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Bernie Sanders stated on February 25, 2019 in a CNN town hall event:

"We have a president who wanted to throw 32 million people off of the health care they had."

By Jon Greenberg • February 28, 2019

Bernie Sanders stated on February 19, 2019 in an interview on CBS This Morning:

"In Canada, for a number of decades, they have provided quality care to all people without out-of-pocket expenses. You go in for cancer therapy, you don't take out your wallet."

By Jon Greenberg • February 22, 2019

Facebook posts stated on February 14, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Quotes Mike Pence as saying that people with pre-existing conditions need "more Jesus care," not health care.

By Samantha Putterman • February 18, 2019

José Oliva stated on January 30, 2019 in AP legislative day in Tallahassee:

Health care is the "No. 1 reason for bankruptcy."

By Amy Sherman • January 31, 2019

Dale Kooyenga stated on November 7, 2018 in a radio interview:

Wisconsin has "the number one health care system in the country. Everyone in poverty now has health care"

By D.L. Davis • November 30, 2018

House Majority PAC stated on October 26, 2018 in a TV ad:

Says Ohio U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot "voted to cut health care for kids, affecting up to half the families at Cincinnati’s own Children’s Hospital."

By Samantha Putterman • November 5, 2018

Tony Evers stated on November 1, 2018 in a public forum:

Says Walker "wants to get rid of" students’ ability to stay on their parents’ health insurance.

By Eric Litke • November 2, 2018

Heidi Heitkamp stated on October 28, 2018 in an op-ed in the Bismarck Tribune:

"President Donald Trump even referred to one of (Kevin) Cramer’s health care repeal bills as 'mean' because the bill gutted protections for North Dakotans with preexisting conditions."

By Dror Sharon • November 1, 2018

Linda Coleman stated on October 26, 2018 in a town hall:

"Seniors can be charged five times what anybody else is charged for health care for pre-existing conditions" under the Republican health care bill.

By Bill McCarthy • October 30, 2018

John Culberson stated on October 25, 2018 in a TV ad:

Says Texas Democrat Lizzie Pannill Fletcher contradicted herself on her health care position by saying "we need universal health care."

By Samantha Putterman • October 30, 2018

Troy Balderson stated on October 20, 2018 in a television interview:

"A lot of people are still dealing with lack of access to health care. There are counties out there, in my former Senate district, that didn’t have doctors and providers."

By Stephen Koff • October 30, 2018

Peter Roskam stated on October 22, 2018 in a debate appearance:

Says the Washington Post fact-checked a charge he opposed pre-existing condition protections for health insurance "and gave that Four Pinocchios."

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • October 28, 2018

North Carolina Republican Party stated on October 23, 2018 in an ad campaign:

Democrats pledged to "force all North Carolinians into a single-payer health insurance scheme" that would cost $72 billion.

By Paul Specht • October 23, 2018

Sydney Batch stated on October 23, 2018 in a TV ad:

John Adcock and Republicans’ plan for health care "would get rid of coverage altogether for thousands of families and raise premiums on the rest of us."

By Paul Specht • October 23, 2018

VoteVets.org stated on October 12, 2018 in an ad:

Says Rick Scott’s "hospital company stole millions, defrauding the military’s health care program."

By Amy Sherman • October 23, 2018

Tony Evers stated on October 9, 2018 in a TV ad:

"Wisconsin pays 50% more than Minnesota for the same health care."

By Tom Kertscher • October 22, 2018

House Majority PAC stated on October 9, 2018 in a TV ad:

Says U.S. Rep. Mimi Walters "took $213,000 from insurance interests" and that she supported a plan that "strips protections for people with pre-existing conditions and slaps an age tax on older Californians."

By Samantha Putterman • October 16, 2018

VoteVets.org stated on September 27, 2018 in a campaign ad:

Says Minnesota congressional candidate Jim Hagedorn supports a plan that would take away health care for 340,000 veterans, with 17,000 in Minnesota possibly losing coverage.

By Stephen Koff • October 11, 2018

Joe Donnelly stated on October 8, 2018 in Indiana Senate debate:

"At (Mike Braun’s) company, the deductible on his health care is $10,000."

By Manuela Tobias • October 11, 2018

Josh Hawley stated on August 20, 2018 in an op-ed for the Springfield News-Leader:

Since 2009, "millions of Americans have lost their health care plans."

By Morgan Keith, Ryan Hanrahan • September 20, 2018

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