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Tony Evers
stated on April 21, 2020 a Facebook post

Says Wisconsin measures have "prevented the death of at least 300 Wisconsinites, and perhaps as many as 1,400 lives."

By Eric Litke • May 1, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on April 26, 2020 a Facebook post

COVID-19 is “here to stay” and “we need to accept that and be prepared to deal with COVID long term.”

By Eric Litke • April 29, 2020

Andrew Cuomo
stated on April 12, 2020 a tweet

“Some states, like Montana and Nebraska, are getting more than $300,000 in federal stimulus money per reported COVID-19 case. New York is the hardest-hit state and yet we are getting only about $12,000 per case.”

By Meghan Hall, Hannah Roesch • April 29, 2020

Public Citizen
stated on April 4, 2020 a tweet

Says 3.5 million U.S. citizens lost their employer-tied health insurance in March, while zero lost their coverage in 20 other large nations combined.

By Madeline Heim • April 16, 2020

Gwen Moore
stated on December 11, 2019 a tweet

"Prescription drug companies are charging Americans prices that are on average 4x higher than what's charged in other countries."

By Mica Soellner • March 5, 2020

Cal Cunningham
stated on February 5, 2020 a campaign ad

Says Sen. Thom Tillis voted to "take away" coverage for people with pre-existing conditions.

By Paul Specht • March 2, 2020

Michael Bloomberg
stated on February 13, 2020 a rally

Says “black babies die at rates twice as high as white babies because of a lack of access to affordable health care.”

By Madlin Mekelburg • February 20, 2020

Mark Pocan
stated on August 19, 2019 a tweet

"In WI, over 79% of Title X patients rely on Planned Parenthood for their basic health care."

By Mica Soellner • November 8, 2019

Elizabeth Warren
stated on October 15, 2019 comments made during the Oct. 15 Democratic presidential primary debate

"Back when I was studying it, two out of three families that ended up in bankruptcy after a serious medical problem had health insurance."

By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • October 16, 2019

Amy Klobuchar
stated on July 15, 2019 comments made at an AARP-sponsored Democratic presidential primary candidate forum

"There are, literally, two pharmaceutical lobbyists for every member of Congress."

By Julie Appleby • July 26, 2019

Joe Biden
stated on July 8, 2019 a TV interview with CNN's Chris Cuomo

"We made parity between mental health and physical health. It was a fundamental breakthrough in how we thought about how things should work."

By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • July 11, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on June 26, 2019 a tweet from the Trump campaign

Says Cory Booker has accepted over $400,000 from the pharmaceutical industry during his political career.

By Jon Greenberg • July 2, 2019

Joe Biden
stated on May 28, 2019 a position paper released at a town hall meeting in Houston.

"The current school psychologist to student ratio in this country is roughly 1,400 to 1, while experts say it should be at most 700 to 1."

By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • June 5, 2019

Eric Swalwell
stated on May 8, 2019 posted on Twitter

"The so-called ‘heartbeat’ law outlaws abortion before most women even know that they're pregnant. This is one of the most restrictive anti-abortion laws in our country."

By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • May 13, 2019

Joe Manchin
stated on April 17, 2019 a tweet

"Nearly 20 million Americans ... have gained health insurance since (the Affordable Care Act) passed in 2010."

By Garrett Spikes, Jack Tolman • May 10, 2019

Bernie Sanders
stated on April 30, 2019 an interview on CNN

"One out of five Americans cannot afford the cost of prescription drugs."

By Jon Greenberg • May 6, 2019

Cory Booker
stated on April 29, 2019 a cable TV news interview.

"We now have longitudinal data that shows that children born around Superfund sites have dramatically higher rates of birth defects, dramatically higher rates of autism."

By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • May 1, 2019

Tim Ryan
stated on April 11, 2019 a town hall in New Hampshire

"Half the country today has either diabetes or prediabetes."

By Miriam Valverde • April 29, 2019

Kamala Harris
stated on April 22, 2019 a CNN town hall event

"One out of 4 diabetes patients in our country cannot afford their insulin."

By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • April 26, 2019

John Delaney
stated on April 13, 2019 a Tweet

"Most of home care is paid by government programs."

By Yanqi Xu • April 25, 2019

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