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Latest Fact-Checks In Health Care

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Jon Ossoff
Jon Ossoff
stated on June 8, 2017 a debate
The House Republican health care bill "guts protections against massive price hikes for Georgians with pre-existing conditions."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • June 13, 2017
Maram Museitif
Maram Museitif
stated on May 24, 2017 as quoted in a Central Health press release
Says Arabic "is the third most-common language in Austin."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 5, 2017
Chris King
Chris King
stated on May 25, 2017 a press release
Says a Congressional Budget Office report found low-income seniors in Florida will face "800 percent premium increases" under the American Health Care Act.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • June 2, 2017
James Lankford
James Lankford
stated on May 24, 2017 a Facebook post
"This year, a majority of states are seeing premiums and costs double" under Obamacare.
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 25, 2017
American Action Network
American Action Network
stated on May 23, 2017 an ad
Under the American Health Care Act "people with pre-existing conditions are protected."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 24, 2017
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on May 7, 2017 an interview
Before Obamacare, Wisconsin’s "high-risk pool" for health insurance "had eight or nine" plans to choose from, people "could go to any doctor or any hospital they wanted, and their premiums and co-pays were cheaper than they are under Obamacare today."
Half-True
May 19, 2017
Mary González
Mary González
stated on May 11, 2017 House debate of House Bill 2962
An "abortion procedure is actually safer than a vasectomy."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 17, 2017
Richard Blumenthal
Richard Blumenthal
stated on May 9, 2017 a press conference
"What does Trumpcare do? Yank tax credits away from veterans unlike any other American."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • May 15, 2017
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on April 30, 2017 a town hall meeting
"Planned Parenthood is the biggest abortion provider in the country."
True
By Dave Umhoefer • May 15, 2017
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on May 9, 2017 an interview
The Republican replacement for Obamacare does not give massive tax cuts to wealthy Americans.  
False
May 12, 2017
Rod Blum
Rod Blum
stated on May 8, 2017 a town hall meeting with voters
"If you’re getting your insurance through (your employer), nothing changes" under Trumpcare.
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • May 11, 2017
Bill Zedler
Bill Zedler
stated on April 25, 2017 his responses to a physician testifying before the Texas House Committee on Public Health
Says a federal program that collects reported side-effects of vaccinations doesn’t accept possible outcomes extending to road accidents, heart attacks or suicides.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 11, 2017
Save My Care
Save My Care
stated on May 8, 2017 a digital ad
U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo voted for a health care bill that will let insurance companies "charge five times more for people over 50."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • May 11, 2017
Ted Budd
Ted Budd
stated on May 4, 2017
Says if the AHCA replaces Obamacare it will "significantly reduce insurance premiums in" North Carolina.
Half-True
By Will Doran • May 10, 2017
Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill
stated on March 28, 2017 a tweet
"We have 5 percent of world population. 80 percent of opioids."
False
By Gary Garrison • May 10, 2017
Barry Loudermilk
Barry Loudermilk
stated on May 4, 2017 an email to constituents
In the House Republican health care bill, "we’re expanding women’s access to health services by redirecting Planned Parenthood dollars to community health centers, which vastly outnumber Planned Parenthood clinics."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 9, 2017
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on May 4, 2017 CNN
"Nobody on Medicaid" will have their benefits taken away.
False
By John Kruzel • May 9, 2017
Judy Chu
Judy Chu
stated on May 4, 2017 a press release
The GOP health bill "would once again allow being a rape or domestic violence victim to be a pre-existing condition."
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • May 9, 2017
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on May 4, 2017 a news release
"Under ‘Trumpcare,’" domestic violence and sexual assault "could be considered pre-existing conditions."
Mostly False
May 9, 2017
Tom Price
Tom Price
stated on May 7, 2017 an interview on CNN's State of the Union
"We have got 20 million folks out there across this land who have told the federal government, ‘Phooey, nonsense, I’m not going to participate in your program, because it doesn’t do what I need done.’ "
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 8, 2017
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