“You know what’s in this bill? No medical malpractice suits until 2024, even if they’re not COVID related.”
Chuck Schumer
Senator. in an MSNBC interview. Claim dated 28 Jul 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False
What PolitiFact found
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.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Chuck Schumer (Senator) made this claim around 28 July 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 3 August 2020, 6 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Chuck Schumer has 11 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 3 of them false or fake, 6 misleading or mixed and 0 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.