Latest Fact-Checks In Health Care

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Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on July 19, 2023 a press release.
“Tens of millions of Americans live in communities where they cannot find a doctor while others have to wait months to be seen.”
Mostly True
By Michelle Andrews • July 28, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 26, 2023 una publicación en Facebook
"Si lleva más de 6 meses viviendo en Estados Unidos puede solicitar implantes dentales sin coste alguno".
False
By Maria Briceño • July 18, 2023
David Wolfe
David Wolfe
stated on July 11, 2023 a Facebook post
“Stop getting mammograms immediately as they are outdated and dangerous!” Thermography “is a safer way to test for breast cancer!”
False
By Madison Czopek • July 17, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 19, 2023 a video
Video shows Tucker Carlson advertising Affordable Care Act subsidies.
False
June 22, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 10, 2023 una publicación en Facebook
Científicos descubren que al “consumir 3 tazas de leche diaria, las personas tienen más riesgos de desarrollar cáncer de mama”.
Mostly False
By Maria Briceño • June 20, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on June 6, 2023 a screenshot on Instagram
“Pfizer funneled $12 million to CNN anchor Anderson Cooper as part of a deal to promote mRNA COVID jabs to the American public.”
False
By Andy Nguyen • June 16, 2023
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on April 24, 2023 Public appearance
The COVID vaccine “has been proven to have negative efficacy.”
False
By Madeline Heim • June 7, 2023
Al Franken
Al Franken
stated on May 17, 2023 a tweet
"Americans will get $1.1 B in rebates from health insurance companies this year cuz of a provision I wrote in the ACA.”
Mostly True
By Julie Appleby • June 5, 2023
Derrick Van Orden
Derrick Van Orden
stated on April 13, 2023 Radio interview
On exceptions to Wisconsin's abortion ban
Half Flip
By Vanessa Swales • June 1, 2023
Kelda Helen Roys
Kelda Helen Roys
stated on April 26, 2023 Twitter
Infertility is treated differently than other issues and "often excluded from insurance coverage"
True
By D.L. Davis • May 26, 2023
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 30, 2023 an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union”
"We pay by far the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs, in some cases 10 times more than the people of any other country."
Half-True
By Michelle Andrews • May 18, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 25, 2023 una publicación en Facebook
“El Congreso ha aprobado un seguro de salud gratis con cobertura médica, dental y de visión”.
False
May 18, 2023
Mike Bost
Mike Bost
stated on April 26, 2023 a House floor speech
Addressing the impact of the House GOP debt-ceiling bill on veterans’ programs, "I'm dead serious that we're not cutting veterans, and I mean it."
Mostly False
By Michael McAuliff • May 9, 2023
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on April 14, 2023 a speech to the National Rifle Association
"In the 1960s, liberals emptied our psych wards."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 20, 2023
X posts
X posts
stated on April 18, 2023 a Tweet
Missouri’s attorney general has a website “where people can report trans individuals and the people who help them.”
Mostly True
By Grace Abels • April 20, 2023
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on February 21, 2023 YouTube ad
“Tammy Baldwin wants to take away” Medicare and Social Security.
False
By Laura Schulte • March 7, 2023
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on February 6, 2023 a tweet
"It's President Biden who is proposing to cut Medicare Advantage."
False
By Madison Czopek, Yacob Reyes • February 15, 2023
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on January 19, 2023 Speech
In Wisconsin, even multimillionaires can be on BadgerCare "because we don't even ask people what their income level is to qualify for free health care."
Mostly True
By Madeline Heim • February 9, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 9, 2023 a Facebook post
President Joe Biden signed an executive order “making health insurance free for qualifying Americans.”
False
January 27, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 18, 2023 a Facebook post
“The average American has anywhere from 5 to 15 pounds” of stool stuck in their gut.
False
By Madison Czopek • January 27, 2023
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