“In America, we are spending twice as much on health care as the people of Canada or any other major countries.”
Bernie Sanders
Democratic presidential candidate. at a rally in Milford, N.H.. Claim dated 4 Feb 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisThis checks out
In short
Bernie Sanders (Democratic presidential candidate) made this claim around 4 February 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 5 February 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “This checks out”.
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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