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Latest Fact-Checks In Health Care

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Josh Hawley
Josh Hawley
stated on August 20, 2018 an op-ed for the Springfield News-Leader
Since 2009, "millions of Americans have lost their health care plans."
Mostly False
By Morgan Keith, Ryan Hanrahan • September 20, 2018
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on August 27, 2018 a TV ad
Says Scott Walker refused federal funds and "Wisconsin families now pay nearly 50% more than Minnesotans for the same health care."
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • September 7, 2018
Kevin Cramer
Kevin Cramer
stated on July 31, 2018 a radio interview
"I've always voted for keeping the government open. I’ve never cast a vote to shut down the government."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • August 6, 2018
Kelda Helen Roys
Kelda Helen Roys
stated on July 19, 2018 a TV ad
"In Wisconsin, abortion is still a crime."  
Mostly False
July 25, 2018
Patrick Morrisey
Patrick Morrisey
stated on July 17, 2018 an ad
Says Joe Manchin said "yes to repealing Obamacare. He lied."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 24, 2018
Andrew Napolitano
Andrew Napolitano
stated on July 10, 2018 an interview on "Fox and Friends."
Says Brett Kavanaugh is "pro-Obamacare."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • July 11, 2018
Evan Jenkins
Evan Jenkins
stated on April 9, 2018 a campaign ad
"In Congress, (Patrick) Morrisey wrote the health care law giving free health care to illegals."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 18, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 5, 2018 a tweet
"The Democrats are pushing for Universal HealthCare while thousands of people are marching in the UK because their U system is going broke and not working."
Mostly False
By Mica Soellner • February 8, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 16, 2017 a White House cabinet meeting
"The cost-sharing reductions (were) a gift (that) they gave the insurance companies."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 18, 2017
Ohioans Against Deceptive Rx Ballot Issue
Ohioans Against Deceptive Rx Ballot Issue
stated on May 23, 2017 a campaign ad
"A California health care CEO is promising to reduce our prescription drug costs."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • October 13, 2017
Ohio Taxpayers for Lower Drug Prices
Ohio Taxpayers for Lower Drug Prices
stated on August 29, 2017 a campaign video
An Ohio ballot issue would address the fact that "we’ve gone from paying about $100 for Epipens to over $600 ... We don’t have a choice but to pay it and the drug companies know it."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • October 13, 2017
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on September 25, 2017 an interview
"California, New York and Massachusetts, they represent about 20 percent of the population, they get close to 36 percent of Obamacare funding. It's just simply inequitable."  
Mostly False
September 29, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 21, 2017 a tweet
The Graham-Cassidy health care bill does "include coverage of pre-existing conditions."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • September 21, 2017
Bill Cassidy
Bill Cassidy
stated on September 20, 2017 an interview on CNN
Under the Graham-Cassidy health insurance bill, in "states like Maine, Virginia, Florida, Missouri, there will be billions more dollars to provide health insurance coverage for those in those states who have been passed by by Obamacare."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 20, 2017
Alex Castellanos
Alex Castellanos
stated on August 20, 2017 comments on ABC's 'This Week'
"(For) white working-class America, death rates among white men are up 20 percent."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • August 20, 2017
Florida Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee
Florida Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee
stated on August 10, 2017 a TV ad
Says Jose Felix Diaz supports President Donald Trump's "plan to slash Medicare, charge older Americans an age tax and cut coverage for pre-existing conditions."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 14, 2017
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on July 20, 2017 an interview
"You have almost half the counties in America that have one provider or no provider for insurance" on the Obamacare exchanges.  
Mostly False
August 4, 2017
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on July 20, 2017 a Facebook live speech
"In order to sell insurance in Florida there are over 40 separate individual conditions that must be covered. ... far beyond the essential health benefits included in Obamacare."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 27, 2017
Kellyanne Conway
Kellyanne Conway
stated on July 22, 2017 Fox News interview
Just 6 percent of Americans say Russia is the country’s most important issue, yet the story receives "75 percent of the coverage" in the media.
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • July 23, 2017
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on July 5, 2017 a Facebook ad
"Elizabeth Warren doesn't think Obamacare goes far enough: ‘The next step is single payer.' Does Sen. Nelson agree? He has in the past ... Sen. Nelson votes with Warren 90 percent of the time."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 19, 2017
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