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Latest Fact-Checks In Health Care

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Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
stated on July 10, 2017 Morning Joe
Medicaid "is contributing to 70 percent of our budget deficit right now. It’s the one that is in our lap because of Obamacare."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • July 12, 2017
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on June 26, 2017 a video
Says because of Donald Trump, "the IRS decided to stop enforcing the individual mandate that was the underpinning of the ACA. That has resulted in insurance companies all across the country jacking their rates up, explicitly because they don't believe that healthy people will buy insurance."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • July 10, 2017
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on June 28, 2017 a Facebook live speech
"There is no reason for anybody to be losing any of their current benefits under Medicaid."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Jon Greenberg • June 30, 2017
Michael Needham
Michael Needham
stated on June 25, 2017 an interview on Fox News Sunday
 "Actually, on some procedures, you're more likely to die if you're on Medicaid than if you're uninsured."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • June 28, 2017
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on June 27, 2017 an interview with Fox News
Says the CBO said "it's not that people are getting pushed off a plan; it's that people will choose not to buy something they don't like or want."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • June 28, 2017
Kellyanne Conway
Kellyanne Conway
stated on June 25, 2017 an interview on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos"
There "are not cuts to Medicaid" in the GOP health care proposals.  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • June 26, 2017
Kellyanne Conway
Kellyanne Conway
stated on June 25, 2017 an appearance on ABC's 'This Week'
"If you became a Medicaid recipient through the Obamacare expansion, you are grandfathered in."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • June 25, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 21, 2017 a White House tweet
Obamacare has led to fewer health insurance options for millions of Americans.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • June 21, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 13, 2017 a tweet
"Two million more people just dropped out of Obamacare. It is in a death spiral."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • June 14, 2017
American Action Network
American Action Network
stated on May 23, 2017 an ad
Under the American Health Care Act "people with pre-existing conditions are protected."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 24, 2017
Barry Loudermilk
Barry Loudermilk
stated on May 4, 2017 an email to constituents
In the House Republican health care bill, "we’re expanding women’s access to health services by redirecting Planned Parenthood dollars to community health centers, which vastly outnumber Planned Parenthood clinics."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 9, 2017
Judy Chu
Judy Chu
stated on May 4, 2017 a press release
The GOP health bill "would once again allow being a rape or domestic violence victim to be a pre-existing condition."
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • May 9, 2017
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on May 4, 2017 a news release
"Under ‘Trumpcare,’" domestic violence and sexual assault "could be considered pre-existing conditions."
Mostly False
May 9, 2017
Tom Price
Tom Price
stated on May 7, 2017 an interview on CNN's State of the Union
"We have got 20 million folks out there across this land who have told the federal government, ‘Phooey, nonsense, I’m not going to participate in your program, because it doesn’t do what I need done.’ "
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 8, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on May 4, 2017 blog headlines
Under the House Republican health plan, sexual assault is a pre-existing condition.
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • May 5, 2017
Robert Pittenger
Robert Pittenger
stated on May 2, 2017 a written statement
Says the Republican plan to replace Obamacare, "absolutely does not eliminate protections for pre-existing conditions."
Mostly False
By Will Doran • May 4, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 30, 2017 an interview
Says of the GOP health care proposal, "pre-existing conditions are in the bill."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 1, 2017
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on April 15, 2017 an ad aired on radio and television
The conservative proposal to replace the Affordable Care Act "lowers premiums by giving New York the freedom to end Obamacare’s costly and ridiculous rules."
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • April 22, 2017
Vicky Hartzler
Vicky Hartzler
stated on March 14, 2017 a tweet
"For too long, Obamacare has caused high premiums and dismal coverage. ... Under Obamacare premiums in job-based coverage have increased by $3,775"
Mostly False
By Gary Garrison • April 13, 2017
Donna Campbell
Donna Campbell
stated on March 22, 2017 an email blast after meeting with President Trump
"Seven out of ten doctors are not taking any new Medicaid patients as lower reimbursement rates make it cost-prohibitive."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 7, 2017
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