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Checked by PolitiFact4 Apr 2023United States Health

Chuck Schumer, U.S. Senator, D-N.Y.

“Sullivan County “has the highest opioid death rate in all of New York state” yet “it’s the only county in the Hudson Valley not included in the federal High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area” program.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True

PolitiFact says: Sullivan County, N.Y., leads the state in opioid death rate, but the federal government does not consider it to be part of its High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area.

Checked by PolitiFact3 Aug 2020United States Health

Chuck Schumer, Senator

“You know what’s in this bill? No medical malpractice suits until 2024, even if they’re not COVID related.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False

PolitiFact says: The bill does not prohibit the filing of medical malpractice lawsuits, but it does set strict standards that must be met for a case to succeed.