Latest Fact-Checks In Health Care

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Demand Justice
Demand Justice
stated on July 12, 2018 a television ad
Says Brett Kavanaugh "refused to uphold key patient protections in the past."  
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By Jon Greenberg • July 18, 2018
For Our Future PAC
For Our Future PAC
stated on July 2, 2018 a website
"Repealing the Affordable Care Act — and with it, Ohio’s Medicaid expansion — could cost Ohio more than 81,000 jobs, jeopardize nearly 1 million Ohioans’ health care coverage, and leave more than 220,000 Ohioans with mental illness or substance use disorders without insurance."  
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By Amy Sherman • July 10, 2018
Jacky Rosen
Jacky Rosen
stated on June 8, 2018 a campaign press release
Says Dean Heller helped "craft a partisan repeal bill that also would have slashed coverage protections for people with pre-existing conditions."  
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By Jon Greenberg • June 13, 2018
Protect Our Care
Protect Our Care
stated on May 28, 2018 a web image
Republican "sabotage" cost 3.2 million people coverage in 2017.  
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By Jon Greenberg • June 1, 2018
Patrick Morrisey
Patrick Morrisey
stated on May 11, 2018 a radio interview
Says Joe Manchin displayed an "unwillingness to change the failed Obamacare."
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By Louis Jacobson • May 15, 2018
Antonio Villaraigosa
Antonio Villaraigosa
stated on March 5, 2018 a news release
California’s single-payer healthcare proposal would "force seniors off of Medicare."
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By Chris Nichols • March 8, 2018
Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill
stated on November 22, 2017 a press release
"Fentanyl is now killing more Americans than heroin or any other opioid."
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By Tateanna McCaskill • December 22, 2017
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on November 27, 2017 a tweet from her team's political account
The GOP tax plan "Sabotages the health care of 13 MILLION Americans."
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By Chris Nichols • November 29, 2017
Mike Collier
Mike Collier
stated on October 31, 2017 an email blast
"Earlier this year, Dan Patrick and Republican leadership snatched millions of dollars in benefits from retired teachers."
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By W. Gardner Selby • November 18, 2017
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on November 14, 2017 a tweet
Congressional Republicans "want to take health care from millions of Americans in order to pay for" a tax bill.
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By Dan Clark, Louis Jacobson • November 16, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 13, 2017 a tweet
Says the individual mandate is "highly unpopular."  
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By Jon Greenberg • November 14, 2017
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 1, 2017 a video
"Eight in 10 people this year can find plans for $75 a month or less."
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By Manuela Tobias • November 6, 2017
Florida Agency for Health Care Administration
Florida Agency for Health Care Administration
stated on October 25, 2017 a news release
"Under Gov. (Rick) Scott’s leadership, Florida has had much success in lowering the rate of uninsured children."  
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By Allison Graves • November 2, 2017
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on October 4, 2017 a Senate floor speech
"The Republicans are proposing to pay for their giant tax cut to the rich by gutting Medicare and Medicaid."
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By Louis Jacobson • October 6, 2017
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on September 17, 2017 an interview
"Private insurance companies in this country spend between 12 and 18 percent on administration costs. The cost of administering the Medicare program, a very popular program that works well for our seniors, is 2 percent. We can save approximately $500 billion a year just in administration costs."
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By Manuela Tobias • September 20, 2017
David Perdue
David Perdue
stated on July 28, 2017 a statement
Because of the failure to pass a repeal bill, "Obamacare remains the law of the land ... This means more than 300,000 Georgians below the poverty line will still not have access to the insurance Obamacare promised."
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By Louis Jacobson • August 3, 2017
Marc Short
Marc Short
stated on July 2, 2017 an episode of "Fox News Sunday"
7 million people the Congressional Budget Office says won't have health insurance coverage under the Senate health care bill "don't exist."  
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By Lauren Carroll • July 5, 2017
Sean Spicer
Sean Spicer
stated on June 28, 2017 in a tweet
"28.2 million Americans are still waiting under Obamacare and remain uninsured!"
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By Manuela Tobias • June 28, 2017
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on June 27, 2017 an appearance on 'Fox & Friends'
Under the House health care bill, Medicaid spending "actually goes up 20 percent over the next 10 years."
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By Joshua Gillin • June 28, 2017
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on June 2, 2017 a speech
Says Donald Trump "wants to kick thousands of kids off of BadgerCare."  
Half-True
June 28, 2017
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