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Tony Evers
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."
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By Eric Litke • May 1, 2020
Facebook posts
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.”
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By Eric Litke • April 29, 2020
Andrew Cuomo
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.”
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By Meghan Hall, Hannah Roesch • April 29, 2020
Public Citizen
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.
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By Madeline Heim • April 16, 2020
Gwen Moore
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."
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By Mica Soellner • March 5, 2020
Cal Cunningham
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.
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By Paul Specht • March 2, 2020
Michael Bloomberg
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.”
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By Madlin Mekelburg • February 20, 2020
Mark Pocan
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."
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By Mica Soellner • November 8, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
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."
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By Shefali Luthra • October 16, 2019
Amy Klobuchar
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."
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By Julie Appleby • July 26, 2019
Joe Biden
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."
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By Shefali Luthra • July 11, 2019
Donald Trump
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.  
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By Jon Greenberg • July 2, 2019
Joe Biden
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." 
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By Shefali Luthra • June 5, 2019
Eric Swalwell
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." 
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By Shefali Luthra • May 13, 2019
Joe Manchin
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."
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By Garrett Spikes, Jack Tolman • May 10, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 30, 2019 an interview on CNN:
"One out of five Americans cannot afford the cost of prescription drugs."
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By Jon Greenberg • May 6, 2019
Cory Booker
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." 
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By Shefali Luthra • May 1, 2019
Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
stated on April 11, 2019 a town hall in New Hampshire:
"Half the country today has either diabetes or prediabetes."
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By Miriam Valverde • April 29, 2019
Kamala Harris
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."
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By Shefali Luthra • April 26, 2019
John Delaney
John Delaney
stated on April 13, 2019 a Tweet:
"Most of home care is paid by government programs."
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By Yanqi Xu • April 25, 2019
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