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Latest Fact-Checks In Health Care

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Matthew Rosendale
Matthew Rosendale
stated on September 22, 2020 a campaign ad
Says he "fights for everyone with a preexisting condition.”
Mostly False
By Alex Sakariassen • October 6, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 16, 2020 a campaign ad
Says Joe Biden “tried to cut Social Security and Medicare for decades. … Now Biden’s promising your benefits to illegal immigrants.”
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • September 24, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on September 17, 2020 a Facebook post
“Last year alone, 10 million fell ill from TB and 1.5 million died. ... Why don’t we wear masks for TB?”
Mostly False
By Madison Czopek • September 18, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 5, 2020 a post on Facebook
Says series of 11 photos are “from the 1918 flu pandemic.”
Mostly False
By Madison Czopek • August 12, 2020
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on July 28, 2020 an MSNBC interview
“You know what’s in this bill? No medical malpractice suits until 2024, even if they’re not COVID related.”
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • August 3, 2020
Eric Esshaki
Eric Esshaki
stated on July 10, 2020 a campaign ad
Says Haley Stevens’ plan for “socialized medicine” would “eliminate 100,000 doctors and nurses.”
Mostly False
By Clara Hendrickson • August 3, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 25, 2020 a tweet
Under an executive order, “expensive insulin went from big dollars to virtual pennies … especially (for) our seniors.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • August 3, 2020
Alex Azar
Alex Azar
stated on July 9, 2020 comments made during a virtual summit sponsored by The Hill newspaper
“First off, it’s in statute already in HIPAA that preexisting conditions are covered.”
Mostly False
By Julie Rovner • July 14, 2020
Tom Tiffany
Tom Tiffany
stated on May 26, 2020 a tweet
Says the state “health secretary says don't go to hospitals or clinics, now the tourism secretary says don't recreate.”
Mostly False
By Laura Schulte • May 28, 2020
Vicky Hartzler
Vicky Hartzler
stated on May 7, 2020 a letter to the president
"Right now, China controls 80% of all ingredients and raw materials going into our generic prescription drugs."
Mostly False
By Anna Peterson • May 28, 2020
Wisconsin state Senate Democrats
Wisconsin state Senate Democrats
stated on May 8, 2020 news release
Says GOP state Sen. Patrick Testin is responsible for lost $25M in federal funding, because he refused “to do his job.”
Mostly False
By Haley BeMiller • May 20, 2020
Tom McClintock
Tom McClintock
stated on April 29, 2020 an interview on CapRadio's Insight program.
“The flu killed 80,000 Americans last year according to the CDC.”
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • May 5, 2020
Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders
Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders
stated on April 21, 2020 a joint statement
Wisconsin is “clearly seeing a decline in COVID infections”
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • April 21, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 26, 2020 a Hannity show interview
Speaking of his restriction on travel from China, “I had (Joe) Biden calling me xenophobic. … He called me a racist, because of the fact that he felt it was a racist thing to stop people from China coming in.”
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • March 27, 2020
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on March 16, 2020 a TV segment
“Now, as it stands, our health care system has adequate ventilators, ICU beds, medical professionals.”
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • March 18, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 12, 2020 a tweet
Says Joe Biden “was in charge of the H1N1 Swine Flu epidemic which killed thousands of people. The response was one of the worst on record. Our response is one of the best, with fast action of border closings & a 78% Approval Rating, the highest on record. His was lowest!"
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • March 15, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 15, 2019 a Facebook post
“If you have the Flu… get these two items… Sambucol (and) Oscillococcinum… in 48 hours you will feel better. In 72 hours you will be almost symptom-free.”
Mostly False
By Emily Venezky • February 27, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 23, 2020 an MSNBC interview
Says Bernie Sanders “opposed Obamacare, didn't like the fact we didn't push a single-payer option.”
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • February 27, 2020
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on February 22, 2020 a speech
Says Bernie Sanders would “go beyond reform and reorder the economy in ways most Democrats — let alone most Americans — don’t support."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 25, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 4, 2020 his State of the Union address to Congress
"Our new (health care) plans are up to 60% less expensive and better" than Obamacare.
Mostly False
By Julie Appleby • February 10, 2020
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