“Black women are 3 to 4 times more likely to die (from maternal mortality) even when they have the insurance and the income.”
What PolitiFact found
A 2019 study found that for women who had attended college or earned a college degree — which often correlates with higher income and being covered by health insurance — the Black-white differential ranged from 3.5 to 5.
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In short
Raphael Warnock (U.S. Senator, D-Ga.) made this claim around 14 October 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 17 October 2022, 3 days later. Its rating was “Mostly True”.
Raphael Warnock has 10 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 2 of them false or fake, 7 misleading or mixed and 1 true.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDjYHMyfiPk
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