Latest Fact-Checks In Health Care

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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 15, 2020 a Facebook post
“So Oscar Health, the company tapped by Trump to profit from covid tests, is a Kushner company. Imagine that, profits over national safety.”
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By Bill McCarthy • March 23, 2020
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on March 12, 2020 a press conference
Of the Trump administration’s European travel restrictions that exempt the U.K.: “Well, you can just get into the Chunnel, and you’ll be in the U.K.”
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By Miriam Valverde • March 12, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 9, 2020 an interview on MSNBC
“Joe Biden just told @Lawrence that as president he would veto Medicare for All if it passed both houses and came to his desk.”
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By Amy Sherman • March 10, 2020
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on March 5, 2020 a mass email
On key issues including taxes, health care, the Green New Deal, abortion, and guns, there is “no daylight between” Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden.
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By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2020
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on March 4, 2020 in a press briefing
“With regard to the cost, let me be very clear: HHS has designated the coronavirus test as an essential health benefit. That means, by definition, it's covered in the private health insurance of every American, as well as covered by Medicare and Medicaid."
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By Julie Appleby • March 6, 2020
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on February 29, 2020 a press conference
Speaking of an HIV outbreak in Indiana during his time as governor, says “we immediately deployed health resources.”
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • March 5, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on February 24, 2020 a post on Facebook
"Cuba has a lung cancer vaccine we in the US had no access to because we sanctioned Cuba.”
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By Jon Greenberg • March 4, 2020
Daniel Lipinski
Daniel Lipinski
stated on February 14, 2020 a TV interview
Says the Affordable Care Act “took money out of the Medicare trust fund.”
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By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • February 23, 2020
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on February 19, 2020 the Democratic debate in Nevada
The budget hole in Bernie Sanders’ plans “is bigger than the size of the entire economy of the United States."
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By Jon Greenberg • February 20, 2020
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 7, 2020 campaign talking points issued days before the New Hampshire primary
“Pete Buttigieg is a favorite candidate of Wall Street and the health care industry.”
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By Victoria Knight • February 19, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 4, 2020 his State of the Union
“Over 130 legislators in this chamber have endorsed legislation that would bankrupt our nation by providing free taxpayer-funded health care to millions of illegal aliens, forcing taxpayers to subsidize free care for anyone in the world who unlawfully crosses our borders."
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By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • February 5, 2020
Phil Scott
Phil Scott
stated on January 21, 2020
“In 2018, the providers the state paid through the ACO reduced the amount of money spent on healthcare services by $7.7 million.”
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By Katie Jickling • February 3, 2020
Sean Casten
Sean Casten
stated on December 11, 2019 a Facebook livestream appearance
"From 2000 to 2016, every major drug that was introduced came out of" National Institutes of Health funding.
Half-True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • December 22, 2019
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on November 20, 2019 comments at Democratic debate
"Over 70% of the people support Roe v. Wade. Over 90% of the people support funding for Planned Parenthood and making sure women can get the health care they need." 
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By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • November 21, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on November 20, 2019 comments during the November Democratic presidential primary debate.
 "160 million people like their private insurance."
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By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • November 21, 2019
Nicole Galloway
Nicole Galloway
stated on October 12, 2019 a mass email
"Missouri has one of the highest rates of uninsured children in the country."
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By Caitlyn Rosen • November 16, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 4, 2019 a Facebook post
"People with pre-existing mental health conditions have access to firearms and not health care."
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November 7, 2019
Jerome Adams
Jerome Adams
stated on August 30, 2019 remarks at a substance abuse conference.
"Marijuana has a unique impact on the developing brain. It can prime your brain for addiction to other substances."
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By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • November 5, 2019
Ryan Fournier
Ryan Fournier
stated on October 20, 2019 a tweet
"Starting January 1, 2020, California will tax legal citizens if they don’t have health insurance. Why? The state needs to come up with $98,000,000 to pay for free health insurance for illegal aliens."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • October 30, 2019
Dan McCready
Dan McCready
stated on August 28, 2019 a debate on WBTV
Says Dan Bishop "took the only vote from either party — the only vote — against pharmacists being able to tell people about lower-cost drugs."
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By Julianna Rennie • September 3, 2019
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