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Latest Fact-Checks In Health Care

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Jon Ossoff
stated on June 27, 2026 in a campaign speech:
President Donald Trump and U.S. Rep. Mike Collins “doubled health insurance premiums for more than a million Georgians and threw 300,000 Georgians off their insurance altogether.”
Mostly True
By Ben Brasch • July 16, 2026
Abdul El-Sayed
stated on June 14, 2026 in an X post:
Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers “took a $14 million payout as a pharma lobbyist.”
Pants on Fire!
By Caleb McCullough • July 2, 2026
David Jolly
stated on June 11, 2026 in a speech:
Florida is “49th in avoidable hospital costs.”
Mostly True
By Samantha Putterman • June 24, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on May 31, 2026 in a Truth Social post:
Says his cognitive test results showed he has “extreme intelligence.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 3, 2026
Kathy Castor
stated on April 29, 2026 in an X post:
“Florida is the only state in the nation kicking children off their affordable health coverage.”
True
By Samantha Putterman • May 14, 2026
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 22, 2026 in a Senate committee hearing:
“As a result of the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ 15 million Americans have been thrown off the healthcare that they need.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 30, 2026
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on April 22, 2026 in testimony to the Senate Finance Committee:
“There’s two ways of calculating percentage” decreases. “If you have a $600 drug and you reduce it to $10, that’s a 600% reduction.”
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • April 23, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on January 5, 2026 in a graphic on Truth Social and Instagram:
The former U.S. childhood vaccine schedule called for babies to get “72 injections.”
False
By Grace Abels, Loreben Tuquero • January 15, 2026
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on November 17, 2025 in remarks at George Washington University:
“We’re not cutting science. We’re not cutting research.”
Pants on Fire!
By Madison Czopek • November 20, 2025
Donald Trump
stated on November 16, 2025 in remarks to reporters:
Stock prices for health insurance companies are “up over 1,000% over a short period of time.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 19, 2025
Darren Soto
stated on October 13, 2025 in an X post:
Florida will be the “hardest hit” state in the country if enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies expire.
Mostly True
By Samantha Putterman • October 20, 2025
Mike Johnson
stated on October 5, 2025 in an X post:
“As a condition for ending the Democrat shutdown, Democrats want hospitals (to be) paid MORE to treat illegal aliens than American citizens.”
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 9, 2025
Rick Scott
stated on October 2, 2025 in an X post:
Democrats shut down the government because they want “health care for illegal aliens and funding for free abortions.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • October 8, 2025
JD Vance
stated on September 28, 2025 in en una entrevista:
“Los demócratas están amenazando con cerrar todo el gobierno porque quieren dar cientos de miles de millones de dólares en beneficios de cuidado de salud a los inmigrantes ilegales”.
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 2, 2025
X posts
stated on September 19, 2025 in an X post:
Thirty percent of U.S. medical residents are international medical graduates, and 10,000 of 43,000 residency spots are filled by H-1B visa holders.
Half-True
By Maria Briceño • October 2, 2025
JD Vance
stated on September 28, 2025 in an interview:
“Democrats are threatening to shut down the entire government because they want to give hundreds of billions of dollars of health care benefits to illegal aliens.”
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 1, 2025
Amy Klobuchar
stated on September 28, 2025 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":
People with insurance through the Affordable Care Act will see a “75% increase in premiums starting Nov. 1” if enhanced subsidies are not extended, including “twice as much in the rural areas.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 30, 2025
Donald Trump
stated on September 22, 2025 in a press conference:
“There’s no downside” to avoiding Tylenol or acetaminophen use while pregnant.
Pants on Fire!
By Madison Czopek • September 23, 2025
Katherine Clark
stated on September 12, 2025 in a post on X:
“Republicans are spiking health insurance premiums by 75% for everyday Americans” if they don’t extend enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 17, 2025
X posts
stated on August 16, 2025 in an X post:
“North Carolina has just approved a law permitting foreign doctors to practice without completing U.S. training or licensing exams.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • September 16, 2025
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