“We have 85 million Americans who have no health insurance.”
What PolitiFact found
The Commonwealth Fund, a respected source of data on health care research, found in 2022 that 43% percent of working-age adults ages 19 to 64 were uninsured or inadequately insured. That adds up to 85 million adults.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Bernie Sanders (U.S. Senator) made this claim around 11 December 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 13 December 2022, 2 days later. Its rating was “Half True”.
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.
This check was done by PolitiFact, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.