Health Care statements

The Unabomber, not Sanders, wrote this

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Says Bernie Sanders once said, "Instead of removing the conditions that make people depressed, modern society gives them antidepressant drugs."

— National

Several polls on point

Gwen Moore

"60 percent of all Americans do not want to see Planned Parenthood defunded."

— Wisconsin

Planned Parenthood affiliates, not the organization itself

Sean Duffy

"Millions of dollars are spent by Planned Parenthood to elect Democrats to the House of Representatives and the Senate."

— Wisconsin

Incidence rates mostly have declined

Ora Houston

"HIV/AIDS among women is skyrocketing in Austin."

— Texas

Repeats an inaccurate claim

Scott Walker

Obamacare doesn’t require members of Congress "to abide by the same rules that all of the other Americans do."

— Wisconsin

'Partially correct and partially very wrong'

Caleb Rowden

"#GradInsurance debacle is a DIRECT result of #ObamaCare. #MIZZOU has to break the law to do the right thing."

— Missouri

“He could have said, ‘A bar of gold cost $1 million, so Daraprim is underpriced' "

Martin Shkreli

"Daraprim is still underpriced, relative to its peers."

— PunditFact

Proper diagnosis

Mary Mannix

"Just about half of rural hospitals operate in the red in Virginia. They operate at a loss."

— Virginia

Praises single payer, but doesn't pledge to pursue it

Reid Ribble

Says Donald Trump "wants to replace" Obamacare "with a single-payer system."

— Wisconsin

Up from cuts of '11

Joe Pojman

"The State of Texas is funding … women’s health services at historically high levels; they just increased their level another $50 million for the next two years."

— Texas

Oft-quoted stat is largely correct

Hillary Clinton

"Twenty-three million Americans suffer from addiction, but only 1 in 10 get treatment."

— National

Yes, but he also took advantage of Obamacare to do it

Scott Walker

Says he "turned down a Medicaid expansion under Obamacare," but because of actions he took, for the first time in Wisconsin's history "everyone living in poverty is covered under Medicaid."

— Wisconsin

He was referring to universal health care

Dan Gecker

"Of the 25 wealthiest nations, we're the only one that doesn't provide basic health coverage."

— Virginia

An entitlement, but not so new and not for everyone

Bobby Jindal

Says Scott Walker's plan to replace Obamacare "is a new entitlement" program for "every single American human being from the time they are born right up until they grow old and become eligible for Medicare."

— Wisconsin

Pretty flexible for a despot

Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity

"Rhode Island will become just the second state to mandate the vaccine … and the only state to do so by regulatory fiat, without public debate, and without consideration from the elected representatives of the people."

— Rhode Island

Not true now (or in 2009)

Bernie Sanders

"We spend almost twice as much per capita on health care as do the people of any other country."

— National

A dramatic disparity

Hillary Clinton

"African-American children are 500 percent more likely to die from asthma than white kids."

— National

Defunding curbed access, but 'nowhere to turn' goes too far

Hillary Clinton

Says Scott Walker's defunding of Planned Parenthood "left women across the state stranded with nowhere else to turn" for cancer screenings, breast exams and birth control.

— Wisconsin

Old claim, old number, still misleading

Mike Huckabee

"$700 billion was robbed (from Medicare) to pay for Obamacare."

— National

Aside from one-year blip, rating has been consistently high

Scott Walker

"Since I took office, Wisconsin now has the 2nd highest health care quality ranking in the country."

— Wisconsin

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