Latest False Fact-checks in Health Care 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 Tammy Baldwin stated on June 26, 2018 in a public forum: Says the Trump administration "has banned the CDC even using the word ‘transgender.’ " Marsha Blackburn stated on August 8, 2018 in a speech to farmers: "Hospitals are closing in rural America because they don't have access to high-speed internet." AFSCME stated on June 6, 2018 in an attack ad: Says Republican gubernatorial candidate Adam Laxalt "tried to cut a deal with big pharma" in a lawsuit. Donald Trump stated on December 20, 2017 in a speech: "We essentially repealed Obamacare because we got rid of the individual mandate ... and that was a primary source of funding of Obamacare." Shared This stated on November 28, 2017 in an article on a website: A Colgate toothpaste is subject to "recall." Tim Scott stated on November 26, 2017 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": "If you don't pay income taxes ... you'll have more money" under the Republican tax plan. Doug Jones stated on September 27, 2017 in an interview: Says Roy Moore "has advocated getting the federal government out of health care altogether, which means doing away with Medicaid, which means doing away with Medicare." Donald Trump stated on October 18, 2017 in a tweet: Insurance companies "have made a fortune with Obamacare." Donald Trump stated on September 27, 2017 in an interview: "We have one senator who’s a ‘yes’ vote ... but he’s in the hospital. And he’s a ‘yes’ vote. So we can’t do it by Friday. So we have the votes" to pass a health care bill. 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." Karen Handel stated on August 30, 2017 in a telephone town hall: "The Affordable Care Act is the single largest tax increase in my lifetime." 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)." Mike Pence stated on July 14, 2017 in a speech to the National Governors Association: In Ohio, due to Medicaid expansion, "nearly 60,000 disabled citizens are stuck on waiting lists ... leaving them without the care they need for months or even years." Bob Casey stated on July 5, 2017 in a tweet: The GOP health care proposal would slash more than $135 million in federal funding available to PA schools. John Faso stated on June 1, 2017 in a radio town hall: A waiver in the American Health Care Act "doesn’t apply to things like maternity coverage." 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." James Lankford stated on May 24, 2017 in a Facebook post: "This year, a majority of states are seeing premiums and costs double" under Obamacare. 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." Kevin McCarthy stated on May 4, 2017 in CNN: "Nobody on Medicaid" will have their benefits taken away. 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. Donald Trump stated on April 30, 2017 in Twitter: "Dems want billions to go to Insurance Companies to bail out donors" Margaret Hoover stated on May 2, 2017 in a discussion on CNN: Regarding the surgery that saved Jimmy Kimmel's son, "Medicaid has stopped providing this kind of service." Hugh Hewitt stated on March 26, 2017 in comments on "Meet the Press": Obamacare "is in a death spiral." Mike Pence stated on March 19, 2017 in remarks in Coral Springs, Fla.: Says President Donald Trump’s proposal to allow Americans to buy health insurance across state lines would make it the same as "the way you buy car insurance" today. Jack Kingston stated on March 12, 2017 in an interview on CNN: "I remember years ago looking at a CBO report that in 1964 predicted that Medicare would cost $9 billion 10 years later. And I think it was already over $100 billion at that point." Tom Price stated on March 12, 2017 in an interview on "Meet the Press": "The number of individuals who actually got coverage through the exchange who didn't have coverage before, or who weren't eligible for Medicaid before is relatively small. So we've turned things upside down completely for 3 million, or 4 million, or 5 million individuals." Citizen Action of Wisconsin stated on February 28, 2017 in a website posting: Says "people who come to" their dissent actions "get a ‘cease and desist’ letter" from Ron Johnson's office.
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Tammy Baldwin stated on June 26, 2018 in a public forum: Says the Trump administration "has banned the CDC even using the word ‘transgender.’ " Marsha Blackburn stated on August 8, 2018 in a speech to farmers: "Hospitals are closing in rural America because they don't have access to high-speed internet." AFSCME stated on June 6, 2018 in an attack ad: Says Republican gubernatorial candidate Adam Laxalt "tried to cut a deal with big pharma" in a lawsuit. Donald Trump stated on December 20, 2017 in a speech: "We essentially repealed Obamacare because we got rid of the individual mandate ... and that was a primary source of funding of Obamacare." Shared This stated on November 28, 2017 in an article on a website: A Colgate toothpaste is subject to "recall." Tim Scott stated on November 26, 2017 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": "If you don't pay income taxes ... you'll have more money" under the Republican tax plan. Doug Jones stated on September 27, 2017 in an interview: Says Roy Moore "has advocated getting the federal government out of health care altogether, which means doing away with Medicaid, which means doing away with Medicare." Donald Trump stated on October 18, 2017 in a tweet: Insurance companies "have made a fortune with Obamacare." Donald Trump stated on September 27, 2017 in an interview: "We have one senator who’s a ‘yes’ vote ... but he’s in the hospital. And he’s a ‘yes’ vote. So we can’t do it by Friday. So we have the votes" to pass a health care bill. 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." Karen Handel stated on August 30, 2017 in a telephone town hall: "The Affordable Care Act is the single largest tax increase in my lifetime." 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)." Mike Pence stated on July 14, 2017 in a speech to the National Governors Association: In Ohio, due to Medicaid expansion, "nearly 60,000 disabled citizens are stuck on waiting lists ... leaving them without the care they need for months or even years." Bob Casey stated on July 5, 2017 in a tweet: The GOP health care proposal would slash more than $135 million in federal funding available to PA schools. John Faso stated on June 1, 2017 in a radio town hall: A waiver in the American Health Care Act "doesn’t apply to things like maternity coverage." 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." James Lankford stated on May 24, 2017 in a Facebook post: "This year, a majority of states are seeing premiums and costs double" under Obamacare. 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." Kevin McCarthy stated on May 4, 2017 in CNN: "Nobody on Medicaid" will have their benefits taken away. 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. Donald Trump stated on April 30, 2017 in Twitter: "Dems want billions to go to Insurance Companies to bail out donors" Margaret Hoover stated on May 2, 2017 in a discussion on CNN: Regarding the surgery that saved Jimmy Kimmel's son, "Medicaid has stopped providing this kind of service." Hugh Hewitt stated on March 26, 2017 in comments on "Meet the Press": Obamacare "is in a death spiral." Mike Pence stated on March 19, 2017 in remarks in Coral Springs, Fla.: Says President Donald Trump’s proposal to allow Americans to buy health insurance across state lines would make it the same as "the way you buy car insurance" today. Jack Kingston stated on March 12, 2017 in an interview on CNN: "I remember years ago looking at a CBO report that in 1964 predicted that Medicare would cost $9 billion 10 years later. And I think it was already over $100 billion at that point." Tom Price stated on March 12, 2017 in an interview on "Meet the Press": "The number of individuals who actually got coverage through the exchange who didn't have coverage before, or who weren't eligible for Medicaid before is relatively small. So we've turned things upside down completely for 3 million, or 4 million, or 5 million individuals." Citizen Action of Wisconsin stated on February 28, 2017 in a website posting: Says "people who come to" their dissent actions "get a ‘cease and desist’ letter" from Ron Johnson's office.
Tammy Baldwin stated on June 26, 2018 in a public forum: Says the Trump administration "has banned the CDC even using the word ‘transgender.’ "
Marsha Blackburn stated on August 8, 2018 in a speech to farmers: "Hospitals are closing in rural America because they don't have access to high-speed internet."
AFSCME stated on June 6, 2018 in an attack ad: Says Republican gubernatorial candidate Adam Laxalt "tried to cut a deal with big pharma" in a lawsuit.
Donald Trump stated on December 20, 2017 in a speech: "We essentially repealed Obamacare because we got rid of the individual mandate ... and that was a primary source of funding of Obamacare."
Shared This stated on November 28, 2017 in an article on a website: A Colgate toothpaste is subject to "recall."
Tim Scott stated on November 26, 2017 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": "If you don't pay income taxes ... you'll have more money" under the Republican tax plan.
Doug Jones stated on September 27, 2017 in an interview: Says Roy Moore "has advocated getting the federal government out of health care altogether, which means doing away with Medicaid, which means doing away with Medicare."
Donald Trump stated on October 18, 2017 in a tweet: Insurance companies "have made a fortune with Obamacare."
Donald Trump stated on September 27, 2017 in an interview: "We have one senator who’s a ‘yes’ vote ... but he’s in the hospital. And he’s a ‘yes’ vote. So we can’t do it by Friday. So we have the votes" to pass a health care bill.
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."
Karen Handel stated on August 30, 2017 in a telephone town hall: "The Affordable Care Act is the single largest tax increase in my lifetime."
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)."
Mike Pence stated on July 14, 2017 in a speech to the National Governors Association: In Ohio, due to Medicaid expansion, "nearly 60,000 disabled citizens are stuck on waiting lists ... leaving them without the care they need for months or even years."
Bob Casey stated on July 5, 2017 in a tweet: The GOP health care proposal would slash more than $135 million in federal funding available to PA schools.
John Faso stated on June 1, 2017 in a radio town hall: A waiver in the American Health Care Act "doesn’t apply to things like maternity coverage."
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."
James Lankford stated on May 24, 2017 in a Facebook post: "This year, a majority of states are seeing premiums and costs double" under Obamacare.
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."
Kevin McCarthy stated on May 4, 2017 in CNN: "Nobody on Medicaid" will have their benefits taken away.
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.
Donald Trump stated on April 30, 2017 in Twitter: "Dems want billions to go to Insurance Companies to bail out donors"
Margaret Hoover stated on May 2, 2017 in a discussion on CNN: Regarding the surgery that saved Jimmy Kimmel's son, "Medicaid has stopped providing this kind of service."
Hugh Hewitt stated on March 26, 2017 in comments on "Meet the Press": Obamacare "is in a death spiral."
Mike Pence stated on March 19, 2017 in remarks in Coral Springs, Fla.: Says President Donald Trump’s proposal to allow Americans to buy health insurance across state lines would make it the same as "the way you buy car insurance" today.
Jack Kingston stated on March 12, 2017 in an interview on CNN: "I remember years ago looking at a CBO report that in 1964 predicted that Medicare would cost $9 billion 10 years later. And I think it was already over $100 billion at that point."
Tom Price stated on March 12, 2017 in an interview on "Meet the Press": "The number of individuals who actually got coverage through the exchange who didn't have coverage before, or who weren't eligible for Medicaid before is relatively small. So we've turned things upside down completely for 3 million, or 4 million, or 5 million individuals."
Citizen Action of Wisconsin stated on February 28, 2017 in a website posting: Says "people who come to" their dissent actions "get a ‘cease and desist’ letter" from Ron Johnson's office.
