Latest Mostly True Fact-checks in Health Care Tammy Baldwin stated on May 5, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter: “When I worked on the Affordable Care Act, I wrote the amendment that allows all young people to stay on their parents’ health insurance until they turn 26. Overnight, millions of young Americans got healthcare.” Kamala Harris stated on May 1, 2024 in a speech: In his Time magazine interview, Donald Trump “said states have the right to monitor pregnant women to enforce these bans, and states have the right to punish pregnant women for seeking out abortion care.” Joe Biden stated on April 9, 2024 in an interview with Univision: Starting in 2025 "no matter what your total bills are for prescription drugs,” Medicare Part D users will never pay “more than $2,000 a year, because some of these cancer drugs are 10(,000 to) 15,000 bucks a year.” Joe Biden stated on February 22, 2024 in in a campaign reception: If you went “anywhere in the world,” you could get a prescription filled for 40% to 60% less than it costs in the U.S. Tammy Baldwin stated on February 1, 2024 in Facebook post: “Big drug companies charge as little as $7 for an inhaler overseas and nearly $500 for the exact same one here in the US.” Joe Biden stated on August 29, 2023 in a speech at the White House: “According to the Congressional Budget Office,” the Inflation Reduction Act “will save the federal government $160 billion over the next 10 years because Medicare will be paying less for the prescription drugs they’re making available to seniors.” 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.” X posts stated on April 18, 2023 in a Tweet: Missouri’s attorney general has a website “where people can report trans individuals and the people who help them.” Robin Vos stated on January 19, 2023 in Speech: In Wisconsin, even multimillionaires can be on BadgerCare "because we don't even ask people what their income level is to qualify for free health care." Scott Walker stated on January 1, 2023 in Twitter: “Every pro-life Governor up for election in November won – by a large margin.” Val Demings stated on October 31, 2022 in a campaign ad: Sen. Marco Rubio "helped write the law to raise prescription prices." Tony Evers stated on October 19, 2022 in Campaign ad: If a 12-year-old girl became pregnant because of rape or incest, "Tim Michels would force her to deliver the baby." Raphael Warnock stated on October 14, 2022 in a debate: “Black women are 3 to 4 times more likely to die (from maternal mortality) even when they have the insurance and the income.” Bob Good stated on July 9, 2022 in an anti-abortion rally.: “Ninety-two percent of abortions in Virginia take place before 15 weeks.” Catherine Cortez Masto stated on June 14, 2022 in an ad: Adam Laxalt "wants to restrict" and "worked to limit access to birth control." Sarah Godlewski stated on February 18, 2022 in Campaign statement: "Here in Wisconsin, prescription drug costs grew at a pace of nearly twice as much as the average Wisconsinite's income from 2015-2019." Joe Biden stated on February 10, 2022 in a speech: “Millions of hardworking Americans will no longer have to worry about unexpected medical bills.” Pramila Jayapal stated on August 30, 2021 in an Instagram post: “The average hospital stay for a case of COVID-19 costs about $17,064. The vaccine is free.” Kamala Harris stated on June 1, 2021 in an interview on MSNBC: "Sadly during the course of the pandemic one-third of our small businesses have closed." Kim Reynolds stated on November 10, 2020 in a press conference: "If you can’t get a test through Test Iowa, there are multiple other sites: your doctor, your clinics, your pharmacies, the stroke detection clinic centers." Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stated on November 7, 2020 in a Tweet: “Every single swing-seat House Democrat who endorsed #MedicareForAll won re-election or is on track to win re-election. Every. Single. One.” Nicole Galloway stated on September 26, 2020 in a campaign ad: "Mike Parson opposes protections for pre-existing conditions.” Chris Jacobs stated on October 21, 2020 in a debate: "I am for protecting pre-existing conditions. … I actually co-sponsored legislation to do just that." Jill Schupp stated on September 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner “voted five times against protecting pre-existing conditions." Jon Hoadley stated on October 13, 2020 in a TV ad: Upton “voted a dozen times to kick thousands of Michigan families off their health insurance and eliminate protections for preexisting conditions” Nicole Galloway stated on October 4, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says "Gov. Parson’s administration purged 100,000 kids from Medicaid rolls." AFSCME stated on October 7, 2020 in a Facebook ad: Says "David Schweikert took over $120,000 from the drug industry and voted against legislation to lower prescription drug prices." Joe Biden stated on September 29, 2020 in in comments during the first presidential debate: “There's 100 million people that have preexisting conditions.” Joe Biden stated on September 27, 2020 in a speech: Says Amy Coney Barrett “has a written track record, disagreeing adamantly with the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the ACA. In fact, she publicly criticized Chief Justice Roberts’ opinion upholding the law eight years ago.”
Tammy Baldwin stated on May 5, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter: “When I worked on the Affordable Care Act, I wrote the amendment that allows all young people to stay on their parents’ health insurance until they turn 26. Overnight, millions of young Americans got healthcare.” Kamala Harris stated on May 1, 2024 in a speech: In his Time magazine interview, Donald Trump “said states have the right to monitor pregnant women to enforce these bans, and states have the right to punish pregnant women for seeking out abortion care.” Joe Biden stated on April 9, 2024 in an interview with Univision: Starting in 2025 "no matter what your total bills are for prescription drugs,” Medicare Part D users will never pay “more than $2,000 a year, because some of these cancer drugs are 10(,000 to) 15,000 bucks a year.” Joe Biden stated on February 22, 2024 in in a campaign reception: If you went “anywhere in the world,” you could get a prescription filled for 40% to 60% less than it costs in the U.S. Tammy Baldwin stated on February 1, 2024 in Facebook post: “Big drug companies charge as little as $7 for an inhaler overseas and nearly $500 for the exact same one here in the US.” Joe Biden stated on August 29, 2023 in a speech at the White House: “According to the Congressional Budget Office,” the Inflation Reduction Act “will save the federal government $160 billion over the next 10 years because Medicare will be paying less for the prescription drugs they’re making available to seniors.” 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.” X posts stated on April 18, 2023 in a Tweet: Missouri’s attorney general has a website “where people can report trans individuals and the people who help them.” Robin Vos stated on January 19, 2023 in Speech: In Wisconsin, even multimillionaires can be on BadgerCare "because we don't even ask people what their income level is to qualify for free health care." Scott Walker stated on January 1, 2023 in Twitter: “Every pro-life Governor up for election in November won – by a large margin.” Val Demings stated on October 31, 2022 in a campaign ad: Sen. Marco Rubio "helped write the law to raise prescription prices." Tony Evers stated on October 19, 2022 in Campaign ad: If a 12-year-old girl became pregnant because of rape or incest, "Tim Michels would force her to deliver the baby." Raphael Warnock stated on October 14, 2022 in a debate: “Black women are 3 to 4 times more likely to die (from maternal mortality) even when they have the insurance and the income.” Bob Good stated on July 9, 2022 in an anti-abortion rally.: “Ninety-two percent of abortions in Virginia take place before 15 weeks.” Catherine Cortez Masto stated on June 14, 2022 in an ad: Adam Laxalt "wants to restrict" and "worked to limit access to birth control." Sarah Godlewski stated on February 18, 2022 in Campaign statement: "Here in Wisconsin, prescription drug costs grew at a pace of nearly twice as much as the average Wisconsinite's income from 2015-2019." Joe Biden stated on February 10, 2022 in a speech: “Millions of hardworking Americans will no longer have to worry about unexpected medical bills.” Pramila Jayapal stated on August 30, 2021 in an Instagram post: “The average hospital stay for a case of COVID-19 costs about $17,064. The vaccine is free.” Kamala Harris stated on June 1, 2021 in an interview on MSNBC: "Sadly during the course of the pandemic one-third of our small businesses have closed." Kim Reynolds stated on November 10, 2020 in a press conference: "If you can’t get a test through Test Iowa, there are multiple other sites: your doctor, your clinics, your pharmacies, the stroke detection clinic centers." Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stated on November 7, 2020 in a Tweet: “Every single swing-seat House Democrat who endorsed #MedicareForAll won re-election or is on track to win re-election. Every. Single. One.” Nicole Galloway stated on September 26, 2020 in a campaign ad: "Mike Parson opposes protections for pre-existing conditions.” Chris Jacobs stated on October 21, 2020 in a debate: "I am for protecting pre-existing conditions. … I actually co-sponsored legislation to do just that." Jill Schupp stated on September 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner “voted five times against protecting pre-existing conditions." Jon Hoadley stated on October 13, 2020 in a TV ad: Upton “voted a dozen times to kick thousands of Michigan families off their health insurance and eliminate protections for preexisting conditions” Nicole Galloway stated on October 4, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says "Gov. Parson’s administration purged 100,000 kids from Medicaid rolls." AFSCME stated on October 7, 2020 in a Facebook ad: Says "David Schweikert took over $120,000 from the drug industry and voted against legislation to lower prescription drug prices." Joe Biden stated on September 29, 2020 in in comments during the first presidential debate: “There's 100 million people that have preexisting conditions.” Joe Biden stated on September 27, 2020 in a speech: Says Amy Coney Barrett “has a written track record, disagreeing adamantly with the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the ACA. In fact, she publicly criticized Chief Justice Roberts’ opinion upholding the law eight years ago.”
Tammy Baldwin stated on May 5, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter: “When I worked on the Affordable Care Act, I wrote the amendment that allows all young people to stay on their parents’ health insurance until they turn 26. Overnight, millions of young Americans got healthcare.”
Kamala Harris stated on May 1, 2024 in a speech: In his Time magazine interview, Donald Trump “said states have the right to monitor pregnant women to enforce these bans, and states have the right to punish pregnant women for seeking out abortion care.”
Joe Biden stated on April 9, 2024 in an interview with Univision: Starting in 2025 "no matter what your total bills are for prescription drugs,” Medicare Part D users will never pay “more than $2,000 a year, because some of these cancer drugs are 10(,000 to) 15,000 bucks a year.”
Joe Biden stated on February 22, 2024 in in a campaign reception: If you went “anywhere in the world,” you could get a prescription filled for 40% to 60% less than it costs in the U.S.
Tammy Baldwin stated on February 1, 2024 in Facebook post: “Big drug companies charge as little as $7 for an inhaler overseas and nearly $500 for the exact same one here in the US.”
Joe Biden stated on August 29, 2023 in a speech at the White House: “According to the Congressional Budget Office,” the Inflation Reduction Act “will save the federal government $160 billion over the next 10 years because Medicare will be paying less for the prescription drugs they’re making available to seniors.”
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.”
X posts stated on April 18, 2023 in a Tweet: Missouri’s attorney general has a website “where people can report trans individuals and the people who help them.”
Robin Vos stated on January 19, 2023 in Speech: In Wisconsin, even multimillionaires can be on BadgerCare "because we don't even ask people what their income level is to qualify for free health care."
Scott Walker stated on January 1, 2023 in Twitter: “Every pro-life Governor up for election in November won – by a large margin.”
Val Demings stated on October 31, 2022 in a campaign ad: Sen. Marco Rubio "helped write the law to raise prescription prices."
Tony Evers stated on October 19, 2022 in Campaign ad: If a 12-year-old girl became pregnant because of rape or incest, "Tim Michels would force her to deliver the baby."
Raphael Warnock stated on October 14, 2022 in a debate: “Black women are 3 to 4 times more likely to die (from maternal mortality) even when they have the insurance and the income.”
Bob Good stated on July 9, 2022 in an anti-abortion rally.: “Ninety-two percent of abortions in Virginia take place before 15 weeks.”
Catherine Cortez Masto stated on June 14, 2022 in an ad: Adam Laxalt "wants to restrict" and "worked to limit access to birth control."
Sarah Godlewski stated on February 18, 2022 in Campaign statement: "Here in Wisconsin, prescription drug costs grew at a pace of nearly twice as much as the average Wisconsinite's income from 2015-2019."
Joe Biden stated on February 10, 2022 in a speech: “Millions of hardworking Americans will no longer have to worry about unexpected medical bills.”
Pramila Jayapal stated on August 30, 2021 in an Instagram post: “The average hospital stay for a case of COVID-19 costs about $17,064. The vaccine is free.”
Kamala Harris stated on June 1, 2021 in an interview on MSNBC: "Sadly during the course of the pandemic one-third of our small businesses have closed."
Kim Reynolds stated on November 10, 2020 in a press conference: "If you can’t get a test through Test Iowa, there are multiple other sites: your doctor, your clinics, your pharmacies, the stroke detection clinic centers."
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stated on November 7, 2020 in a Tweet: “Every single swing-seat House Democrat who endorsed #MedicareForAll won re-election or is on track to win re-election. Every. Single. One.”
Nicole Galloway stated on September 26, 2020 in a campaign ad: "Mike Parson opposes protections for pre-existing conditions.”
Chris Jacobs stated on October 21, 2020 in a debate: "I am for protecting pre-existing conditions. … I actually co-sponsored legislation to do just that."
Jill Schupp stated on September 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner “voted five times against protecting pre-existing conditions."
Jon Hoadley stated on October 13, 2020 in a TV ad: Upton “voted a dozen times to kick thousands of Michigan families off their health insurance and eliminate protections for preexisting conditions”
Nicole Galloway stated on October 4, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says "Gov. Parson’s administration purged 100,000 kids from Medicaid rolls."
AFSCME stated on October 7, 2020 in a Facebook ad: Says "David Schweikert took over $120,000 from the drug industry and voted against legislation to lower prescription drug prices."
Joe Biden stated on September 29, 2020 in in comments during the first presidential debate: “There's 100 million people that have preexisting conditions.”
Joe Biden stated on September 27, 2020 in a speech: Says Amy Coney Barrett “has a written track record, disagreeing adamantly with the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the ACA. In fact, she publicly criticized Chief Justice Roberts’ opinion upholding the law eight years ago.”