Latest False Fact-checks in Public Health Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Ron Johnson stated on September 20, 2017 in an interview: The GOP’s health bill will protect people with pre-existing conditions "every bit as well as Obamacare did." Sean Duffy stated on September 14, 2017 in a Facebook Live town hall: Vermont had to "scrap" its single-payer health insurance program because it was "going bankrupt." Kevin McCarthy stated on July 11, 2017 in an interview with Fox Business: "More people, almost twice as many, pay the penalty or take the waiver than signed up for (Obamacare)." Maram Museitif stated on May 24, 2017 in as quoted in a Central Health press release: Says Arabic "is the third most-common language in Austin." Sean Duffy stated on May 9, 2017 in an interview: The Republican replacement for Obamacare does not give massive tax cuts to wealthy Americans. Bill Zedler stated on April 25, 2017 in his responses to a physician testifying before the Texas House Committee on Public Health: Says a federal program that collects reported side-effects of vaccinations doesn’t accept possible outcomes extending to road accidents, heart attacks or suicides. Claire McCaskill stated on March 28, 2017 in a tweet: "We have 5 percent of world population. 80 percent of opioids." Americas PAC stated on April 27, 2017 in a radio ad: Says Tammy Baldwin was told by a whistleblower about "overmedicated veterans," she made "deadly mistakes" and "three veterans died" at the Tomah VA hospital. William Ruto stated on September 9, 2016 in a speech at a political rally: "Cancer and matters to do with kidney failure kill more people in Kenya today than malaria, tuberculosis and AIDS combined." Daily Caller stated on September 19, 2016 in an article in the Daily Caller: "Former President Bill Clinton and his Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) distributed ‘watered-down’ HIV/AIDS drugs to patients in sub-Saharan Africa." Marco Rubio stated on September 7, 2016 in a statement by a spokeswoman: Says "Patrick Murphy is the only candidate to have voted against every measure to fund Zika." David A. Clarke Jr. stated on June 13, 2016 in a speech: "Doctors kill about 250,000 people a year in botched surgeries." Freedom Partners Action Fund stated on May 2, 2016 in a TV ad: "Russ Feingold got a memo in 2009 that outlined veteran harm" at a Wisconsin VA facility "and nothing was done." Joe Biden stated on April 29, 2016 in a speech at the Vatican: "In the United States alone we lose more than 3,000 people a day to cancer." Club for Growth stated on March 17, 2016 in a political ad: Says Donald Trump promised "to take care of everybody (through government-run healthcare and) the government's going to pay for it." Centre for Research on Globalization stated on February 4, 2016 in an article posted on the group's website: "The most likely triggering cause of (microcephaly)" is the "DTaP shot, a vaccine that had been recently mandated by the Brazilian government to be injected into pregnant women." Ora Houston stated on September 8, 2015 in an Austin City Council meeting about the city budget: "HIV/AIDS among women is skyrocketing in Austin." Martin Shkreli stated on September 21, 2015 in comments on Bloomberg TV: "Daraprim is still underpriced, relative to its peers." Ben Carson stated on September 16, 2015 in the second GOP debate: There are a "multitude" of vaccines that do not prevent deadly and crippling diseases. Jim Carrey stated on June 30, 2015 in a Twitter post: The California governor "says yes to poisoning more children with mercury and aluminum" in vaccines. Rebecca Quigley stated on May 14, 2015 in a comment on a "State of the State" TV program.: "Once a woman enters into the sex trade, her average life expectancy is seven years." Kathleen Sullivan stated on April 29, 2015 in testimony before the House Judiciary Committee: "The proportion of Rhode Islanders entering substance abuse treatment primarily due to marijuana use has reached its highest point in 20 years." Bloggers stated on March 21, 2015 in posts on social media: Say Michelle Obama "mandates" weighing children in day care. NaturalNews.com stated on February 5, 2015 in a story making the rounds on social media: The measles vaccine has killed 108 people in the last decade, while no one has died of measles. Rick Perry stated on February 5, 2014 in an interview with the Texas Tribune and Washington Post.: "When I came into office, our vaccination rate in Texas was 65 percent. When I left two weeks ago, it was 95 percent." John Stossel stated on December 4, 2014 in an interview on "Fox and Friends": "There is no good data showing secondhand smoke kills people." Anne Nolan stated on November 12, 2014 in a Journal commentary: "In Rhode Island, a recent study showed that among a group of people who had been homeless for a year or more, Medicaid costs averaged about $60,000 per person." Don Young stated on October 22, 2014 in a speech in Alaska: Suicide comes from federal government largesse "saying you are not worth anything but you are going to get something for nothing." Darrell Issa stated on October 26, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": Says Thomas Eric Duncan came into the United States "with an elevated temperature." Ted Cruz stated on October 19, 2014 in an interview on CNN: "Obama, instead of nominating a health professional, he nominated someone who is an anti-gun activist (for surgeon general)."
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Ron Johnson stated on September 20, 2017 in an interview: The GOP’s health bill will protect people with pre-existing conditions "every bit as well as Obamacare did." Sean Duffy stated on September 14, 2017 in a Facebook Live town hall: Vermont had to "scrap" its single-payer health insurance program because it was "going bankrupt." Kevin McCarthy stated on July 11, 2017 in an interview with Fox Business: "More people, almost twice as many, pay the penalty or take the waiver than signed up for (Obamacare)." Maram Museitif stated on May 24, 2017 in as quoted in a Central Health press release: Says Arabic "is the third most-common language in Austin." Sean Duffy stated on May 9, 2017 in an interview: The Republican replacement for Obamacare does not give massive tax cuts to wealthy Americans. Bill Zedler stated on April 25, 2017 in his responses to a physician testifying before the Texas House Committee on Public Health: Says a federal program that collects reported side-effects of vaccinations doesn’t accept possible outcomes extending to road accidents, heart attacks or suicides. Claire McCaskill stated on March 28, 2017 in a tweet: "We have 5 percent of world population. 80 percent of opioids." Americas PAC stated on April 27, 2017 in a radio ad: Says Tammy Baldwin was told by a whistleblower about "overmedicated veterans," she made "deadly mistakes" and "three veterans died" at the Tomah VA hospital. William Ruto stated on September 9, 2016 in a speech at a political rally: "Cancer and matters to do with kidney failure kill more people in Kenya today than malaria, tuberculosis and AIDS combined." Daily Caller stated on September 19, 2016 in an article in the Daily Caller: "Former President Bill Clinton and his Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) distributed ‘watered-down’ HIV/AIDS drugs to patients in sub-Saharan Africa." Marco Rubio stated on September 7, 2016 in a statement by a spokeswoman: Says "Patrick Murphy is the only candidate to have voted against every measure to fund Zika." David A. Clarke Jr. stated on June 13, 2016 in a speech: "Doctors kill about 250,000 people a year in botched surgeries." Freedom Partners Action Fund stated on May 2, 2016 in a TV ad: "Russ Feingold got a memo in 2009 that outlined veteran harm" at a Wisconsin VA facility "and nothing was done." Joe Biden stated on April 29, 2016 in a speech at the Vatican: "In the United States alone we lose more than 3,000 people a day to cancer." Club for Growth stated on March 17, 2016 in a political ad: Says Donald Trump promised "to take care of everybody (through government-run healthcare and) the government's going to pay for it." Centre for Research on Globalization stated on February 4, 2016 in an article posted on the group's website: "The most likely triggering cause of (microcephaly)" is the "DTaP shot, a vaccine that had been recently mandated by the Brazilian government to be injected into pregnant women." Ora Houston stated on September 8, 2015 in an Austin City Council meeting about the city budget: "HIV/AIDS among women is skyrocketing in Austin." Martin Shkreli stated on September 21, 2015 in comments on Bloomberg TV: "Daraprim is still underpriced, relative to its peers." Ben Carson stated on September 16, 2015 in the second GOP debate: There are a "multitude" of vaccines that do not prevent deadly and crippling diseases. Jim Carrey stated on June 30, 2015 in a Twitter post: The California governor "says yes to poisoning more children with mercury and aluminum" in vaccines. Rebecca Quigley stated on May 14, 2015 in a comment on a "State of the State" TV program.: "Once a woman enters into the sex trade, her average life expectancy is seven years." Kathleen Sullivan stated on April 29, 2015 in testimony before the House Judiciary Committee: "The proportion of Rhode Islanders entering substance abuse treatment primarily due to marijuana use has reached its highest point in 20 years." Bloggers stated on March 21, 2015 in posts on social media: Say Michelle Obama "mandates" weighing children in day care. NaturalNews.com stated on February 5, 2015 in a story making the rounds on social media: The measles vaccine has killed 108 people in the last decade, while no one has died of measles. Rick Perry stated on February 5, 2014 in an interview with the Texas Tribune and Washington Post.: "When I came into office, our vaccination rate in Texas was 65 percent. When I left two weeks ago, it was 95 percent." John Stossel stated on December 4, 2014 in an interview on "Fox and Friends": "There is no good data showing secondhand smoke kills people." Anne Nolan stated on November 12, 2014 in a Journal commentary: "In Rhode Island, a recent study showed that among a group of people who had been homeless for a year or more, Medicaid costs averaged about $60,000 per person." Don Young stated on October 22, 2014 in a speech in Alaska: Suicide comes from federal government largesse "saying you are not worth anything but you are going to get something for nothing." Darrell Issa stated on October 26, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": Says Thomas Eric Duncan came into the United States "with an elevated temperature." Ted Cruz stated on October 19, 2014 in an interview on CNN: "Obama, instead of nominating a health professional, he nominated someone who is an anti-gun activist (for surgeon general)."
Ron Johnson stated on September 20, 2017 in an interview: The GOP’s health bill will protect people with pre-existing conditions "every bit as well as Obamacare did."
Sean Duffy stated on September 14, 2017 in a Facebook Live town hall: Vermont had to "scrap" its single-payer health insurance program because it was "going bankrupt."
Kevin McCarthy stated on July 11, 2017 in an interview with Fox Business: "More people, almost twice as many, pay the penalty or take the waiver than signed up for (Obamacare)."
Maram Museitif stated on May 24, 2017 in as quoted in a Central Health press release: Says Arabic "is the third most-common language in Austin."
Sean Duffy stated on May 9, 2017 in an interview: The Republican replacement for Obamacare does not give massive tax cuts to wealthy Americans.
Bill Zedler stated on April 25, 2017 in his responses to a physician testifying before the Texas House Committee on Public Health: Says a federal program that collects reported side-effects of vaccinations doesn’t accept possible outcomes extending to road accidents, heart attacks or suicides.
Claire McCaskill stated on March 28, 2017 in a tweet: "We have 5 percent of world population. 80 percent of opioids."
Americas PAC stated on April 27, 2017 in a radio ad: Says Tammy Baldwin was told by a whistleblower about "overmedicated veterans," she made "deadly mistakes" and "three veterans died" at the Tomah VA hospital.
William Ruto stated on September 9, 2016 in a speech at a political rally: "Cancer and matters to do with kidney failure kill more people in Kenya today than malaria, tuberculosis and AIDS combined."
Daily Caller stated on September 19, 2016 in an article in the Daily Caller: "Former President Bill Clinton and his Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) distributed ‘watered-down’ HIV/AIDS drugs to patients in sub-Saharan Africa."
Marco Rubio stated on September 7, 2016 in a statement by a spokeswoman: Says "Patrick Murphy is the only candidate to have voted against every measure to fund Zika."
David A. Clarke Jr. stated on June 13, 2016 in a speech: "Doctors kill about 250,000 people a year in botched surgeries."
Freedom Partners Action Fund stated on May 2, 2016 in a TV ad: "Russ Feingold got a memo in 2009 that outlined veteran harm" at a Wisconsin VA facility "and nothing was done."
Joe Biden stated on April 29, 2016 in a speech at the Vatican: "In the United States alone we lose more than 3,000 people a day to cancer."
Club for Growth stated on March 17, 2016 in a political ad: Says Donald Trump promised "to take care of everybody (through government-run healthcare and) the government's going to pay for it."
Centre for Research on Globalization stated on February 4, 2016 in an article posted on the group's website: "The most likely triggering cause of (microcephaly)" is the "DTaP shot, a vaccine that had been recently mandated by the Brazilian government to be injected into pregnant women."
Ora Houston stated on September 8, 2015 in an Austin City Council meeting about the city budget: "HIV/AIDS among women is skyrocketing in Austin."
Martin Shkreli stated on September 21, 2015 in comments on Bloomberg TV: "Daraprim is still underpriced, relative to its peers."
Ben Carson stated on September 16, 2015 in the second GOP debate: There are a "multitude" of vaccines that do not prevent deadly and crippling diseases.
Jim Carrey stated on June 30, 2015 in a Twitter post: The California governor "says yes to poisoning more children with mercury and aluminum" in vaccines.
Rebecca Quigley stated on May 14, 2015 in a comment on a "State of the State" TV program.: "Once a woman enters into the sex trade, her average life expectancy is seven years."
Kathleen Sullivan stated on April 29, 2015 in testimony before the House Judiciary Committee: "The proportion of Rhode Islanders entering substance abuse treatment primarily due to marijuana use has reached its highest point in 20 years."
Bloggers stated on March 21, 2015 in posts on social media: Say Michelle Obama "mandates" weighing children in day care.
NaturalNews.com stated on February 5, 2015 in a story making the rounds on social media: The measles vaccine has killed 108 people in the last decade, while no one has died of measles.
Rick Perry stated on February 5, 2014 in an interview with the Texas Tribune and Washington Post.: "When I came into office, our vaccination rate in Texas was 65 percent. When I left two weeks ago, it was 95 percent."
John Stossel stated on December 4, 2014 in an interview on "Fox and Friends": "There is no good data showing secondhand smoke kills people."
Anne Nolan stated on November 12, 2014 in a Journal commentary: "In Rhode Island, a recent study showed that among a group of people who had been homeless for a year or more, Medicaid costs averaged about $60,000 per person."
Don Young stated on October 22, 2014 in a speech in Alaska: Suicide comes from federal government largesse "saying you are not worth anything but you are going to get something for nothing."
Darrell Issa stated on October 26, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": Says Thomas Eric Duncan came into the United States "with an elevated temperature."
Ted Cruz stated on October 19, 2014 in an interview on CNN: "Obama, instead of nominating a health professional, he nominated someone who is an anti-gun activist (for surgeon general)."
