Southwest CEO鈥檚 Boast About Airplanes鈥 Low COVID Risk Flies By Key Concerns
Airplanes are small enclosed spaces where social distancing poses special challenges, making this statement an overstatement.
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Viral Post Alleging Obama-Era Device Tax Caused Current PPE Shortage Is Way Off
Nothing in this viral meme is accurate. And there are other places to place blame.
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Trump鈥檚 Claim That U.S. Tested More Than All Countries Combined Is ‘Pants On Fire’ Wrong
When you factor in population size, the U.S. is still behind.
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Trump Says N95 Masks Can Be Sterilized For Reuse. Only In A Pinch, Experts Warn.
Repurposing one N95 mask 20 times is not the same as having 20 new ones.
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Biden Says OSHA Isn鈥檛 Doing Enough To Protect Workers鈥 From COVID-19
Labor unions have called for the agency to issue an emergency standard that would define what steps employers must take to protect their workers from the coronavirus. It has not done that, although it offered guidance that it said does not create a 鈥渘ew legal obligation鈥 for employers.
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Obama: GOP鈥檚 Stance On Preexisting Conditions Off-Base, Especially During Pandemic
The former president's statement highlights a clear difference of opinion that will likely come up often on the campaign trail.
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Sanders: In Coronavirus Relief Effort, Congress Fell Short On Paid Sick Leave
Capitol Hill鈥檚 guarantee does not pertain to many 鈥渆ssential鈥 workers.
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Fox News鈥 Jesse Watters Said Travel Bans 鈥楳ore Critical In Saving Lives鈥 Than COVID Testing. He鈥檚 Wrong.
Travel restrictions came after the coronavirus had reached the U.S.
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Trump鈥檚 Boast About U.S., South Korea Coronavirus Testing Misses The Mark
The president鈥檚 statement frames the data in a way that doesn鈥檛 accurately represent the status of the American response to COVID-19.
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Was The Novel Coronavirus Really Sneaky In Its Spread To The U.S.? Experts Say No.
Public health professionals dismissed the president鈥檚 claims that the spread of the coronavirus, in particular, and the threat of a pandemic, in general, snuck up on us as being 鈥渟imply astonishing鈥 and 鈥渟imply untrue.鈥
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Biden Falsely Blames Trump Administration For Rejecting WHO Coronavirus Test Kits (That Were Never Offered)
Biden鈥檚 statement leaves out context about how countries decided on which test they鈥檇 use to identify the presence of the coronavirus.
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Trump Wrongly Said Health Insurers Will Pay For All Coronavirus Treatment
There are important distinctions between how insurance companies will cover the test and the treatment. This makes the president鈥檚 statement an exaggeration, at best.
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Donald Trump鈥檚 Wrong Claim That 鈥楢nybody鈥 Can Get Tested For Coronavirus
The process is not as simple as calling your doctor or pharmacy, saying you want to be tested for COVID-19 and getting it done. Clinicians decide whether patients meet the criteria to warrant it. Circumstances are further complicated because tests are in short supply.
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Pence Leaves Out Key Details About Health Coverage Of Coronavirus Testing
The vice president's remarks are more proof that health care is complicated.
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Letters to the Editor
Readers And Tweeters Dive Into Debate Over ‘Medicare For All’
Kaiser Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.
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Sanders Embraces New Study That Lowers 鈥楳edicare For All鈥檚鈥 Cost, But Skepticism Abounds
The research exaggerates potential savings, cherry-picks evidence and downplays some of the potential trade-offs.
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Trump鈥檚 Medicaid Chief Labels Medicaid 鈥楳ediocre.鈥 Is It?
This claim 鈥榳ouldn鈥檛 pass muster鈥 in a first-year statistics class.
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Obamacare A Disgrace? Biden Highlights Bloomberg鈥檚 Negative Remarks About The ACA
There was a time when Bloomberg鈥檚 criticism was consistent.
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Sanders鈥 Claim That Buttigieg Is 鈥楩avorite Of The Health Care Industry鈥 Is Broad And Needs Context
It all comes down to how you define it.
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Would ‘Medicare For All’ Cost More Than U.S. Budget? Biden Says So. Math Says No.
Biden鈥檚 statement misses the mark because of messy math.