Latest Fact-Checks In Health Care

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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 17, 2020 a Facebook post
Says Wisconsin’s in-person election has caused a “surge” in new coronavirus cases
False
By Eric Litke • April 21, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 28, 2020 a Facebook post
Pictures and reports of “empty hospitals” prove COVID-19 spread is “fake crisis for real government planned agendas.”
False
April 3, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 12, 2020 a post on the internet
“The CDC can detain anyone with a fever — indefinitely. … Vaccination (is) a way people could get out of detention.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on February 27, 2020 a Facebook post
"Akira’ is a 1988 movie about an apocalyptic event taking place months before Tokyo 2020 Olympics, showing the (World Health Organization) advising Japan to postpone the Olympics because of a pandemic risk"
False
By Madison Czopek • March 13, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 14, 2018 posts on the Internet
A post comparing two construction workers — “Joe legal” and “Jose illegal” — says “Jose” pays no taxes yet gets free medical care, food stamps, welfare, and 'head of the class' priority for his children in applying for college.
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 13, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 11, 2020 a White House speech
The health insurance industry has “agreed to waive all co-payments for coronavirus treatments.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • March 12, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 28, 2020 posts on social media
“Every election year has a disease” ... SARS in 2004; avian flu in 2008; swine flu in 2010; MERS in 2012; Ebola in 2014 and 2018; Zika in 2016 and the coronavirus in 2020.
False
By Emily Venezky • March 11, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 20, 2020 an image
“Bernie Sanders wants free health care for all and was asked how he would pay for it. His answer was raise taxes to 52% on anybody making over $29,000 per year.”
False
By Daniel Funke • February 21, 2020
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on February 19, 2020 a debate
"Amy, I looked online at your (health care) plan. It’s two paragraphs."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 21, 2020
Better Future Michigan
Better Future Michigan
stated on December 16, 2019 a television advertisement.
Says Gary Peters "supports ‘Medicare for All,’ siding with radical liberals."
False
By Victoria Knight • January 27, 2020
Association of Mature American Citizens
Association of Mature American Citizens
stated on August 29, 2019 a Facebook ad
AARP backed "federal funding for Planned Parenthood."
False
October 22, 2019
Rodman Debra
Rodman Debra
stated on September 20, 2019 a TV ad.
Siobhan Dunnavant "wrote the Republican bill that would let insurance companies deny coverage for pre-existing conditions."  
False
By Warren Fiske • October 1, 2019
Viral image
Viral image
stated on August 30, 2019 a Facebook post
Says getting up too quickly in the middle of the night can cause "sudden death."  
False
September 26, 2019
Physicians for Fair Coverage
Physicians for Fair Coverage
stated on July 15, 2019 a national commercial
"What Congress is considering would cut money that vulnerable patients rely on the most. That means seniors, children and Americans who rely on Medicaid would be hurt. … Tell Congress we can end surprise billing without shredding the safety net."
False
By Rachel Bluth • August 7, 2019
John Delaney
John Delaney
stated on June 26, 2019 comments made during the first Democratic presidential primary debate
"If you go to every hospital in this country and you ask them one question, which is, ‘How would it have been for you last year if every one of your bills were paid at the Medicare rate?’ Every single hospital administrator said they would close." 
False
By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • June 27, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 9, 2019 comments delivered during a White House event on surprise medical bills
"We will always protect patients with pre-existing conditions, very importantly."
False
By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • May 16, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 29, 2019 a Facebook post
"Before 1973 it was illegal in the U.S. to profit off of health care."
False
By John Kruzel • May 1, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 22, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Mitch McConnell was cured of polio when he was a child by government-funded care and now he’s trying to take that same care away from millions of Americans
False
By Samantha Putterman • April 29, 2019
The Partnership for Safe Medicines
The Partnership for Safe Medicines
stated on April 18, 2019 a TV ad
Florida state senators "are pushing a new government program that allows prescription drugs from China without FDA inspection."
False
By Amy Sherman • April 25, 2019
Dave Griffith
Dave Griffith
stated on February 12, 2019 a hearing
"Every county in the state of Texas has a veterans court."
False
By Gaëlle Fournier • April 25, 2019
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