“The difference between what I support and what you support, Vice President Biden, is that you require them to opt in (to a Medicare public option), and I would not require them to opt in. … They would automatically be enrolled. That’s a big difference. … Are you forgetting what you said two minutes ago?”
Julian Castro
Democratic presidential candidate. a Democratic debate. Claim dated 13 Sep 2019.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False
In short
Julian Castro (Democratic presidential candidate) made this claim around 13 September 2019. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 13 September 2019. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Julian Castro has 6 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 3 of them false or fake, 1 misleading or mixed and 1 true.
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