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Latest Fact-Checks In Public Health

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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."  
Mostly True
October 18, 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."  
Half-True
October 8, 2018
Leah Vukmir
Leah Vukmir
stated on September 23, 2018 an interview
Says Tammy Baldwin was the only member of the Wisconsin congressional delegation "to have a report outlining that a doctor was overprescribing opioids" at the Tomah VA, "later a veteran died" and Baldwin "covered it up."
Mostly False
October 3, 2018
Steve West
Steve West
stated on September 27, 2018 a page on his campaign website
"PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES that manufacture vaccines have IMMUNITY FROM PROSECUTION!"
Mostly False
By Andrew Withers, Dylan Sherman • September 27, 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."
Mostly True
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."  
Mostly True
September 14, 2018
Jeff Williams
Jeff Williams
stated on September 12, 2018 a speech
The new Apple Watch Series 4 includes "the first ECG product offered over-the-counter directly to consumers."
False
By Chris Nichols • September 14, 2018
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on August 15, 2018 a speech
Studies are showing California’s wildfires "are producing more emissions than all of our cars are doing."
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • August 29, 2018
Fox News Channel
Fox News Channel
stated on August 19, 2018 California
"California is proposing to legislate what drinks restaurants can serve your kids, only giving two options: milk or water."
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • August 21, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on August 9, 2018 a blog post
"Science says that being single will kill you faster than obesity."
Mostly False
By Katie Akin • August 20, 2018
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on June 26, 2018 a public forum
Says the Trump administration "has banned the CDC even using the word ‘transgender.’ "
False
By D.L. Davis • August 17, 2018
Steve Troxler
Steve Troxler
stated on July 10, 2018 a speech
The Black River’s water quality is "rated at the very top in North Carolina."
Half-True
By Paul Specht • August 1, 2018
Larry Fedora
Larry Fedora
stated on July 18, 2018 an interview
"I don’t think it’s been proven that the game of football causes CTE."
Half-True
By Paul Specht • July 26, 2018
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on June 12, 2018 a speech
Says "massive floods" led to Legionnaires’ disease outbreaks at the Quincy Veterans’ Home.
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • June 18, 2018
John Chiang
John Chiang
stated on May 12, 2018 a campaign ad
Antonio Villaraigosa's "recklessness (as mayor of Los Angeles)  ... left no funding to test 7,000 rape kits, putting public safety at risk."
False
By Chris Nichols • May 16, 2018
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on March 30, 2018 a tweet
A recent stomach virus outbreak at the beleaguered Quincy Veterans’ Home shows Gov. Bruce Rauner "is letting persistent health issues jeopardize the wellbeing of our nation’s heroes."
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • April 10, 2018
Michael McCaul
Michael McCaul
stated on March 26, 2018 an interview on Capital Tonight on Spectrum News
"1 in 100 people are sociopaths."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 30, 2018
Evan Jenkins
Evan Jenkins
stated on March 20, 2018 a press release
West Virginia "has the highest overdose death rate in the nation."
True
By Louis Jacobson • March 23, 2018
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on February 15, 2018 a briefing with reporters
We "have laws on the books designed to prevent people with mental illnesses from getting firearms."
Half-True
February 26, 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."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • February 22, 2018
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