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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 4, 2020 his State of the Union
Last year, "for the first time in 51 years, the cost of prescription drugs actually went down."
Mostly False
By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • February 5, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on December 12, 2018 a Facebook post
"FDA finally admits dental fillings are toxic."
Mostly False
January 29, 2020
Michael McCaul
Michael McCaul
stated on December 11, 2019 a tweet
"80% of children born in developing countries die of cancer each year." 
Mostly False
By Madlin Mekelburg • December 20, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 13, 2019 a rally in San Antonio, Texas.
"I (found) the Republican votes for the Recovery Act, Obamacare, help us from falling into a Great Depression."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • December 18, 2019
Pharmaceutical Research and Manfacturers of America
Pharmaceutical Research and Manfacturers of America
stated on November 27, 2019 an ad in the “Politico Playbook PM” newsletter.
"Speaker Pelosi's drug pricing plan would siphon $1 trillion or more from biopharmaceutical innovators over the next 10 years. CBO's preliminary estimate found this bill ‘would result in lower spending on research and development and thus reduce the introduction of new drugs.’" 
Mostly False
By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • December 5, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on November 20, 2019 comments made during the November Democratic presidential primary debate.
"The fact is that right now the vast majority of Democrats do not support Medicare for All."
Mostly False
By Victoria Knight • November 26, 2019
Cindi Castilla
Cindi Castilla
stated on October 30, 2019 a press conference
Texas lawmakers "left children able to be sterilized and mutilated at any point in their life" by failing to adopt a law prohibiting minors from undergoing medical or surgical gender transitions.
Mostly False
By Madlin Mekelburg • November 11, 2019
Joe Gruters
Joe Gruters
stated on November 6, 2019 a Tampa Bay Times forum
"All the Democrats on the entire stage — every Democratic candidate said they want to give free health care to illegals."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • November 8, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 15, 2019 comments during the October Democratic primary debate.
"For people making between $50,000 and $75,000 a year, their taxes are going up about $5,000 because the fact is, they will pay more in new taxes" for Medicare for All. 
Mostly False
By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • October 16, 2019
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on September 11, 2019 a statement to The Guardian
When Rick Scott was governor, Florida "invested record funding in HIV/AIDS prevention."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • September 20, 2019
Tim Hugo
Tim Hugo
stated on September 10, 2019 a campaign mailer.
Dan Helmer "believes in abolishing our private insurance system."
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • September 18, 2019
Christy Harrison
Christy Harrison
stated on August 26, 2019 a recent New York Times column
"We have a host of issues associated with high B.M.I.s. But correlation doesn’t prove causation, and there’s a significant body of research showing that weight stigma and weight cycling can explain most if not all of the associations we see between higher weights and poor health outcomes."
Mostly False
By Julie Appleby • September 17, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on September 12, 2019 comments during the Democratic presidential primary debate in Houston
"Was it 150 million people on private insurance? 50 million of those people lose their private insurance every year when they quit their jobs, or they go unemployed, or their employer changes their insurance policy."
Mostly False
By Emmarie Huetteman • September 13, 2019
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on September 12, 2019 a Democratic presidential debate
"The difference between what I support and what you support, Vice President Biden, is that you require them to opt in (to a Medicare public option), and I would not require them to opt in. … They would automatically be enrolled. That’s a big difference. … Are you forgetting what you said two minutes ago?"
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 13, 2019
Mark Cuban
Mark Cuban
stated on August 15, 2019 a tweet
Says "wealthy people in Canada donate to hospitals" to get better health care treatment.
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • August 19, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 31, 2019 a re-election campaign ad
Says the Democratic presidential candidates "support giving illegal immigrants free health care at our expense."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • August 1, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on July 17, 2019 a speech at George Washington University
With Medicare for All, "study after study has shown that ... the average middle-class families will save $3,000 each and every year on their health care bills."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • July 22, 2019
Americans For Tax Reform
Americans For Tax Reform
stated on May 6, 2019 a televised ad by the Americans for Tax Reform
"The Department of Health and Human Services is considering a plan to adopt socialist price controls from foreign countries." 
Mostly False
By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • July 19, 2019
Jess McIntosh
Jess McIntosh
stated on June 30, 2019 a TV panel
"Fifty percent of Republicans are in favor of Medicare for All."
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • July 2, 2019
Bill de Blasio
Bill de Blasio
stated on June 26, 2019 comments made during the first Democratic presidential primary debate
"It matters that we nominate a candidate who saw the destruction wrought by a broken health care system and gave people universal health care. … These things really matter. And these are the things that I've done in New York."
Mostly False
By Emmarie Huetteman • June 27, 2019
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