All Health Care statements that are Half-True

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

Says Dean Heller "broke that promise" to protect expanded Medicaid.  

— PolitiFact National on Friday, October 19th, 2018

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

"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

"When (Ron DeSantis) was asked what cancer patients should do without health insurance, DeSantis said 'show up to the emergency room.'"

— PolitiFact Florida on Thursday, October 18th, 2018

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

Says Dave Brat "voted against protecting pre-existing conditions."

— PolitiFact Virginia on Thursday, October 11th, 2018

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

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

"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

Says Bruce Poliquin "voted to strip 117,000 Mainers of their insurance."

— PolitiFact National on Friday, October 5th, 2018

Says "Mike DeWine wanted to allow insurance companies to refuse to pay for pre-existing conditions."

— PolitiFact Ohio on Thursday, October 4th, 2018

Says "Texas U.S. Rep John Culberson voted to let insurance companies charge people 50 and over five times more than younger people."  

— PolitiFact National on Monday, September 24th, 2018

Says she voted to stop a new "age tax" under which "Arizonans age 50 & over could be charged 5 times more for their health care."

— PolitiFact Arizona on Wednesday, September 19th, 2018

Says there is a report "that showed that, should we move to cover more people to a Medicare for All system, we could actually save the system trillions over an extended period of time."

— PolitiFact Florida on Tuesday, September 18th, 2018

"Nearly 7 million Floridians have pre-existing conditions — but Rick Scott and Florida Republicans wants to take away their health care coverage by ending the Affordable Care Act."

— PolitiFact Florida on Wednesday, September 12th, 2018

Says Kevin Cramer voted to let insurance companies go back to denying coverage for 300,000 North Dakotans with pre-existing conditions.

— PolitiFact National on Friday, August 24th, 2018

Says the Koch Brothers sponsored "a study that shows that Medicare for All would save the American people $2 trillion over a 10-year period."

— PolitiFact National on Friday, August 3rd, 2018

If a lawsuit backed by Josh Hawley succeeds, "nearly 2.5 million Missourians with pre-existing conditions could lose their health care coverage."

— PolitiFact National on Thursday, July 26th, 2018

Says Brett Kavanaugh "refused to uphold key patient protections in the past."  

— PolitiFact National on Wednesday, July 18th, 2018