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Joe Manchin
stated on March 18, 2019 a press release

"It is estimated that more than 20 veterans die by suicide every day."

By Garrett Spikes, Jack Tolman • April 24, 2019

Beto O'Rourke
stated on April 16, 2019 a speech.

"Disparities in infant mortality between white America and black America (are) greater today, in 2019, than in the year 1850..."

By Warren Fiske • April 23, 2019

Joe Biden
stated on April 11, 2019 a panel at the University of Pennsylvania

"People show up in the emergency room with a sprained ankle, 25 percent get an opioid prescription."

By Amy Sherman • April 16, 2019

John Hickenlooper
stated on March 31, 2019 in an interview on MSNBC

"We got to almost universal coverage in health care in Colorado."

By Julianna Rennie • April 11, 2019

Tulsi Gabbard
stated on March 10, 2019 a town hall

"We pay far more for health care than any other country in the world, yet we have far worse outcomes than any other country in the world."

March 18, 2019

Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on February 7, 2019 a tweet

"A black woman in New York City is 12 times more likely to die in childbirth than a white woman."

By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 2, 2019

Amy Klobuchar
stated on February 18, 2019 a town hall

Prescription drugs "are nearly 20 percent of our health care costs now when you include hospital prescription drugs."

February 22, 2019

Patrick Morrisey
stated on January 6, 2019 a Facebook post

Obamacare premiums "have gone up 160 percent in West Virginia in 4 yrs."

By Garrett Spikes, Jack Tolman • February 7, 2019

Amy Klobuchar
stated on December 3, 2018 a tweet

"After a decade of progress, the rate of uninsured children is now rising."

By Jon Greenberg • December 5, 2018

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."

By Eric Litke • November 20, 2018

Tammy Baldwin
stated on September 26, 2018 a campaign ad

Says that after the overdose death of a Tomah VA veteran, she "brought both parties together to help pass a law" to "make the VA accountable and also to stop the overprescribing of" opioids.

By D.L. Davis • November 2, 2018

Heidi Heitkamp
stated on October 28, 2018 an op-ed in the Bismarck Tribune

"President Donald Trump even referred to one of (Kevin) Cramer’s health care repeal bills as 'mean' because the bill gutted protections for North Dakotans with preexisting conditions."

November 1, 2018

Linda Coleman
stated on October 23, 2018

"George Holding has voted 13 times to deny Kevin, and the 300,000 people like him in the 2nd Congressional District, coverage" for their pre-existing conditions.

By Rashaan Ayesh • October 29, 2018

Tony Evers
stated on October 10, 2018 a campaign video

Says Scott Walker supports "a health care plan that would gut protections for pre-existing conditions."

October 18, 2018

Joe Donnelly
stated on October 8, 2018 Indiana Senate debate

"At (Mike Braun’s) company, the deductible on his health care is $10,000."

By Manuela Tobias • October 11, 2018

House Majority PAC
stated on September 12, 2018 campaign ad

Says Dino Rossi "stripped" health care "from 45,000 children."

By Manuela Tobias • September 18, 2018

Tammy Baldwin
stated on September 10, 2018 a TV ad

Says Leah Vukmir was "just about the only legislator who stood with the insurance companies" and "voted against oral chemotherapy."

September 14, 2018

Aftab Pureval
stated on August 28, 2018 a campaign ad

Says Steve Chabot "voted to strip insurance protections for pre-existing conditions."

By Stephen Koff • September 12, 2018

Joe Donnelly
stated on August 13, 2018 Twitter video

Says Mike Braun has supported two proposals and a lawsuit to end coverage for people with pre-existing conditions.

By Manuela Tobias • August 20, 2018

Mandy Cohen
stated on June 26, 2018 a speech

Indiana expanded Medicaid when Mike Pence was governor

By Paul Specht • July 9, 2018

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