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Beto O'Rourke stated on November 19, 2021 in a rally:

"Expanding Medicaid, which if we had done at the beginning of the Abbott administration, would have brought in $100 billion to this state's economy."

By Nusaiba Mizan • January 10, 2022

Sam Brown Petsonk stated on September 14, 2020 in a tweet:

A lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act backed by West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey “would eliminate health care for over 800,000 West Virginians.”

By Dijonee Davis, Jackson Wenig • November 1, 2020

M.J. Hegar stated on July 22, 2020 in a speech:

Says 1 in 5 Texans did not have health insurance coverage before the pandemic, and now “nearly 1 in 3 Texans under the age of 65 don’t have access to health care insurance.”

By Madlin Mekelburg • July 30, 2020

Elizabeth Warren stated on July 11, 2019 in a public forum:

"The law says that mental health must be treated the same as physical health," but coverage by health insurers is unequal.

By Mica Soellner • August 20, 2019

National Taxpayers Union stated on October 10, 2018 in Washington Examiner op-ed:

"The latest round of tariffs now means that the total tax increase on Americans from enacted tariffs exceeds the tax increases from the Affordable Care Act."

By Manuela Tobias • October 12, 2018

Tammy Baldwin stated on September 20, 2018 in a TV ad:

"2.4 million people in Wisconsin have pre-existing conditions" and Leah Vukmir supports letting insurance companies "deny coverage to people with pre-existing conditions."

By Tom Kertscher • October 8, 2018

Newsweek stated on October 2, 2017 in an article:

"White men have committed more mass shootings than any other group."

By John Kruzel • October 6, 2017

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."

By Dan Clark • June 22, 2017

Patty Murray stated on January 22, 2014 in an online statement:

In the past three years, state legislatures have "enacted more of these restrictions (on abortion) than in the previous 10 years combined."

By Julie Kliegman • January 24, 2014

Barack Obama stated on September 26, 2013 in a speech at Largo, Md.:

"In states where the federal government helps run these (health care) marketplaces, the average American will have more than 50 different plans to choose from, with different levels of coverage."

By Jon Greenberg • October 1, 2013

Matt Miller stated on September 8, 2009 in a Washington Post op-ed:

"Switzerland and the Netherlands . . . cover all their citizens using private insurers, and they do so for much less cost."

By Louis Jacobson • September 9, 2009

Angie Nixon stated on October 23, 2026 in an interview:

Florida U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody "is trading stocks and she’s gotten richer" by $2 million since entering Congress.

By Samantha Putterman • October 30, 2026

Abdul El-Sayed stated on September 1, 2026 in an X post:

President Donald Trump’s tariffs “cost each Michigan household $5,619.”

By Caleb McCullough • September 17, 2026

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.”

By Ben Brasch • July 16, 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.”

By Samantha Putterman • May 14, 2026

Joseph Ladapo stated on September 3, 2025 in a press conference:

Every school vaccine mandate “drips” with “slavery.”

By Samantha Putterman • September 4, 2025

Gavin Newsom stated on July 18, 2025 in an X post:

Florida: #51 in mental health care, #1 in home insurance costs, #1 in elder fraud, #1 in rent hikes.

By Ella Moore, Samantha Putterman • July 23, 2025

John Thune stated on May 30, 2025 in an interview with KOTA:

“A lot of times, health care comes with a job.”

By Arielle Zionts • June 27, 2025

Donald Trump stated on May 20, 2025 in remarks to reporters in the U.S. Capitol:

In the House bill, “we’re not changing Medicaid,” only cutting “waste, fraud and abuse.”

By Louis Jacobson • May 22, 2025

Nick LaLota stated on March 4, 2025 in a video message to constituents:

“On Feb. 25, I voted yes on a budget resolution that protects Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid while cutting some spending elsewhere."

By Julie Appleby • March 25, 2025

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