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Latest Fact-Checks In Health Care

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Citizen Action of Wisconsin
Citizen Action of Wisconsin
stated on February 28, 2017 a website posting
Says "people who come to" their dissent actions "get a ‘cease and desist’ letter" from Ron Johnson's office.
False
March 2, 2017
Thomas Perez
Thomas Perez
stated on March 1, 2017 an interview on CNN's "New Day"
"The primary financing mechanism of the Affordable Care Act is a tax on wealthy people."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • March 1, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 28, 2017 a speech
"Obamacare premiums nationwide have increased by double and triple digits."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • March 1, 2017
Reps. Keith Rothfus, Mike Kelly and Bill Shuster
Reps. Keith Rothfus, Mike Kelly and Bill Shuster
stated on February 19, 2017 an op-ed in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"Obamacare covers 24 million fewer people than it was expected to, and the projected price tag has more than doubled at $2 trillion."
Mostly False
By Anna Orso • February 24, 2017
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on January 24, 2017 a news release
"Abortion providers like Planned Parenthood do little other than provide abortions."
Pants on Fire!
By Jonathan Anderson, Nora Hertel • February 24, 2017
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on January 11, 2017 a press release
"This year, 97 Missouri counties have only one insurer participating in the Obamacare exchanges. Last year, every Missouri county had at least two insurance options. In addition, most Missourians will see an increase in their premiums, with some facing an increase upward of 40 percent"
Half-True
By Gary Garrison • February 22, 2017
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 13, 2017 an interview with MSNBC's Chris Hayes
"Before the Affordable Care Act, (West Virginia’s) uninsured rate for people 64 to 19 was 29 percent. Today, it is 9 percent."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 14, 2017
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on January 6, 2017 an interview
Says Republicans are "organizing to take people’s health care away."
Mostly False
By Jonathan Anderson • February 8, 2017
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on January 5, 2017 a news conference
Obamacare is "hurting people right now" with premium increases of up to 116 percent.
Mostly True
By Eric Litke • February 3, 2017
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on January 5, 2017 a press briefing
"Obamacare has failed."
Mostly False
February 1, 2017
Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill
stated on January 23, 2017 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
"Not one dime of the tax cut that they are going to enact with the repeal of Obamacare will go to people who make under $200,000."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 26, 2017
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on January 11, 2017 a letter
Says Betsy DeVos and her family "have donated extensively to groups which promote the idea that students who identify as LGBT must undergo 'conversion' therapy."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • January 25, 2017
George Takei
George Takei
stated on January 20, 2017 a Tweet
"The White House removed its climate change web page. And the healthcare, civil rights and LGBT sections."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • January 23, 2017
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on January 19, 2017 a speech to business leaders
Says North Carolinians are "already paying for" Medicaid expansion, even though the state hasn’t expanded Medicaid.
Mostly True
By Will Doran • January 19, 2017
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
stated on January 13, 2017 a letter
The uninsured rate in California reached "a historic low of 7.4 percent in 2016."
True
By Chris Nichols • January 19, 2017
The Other 98%
The Other 98%
stated on January 17, 2017 a viral image on the Internet
Thirteen Democratic senators "voted against cheaper medicines" and took millions from "big pharma since 2011."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 18, 2017
Carlos Guillermo Smith
Carlos Guillermo Smith
stated on January 10, 2017 a press conference
"Florida is ranked 50th in the nation for mental health care funding."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • January 18, 2017
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on January 12, 2017 a media briefing
Obamacare "is in what the actuaries call a death spiral."
False
By Eric Litke • January 18, 2017
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on January 5, 2017 a tweet
The federal government is prohibited "from negotiating lower prescription drug prices for our senior citizens."
True
January 17, 2017
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on January 15, 2017 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"
"The vast majority of people that got insurance under President Obama's Obamacare, the Affordable Care Act, got it through Medicaid."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • January 15, 2017
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