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Search results for "affordable care act"

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Fact-checks (9388)

Nicole Galloway stated on September 26, 2020 in a campaign ad:
"Mike Parson opposes protections for pre-existing conditions.”
By William Skipworth• October 30, 2020
Martha McSally stated on October 24, 2018 in a campaign ad:
Says she’s "leading the fight" to "force insurance companies to cover pre-existing conditions."
By Miriam Valverde• October 30, 2018
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."
By Jon Greenberg• September 11, 2017
Tammy Baldwin stated on July 23, 2024 in Public appearance:
Eric Hovde “wants to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and kick millions off their health insurance.”
By Hope Karnopp• August 7, 2024
For Our Future PAC stated on July 02, 2018 in a website:
"Repealing the Affordable Care Act — and with it, Ohio’s Medicaid expansion — could cost Ohio more than 81,000 jobs, jeopardize nearly 1 million Ohioans’ health care coverage, and leave more than 220,000 Ohioans with mental illness or substance use disorders without insurance."  
By Amy Sherman• July 10, 2018
Chain email stated on June 24, 2015 in a chain email:
"Under the Affordable Care Act, anyone on Medicare who is admitted to a hospital for observation will be responsible for the bill. Medicare won't pay a cent."
By Louis Jacobson• June 25, 2015
Jill Schupp stated on September 16, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner “voted five times against protecting pre-existing conditions."
By Noah Crider• October 29, 2020
Kamala Harris stated on September 27, 2024 in a campaign ad:
Former President Donald Trump wants to take away the Affordable Care Act.
By Marta Campabadal Graus, Samantha Putterman• October 24, 2024
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.
By Louis Jacobson• May 25, 2017
Rand Paul stated on January 15, 2017 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
"The vast majority of people that got insurance under President Obama's Obamacare, the Affordable Care Act, got it through Medicaid."
By Jon Greenberg• January 15, 2017
Richard Blumenthal stated on May 09, 2017 in a press conference:
"What does Trumpcare do? Yank tax credits away from veterans unlike any other American."
By Lauren Carroll• May 15, 2017
Thomas Perez stated on March 01, 2017 in an interview on CNN's "New Day":
"The primary financing mechanism of the Affordable Care Act is a tax on wealthy people."  
By Jon Greenberg• March 1, 2017
Chris Matthews stated on December 16, 2013 in a broadcast of "Hardball":
"Every dollar spent in the new Obamacare system ... goes to private-sector insurance companies."
By Jon Greenberg• December 18, 2013
Donald Trump stated on October 31, 2024 in a social media post:
“I never mentioned” wanting to end the Affordable Care Act.
By Louis Jacobson• November 2, 2024
Hillary Clinton stated on May 06, 2014 in a keynote speech:
"A small majority of Americans don’t think they like the Affordable Care Act, but a large majority of Americans don’t want to do away with the protections that are in the Affordable Care Act."
By Julie Kliegman• May 7, 2014
Joe Manchin stated on April 17, 2019 in a tweet:
"Nearly 20 million Americans ... have gained health insurance since (the Affordable Care Act) passed in 2010."
By Garrett Spikes, Jack Tolman• May 10, 2019
West Virginia Democratic Party stated on April 01, 2019 in a tweet:
The Affordable Care Act "provided over 200,000 West Virginians with health care coverage."
By Catherine Harrington, Madison Weaver• April 17, 2019
Barack Obama stated on October 02, 2014 in a speech at Northwestern University:
The cost of "health care is now the single-biggest factor driving down" the federal budget deficit.
By Lauren Carroll• October 8, 2014
Bernie Sanders stated on June 13, 2017 in a tweet:
Says Senate deliberations on the Affordable Care Act in 2009 and 2010 included hundreds of hours of debate and more than 100 Republican amendments, compared with zero for the American Health Care Act this year.
By Louis Jacobson• June 14, 2017
Mick Mulvaney stated on March 31, 2019 in an interview on ABC News' "This Week":
"Every single (health care) plan that this White House has ever put forward since Donald Trump was elected covered pre-existing conditions."
By Jon Greenberg• April 1, 2019

Articles (4135)

Is health insurance through work $1,800 less because of the Affordable Care Act?

By Christian Belanger• June 30, 2015

Is the fight to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act dead?

By Lauren Carroll, Louis Jacobson• March 29, 2017

Adding up the numbers on the Affordable Care Act

By Julie Kliegman• April 8, 2014

Trump’s White House return poised to tangle health care safety net

By Stephanie Armour• November 6, 2024

After the health care bill failure, what's next for Congress and the Affordable Care Act?

By Louis Jacobson• July 28, 2017

What do GOP efforts to undo Affordable Care Act mean for pre-existing conditions?

By Amy Sherman• November 12, 2019

Mary Lou Retton’s explanation of health insurance takes some somersaults

By Julie Appleby• January 12, 2024

Donald Trump’s executive order on preexisting conditions lacks teeth, experts say

By Jon Greenberg• September 25, 2020

Five things to watch in the Senate health care bill

By Louis Jacobson• June 21, 2017

Pre-existing conditions: Does any GOP proposal match the ACA?

By Jon Greenberg• October 17, 2018

Is the health care law hurting the economy?

By Jon Greenberg• August 8, 2013

Is the health care law hurting the economy?

By Jon Greenberg• August 8, 2013

1,300 fact-checks on health care

By Angie Drobnic Holan• June 25, 2015

Fact-checking Democrats’ talking points about Affordable Care Act subsidies

By Amy Sherman• November 11, 2025

Preexisting conditions — a cudgel Democrats are using to batter Republicans in the 2020 campaigns

By Tom Kertscher• October 5, 2020

Everything old is new again? The latest round of health policy proposals reprises existing ideas

By Julie Appleby• July 25, 2023

What's in the Senate health care bill? Here are five key provisions

By Louis Jacobson• June 25, 2017

What would the impact be if the Affordable Care Act is repealed?

By Louis Jacobson• January 5, 2017

In context: Bill Clinton's remarks on health care

By Louis Jacobson• October 6, 2016

House gridlock stalls Trump's promise to repeal Obamacare

By Louis Jacobson• March 24, 2017