President Trump makes misleading apples-to-oranges comparisons when talking about the cost of health insurance premiums.
For more information, read our story, “FactChecking the State of the Union.”
President Trump makes misleading apples-to-oranges comparisons when talking about the cost of health insurance premiums.
For more information, read our story, “FactChecking the State of the Union.”
Sen. Bernie Sanders exaggerated when he said that “workers” on average were “paying on average 20% of their incomes for health care.
For more information, see our story “FactChecking the January Democratic Debate.”
In response to a Mike Bloomberg TV ad on health insurance, President Trump fired back on Twitter, “I was the person who saved Pre-Existing Conditions.” In fact, Trump backed Republican plans that would have weakened the protections in the Affordable Care Act.
A 2017 meme has resurfaced on Facebook, spreading outdated speculation that the Republicans would not fund the federal Children’s Health Insurance Program. In fact, President Donald Trump signed bipartisan legislation in January 2018 that funds CHIP through fiscal year 2023.
This video covers some of the claims the candidates made on July 31 during round two of the second Democratic debate in Detroit.
Sen. Kamala Harris of California and former Vice President Joe Biden disagreed on whether his health care plan would “cover everyone.”
For more about this and other claims by the Democratic presidential candidates, see our story “FactChecking July’s Round Two Debate.”
Former Vice President Joe Biden distorts the facts about Sen. Kamala Harris’ universal health insurance proposal.
For more about this and other claims by the Democratic presidential candidates, see our story “FactChecking July’s Round Two Debate.”
Sen. Bernie Sanders said “tonight in America” there are “87 million uninsured or underinsured.” That figure lacks context.
For information on this and other claims made during the Democratic debate, please see our story, “FactChecking the Second Democratic Debate.”