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Elton John
stated on October 13, 2015 CNN:

HIV/AIDS is "dramatically on the rise in the U.S. South."

Mostly True

By Nancy Badertscher • October 19, 2015

Viral image
stated on October 15, 2015 a graphic circulating on the Internet:

Says Bernie Sanders once said, "Instead of removing the conditions that make people depressed, modern society gives them antidepressant drugs."

Pants on Fire!

By Louis Jacobson • October 16, 2015

Gwen Moore
stated on September 29, 2015 a speech:

"60 percent of all Americans do not want to see Planned Parenthood defunded."

True

By Tom Kertscher • October 14, 2015

Sean Duffy
stated on September 18, 2015 a speech:

"Millions of dollars are spent by Planned Parenthood to elect Democrats to the House of Representatives and the Senate."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • October 8, 2015

Ora Houston
stated on September 8, 2015 an Austin City Council meeting about the city budget:

"HIV/AIDS among women is skyrocketing in Austin."

False

By Mary Ann Roser • October 2, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on September 1, 2015 a television interview:

Obamacare doesn’t require members of Congress "to abide by the same rules that all of the other Americans do."

False

By Sarah Hauer • September 28, 2015

Caleb Rowden
stated on August 21, 2015 a tweet:

"#GradInsurance debacle is a DIRECT result of #ObamaCare. #MIZZOU has to break the law to do the right thing."

Half-True

By Daniela Sirtori-Cortina • September 25, 2015

Martin Shkreli
stated on September 21, 2015 comments on Bloomberg TV:

"Daraprim is still underpriced, relative to its peers."

False

By Linda Qiu • September 24, 2015

Mary Mannix
stated on September 16, 2015 a news conference.:

"Just about half of rural hospitals operate in the red in Virginia. They operate at a loss."

True

By Sean Gorman • September 22, 2015

Reid Ribble
stated on September 8, 2015 an interview:

Says Donald Trump "wants to replace" Obamacare "with a single-payer system."

Half-True

By Tom Kertscher • September 11, 2015

Joe Pojman
stated on July 28, 2015 addressing a rally outside the Texas Capitol:

"The State of Texas is funding … women’s health services at historically high levels; they just increased their level another $50 million for the next two years."

True

By W. Gardner Selby • September 4, 2015

Hillary Clinton
stated on September 1, 2015 an op-ed in the New Hampshire Union-Leader:

"Twenty-three million Americans suffer from addiction, but only 1 in 10 get treatment."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • September 4, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on August 18, 2015 a speech:

Says he "turned down a Medicaid expansion under Obamacare," but because of actions he took, for the first time in Wisconsin's history "everyone living in poverty is covered under Medicaid."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • September 2, 2015

Dan Gecker
stated on August 18, 2015 a candidates' forum.:

"Of the 25 wealthiest nations, we're the only one that doesn't provide basic health coverage."

True

By Sean Gorman • September 1, 2015

Bobby Jindal
stated on August 18, 2015 a statement:

Says Scott Walker's plan to replace Obamacare "is a new entitlement" program for "every single American human being from the time they are born right up until they grow old and become eligible for Medicare."

Half-True

By Tom Kertscher • August 26, 2015

Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity
stated on July 30, 2015 news release:

"Rhode Island will become just the second state to mandate the vaccine … and the only state to do so by regulatory fiat, without public debate, and without consideration from the elected representatives of the people."

Half-True

By Mark Reynolds • August 23, 2015

Bernie Sanders
stated on August 16, 2015 an interview on "Meet the Press":

"We spend almost twice as much per capita on health care as do the people of any other country."

False

By Will Cabaniss • August 16, 2015

Hillary Clinton
stated on July 31, 2015 a speech to the National Urban League in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.:

"African-American children are 500 percent more likely to die from asthma than white kids."

True

By Christian Belanger • August 11, 2015

Hillary Clinton
stated on August 3, 2015 a video:

Says Scott Walker's defunding of Planned Parenthood "left women across the state stranded with nowhere else to turn" for cancer screenings, breast exams and birth control.

Half-True

By Tom Kertscher • August 7, 2015

Mike Huckabee
stated on August 6, 2015 the first Republican debate:

"$700 billion was robbed (from Medicare) to pay for Obamacare."

Half-True

By Linda Qiu • August 7, 2015

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