“500,000 Americans are going bankrupt. You know why they’re going bankrupt? Because they suffered a terrible disease, cancer or heart disease.”
Bernie Sanders
Claim dated 12 Sep 2019.
The New York Times rated thisThis is exaggerated.
In short
Bernie Sanders made this claim around 12 September 2019. The New York Times (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 12 September 2019. Its rating was “This is exaggerated.”.
Bernie Sanders has 49 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 6 of them false or fake, 35 misleading or mixed and 4 true.
Where the claim appeared
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