Latest Fact Checks By Shefali Luthra

Bernie Sanders embraces new study that lowers ‘Medicare For All’ price tag, but skepticism abounds

By Shefali Luthra

February 26, 2020

“(A recent study) said ‘Medicare for All’ will lower health care costs in this country by $450 billion a year and save the lives of…

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Past as prologue: Questioning Buttigieg’s claim about keeping your health care

By Shefali Luthra

February 25, 2020

“If you like your private plan, you can keep it.”

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Yes, Mike Bloomberg called Obamacare a disgrace

By Shefali Luthra , Victoria Knight

February 20, 2020

“From the moment we passed that signature legislation, Mike (Bloomberg) called it a disgrace.”

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Does ‘Medicare For All’ Cost More Than The Entire Budget? Biden Says So. But Numbers Say No.

By Shefali Luthra

February 13, 2020

Sanders’ “Medicare for All” plan "would cost more than the entire federal budget that we spend now."

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Donald Trump exaggerates costs of health care for undocumented immigrants in State of the Union

By Shefali Luthra

February 5, 2020

“Over 130 legislators in this chamber have endorsed legislation that would bankrupt our nation by providing free taxpayer-funded health care to millions of illegal aliens,…

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Donald Trump wrong again about prescription drug prices

By Shefali Luthra

February 5, 2020

Last year, "for the first time in 51 years, the cost of prescription drugs actually went down."

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Warren is right. Presidents have the power to address drug pricing without congressional help

By Shefali Luthra , Victoria Knight

January 29, 2020

 "The president of the United States already has the legal authority to reduce the price of many commonly used prescription drugs."

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Sanders targets health industry’ profits. Are his figures right?

By Shefali Luthra

January 15, 2020

"We end the $100 billion a year that the health care industry makes."

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Trump’s claim that he ‘saved’ pre-ex conditions ‘part fantasy, part delusion’

By Shefali Luthra

January 15, 2020

"I was the person who saved Pre-Existing Conditions in your healthcare."

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Warren’s argument that millions can’t afford their Rx drugs holds up

By Shefali Luthra

December 20, 2019

"Last year, 36 million Americans didn’t have a prescription filled because they couldn’t afford it."

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Yang cites maternal mortality stats to talk about race

By Shefali Luthra , Victoria Knight

December 20, 2019

"If you're a black woman, you're 320% more likely to die from complications in childbirth."

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Pharma’s take on the pelosi drug-pricing bill: Fair warning or fearmongering?

By Shefali Luthra

December 5, 2019

"Speaker Pelosi's drug pricing plan would siphon $1 trillion or more from biopharmaceutical innovators over the next 10 years. CBO's preliminary estimate found this bill…

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