Varying studies
Health care is the "No. 1 reason for bankruptcy."
— PolitiFact Florida on Thursday, January 31st, 2019
Other data differs
"7 million more Americans are uninsured now than when President Trump was elected."
— PolitiFact National on Friday, January 25th, 2019
Only half the story
"October 2013, Obama shut down the government for 16 days to force Obamacare."
— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Wednesday, January 2nd, 2019
'Everyone' has health care quite a stretch
Wisconsin has "the number one health care system in the country. Everyone in poverty now has health care"
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Friday, November 30th, 2018
Down to zero, but not from 700
"We had a waiting list in Chittenden County when I came into office of about 700. ... We opened a new treatment hub in St. Albans, and it reduced that number to zero."
— PolitiFact Vermont on Thursday, November 8th, 2018
Impacts unclear
Says Ohio U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot "voted to cut health care for kids, affecting up to half the families at Cincinnati’s own Children’s Hospital."
— PolitiFact National on Monday, November 5th, 2018
Claim leaves out key information
As California's Insurance Commissioner, "Steve Poizner pledged to block immigrant children from ever getting MediCal health insurance."
— PolitiFact California on Tuesday, October 30th, 2018
Keep your health plan if you like it? Not here.
"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."
— PolitiFact National on Tuesday, October 30th, 2018
Needs more context
Says Ted Budd "voted to gut protections for pre-existing conditions … letting insurance companies deny coverage for (necessary) treatment."
— PolitiFact North Carolina on Monday, October 22nd, 2018
Heller voted both ways
Says Dean Heller "broke that promise" to protect expanded Medicaid.
— PolitiFact National on Friday, October 19th, 2018
Bill wants pills over-the-counter
Says Rep. Martha McSally "has repeatedly tried to limit women’s access to birth control, and she even cosponsored a bill to make contraception more expensive for women."
— PolitiFact Arizona on Friday, October 19th, 2018
Freedom Caucus role key
"In Congress, Ron DeSantis demanded that any new health law eliminate protections for people with pre-existing conditions."
— PolitiFact Florida on Thursday, October 18th, 2018
CNN transcript
"When (Ron DeSantis) was asked what cancer patients should do without health insurance, DeSantis said 'show up to the emergency room.'"
"Age tax" is misleading
Says U.S. Rep. Mimi Walters "took $213,000 from insurance interests" and that she supported a plan that "strips protections for people with pre-existing conditions and slaps an age tax on older Californians."
— PolitiFact California on Tuesday, October 16th, 2018
There's more to this story
Says Dave Brat "voted against protecting pre-existing conditions."
— PolitiFact Virginia on Thursday, October 11th, 2018
Medicaid cuts hurt veterans, too
Says Minnesota congressional candidate Jim Hagedorn supports a plan that would take away health care for 340,000 veterans, with 17,000 in Minnesota possibly losing coverage.
— PolitiFact National on Thursday, October 11th, 2018
Aging in Jersey isn't the same as aging elsewhere
Says New Jersey Rep. Leonard Lance voted repeatedly "to let insurance companies charge more to people aged 50 and over."
— PolitiFact National on Tuesday, October 9th, 2018
Vukmir says she wants to cover pre-existing conditions, not clear how
"2.4 million people in Wisconsin have pre-existing conditions" and Leah Vukmir supports letting insurance companies "deny coverage to people with pre-existing conditions."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Monday, October 8th, 2018
High-end estimate
Says Bruce Poliquin "voted to strip 117,000 Mainers of their insurance."
— PolitiFact National on Friday, October 5th, 2018
He fought Obamacare
Says "Mike DeWine wanted to allow insurance companies to refuse to pay for pre-existing conditions."
— PolitiFact Ohio on Thursday, October 4th, 2018