Latest Mostly False Fact-checks in Health Care JD Vance stated on September 10, 2024 in an interview: “Communicable diseases like HIV and TB (tuberculosis) have skyrocketed” after Haitian migrants came to Springfield, Ohio. Jon Tester stated on September 6, 2024 in a Facebook ad: “Tim Sheehy told us his health care plan: ‘We need to return health care to pure privatization.’ That would eliminate Medicare.” Kamala Harris stated on July 30, 2024 in a rally in Atlanta: Donald Trump “intends to cut” Medicare. Donald Trump stated on July 24, 2024 in a speech at a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina.: Vice President Kamala Harris “endorsed free taxpayer-funded government health care for all illegal aliens.” Kamala Harris stated on July 18, 2024 in a campaign event: Project 2025 calls for restricting “access to IVF and contraception.” Joe Biden stated on May 1, 2024 in a campaign event: Former President Donald Trump told Time magazine that “states should monitor women’s pregnancies and prosecute those who violate abortion bans.” Greg Steube stated on April 14, 2024 in an X post: Immigrants in the country illegally cost “Florida taxpayers $566 million for 54,000 hospital visits.” Robin Vos stated on January 7, 2024 in TV interview: “The law in Wisconsin (on abortion time limit) is 20 weeks. That is way outside the international bounds.” Facebook posts stated on November 10, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook: "Los estadounidenses que ganan menos de $50,000 al año pueden solicitar un seguro médico gratuito". Facebook posts stated on August 23, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook: “Si ganas menos de $50,000 al año” puedes calificar para un crédito de salud y usarlo para “lo que sea”. Instagram posts stated on August 23, 2023 in a social media post: “Norway, Finland, Sweden, Holland, and the UK have now banned gender transition surgery for minors.” Citizens Against Government Waste stated on August 7, 2023 in a political ad: A bill sponsored by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders would “increase government control” of pharmacy benefit managers and is a “radical health care takeover.” Facebook posts stated on May 10, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook: Científicos descubren que al “consumir 3 tazas de leche diaria, las personas tienen más riesgos de desarrollar cáncer de mama”. Mike Bost stated on April 26, 2023 in a House floor speech: Addressing the impact of the House GOP debt-ceiling bill on veterans’ programs, "I'm dead serious that we're not cutting veterans, and I mean it." Instagram posts stated on January 1, 2023 in an image shared on Instagram: “All ‘gender affirming care’ for children is 100% experimental. There are zero long term studies on the effects the drugs and surgeries will have on them.” Tucker Carlson stated on October 18, 2022 in a tweet: “The CDC is about to add the COVID vaccine to the childhood immunization schedule, which would make the vax mandatory for kids to attend school.” Mandela Barnes stated on August 17, 2022 in Twitter: “Ron Johnson just came out in favor of a federal abortion ban.” Ron DeSantis stated on August 4, 2022 in a press conference: "They are literally chopping off the private parts of young kids." Rebecca Kleefisch stated on July 24, 2022 in Twitter: "There is absolutely no reason why Wisconsin should be facing a worker shortage to the level we are when there are 123,000 more able-bodied childless adults on BadgerCare since the pandemic." Blake Masters stated on July 22, 2022 in remarks at a Trump rally in Arizona: Sen. Mark Kelly “voted to legalize abortion up until the moment of birth.” One America News stated on April 12, 2022 in a video: "Pfizer tries to hide 2.4K full-time hires handling vax injuries." Sarah Godlewski stated on April 1, 2022 in Twitter: "Ron Johnson is trying to let insurance companies deny coverage to people with pre-existing conditions like cancer, depression, pregnancy, diabetes—or even COVID.” Rebecca Kleefisch stated on March 9, 2022 in Campaign email: Says Gov. Tony Evers gave $2.4 million in COVID relief money to Planned Parenthood affiliates throughout Wisconsin “to bail them out and fund abortions." Facebook posts stated on February 7, 2022 in a Facebook post: "Biden and most Democrats want to cap insulin prices at $35 per month. All 50 Republicans in the Senate are opposed to it.” Joe Biden stated on January 27, 2022 in a statement: Thanks to the American Rescue Plan’s changes to the Affordable Care Act, “four out of five consumers (are) finding quality coverage for under $10 a month.” Rick Scott stated on November 16, 2021 in a press release headline: An increase in Medicare Part B premiums means “America’s seniors are paying the price for Biden’s inflation crisis.” Jeff Jackson stated on October 11, 2021 in a candidate forum: “The five most-endangered hospitals in the country are all in (North Carolina).” Instagram posts stated on August 4, 2021 in an Instagram post: A six-month study from Pfizer shows that its vaccine “reduces severe COVID symptoms/hospitalizations by .1%.” Derrick Van Orden stated on June 12, 2021 in Twitter: Says Joe Biden “will force Americans to pay for abortion — on demand — up to birth.” Janet Bewley stated on March 28, 2021 in TV interview: Says Republican lawmakers delayed COVID-19 testing
JD Vance stated on September 10, 2024 in an interview: “Communicable diseases like HIV and TB (tuberculosis) have skyrocketed” after Haitian migrants came to Springfield, Ohio. Jon Tester stated on September 6, 2024 in a Facebook ad: “Tim Sheehy told us his health care plan: ‘We need to return health care to pure privatization.’ That would eliminate Medicare.” Kamala Harris stated on July 30, 2024 in a rally in Atlanta: Donald Trump “intends to cut” Medicare. Donald Trump stated on July 24, 2024 in a speech at a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina.: Vice President Kamala Harris “endorsed free taxpayer-funded government health care for all illegal aliens.” Kamala Harris stated on July 18, 2024 in a campaign event: Project 2025 calls for restricting “access to IVF and contraception.” Joe Biden stated on May 1, 2024 in a campaign event: Former President Donald Trump told Time magazine that “states should monitor women’s pregnancies and prosecute those who violate abortion bans.” Greg Steube stated on April 14, 2024 in an X post: Immigrants in the country illegally cost “Florida taxpayers $566 million for 54,000 hospital visits.” Robin Vos stated on January 7, 2024 in TV interview: “The law in Wisconsin (on abortion time limit) is 20 weeks. That is way outside the international bounds.” Facebook posts stated on November 10, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook: "Los estadounidenses que ganan menos de $50,000 al año pueden solicitar un seguro médico gratuito". Facebook posts stated on August 23, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook: “Si ganas menos de $50,000 al año” puedes calificar para un crédito de salud y usarlo para “lo que sea”. Instagram posts stated on August 23, 2023 in a social media post: “Norway, Finland, Sweden, Holland, and the UK have now banned gender transition surgery for minors.” Citizens Against Government Waste stated on August 7, 2023 in a political ad: A bill sponsored by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders would “increase government control” of pharmacy benefit managers and is a “radical health care takeover.” Facebook posts stated on May 10, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook: Científicos descubren que al “consumir 3 tazas de leche diaria, las personas tienen más riesgos de desarrollar cáncer de mama”. Mike Bost stated on April 26, 2023 in a House floor speech: Addressing the impact of the House GOP debt-ceiling bill on veterans’ programs, "I'm dead serious that we're not cutting veterans, and I mean it." Instagram posts stated on January 1, 2023 in an image shared on Instagram: “All ‘gender affirming care’ for children is 100% experimental. There are zero long term studies on the effects the drugs and surgeries will have on them.” Tucker Carlson stated on October 18, 2022 in a tweet: “The CDC is about to add the COVID vaccine to the childhood immunization schedule, which would make the vax mandatory for kids to attend school.” Mandela Barnes stated on August 17, 2022 in Twitter: “Ron Johnson just came out in favor of a federal abortion ban.” Ron DeSantis stated on August 4, 2022 in a press conference: "They are literally chopping off the private parts of young kids." Rebecca Kleefisch stated on July 24, 2022 in Twitter: "There is absolutely no reason why Wisconsin should be facing a worker shortage to the level we are when there are 123,000 more able-bodied childless adults on BadgerCare since the pandemic." Blake Masters stated on July 22, 2022 in remarks at a Trump rally in Arizona: Sen. Mark Kelly “voted to legalize abortion up until the moment of birth.” One America News stated on April 12, 2022 in a video: "Pfizer tries to hide 2.4K full-time hires handling vax injuries." Sarah Godlewski stated on April 1, 2022 in Twitter: "Ron Johnson is trying to let insurance companies deny coverage to people with pre-existing conditions like cancer, depression, pregnancy, diabetes—or even COVID.” Rebecca Kleefisch stated on March 9, 2022 in Campaign email: Says Gov. Tony Evers gave $2.4 million in COVID relief money to Planned Parenthood affiliates throughout Wisconsin “to bail them out and fund abortions." Facebook posts stated on February 7, 2022 in a Facebook post: "Biden and most Democrats want to cap insulin prices at $35 per month. All 50 Republicans in the Senate are opposed to it.” Joe Biden stated on January 27, 2022 in a statement: Thanks to the American Rescue Plan’s changes to the Affordable Care Act, “four out of five consumers (are) finding quality coverage for under $10 a month.” Rick Scott stated on November 16, 2021 in a press release headline: An increase in Medicare Part B premiums means “America’s seniors are paying the price for Biden’s inflation crisis.” Jeff Jackson stated on October 11, 2021 in a candidate forum: “The five most-endangered hospitals in the country are all in (North Carolina).” Instagram posts stated on August 4, 2021 in an Instagram post: A six-month study from Pfizer shows that its vaccine “reduces severe COVID symptoms/hospitalizations by .1%.” Derrick Van Orden stated on June 12, 2021 in Twitter: Says Joe Biden “will force Americans to pay for abortion — on demand — up to birth.” Janet Bewley stated on March 28, 2021 in TV interview: Says Republican lawmakers delayed COVID-19 testing
JD Vance stated on September 10, 2024 in an interview: “Communicable diseases like HIV and TB (tuberculosis) have skyrocketed” after Haitian migrants came to Springfield, Ohio.
Jon Tester stated on September 6, 2024 in a Facebook ad: “Tim Sheehy told us his health care plan: ‘We need to return health care to pure privatization.’ That would eliminate Medicare.”
Donald Trump stated on July 24, 2024 in a speech at a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina.: Vice President Kamala Harris “endorsed free taxpayer-funded government health care for all illegal aliens.”
Kamala Harris stated on July 18, 2024 in a campaign event: Project 2025 calls for restricting “access to IVF and contraception.”
Joe Biden stated on May 1, 2024 in a campaign event: Former President Donald Trump told Time magazine that “states should monitor women’s pregnancies and prosecute those who violate abortion bans.”
Greg Steube stated on April 14, 2024 in an X post: Immigrants in the country illegally cost “Florida taxpayers $566 million for 54,000 hospital visits.”
Robin Vos stated on January 7, 2024 in TV interview: “The law in Wisconsin (on abortion time limit) is 20 weeks. That is way outside the international bounds.”
Facebook posts stated on November 10, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook: "Los estadounidenses que ganan menos de $50,000 al año pueden solicitar un seguro médico gratuito".
Facebook posts stated on August 23, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook: “Si ganas menos de $50,000 al año” puedes calificar para un crédito de salud y usarlo para “lo que sea”.
Instagram posts stated on August 23, 2023 in a social media post: “Norway, Finland, Sweden, Holland, and the UK have now banned gender transition surgery for minors.”
Citizens Against Government Waste stated on August 7, 2023 in a political ad: A bill sponsored by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders would “increase government control” of pharmacy benefit managers and is a “radical health care takeover.”
Facebook posts stated on May 10, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook: Científicos descubren que al “consumir 3 tazas de leche diaria, las personas tienen más riesgos de desarrollar cáncer de mama”.
Mike Bost stated on April 26, 2023 in a House floor speech: Addressing the impact of the House GOP debt-ceiling bill on veterans’ programs, "I'm dead serious that we're not cutting veterans, and I mean it."
Instagram posts stated on January 1, 2023 in an image shared on Instagram: “All ‘gender affirming care’ for children is 100% experimental. There are zero long term studies on the effects the drugs and surgeries will have on them.”
Tucker Carlson stated on October 18, 2022 in a tweet: “The CDC is about to add the COVID vaccine to the childhood immunization schedule, which would make the vax mandatory for kids to attend school.”
Mandela Barnes stated on August 17, 2022 in Twitter: “Ron Johnson just came out in favor of a federal abortion ban.”
Ron DeSantis stated on August 4, 2022 in a press conference: "They are literally chopping off the private parts of young kids."
Rebecca Kleefisch stated on July 24, 2022 in Twitter: "There is absolutely no reason why Wisconsin should be facing a worker shortage to the level we are when there are 123,000 more able-bodied childless adults on BadgerCare since the pandemic."
Blake Masters stated on July 22, 2022 in remarks at a Trump rally in Arizona: Sen. Mark Kelly “voted to legalize abortion up until the moment of birth.”
One America News stated on April 12, 2022 in a video: "Pfizer tries to hide 2.4K full-time hires handling vax injuries."
Sarah Godlewski stated on April 1, 2022 in Twitter: "Ron Johnson is trying to let insurance companies deny coverage to people with pre-existing conditions like cancer, depression, pregnancy, diabetes—or even COVID.”
Rebecca Kleefisch stated on March 9, 2022 in Campaign email: Says Gov. Tony Evers gave $2.4 million in COVID relief money to Planned Parenthood affiliates throughout Wisconsin “to bail them out and fund abortions."
Facebook posts stated on February 7, 2022 in a Facebook post: "Biden and most Democrats want to cap insulin prices at $35 per month. All 50 Republicans in the Senate are opposed to it.”
Joe Biden stated on January 27, 2022 in a statement: Thanks to the American Rescue Plan’s changes to the Affordable Care Act, “four out of five consumers (are) finding quality coverage for under $10 a month.”
Rick Scott stated on November 16, 2021 in a press release headline: An increase in Medicare Part B premiums means “America’s seniors are paying the price for Biden’s inflation crisis.”
Jeff Jackson stated on October 11, 2021 in a candidate forum: “The five most-endangered hospitals in the country are all in (North Carolina).”
Instagram posts stated on August 4, 2021 in an Instagram post: A six-month study from Pfizer shows that its vaccine “reduces severe COVID symptoms/hospitalizations by .1%.”
Derrick Van Orden stated on June 12, 2021 in Twitter: Says Joe Biden “will force Americans to pay for abortion — on demand — up to birth.”
Janet Bewley stated on March 28, 2021 in TV interview: Says Republican lawmakers delayed COVID-19 testing