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Darren Jackson
Darren Jackson
stated on January 30, 2019 a tweet
"Expanding Medicaid would bring 40,000 jobs to North Carolina."
Mostly True
By Bill McCarthy • February 13, 2019
Dale Kooyenga
Dale Kooyenga
stated on November 7, 2018 a radio interview
Wisconsin has "the number one health care system in the country. Everyone in poverty now has health care"  
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • November 30, 2018
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on November 8, 2018 a TV interview
"We have lost over $1 billion in not taking the Medicaid expansion money, only to insure fewer people."
Mostly True
By Eric Litke • November 20, 2018
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on November 15, 2018 Tweet announcing new bill
Says middle class taxpayers "subsidize Walmart’s horrendously low wages to the tune of at least $6.2 billion every year."
Mostly False
By Colin Meyn • November 16, 2018
House Majority PAC
House Majority PAC
stated on October 26, 2018 a TV ad
Says Ohio U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot "voted to cut health care for kids, affecting up to half the families at Cincinnati’s own Children’s Hospital."
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • November 5, 2018
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 17, 2018 a poll
"Tony Evers says that tax dollars should pay for the abortions just like they pay for tonsillectomies."
Mostly True
September 26, 2018
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on August 27, 2018 a TV ad
Says Scott Walker refused federal funds and "Wisconsin families now pay nearly 50% more than Minnesotans for the same health care."
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • September 7, 2018
JD Wooten
JD Wooten
stated on August 24, 2018
"My opponent, Rick Gunn, blocked the expansion of Medicaid — costing half a million people health insurance, including at least 23,000 veterans."
Mostly True
By Bill McCarthy • September 5, 2018
Mike DeWine
Mike DeWine
stated on July 11, 2018 a news conference
On maintaining Medicaid expansion in Ohio as part of the Affordable Care Act
Full Flop
By Amy Sherman • July 20, 2018
For Our Future PAC
For Our Future PAC
stated on July 2, 2018 a website
"Repealing the Affordable Care Act — and with it, Ohio’s Medicaid expansion — could cost Ohio more than 81,000 jobs, jeopardize nearly 1 million Ohioans’ health care coverage, and leave more than 220,000 Ohioans with mental illness or substance use disorders without insurance."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 10, 2018
Mandy Cohen
Mandy Cohen
stated on June 26, 2018 a speech
Indiana expanded Medicaid when Mike Pence was governor
Mostly True
By Paul Specht • July 9, 2018
Viral image
Viral image
stated on July 3, 2018 a meme shared on the Internet
"More than 66% of ALL births in California are to illegals on Medi-Cal."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 5, 2018
Dana Wachs
Dana Wachs
stated on April 11, 2018 an interview
Says Scott Walker "has turned down $1 billion of Medicaid money over the course of his tenure."
Mostly True
June 15, 2018
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on May 10, 2018 remarks at the Peter G. Peterson Foundation
"Two-thirds of the people who use Medicaid are poor children, but two-thirds of the money is for long-term care for seniors, whether in a facility or at home."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 11, 2018
Hakeem Jeffries
Hakeem Jeffries
stated on April 29, 2018 an interview on CNN
President Donald Trump’s budget "threatened to cut $2 trillion from Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid"
False
By Dan Clark • May 4, 2018
Ron Wyden
Ron Wyden
stated on March 29, 2018 a tweet
"Republicans in Congress are plotting to take away Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security."
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 5, 2018
Heartland Institute
Heartland Institute
stated on January 22, 2018 an op-ed in The Hill
Work requirements "have been proven to help impoverished families move from dependency to self-sufficiency."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • January 26, 2018
Doug Jones
Doug Jones
stated on September 27, 2017 an interview
Says Roy Moore "has advocated getting the federal government out of health care altogether, which means doing away with Medicaid, which means doing away with Medicare."
False
By John Kruzel • October 26, 2017
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on October 17, 2017 a tweet
"Opioid crisis (is) the worst in ObamaCare expansion states!"  
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • October 23, 2017
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on September 28, 2017 a press conference
"I personally am pro-choice. I always have been. And I made no qualms about that when I was elected governor."
True
By Matt Dietrich • October 10, 2017
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