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Latest Fact-Checks In Health Care

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Chris Koster
Chris Koster
stated on January 20, 2016 a tweet
"A single mother of two can’t qualify for basic healthcare through Medicaid if she makes more than $3,504 dollars a year."
Mostly True
By Katie Moeller • March 7, 2016
Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital
Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital
stated on February 29, 2016 a page on the hospital's website
The Chris Hani Baragwanath in South Africa is "the world’s third-biggest hospital."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • February 29, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on February 25, 2016 the Republican debate in Houston, Texas
"A couple of debates ago, (Donald Trump) said if you don’t support socialized health care, you’re heartless."  
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • February 26, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 25, 2016 comments during the Houston GOP debate
"When they passed Obamacare, they put a bailout fund in Obamacare. … We led the effort and wiped out that bailout fund."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • February 26, 2016
Samir Chachoua
Samir Chachoua
stated on January 29, 2016 comments on "Real Time with Bill Maher"
Says he cured Charlie Sheen and the island of Comoros of HIV with "milk from goats, which had arthritis."
Pants on Fire!
By Linda Qiu • February 23, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 21, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press"
With Obamacare, "You have no options .. you can't get competitive bidding."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • February 21, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 15, 2016 a TV ad
Says Hillary Clinton won "health care for 8 million children."
Mostly True
By Alan Gathright • February 17, 2016
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on February 13, 2016 the Republican debate in Charleston, S.C.
"When Jeb (Bush) was governor, his first four years as governor, his Medicaid program grew twice as fast as mine."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • February 15, 2016
Jonathan Stickland
Jonathan Stickland
stated on February 10, 2016 a TV ad
Scott Fisher "tried to expand Obamacare in Texas and even voted for an official resolution to force 1 million Texans into Obamacare."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • February 12, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 11, 2016 a PBS Democratic debate
"In America, we pay, by far, the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 12, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 31, 2016 comments on "Meet the Press"
"Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have the identical position on health care, which is they want to put the government in charge of you and your doctor."
False
By Linda Qiu • January 31, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 28, 2016 comments during the Iowa Republican presidential debate
Obamacare "is the biggest job-killer in this country -- millions of Americans have lost their jobs, have been forced into part-time work."  
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • January 29, 2016
John Cortes
John Cortes
stated on January 13, 2016 a House Health Innovation Subcommittee meeting
"Anyone can die of a toothache."
True
By Joshua Gillin • January 26, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 21, 2016 a New Hampshire appearance
"Blue Cross Blue Shield cancelled all their individual (health care) policies in the state of Texas, effective Dec. 31."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • January 22, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on January 17, 2016 comments during the South Carolina Democratic presidential debate
"I helped write" the Affordable Care Act.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 18, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on January 17, 2016 comments during the South Carolina Democratic presidential debate
"We now have driven (health care) costs down to the lowest they've been in 50 years."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 18, 2016
Chelsea Clinton
Chelsea Clinton
stated on January 12, 2016 a campaign event for Hillary Clinton
Says Bernie Sanders’ health care plan would "empower Republican governors to take away Medicaid, to take away health insurance for low-income and middle-income working Americans."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • January 14, 2016
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on January 4, 2016 a column posted on Medium
"As governor of Florida, I used a combination of strategies to help reduce heroin use among youth in Florida by approximately 50 percent."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 12, 2016 his State of the Union speech
"Our businesses have created jobs every single month since (Obamacare) became law."
True
By Lauren Carroll • January 13, 2016
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on December 3, 2015 an interview
"Here in Wisconsin, we've put in previous budgets more money into mental health services than any governor has in the last 25 years."  
True
December 23, 2015
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