Latest Fact-Checks In Public Health

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Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
stated on April 11, 2019 a town hall in New Hampshire
"Half the country today has either diabetes or prediabetes."
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By Miriam Valverde • April 29, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on April 22, 2019 a CNN town hall event
"One out of 4 diabetes patients in our country cannot afford their insulin."
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By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • April 26, 2019
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on March 18, 2019 a press release
"It is estimated that more than 20 veterans die by suicide every day."
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By Garrett Spikes, Jack Tolman • April 24, 2019
Beto O'Rourke
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..."
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By Warren Fiske • April 23, 2019
Andrew Yang
Andrew Yang
stated on March 22, 2019 an interview
"America’s life expectancy has declined for the last three years in a row, the first time in a hundred years, because of surges in suicides and drug overdoses."
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April 3, 2019
Tulsi Gabbard
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."
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March 18, 2019
Kirsten Gillibrand
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."
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 2, 2019
Darren Jackson
Darren Jackson
stated on January 30, 2019 a tweet
"Expanding Medicaid would bring 40,000 jobs to North Carolina."
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By Bill McCarthy • February 13, 2019
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."
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By Eric Litke • November 20, 2018
Tony Evers
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."  
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October 18, 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."
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September 26, 2018
Tammy Baldwin
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."  
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September 14, 2018
Michael McCaul
Michael McCaul
stated on March 26, 2018 an interview on Capital Tonight on Spectrum News
"1 in 100 people are sociopaths."
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By W. Gardner Selby • March 30, 2018
Giffords
Giffords
stated on February 20, 2018 a TV ad
"Gov. Rick Scott made it illegal for a doctor to ask a patient if they owned a gun, even a mental health professional. This law was so dangerous that a court had to strike it down."
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By Amy Sherman • February 22, 2018
Cora Faith Walker
Cora Faith Walker
stated on November 9, 2017 a guest commentary in the St. Louis American
"The average life expectancy for African Americans in Saint Louis and Saint Louis County varies by as much as 18 years compared to the white population, with nearly half of all African-American kids under the age of 18 living in poverty."
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By Emily Sanderson, Tessa Weinberg • December 25, 2017
Eric Greitens
Eric Greitens
stated on August 13, 2017 a Facebook live video
"Seventy-three percent of our veterans are graduating from drug courts. By contrast, I think most of the people in the very good drug court program — the graduation rate’s like 53, 55 percent. The point of that is that drug courts are working for veterans."
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By Emily Sanderson, Tessa Weinberg • October 21, 2017
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on September 18, 2017 a website
"The soda tax can make a difference by reducing consumption of unhealthy soda pop and sugary beverages."
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By Matt Dietrich • October 2, 2017
Mike Gallagher
Mike Gallagher
stated on July 9, 2017 a TV interview
"We’re spending 18 percent of our GDP on healthcare while the average among industrialized countries is closer to 8 percent."
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By Devi Shastri • August 9, 2017
James Rockall
James Rockall
stated on May 9, 2017 a tweet
"More (people) die from indoor air pollution than from malaria, HIV/AIDS and TB combined."
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By Smitha Rajan • May 18, 2017
Greg Murphy
Greg Murphy
stated on April 10, 2017 a speech
"Every day, four North Carolinians die from a medication or drug overdose."
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By Will Doran • April 13, 2017
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