0 People 346 Fact-checks 133 Articles People (0) Fact-checks (346) Darren Soto stated on October 13, 2025 in an X post: Florida will be the “hardest hit” state in the country if enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies expire. By Samantha Putterman• October 20, 2025 Alex Azar stated on July 09, 2020 in comments made during a virtual summit sponsored by The Hill newspaper: “First off, it’s in statute already in HIPAA that preexisting conditions are covered.” By Julie Rovner• July 14, 2020 AFSCME stated on June 18, 2020 in an attack ad: Says John James "wants to allow insurance companies to discriminate against people with preexisting conditions.” By Clara Hendrickson• July 22, 2020 Donald Trump stated on February 04, 2020 in his State of the Union address to Congress: "Our new (health care) plans are up to 60% less expensive and better" than Obamacare. By Julie Appleby• February 10, 2020 Rick Scott stated on October 02, 2025 in an X post: Democrats shut down the government because they want “health care for illegal aliens and funding for free abortions.” By Samantha Putterman• October 8, 2025 Joe Biden stated on September 29, 2020 in in comments during the first presidential debate: “There's 100 million people that have preexisting conditions.” By Victoria Knight• October 1, 2020 Jon Hoadley stated on October 13, 2020 in a TV ad: Upton “voted a dozen times to kick thousands of Michigan families off their health insurance and eliminate protections for preexisting conditions” By Clara Hendrickson• October 28, 2020 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 Lindsey Graham stated on October 13, 2020 in in comments during Senate Judiciary Committee hearing: “Under the Affordable Care Act, three states get 35% of the money, folks. Can you name them? I'll help you: California, New York and Massachusetts.” By Phil Galewitz• October 28, 2020 Georgians Together stated on September 23, 2014 in television attack ad: David Perdue "proposes rolling back the clock on women’s health care." By Nancy Badertscher• October 1, 2014 Haley Stevens stated on September 29, 2020 in a campaign ad: Eric Esshaki “would allow insurance companies to kick people with a preexisting condition off their plans in the middle of a pandemic, including over 100,000 Michiganders who have survived COVID-19.” By Clara Hendrickson• October 8, 2020 Theresa Greenfield stated on October 22, 2020 in a tweet: Says Joni Ernst "supports the lawsuit that's headed to the Supreme Court that will” repeal the Affordable Care Act. By Caleb McCullough• October 31, 2020 Tony Evers stated on November 01, 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 Keith Ellison stated on January 05, 2017 in a tweet: "House GOP rules package bars CBO from counting spikes in deficit spending spurred by an ACA repeal." By Louis Jacobson• January 12, 2017 Joe Biden stated on October 09, 2020 in a TV campaign ad: Says Donald Trump “is pushing to slash Medicare benefits." By Stephanie Stapleton• October 23, 2020 Dave Brat stated on March 17, 2015 in a written statement.: Repealing Obamacare saves "our nation more than $2 trillion." By Warren Fiske• April 13, 2015 Chris Coons stated on May 14, 2019 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe.": Obamacare granted "the protection against preexisting condition discrimination that extended to more than 150 million Americans, folks who get their health insurance through their employer." By Julie Rovner• May 21, 2019 Kevin Cramer stated on October 26, 2018 in U.S. Senate debate: "Protections on pre-existing conditions have been there since the 1970s." By Manuela Tobias• November 1, 2018 Daniel Lipinski stated on February 14, 2020 in a TV interview: Says the Affordable Care Act “took money out of the Medicare trust fund.” By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller• February 23, 2020 Chris Jacobs stated on October 21, 2020 in a debate: "I am for protecting pre-existing conditions. … I actually co-sponsored legislation to do just that." By Jill Terreri Ramos• October 30, 2020 Articles (133) How the Trump-backed policy bill rolls back Obamacare By Julie Appleby, Phil Galewitz• June 5, 2025 GOP candidates' criticisms of ACA premiums leave out key pieces of health care puzzle By Samantha Putterman• December 8, 2023 GOP talking point holds ACA is haunted by ‘phantom’ enrollees, but the devil’s in the data By Victoria Knight• October 27, 2025 ‘HealthBent’: What Would Happen If The ACA Went Away? By Julie Rovner• December 16, 2019 Does Conor Lamb support mice more than Medicare? By Colin Deppen• September 26, 2018 Health care consolidation and rising costs happen, but Obamacare is not the key culprit By Julie Appleby• December 11, 2025 Could Obamacare repeal cost California 200K jobs? By Chris Nichols• January 12, 2017 Based on past practice, COVID likely to be pre-existing condition if federal protections are removed By Jill Terreri Ramos• October 7, 2020 Biden's health care speech gets the figures mostly right By Victoria Knight• November 10, 2020 What to know as the ACA yet again heads to the Supreme Court By Julie Rovner• November 9, 2020 Team Trump says administration’s action on health care ‘is working.’ Is it? By Shefali Luthra• January 13, 2020 States brace for reversal of Obamacare coverage gains under Trump’s budget bill By Julie Appleby• July 7, 2025 How Obamacare, Medicare and ‘Medicare for All’ muddy the campaign trail By Shefali Luthra• May 13, 2019 Supreme Court declines to overturn ACA, again By Julie Rovner• June 17, 2021 Fact-checking Democrats’ talking points about Affordable Care Act subsidies By Amy Sherman• November 11, 2025 Health Savings Accounts, backed by GOP, cover fancy saunas but not insurance premiums By Amanda Seitz• December 8, 2025 What's in the COVID bill for health insurance and the ACA? By Emmarie Huetteman• March 9, 2021 ¿Quiere Donald Trump eliminar el Obamacare, como dice Joe Biden? By Marta Campabadal Graus, Samantha Putterman• June 5, 2024 ¿Cómo el fin del Obamacare afectaría la protección de enfermedades preexistentes? By Jacob Gardenswartz• June 20, 2024 Fact-checking the final U.S. Senate debate between Joni Ernst and Theresa Greenfield By Caleb McCullough, Julia Shanahan• October 16, 2020
Darren Soto stated on October 13, 2025 in an X post: Florida will be the “hardest hit” state in the country if enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies expire. By Samantha Putterman• October 20, 2025 Alex Azar stated on July 09, 2020 in comments made during a virtual summit sponsored by The Hill newspaper: “First off, it’s in statute already in HIPAA that preexisting conditions are covered.” By Julie Rovner• July 14, 2020 AFSCME stated on June 18, 2020 in an attack ad: Says John James "wants to allow insurance companies to discriminate against people with preexisting conditions.” By Clara Hendrickson• July 22, 2020 Donald Trump stated on February 04, 2020 in his State of the Union address to Congress: "Our new (health care) plans are up to 60% less expensive and better" than Obamacare. By Julie Appleby• February 10, 2020 Rick Scott stated on October 02, 2025 in an X post: Democrats shut down the government because they want “health care for illegal aliens and funding for free abortions.” By Samantha Putterman• October 8, 2025 Joe Biden stated on September 29, 2020 in in comments during the first presidential debate: “There's 100 million people that have preexisting conditions.” By Victoria Knight• October 1, 2020 Jon Hoadley stated on October 13, 2020 in a TV ad: Upton “voted a dozen times to kick thousands of Michigan families off their health insurance and eliminate protections for preexisting conditions” By Clara Hendrickson• October 28, 2020 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 Lindsey Graham stated on October 13, 2020 in in comments during Senate Judiciary Committee hearing: “Under the Affordable Care Act, three states get 35% of the money, folks. Can you name them? I'll help you: California, New York and Massachusetts.” By Phil Galewitz• October 28, 2020 Georgians Together stated on September 23, 2014 in television attack ad: David Perdue "proposes rolling back the clock on women’s health care." By Nancy Badertscher• October 1, 2014 Haley Stevens stated on September 29, 2020 in a campaign ad: Eric Esshaki “would allow insurance companies to kick people with a preexisting condition off their plans in the middle of a pandemic, including over 100,000 Michiganders who have survived COVID-19.” By Clara Hendrickson• October 8, 2020 Theresa Greenfield stated on October 22, 2020 in a tweet: Says Joni Ernst "supports the lawsuit that's headed to the Supreme Court that will” repeal the Affordable Care Act. By Caleb McCullough• October 31, 2020 Tony Evers stated on November 01, 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 Keith Ellison stated on January 05, 2017 in a tweet: "House GOP rules package bars CBO from counting spikes in deficit spending spurred by an ACA repeal." By Louis Jacobson• January 12, 2017 Joe Biden stated on October 09, 2020 in a TV campaign ad: Says Donald Trump “is pushing to slash Medicare benefits." By Stephanie Stapleton• October 23, 2020 Dave Brat stated on March 17, 2015 in a written statement.: Repealing Obamacare saves "our nation more than $2 trillion." By Warren Fiske• April 13, 2015 Chris Coons stated on May 14, 2019 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe.": Obamacare granted "the protection against preexisting condition discrimination that extended to more than 150 million Americans, folks who get their health insurance through their employer." By Julie Rovner• May 21, 2019 Kevin Cramer stated on October 26, 2018 in U.S. Senate debate: "Protections on pre-existing conditions have been there since the 1970s." By Manuela Tobias• November 1, 2018 Daniel Lipinski stated on February 14, 2020 in a TV interview: Says the Affordable Care Act “took money out of the Medicare trust fund.” By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller• February 23, 2020 Chris Jacobs stated on October 21, 2020 in a debate: "I am for protecting pre-existing conditions. … I actually co-sponsored legislation to do just that." By Jill Terreri Ramos• October 30, 2020
How the Trump-backed policy bill rolls back Obamacare By Julie Appleby, Phil Galewitz• June 5, 2025 GOP candidates' criticisms of ACA premiums leave out key pieces of health care puzzle By Samantha Putterman• December 8, 2023 GOP talking point holds ACA is haunted by ‘phantom’ enrollees, but the devil’s in the data By Victoria Knight• October 27, 2025 ‘HealthBent’: What Would Happen If The ACA Went Away? By Julie Rovner• December 16, 2019 Does Conor Lamb support mice more than Medicare? By Colin Deppen• September 26, 2018 Health care consolidation and rising costs happen, but Obamacare is not the key culprit By Julie Appleby• December 11, 2025 Could Obamacare repeal cost California 200K jobs? By Chris Nichols• January 12, 2017 Based on past practice, COVID likely to be pre-existing condition if federal protections are removed By Jill Terreri Ramos• October 7, 2020 Biden's health care speech gets the figures mostly right By Victoria Knight• November 10, 2020 What to know as the ACA yet again heads to the Supreme Court By Julie Rovner• November 9, 2020 Team Trump says administration’s action on health care ‘is working.’ Is it? By Shefali Luthra• January 13, 2020 States brace for reversal of Obamacare coverage gains under Trump’s budget bill By Julie Appleby• July 7, 2025 How Obamacare, Medicare and ‘Medicare for All’ muddy the campaign trail By Shefali Luthra• May 13, 2019 Supreme Court declines to overturn ACA, again By Julie Rovner• June 17, 2021 Fact-checking Democrats’ talking points about Affordable Care Act subsidies By Amy Sherman• November 11, 2025 Health Savings Accounts, backed by GOP, cover fancy saunas but not insurance premiums By Amanda Seitz• December 8, 2025 What's in the COVID bill for health insurance and the ACA? By Emmarie Huetteman• March 9, 2021 ¿Quiere Donald Trump eliminar el Obamacare, como dice Joe Biden? By Marta Campabadal Graus, Samantha Putterman• June 5, 2024 ¿Cómo el fin del Obamacare afectaría la protección de enfermedades preexistentes? By Jacob Gardenswartz• June 20, 2024 Fact-checking the final U.S. Senate debate between Joni Ernst and Theresa Greenfield By Caleb McCullough, Julia Shanahan• October 16, 2020
