Latest Fact-checks in Medicaid Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Michael Bloomberg stated on September 18, 2017 in a website: "The soda tax can make a difference by reducing consumption of unhealthy soda pop and sugary beverages." Ron Johnson stated on September 25, 2017 in an interview: "California, New York and Massachusetts, they represent about 20 percent of the population, they get close to 36 percent of Obamacare funding. It's just simply inequitable." Sean Patrick Maloney stated on August 3, 2017 in a radio interview: "Most people on Medicaid are kids, or seniors, or the disabled." John Faso stated on July 15, 2017 in an article in the Times Herald-Record: "We now have about one-third of New York’s population on Medicaid." Elizabeth Warren stated on July 13, 2017 in a video: "One in three people who’s receiving treatment for (opioid) drug problems gets some help from Medicaid to pay for that." Marco Rubio stated on June 28, 2017 in a Facebook live speech: "There is no reason for anybody to be losing any of their current benefits under Medicaid." Michael Needham stated on June 25, 2017 in an interview on Fox News Sunday: "Actually, on some procedures, you're more likely to die if you're on Medicaid than if you're uninsured." Newt Gingrich stated on June 27, 2017 in an appearance on 'Fox & Friends': Under the House health care bill, Medicaid spending "actually goes up 20 percent over the next 10 years." Tammy Baldwin stated on June 2, 2017 in a speech: Says Donald Trump "wants to kick thousands of kids off of BadgerCare." Pat Toomey stated on June 25, 2017 in On "Face The Nation": "Remember, Obamacare created a new category of eligibility. Working-age, able-bodied adults with no dependents for the first time became eligible for Medicaid if their income is below 138 percent of the poverty level. We’re going to continue that eligibility. No one loses coverage." Kellyanne Conway stated on June 25, 2017 in an appearance on ABC's 'This Week': "If you became a Medicaid recipient through the Obamacare expansion, you are grandfathered in." Ted Budd stated on May 4, 2017: Says if the AHCA replaces Obamacare it will "significantly reduce insurance premiums in" North Carolina. Kevin McCarthy stated on May 4, 2017 in CNN: "Nobody on Medicaid" will have their benefits taken away. Donald Trump stated on April 30, 2017 in an interview: Says of the GOP health care proposal, "pre-existing conditions are in the bill." Donna Campbell stated on March 22, 2017 in an email blast after meeting with President Trump: "Seven out of ten doctors are not taking any new Medicaid patients as lower reimbursement rates make it cost-prohibitive." Ted Yoho stated on March 14, 2017 in an interview on PBS: "It’s been proven over and over again Medicaid has the worst outcomes in the industrialized world as far as the quality of health care." John Cornyn stated on March 9, 2017 in a U.S. Senate floor speech: Texas "spent close to a third of its budget on Medicaid last year, a third of all state spending." Mick Mulvaney stated on March 13, 2017 in a press conference: The House Republican health care "plan doesn't get rid of Medicaid expansion." Paul Ryan stated on March 13, 2017 in a news release: A report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office "confirms that the American Health Care Act will lower premiums." Caleb Rowden stated on January 20, 2017 in a statement at a legislative breakfast: "And this would be the first year, if everything holds true, we will spend over $10 billion of our state budget on Medicaid out of the $28 billion budget." Paul Ryan stated on January 5, 2017 in a press briefing: "Obamacare has failed." Roy Cooper stated on January 19, 2017 in a speech to business leaders: Says North Carolinians are "already paying for" Medicaid expansion, even though the state hasn’t expanded Medicaid. 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." Charles Schumer stated on January 3, 2017 in an interview on MSNBC: Says Donald Trump campaigned on not cutting Medicare and Social Security, but his nominee for the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Tom Price, "made his career on cutting Medicare and Medicaid." Bryce Reeves stated on December 4, 2016 in a radio interview.: "If you’re a single mom, and you’ve two kids in the city of Richmond, you can almost make $50,000 a year on the public dole." Chris Koster stated on August 9, 2016 in an Instagram post: "A rural hospital in Missouri closes every 8 months. The legislature’s failure to expand Medicaid has brought crisis to many of Missouri’s rural health care providers." Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2016 in a speech: Says "Hillary Clinton has pledged amnesty in her first 100 days, and her plan will provide Obamacare, Social Security, and Medicare for illegal immigrants, breaking the federal budget." Howard Dean stated on July 26, 2016 in in a speech at the Democratic National Convention: "Mike Pence voted against expanding the Children’s Health Insurance program, which Hillary helped to start." Jack Falanagan stated on March 10, 2016 in a speech : Says New Hampshire’s second congressional district includes two counties where "almost 5 percent if not more" of residents are enrolled in the state’s expanded Medicaid program. Tom Price stated on March 28, 2016 in a Medium post: A study "from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard, and Dartmouth concluded that Medicaid’s value to its beneficiaries is significantly lower than the actual cost of the program."
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Michael Bloomberg stated on September 18, 2017 in a website: "The soda tax can make a difference by reducing consumption of unhealthy soda pop and sugary beverages." Ron Johnson stated on September 25, 2017 in an interview: "California, New York and Massachusetts, they represent about 20 percent of the population, they get close to 36 percent of Obamacare funding. It's just simply inequitable." Sean Patrick Maloney stated on August 3, 2017 in a radio interview: "Most people on Medicaid are kids, or seniors, or the disabled." John Faso stated on July 15, 2017 in an article in the Times Herald-Record: "We now have about one-third of New York’s population on Medicaid." Elizabeth Warren stated on July 13, 2017 in a video: "One in three people who’s receiving treatment for (opioid) drug problems gets some help from Medicaid to pay for that." Marco Rubio stated on June 28, 2017 in a Facebook live speech: "There is no reason for anybody to be losing any of their current benefits under Medicaid." Michael Needham stated on June 25, 2017 in an interview on Fox News Sunday: "Actually, on some procedures, you're more likely to die if you're on Medicaid than if you're uninsured." Newt Gingrich stated on June 27, 2017 in an appearance on 'Fox & Friends': Under the House health care bill, Medicaid spending "actually goes up 20 percent over the next 10 years." Tammy Baldwin stated on June 2, 2017 in a speech: Says Donald Trump "wants to kick thousands of kids off of BadgerCare." Pat Toomey stated on June 25, 2017 in On "Face The Nation": "Remember, Obamacare created a new category of eligibility. Working-age, able-bodied adults with no dependents for the first time became eligible for Medicaid if their income is below 138 percent of the poverty level. We’re going to continue that eligibility. No one loses coverage." Kellyanne Conway stated on June 25, 2017 in an appearance on ABC's 'This Week': "If you became a Medicaid recipient through the Obamacare expansion, you are grandfathered in." Ted Budd stated on May 4, 2017: Says if the AHCA replaces Obamacare it will "significantly reduce insurance premiums in" North Carolina. Kevin McCarthy stated on May 4, 2017 in CNN: "Nobody on Medicaid" will have their benefits taken away. Donald Trump stated on April 30, 2017 in an interview: Says of the GOP health care proposal, "pre-existing conditions are in the bill." Donna Campbell stated on March 22, 2017 in an email blast after meeting with President Trump: "Seven out of ten doctors are not taking any new Medicaid patients as lower reimbursement rates make it cost-prohibitive." Ted Yoho stated on March 14, 2017 in an interview on PBS: "It’s been proven over and over again Medicaid has the worst outcomes in the industrialized world as far as the quality of health care." John Cornyn stated on March 9, 2017 in a U.S. Senate floor speech: Texas "spent close to a third of its budget on Medicaid last year, a third of all state spending." Mick Mulvaney stated on March 13, 2017 in a press conference: The House Republican health care "plan doesn't get rid of Medicaid expansion." Paul Ryan stated on March 13, 2017 in a news release: A report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office "confirms that the American Health Care Act will lower premiums." Caleb Rowden stated on January 20, 2017 in a statement at a legislative breakfast: "And this would be the first year, if everything holds true, we will spend over $10 billion of our state budget on Medicaid out of the $28 billion budget." Paul Ryan stated on January 5, 2017 in a press briefing: "Obamacare has failed." Roy Cooper stated on January 19, 2017 in a speech to business leaders: Says North Carolinians are "already paying for" Medicaid expansion, even though the state hasn’t expanded Medicaid. 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." Charles Schumer stated on January 3, 2017 in an interview on MSNBC: Says Donald Trump campaigned on not cutting Medicare and Social Security, but his nominee for the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Tom Price, "made his career on cutting Medicare and Medicaid." Bryce Reeves stated on December 4, 2016 in a radio interview.: "If you’re a single mom, and you’ve two kids in the city of Richmond, you can almost make $50,000 a year on the public dole." Chris Koster stated on August 9, 2016 in an Instagram post: "A rural hospital in Missouri closes every 8 months. The legislature’s failure to expand Medicaid has brought crisis to many of Missouri’s rural health care providers." Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2016 in a speech: Says "Hillary Clinton has pledged amnesty in her first 100 days, and her plan will provide Obamacare, Social Security, and Medicare for illegal immigrants, breaking the federal budget." Howard Dean stated on July 26, 2016 in in a speech at the Democratic National Convention: "Mike Pence voted against expanding the Children’s Health Insurance program, which Hillary helped to start." Jack Falanagan stated on March 10, 2016 in a speech : Says New Hampshire’s second congressional district includes two counties where "almost 5 percent if not more" of residents are enrolled in the state’s expanded Medicaid program. Tom Price stated on March 28, 2016 in a Medium post: A study "from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard, and Dartmouth concluded that Medicaid’s value to its beneficiaries is significantly lower than the actual cost of the program."
Michael Bloomberg stated on September 18, 2017 in a website: "The soda tax can make a difference by reducing consumption of unhealthy soda pop and sugary beverages."
Ron Johnson stated on September 25, 2017 in an interview: "California, New York and Massachusetts, they represent about 20 percent of the population, they get close to 36 percent of Obamacare funding. It's just simply inequitable."
Sean Patrick Maloney stated on August 3, 2017 in a radio interview: "Most people on Medicaid are kids, or seniors, or the disabled."
John Faso stated on July 15, 2017 in an article in the Times Herald-Record: "We now have about one-third of New York’s population on Medicaid."
Elizabeth Warren stated on July 13, 2017 in a video: "One in three people who’s receiving treatment for (opioid) drug problems gets some help from Medicaid to pay for that."
Marco Rubio stated on June 28, 2017 in a Facebook live speech: "There is no reason for anybody to be losing any of their current benefits under Medicaid."
Michael Needham stated on June 25, 2017 in an interview on Fox News Sunday: "Actually, on some procedures, you're more likely to die if you're on Medicaid than if you're uninsured."
Newt Gingrich stated on June 27, 2017 in an appearance on 'Fox & Friends': Under the House health care bill, Medicaid spending "actually goes up 20 percent over the next 10 years."
Tammy Baldwin stated on June 2, 2017 in a speech: Says Donald Trump "wants to kick thousands of kids off of BadgerCare."
Pat Toomey stated on June 25, 2017 in On "Face The Nation": "Remember, Obamacare created a new category of eligibility. Working-age, able-bodied adults with no dependents for the first time became eligible for Medicaid if their income is below 138 percent of the poverty level. We’re going to continue that eligibility. No one loses coverage."
Kellyanne Conway stated on June 25, 2017 in an appearance on ABC's 'This Week': "If you became a Medicaid recipient through the Obamacare expansion, you are grandfathered in."
Ted Budd stated on May 4, 2017: Says if the AHCA replaces Obamacare it will "significantly reduce insurance premiums in" North Carolina.
Kevin McCarthy stated on May 4, 2017 in CNN: "Nobody on Medicaid" will have their benefits taken away.
Donald Trump stated on April 30, 2017 in an interview: Says of the GOP health care proposal, "pre-existing conditions are in the bill."
Donna Campbell stated on March 22, 2017 in an email blast after meeting with President Trump: "Seven out of ten doctors are not taking any new Medicaid patients as lower reimbursement rates make it cost-prohibitive."
Ted Yoho stated on March 14, 2017 in an interview on PBS: "It’s been proven over and over again Medicaid has the worst outcomes in the industrialized world as far as the quality of health care."
John Cornyn stated on March 9, 2017 in a U.S. Senate floor speech: Texas "spent close to a third of its budget on Medicaid last year, a third of all state spending."
Mick Mulvaney stated on March 13, 2017 in a press conference: The House Republican health care "plan doesn't get rid of Medicaid expansion."
Paul Ryan stated on March 13, 2017 in a news release: A report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office "confirms that the American Health Care Act will lower premiums."
Caleb Rowden stated on January 20, 2017 in a statement at a legislative breakfast: "And this would be the first year, if everything holds true, we will spend over $10 billion of our state budget on Medicaid out of the $28 billion budget."
Roy Cooper stated on January 19, 2017 in a speech to business leaders: Says North Carolinians are "already paying for" Medicaid expansion, even though the state hasn’t expanded Medicaid.
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."
Charles Schumer stated on January 3, 2017 in an interview on MSNBC: Says Donald Trump campaigned on not cutting Medicare and Social Security, but his nominee for the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Tom Price, "made his career on cutting Medicare and Medicaid."
Bryce Reeves stated on December 4, 2016 in a radio interview.: "If you’re a single mom, and you’ve two kids in the city of Richmond, you can almost make $50,000 a year on the public dole."
Chris Koster stated on August 9, 2016 in an Instagram post: "A rural hospital in Missouri closes every 8 months. The legislature’s failure to expand Medicaid has brought crisis to many of Missouri’s rural health care providers."
Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2016 in a speech: Says "Hillary Clinton has pledged amnesty in her first 100 days, and her plan will provide Obamacare, Social Security, and Medicare for illegal immigrants, breaking the federal budget."
Howard Dean stated on July 26, 2016 in in a speech at the Democratic National Convention: "Mike Pence voted against expanding the Children’s Health Insurance program, which Hillary helped to start."
Jack Falanagan stated on March 10, 2016 in a speech : Says New Hampshire’s second congressional district includes two counties where "almost 5 percent if not more" of residents are enrolled in the state’s expanded Medicaid program.
Tom Price stated on March 28, 2016 in a Medium post: A study "from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard, and Dartmouth concluded that Medicaid’s value to its beneficiaries is significantly lower than the actual cost of the program."
