Southwest CEOās Boast About Airplanesā Low COVID Risk Flies By Key Concerns
Airplanes are small enclosed spaces where social distancing poses special challenges, making this statement an overstatement.
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Viral Post Alleging Obama-Era Device Tax Caused Current PPE Shortage Is Way Off
Nothing in this viral meme is accurate. And there are other places to place blame.
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Trumpās Claim That U.S. Tested More Than All Countries Combined Is ‘Pants On Fire’ Wrong
When you factor in population size, the U.S. is still behind.
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Trump Says N95 Masks Can Be Sterilized For Reuse. Only In A Pinch, Experts Warn.
Repurposing one N95 mask 20 times is not the same as having 20 new ones.
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Biden Says OSHA Isnāt Doing Enough To Protect Workersā From COVID-19
Labor unions have called for the agency to issue an emergency standard that would define what steps employers must take to protect their workers from the coronavirus. It has not done that, although it offered guidance that it said does not create a ānew legal obligationā for employers.
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Obama: GOPās Stance On Preexisting Conditions Off-Base, Especially During Pandemic
The former president's statement highlights a clear difference of opinion that will likely come up often on the campaign trail.
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Sanders: In Coronavirus Relief Effort, Congress Fell Short On Paid Sick Leave
Capitol Hillās guarantee does not pertain to many āessentialā workers.
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Fox Newsā Jesse Watters Said Travel Bans āMore Critical In Saving Livesā Than COVID Testing. Heās Wrong.
Travel restrictions came after the coronavirus had reached the U.S.
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Trumpās Boast About U.S., South Korea Coronavirus Testing Misses The Mark
The presidentās statement frames the data in a way that doesnāt accurately represent the status of the American response to COVID-19.
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Was The Novel Coronavirus Really Sneaky In Its Spread To The U.S.? Experts Say No.
Public health professionals dismissed the presidentās claims that the spread of the coronavirus, in particular, and the threat of a pandemic, in general, snuck up on us as being āsimply astonishingā and āsimply untrue.ā
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Biden Falsely Blames Trump Administration For Rejecting WHO Coronavirus Test Kits (That Were Never Offered)
Bidenās statement leaves out context about how countries decided on which test theyād use to identify the presence of the coronavirus.
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Trump Wrongly Said Health Insurers Will Pay For All Coronavirus Treatment
There are important distinctions between how insurance companies will cover the test and the treatment. This makes the presidentās statement an exaggeration, at best.
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Donald Trumpās Wrong Claim That āAnybodyā Can Get Tested For Coronavirus
The process is not as simple as calling your doctor or pharmacy, saying you want to be tested for COVID-19 and getting it done. Clinicians decide whether patients meet the criteria to warrant it. Circumstances are further complicated because tests are in short supply.
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Pence Leaves Out Key Details About Health Coverage Of Coronavirus Testing
The vice president's remarks are more proof that health care is complicated.
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Letters to the Editor
Readers And Tweeters Dive Into Debate Over ‘Medicare For All’
Kaiser Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.
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Sanders Embraces New Study That Lowers āMedicare For Allāsā Cost, But Skepticism Abounds
The research exaggerates potential savings, cherry-picks evidence and downplays some of the potential trade-offs.
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Trumpās Medicaid Chief Labels Medicaid āMediocre.ā Is It?
This claim āwouldnāt pass musterā in a first-year statistics class.
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Obamacare A Disgrace? Biden Highlights Bloombergās Negative Remarks About The ACA
There was a time when Bloombergās criticism was consistent.
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Sandersā Claim That Buttigieg Is āFavorite Of The Health Care Industryā Is Broad And Needs Context
It all comes down to how you define it.
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Would ‘Medicare For All’ Cost More Than U.S. Budget? Biden Says So. Math Says No.
Bidenās statement misses the mark because of messy math.