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Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on July 15, 2019 comments made at an AARP-sponsored Democratic presidential primary candidate forum
"There are, literally, two pharmaceutical lobbyists for every member of Congress."
Mostly True
By Julie Appleby • July 26, 2019
Americans For Tax Reform
Americans For Tax Reform
stated on May 6, 2019 a televised ad by the Americans for Tax Reform
"The Department of Health and Human Services is considering a plan to adopt socialist price controls from foreign countries." 
Mostly False
By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • July 19, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 8, 2019 a TV interview with CNN's Chris Cuomo
"We made parity between mental health and physical health. It was a fundamental breakthrough in how we thought about how things should work."
Mostly True
By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • July 11, 2019
Bill de Blasio
Bill de Blasio
stated on June 26, 2019 comments made during the first Democratic presidential primary debate
"It matters that we nominate a candidate who saw the destruction wrought by a broken health care system and gave people universal health care. … These things really matter. And these are the things that I've done in New York."
Mostly False
By Emmarie Huetteman • June 27, 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
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on June 20, 2019 a tweet
"30,000 Americans a year die waiting for health care because of the cost." 
Half-True
By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • June 24, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 28, 2019 a position paper released at a town hall meeting in Houston.
"The current school psychologist to student ratio in this country is roughly 1,400 to 1, while experts say it should be at most 700 to 1." 
Mostly True
By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • June 5, 2019
Chris Coons
Chris Coons
stated on May 14, 2019 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe."
Obamacare granted "the protection against preexisting condition discrimination that extended to more than 150 million Americans, folks who get their health insurance through their employer."
Half-True
By Julie Rovner • May 21, 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
Eric Swalwell
Eric Swalwell
stated on May 8, 2019 posted on Twitter
"The so-called ‘heartbeat’ law outlaws abortion before most women even know that they're pregnant. This is one of the most restrictive anti-abortion laws in our country." 
Mostly True
By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • May 13, 2019
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on April 29, 2019 a cable TV news interview.
"We now have longitudinal data that shows that children born around Superfund sites have dramatically higher rates of birth defects, dramatically higher rates of autism." 
Mostly True
By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • May 1, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on April 22, 2019 a CNN town hall event
"One out of 4 diabetes patients in our country cannot afford their insulin."
Mostly True
By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • April 26, 2019
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on April 22, 2019 a CNN town hall event for Democratic presidential candidates
"Big pharmaceuticals pay off — they literally pay off — generics to keep the prices and the competition off the market."
True
By Emmarie Huetteman • April 25, 2019
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on April 17, 2019 a news release
California is leading the nation in holding drug companies accountable and fighting prescription drug prices.  
Half-True
By Samantha Young • April 25, 2019
Mick Mulvaney
Mick Mulvaney
stated on April 7, 2019 in a interview during Fox News Sunday
"Drug prices in this country actually came down last year for the first time in 50 years. That’s because Donald Trump’s president." 
Mostly False
By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • April 15, 2019
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