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stated on April 4, 2019 a Facebook post
"Health and Human Services admits they have never conducted federally-required monitoring of vaccine safety for over 30 years."
False
April 10, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 26, 2019 Facebook posts
Says the WIC program was created by the Black Panthers to help feed single mothers and children in their communities.
False
By Samantha Putterman • March 5, 2019
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on February 4, 2019 an interview on CBS This Morning
"Even the (Congressional Budget Office) says if you lower Medicare to allow 50 year olds to get into it, you can not only save the government money, but you can lower premiums for all Americans."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • February 8, 2019
Alberta Darling
Alberta Darling
stated on December 5, 2018 a news release
"Democrats flip flop on pre-existing conditions."
False
December 18, 2018
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on December 2, 2018 a tweet
"$21T in Pentagon accounting errors. Medicare for All costs ~$32T. That means 66% of Medicare for All could have been funded already by the Pentagon."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 3, 2018
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on November 1, 2018 a public forum
Says Walker "wants to get rid of" students’ ability to stay on their parents’ health insurance.
False
By Eric Litke • November 2, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 26, 2018 a campaign rally
"The Democrat plan would just obliterate Medicare and terminate Medicare Advantage ... seniors who have been paying for this for years (and) will not be taken care of anymore."
False
By Manuela Tobias • November 2, 2018
Kevin Cramer
Kevin Cramer
stated on October 26, 2018 U.S. Senate debate
"Protections on pre-existing conditions have been there since the 1970s."
False
By Manuela Tobias • November 1, 2018
John Culberson
John Culberson
stated on October 25, 2018 a TV ad
Says Texas Democrat Lizzie Pannill Fletcher contradicted herself on her health care position by saying "we need universal health care."
False
By Samantha Putterman • October 30, 2018
George Holding
George Holding
stated on October 22, 2018 a debate
"Obamacare raised premiums by 100 percent and after that 91 percent of the people were covered, but we’re all paying 100 percent more."
False
By Bill McCarthy • October 26, 2018
North Carolina Republican Party
North Carolina Republican Party
stated on October 23, 2018 an ad campaign
Democrats pledged to "force all North Carolinians into a single-payer health insurance scheme" that would cost $72 billion.
False
By Paul Specht • October 23, 2018
Sydney Batch
Sydney Batch
stated on October 23, 2018 a TV ad
John Adcock and Republicans’ plan for health care "would get rid of coverage altogether for thousands of families and raise premiums on the rest of us."
False
By Paul Specht • October 23, 2018
Dave Brat
Dave Brat
stated on October 11, 2018 Facebook post.
Abigail Spanberger "wants a tax increase of $32 trillion - that’s with a `T,’ to pay for her socialist health care plan."  
False
By Warren Fiske • October 23, 2018
Mike Bishop
Mike Bishop
stated on September 21, 2018 a TV ad
Says Elissa Slotkin’s plan is to take Medicare away from current senior recipients.
False
By Samantha Putterman • September 26, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 13, 2018 tweets
Says 3,000 people "did not die" in two hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico. That death toll estimate was "done by Democrats."
False
By Amy Sherman • September 18, 2018
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on June 26, 2018 a public forum
Says the Trump administration "has banned the CDC even using the word ‘transgender.’ "
False
By D.L. Davis • August 17, 2018
Marsha Blackburn
Marsha Blackburn
stated on August 8, 2018 a speech to farmers
"Hospitals are closing in rural America because they don't have access to high-speed internet."
False
By Jon Greenberg • August 15, 2018
AFSCME
AFSCME
stated on June 6, 2018 an attack ad
Says Republican gubernatorial candidate Adam Laxalt "tried to cut a deal with big pharma" in a lawsuit.  
False
By Jon Greenberg • June 25, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 20, 2017 a speech
"We essentially repealed Obamacare because we got rid of the individual mandate ... and that was a primary source of funding of Obamacare."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • December 21, 2017
Shared This
Shared This
stated on November 28, 2017 an article on a website
A Colgate toothpaste is subject to "recall."
False
By Amy Sherman • December 12, 2017
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