“51,000 Americans will die each year" as a result of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act's changes to health insurance.”
What FactCheck.org found
An analysis projected 42,500 deaths a year. The extra 8,800 Sanders is claiming are deaths from provision that is expiring and is not part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act itself.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Bernie Sanders (Senator) made this claim around 3 July 2025. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 17 July 2025, 14 days later. Its rating was “Exaggerates”.
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.
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