Latest Mostly True Fact-checks in Health Check Joe Biden stated on May 8, 2024 in a Biden for President campaign ad: If the Affordable Care Act were terminated, “that would mean over a hundred million Americans will lose protections for preexisting conditions.” Bernie Sanders stated on July 19, 2023 in a press release.: “Tens of millions of Americans live in communities where they cannot find a doctor while others have to wait months to be seen.” Al Franken stated on May 17, 2023 in a tweet: "Americans will get $1.1 B in rebates from health insurance companies this year cuz of a provision I wrote in the ACA.” Joe Biden stated on February 10, 2022 in a speech: “Millions of hardworking Americans will no longer have to worry about unexpected medical bills.” Facebook posts stated on September 30, 2020 in a political ad: “Donald Trump and Thom Tillis opposed legislation that would lower the price of insulin and other prescription drugs.” Joe Biden stated on September 29, 2020 in in comments during the first presidential debate: “There's 100 million people that have preexisting conditions.” Donald Trump stated on September 24, 2020 in an executive order: “For example, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, my Administration implemented a program to provide any individual without health-insurance coverage access to necessary COVID‑19‑related testing and treatment.” Ryan Holets stated on August 25, 2020 in in a speech at the Republican National Convention: “Drug overdose deaths decreased in 2018 for the first time in 30 years.” Ron DeSantis stated on August 10, 2020 in during a televised roundtable discussion on education: “The fact is that in terms of the risk to schoolkids, this is lower risk than seasonal influenza.” Brett Giroir stated on July 26, 2020 in an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union”: “Five veterinary labs have their CLIA certification to officially test human patients. There are a lot of labs who are doing surveillance testing that don't need the CLIA certification.” Bernie Sanders stated on April 8, 2020 in an op-ed published in The Guardian: “It has been estimated that only 12% of workers in businesses that are likely to stay open during this crisis are receiving paid sick leave benefits as a result of the second coronavirus relief package." Elizabeth Warren stated on October 15, 2019 in comments made during the Oct. 15 Democratic presidential primary debate: "Back when I was studying it, two out of three families that ended up in bankruptcy after a serious medical problem had health insurance." Amy Klobuchar stated on July 15, 2019 in comments made at an AARP-sponsored Democratic presidential primary candidate forum: "There are, literally, two pharmaceutical lobbyists for every member of Congress." Joe Biden stated on July 8, 2019 in 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." Joe Biden stated on May 28, 2019 in 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." Eric Swalwell stated on May 8, 2019 in 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." Cory Booker stated on April 29, 2019 in 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." Kamala Harris stated on April 22, 2019 in a CNN town hall event: "One out of 4 diabetes patients in our country cannot afford their insulin."
Joe Biden stated on May 8, 2024 in a Biden for President campaign ad: If the Affordable Care Act were terminated, “that would mean over a hundred million Americans will lose protections for preexisting conditions.” Bernie Sanders stated on July 19, 2023 in a press release.: “Tens of millions of Americans live in communities where they cannot find a doctor while others have to wait months to be seen.” Al Franken stated on May 17, 2023 in a tweet: "Americans will get $1.1 B in rebates from health insurance companies this year cuz of a provision I wrote in the ACA.” Joe Biden stated on February 10, 2022 in a speech: “Millions of hardworking Americans will no longer have to worry about unexpected medical bills.” Facebook posts stated on September 30, 2020 in a political ad: “Donald Trump and Thom Tillis opposed legislation that would lower the price of insulin and other prescription drugs.” Joe Biden stated on September 29, 2020 in in comments during the first presidential debate: “There's 100 million people that have preexisting conditions.” Donald Trump stated on September 24, 2020 in an executive order: “For example, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, my Administration implemented a program to provide any individual without health-insurance coverage access to necessary COVID‑19‑related testing and treatment.” Ryan Holets stated on August 25, 2020 in in a speech at the Republican National Convention: “Drug overdose deaths decreased in 2018 for the first time in 30 years.” Ron DeSantis stated on August 10, 2020 in during a televised roundtable discussion on education: “The fact is that in terms of the risk to schoolkids, this is lower risk than seasonal influenza.” Brett Giroir stated on July 26, 2020 in an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union”: “Five veterinary labs have their CLIA certification to officially test human patients. There are a lot of labs who are doing surveillance testing that don't need the CLIA certification.” Bernie Sanders stated on April 8, 2020 in an op-ed published in The Guardian: “It has been estimated that only 12% of workers in businesses that are likely to stay open during this crisis are receiving paid sick leave benefits as a result of the second coronavirus relief package." Elizabeth Warren stated on October 15, 2019 in comments made during the Oct. 15 Democratic presidential primary debate: "Back when I was studying it, two out of three families that ended up in bankruptcy after a serious medical problem had health insurance." Amy Klobuchar stated on July 15, 2019 in comments made at an AARP-sponsored Democratic presidential primary candidate forum: "There are, literally, two pharmaceutical lobbyists for every member of Congress." Joe Biden stated on July 8, 2019 in 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." Joe Biden stated on May 28, 2019 in 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." Eric Swalwell stated on May 8, 2019 in 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." Cory Booker stated on April 29, 2019 in 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." Kamala Harris stated on April 22, 2019 in a CNN town hall event: "One out of 4 diabetes patients in our country cannot afford their insulin."
Joe Biden stated on May 8, 2024 in a Biden for President campaign ad: If the Affordable Care Act were terminated, “that would mean over a hundred million Americans will lose protections for preexisting conditions.”
Bernie Sanders stated on July 19, 2023 in a press release.: “Tens of millions of Americans live in communities where they cannot find a doctor while others have to wait months to be seen.”
Al Franken stated on May 17, 2023 in a tweet: "Americans will get $1.1 B in rebates from health insurance companies this year cuz of a provision I wrote in the ACA.”
Joe Biden stated on February 10, 2022 in a speech: “Millions of hardworking Americans will no longer have to worry about unexpected medical bills.”
Facebook posts stated on September 30, 2020 in a political ad: “Donald Trump and Thom Tillis opposed legislation that would lower the price of insulin and other prescription drugs.”
Joe Biden stated on September 29, 2020 in in comments during the first presidential debate: “There's 100 million people that have preexisting conditions.”
Donald Trump stated on September 24, 2020 in an executive order: “For example, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, my Administration implemented a program to provide any individual without health-insurance coverage access to necessary COVID‑19‑related testing and treatment.”
Ryan Holets stated on August 25, 2020 in in a speech at the Republican National Convention: “Drug overdose deaths decreased in 2018 for the first time in 30 years.”
Ron DeSantis stated on August 10, 2020 in during a televised roundtable discussion on education: “The fact is that in terms of the risk to schoolkids, this is lower risk than seasonal influenza.”
Brett Giroir stated on July 26, 2020 in an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union”: “Five veterinary labs have their CLIA certification to officially test human patients. There are a lot of labs who are doing surveillance testing that don't need the CLIA certification.”
Bernie Sanders stated on April 8, 2020 in an op-ed published in The Guardian: “It has been estimated that only 12% of workers in businesses that are likely to stay open during this crisis are receiving paid sick leave benefits as a result of the second coronavirus relief package."
Elizabeth Warren stated on October 15, 2019 in comments made during the Oct. 15 Democratic presidential primary debate: "Back when I was studying it, two out of three families that ended up in bankruptcy after a serious medical problem had health insurance."
Amy Klobuchar stated on July 15, 2019 in comments made at an AARP-sponsored Democratic presidential primary candidate forum: "There are, literally, two pharmaceutical lobbyists for every member of Congress."
Joe Biden stated on July 8, 2019 in 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."
Joe Biden stated on May 28, 2019 in 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."
Eric Swalwell stated on May 8, 2019 in 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."
Cory Booker stated on April 29, 2019 in 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."
Kamala Harris stated on April 22, 2019 in a CNN town hall event: "One out of 4 diabetes patients in our country cannot afford their insulin."
