Latest Fact-Checks In Health Care

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Troy Balderson
Troy Balderson
stated on October 20, 2018 a television interview
"A lot of people are still dealing with lack of access to health care. There are counties out there, in my former Senate district, that didn’t have doctors and providers."  
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By Stephen Koff • October 30, 2018
Kathy Manning
Kathy Manning
stated on October 9, 2018 a television ad
Says Ted Budd "voted to gut protections for pre-existing conditions … letting insurance companies deny coverage for (necessary) treatment."
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By Bill McCarthy • October 22, 2018
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
stated on October 16, 2018 an attack ad
Says Dean Heller "broke that promise" to protect expanded Medicaid.  
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By Jon Greenberg • October 19, 2018
stated on October 4, 2018 a website
Says Rep. Martha McSally "has repeatedly tried to limit women’s access to birth control, and she even cosponsored a bill to make contraception more expensive for women."
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By Miriam Valverde • October 19, 2018
Andrew Gillum
Andrew Gillum
stated on September 26, 2018 an ad
"In Congress, Ron DeSantis demanded that any new health law eliminate protections for people with pre-existing conditions."
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By Amy Sherman • October 18, 2018
Andrew Gillum
Andrew Gillum
stated on September 26, 2018 an ad
"When (Ron DeSantis) was asked what cancer patients should do without health insurance, DeSantis said 'show up to the emergency room.'"
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By Amy Sherman • October 18, 2018
House Majority PAC
House Majority PAC
stated on October 9, 2018 a TV ad
Says U.S. Rep. Mimi Walters "took $213,000 from insurance interests" and that she supported a plan that "strips protections for people with pre-existing conditions and slaps an age tax on older Californians."  
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By Samantha Putterman • October 16, 2018
Abigail Spanberger
Abigail Spanberger
stated on September 28, 2018 a TV ad.
Says Dave Brat "voted against protecting pre-existing conditions."
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By Warren Fiske • October 11, 2018
VoteVets.org
VoteVets.org
stated on September 27, 2018 a campaign ad
Says Minnesota congressional candidate Jim Hagedorn supports a plan that would take away health care for 340,000 veterans, with 17,000 in Minnesota possibly losing coverage.  
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By Stephen Koff • October 11, 2018
Tom Malinowski
Tom Malinowski
stated on October 3, 2018 a campaign ad
Says New Jersey Rep. Leonard Lance voted repeatedly "to let insurance companies charge more to people aged 50 and over."  
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By Stephen Koff • October 9, 2018
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on September 20, 2018 a TV ad
"2.4 million people in Wisconsin have pre-existing conditions" and Leah Vukmir supports letting insurance companies "deny coverage to people with pre-existing conditions."  
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October 8, 2018
Maine Democratic Party
Maine Democratic Party
stated on October 1, 2018 a mailer
Says Bruce Poliquin "voted to strip 117,000 Mainers of their insurance."
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By Samantha Putterman • October 5, 2018
Richard Cordray
Richard Cordray
stated on September 25, 2018 an ad
Says "Mike DeWine wanted to allow insurance companies to refuse to pay for pre-existing conditions."
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By Amy Sherman • October 4, 2018
Lizzie Pannill Fletcher
Lizzie Pannill Fletcher
stated on September 19, 2018 a campaign ad
Says "Texas U.S. Rep John Culberson voted to let insurance companies charge people 50 and over five times more than younger people."  
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By Stephen Koff • September 24, 2018
Kyrsten Sinema
Kyrsten Sinema
stated on September 8, 2018 a tweet
Says she voted to stop a new "age tax" under which "Arizonans age 50 & over could be charged 5 times more for their health care."
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By Miriam Valverde • September 19, 2018
Andrew Gillum
Andrew Gillum
stated on September 2, 2018 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"
Says there is a report "that showed that, should we move to cover more people to a Medicare for All system, we could actually save the system trillions over an extended period of time."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 18, 2018
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on September 5, 2018 a tweet
"Nearly 7 million Floridians have pre-existing conditions — but Rick Scott and Florida Republicans wants to take away their health care coverage by ending the Affordable Care Act."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 12, 2018
Heidi Heitkamp
Heidi Heitkamp
stated on August 16, 2018 a campaign ad
Says Kevin Cramer voted to let insurance companies go back to denying coverage for 300,000 North Dakotans with pre-existing conditions.
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By Manuela Tobias • August 24, 2018
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on July 30, 2018 a video
Says the Koch Brothers sponsored "a study that shows that Medicare for All would save the American people $2 trillion over a 10-year period."
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By Louis Jacobson • August 3, 2018
Missouri Democratic Party
Missouri Democratic Party
stated on July 17, 2018 a tweet
If a lawsuit backed by Josh Hawley succeeds, "nearly 2.5 million Missourians with pre-existing conditions could lose their health care coverage."
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By Louis Jacobson • July 26, 2018
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