2015 posts on social media:

Say Michelle Obama "mandates" weighing children in day care.

False

By Louis Jacobson • March 26, 2015

NaturalNews.com
stated on February 5, 2015 a story making the rounds on social media:

The measles vaccine has killed 108 people in the last decade, while no one has died of measles.

False

By April Hunt • March 3, 2015

Rick Perry
stated on February 5, 2014 an interview with the Texas Tribune and Washington Post.:

"When I came into office, our vaccination rate in Texas was 65 percent. When I left two weeks ago, it was 95 percent."

False

By W. Gardner Selby • February 12, 2015

John Stossel
stated on December 4, 2014 an interview on "Fox and Friends":

"There is no good data showing secondhand smoke kills people."

False

By Katie Sanders • December 11, 2014

Anne Nolan
stated on November 12, 2014 a Journal commentary:

"In Rhode Island, a recent study showed that among a group of people who had been homeless for a year or more, Medicaid costs averaged about $60,000 per person."

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 23, 2014

Don Young
stated on October 22, 2014 a speech in Alaska:

Suicide comes from federal government largesse "saying you are not worth anything but you are going to get something for nothing."

False

By Louis Jacobson • October 27, 2014

Darrell Issa
stated on October 26, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union":

Says Thomas Eric Duncan came into the United States "with an elevated temperature."

False

By Nai Issa, Lauren Carroll • October 26, 2014

Ted Cruz
stated on October 19, 2014 an interview on CNN:

"Obama, instead of nominating a health professional, he nominated someone who is an anti-gun activist (for surgeon general)."

False

By Lauren Carroll • October 23, 2014

George Will
stated on October 19, 2014 comments on "Fox News Sunday":

Some doctors say Ebola can be transmitted through the air by "a sneeze or some cough."

False

By Jon Greenberg • October 19, 2014

John McCain
stated on October 12, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union":

"We were told there would never be a case of Ebola in the United States."

False

By Lauren Carroll • October 12, 2014

Dan Patrick
stated on September 29, 2014 a debate in Austin:

Leticia Van de Putte "voted to give illegal immigrants in this country free health care--not emergency health care but total free health care."

False

By W. Gardner Selby • October 2, 2014

Brit Hume
stated on September 21, 2014 a broadcast of "Fox News Sunday":

Says President Barack Obama is "sending a much larger (force) " to deal with Ebola "than ISIS is getting."

False

By Jon Greenberg • September 23, 2014

Brad Schimel
stated on August 15, 2014 an interview:

Heroin and prescription opioids are "the number one cause of accidental or preventable death in Wisconsin."

False

By Tom Kertscher • August 27, 2014

Ralph Nader
stated on May 7, 2014 a radio interview:

A majority of Americans "since Harry Truman days" support single-payer health insurance, or "full Medicare for all."

False

By Tom Kertscher • May 14, 2014

John Boehner
stated on March 13, 2014 a press conference:

The United States has seen "a net loss of people with health insurance" because of Obamacare.

False

By Steve Contorno • March 18, 2014

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