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Latest Fact-Checks In Health Care

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Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on September 29, 2015 a speech
"60 percent of all Americans do not want to see Planned Parenthood defunded."
True
October 14, 2015
Sean Duffy
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
October 8, 2015
Ora Houston
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
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
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
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
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
Reid Ribble
stated on September 8, 2015 an interview
Says Donald Trump "wants to replace" Obamacare "with a single-payer system."
Half-True
September 11, 2015
Joe Pojman
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
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
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
September 2, 2015
Dan Gecker
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
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
August 26, 2015
Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity
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
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
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
August 11, 2015
Hillary Clinton
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
August 7, 2015
Mike Huckabee
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
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 26, 2015 a statement on Twitter
"Since I took office, Wisconsin now has the 2nd highest health care quality ranking in the country."
Half-True
By Sarah Hauer • August 5, 2015
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on August 2, 2015 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
Says Donald Trump is for a single-payer health care system.
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • August 2, 2015
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