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Latest Fact-Checks In Health Care

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 30, 2016 a campaign speech.:
Says Nevadans will have a "double-digit hike in their Obamacare premiums for the year" and "10 of Nevada’s 16 counties will only have one Obamacare...exchange insurer"
Mostly True
By Riley Snyder • November 4, 2016
Joaquin Castro
Joaquin Castro
stated on August 10, 2016 a tweet about Carol Everett of the Heidi Group:
Says the director of an anti-abortion group receiving a Texas grant to provide women’s health services "believes HIV can be spread through the sewer system."
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By W. Gardner Selby • August 17, 2016
Baker Harrell
Baker Harrell
stated on August 15, 2016 an interview with the Texas Tribune:
"Seventy percent of all Texans are overweight or obese."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 17, 2016
Howard Dean
Howard Dean
stated on July 26, 2016 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention:
"Mike Pence voted against expanding the Children’s Health Insurance program, which Hillary helped to start."
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By Taylor Leighton • August 8, 2016
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on July 26, 2016 a speech at the Democratic convention:
Says Hillary Clinton helped "get done" the Children's Health Insurance Program.
Mostly True
By Alan Gathright, Amy Sherman • July 27, 2016
John McCain
John McCain
stated on May 17, 2016 a campaign advertisement:
"30,000 Arizonans may have no choice" on Affordable Care Act coverage.
Mostly True
By Anthony Cave • June 11, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 3, 2016 a Clinton campaign tweet:
Says Donald Trump promised to repeal Obamacare, build a wall, ban Muslims, and more.
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • May 5, 2016
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 2, 2016 a post on Medium:
Cervical cancer in Africa is "fully preventable with basic education, screening and vaccines."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • May 5, 2016
Colorado Health Institute
Colorado Health Institute
stated on April 8, 2016 an analysis report :
ColoradoCare would have higher revenues than McDonald’s.
Mostly True
By Alan Gathright • May 4, 2016
Chris Koster
Chris Koster
stated on January 20, 2016 a tweet:
"A single mother of two can’t qualify for basic healthcare through Medicaid if she makes more than $3,504 dollars a year."
Mostly True
By Katie Moeller • March 7, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 15, 2016 a TV ad :
Says Hillary Clinton won "health care for 8 million children."
Mostly True
By Alan Gathright • February 17, 2016
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on February 13, 2016 the Republican debate in Charleston, S.C.:
"When Jeb (Bush) was governor, his first four years as governor, his Medicaid program grew twice as fast as mine."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • February 15, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 11, 2016 a PBS Democratic debate:
"In America, we pay, by far, the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 12, 2016
Bill Maher
Bill Maher
stated on October 2, 2015 an episode of HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher":
"15 years ago, cancer drugs cost an average of $10,000 a year. Now it’s $10,000 a month."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • December 2, 2015
Centers for Disease Control
Centers for Disease Control
stated on October 22, 2015 map:
Georgia has the highest flu activity in the country.
Mostly True
By Nancy Badertscher • October 26, 2015
Elton John
Elton John
stated on October 13, 2015 CNN:
HIV/AIDS is "dramatically on the rise in the U.S. South."
Mostly True
By Nancy Badertscher • October 19, 2015
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on September 18, 2015 a speech:
"Millions of dollars are spent by Planned Parenthood to elect Democrats to the House of Representatives and the Senate."  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • October 8, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 1, 2015 an op-ed in the New Hampshire Union-Leader:
"Twenty-three million Americans suffer from addiction, but only 1 in 10 get treatment."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 4, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on August 18, 2015 a speech:
Says he "turned down a Medicaid expansion under Obamacare," but because of actions he took, for the first time in Wisconsin's history "everyone living in poverty is covered under Medicaid."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • September 2, 2015
Donna Howard
Donna Howard
stated on June 25, 2015 a press release:
Texas has "the nation's highest rate and highest number of uninsured."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 1, 2015
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