President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Democratic and Republican presidential nominees, shared a debate stage on June 27 for the first time since 2020, in a confrontation that — because of strict debate rules — managed to avoid the near-constant interruptions that had marred their previous encounters.
Biden, who spoke in a raspy voice and often struggled to articulate his arguments, once said that his administration had “finally defeated Medicare.” Trump, meanwhile, repeated numerous falsehoods, including that Democrats want doctors to be able to perform abortions after birth.
Trump took credit for the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision, which Roe vs. Wade and returned abortion policy to the states. “This is what everybody wanted,” he said, adding, “That’s a very good thing.” Biden’s response: “That’s a terrible thing.”
In a notable development, Trump said he would not revoke FDA approval for an abortion drug that was first used in the US last year. about two thirds Abortion cases have increased in the US. Some conservatives have targeted the FDA’s approval of the drug mifepristone more than 20 years ago as a way to further restrict access to abortion across the country.
“The Supreme Court has approved the abortion pill. And I agree with their decision, and I will not stop it,” Trump said. The Supreme Court ruled this month that a coalition of anti-abortion medical groups and doctors did not have the standing to challenge the FDA’s approval of the drug. However, the court’s decision did not stop the drug from being approved.
CNN hosted the debate at its Atlanta headquarters, with no audience. CNN anchors Jake Tapper and Dana Bash moderated the debate. The debate format allowed CNN to mute the candidates’ microphones when it was not their turn to speak.
Our PolitiFact Partners The debate was fact-checked in real time as Biden and Trump clashed on the economy, immigration and abortion, and discussions about his age were rekindled. Biden, 81, has become the oldest US president; if Trump defeats him, his second term will end at age 82. You can read Full coverage here And here are excerpts detailing specific health claims:
Biden: “We brought down prices [of] prescription medication[s]Which is a big problem for a lot of people, requiring an insulin shot costs $15 instead of $400.”
Half Truth, Biden touted his efforts to reduce prescription drug costs, citing the $35 monthly insulin price cap his administration set under the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act. But he initially misrepresented that number during the debate, saying it had been lowered to $15. In his closing statement, Biden revised the amount to $35.
The cost of insulin for Medicare enrollees is set to rise to $35 a month instead of $15 starting in 2023. Drug pricing experts told PolitiFact that when it evaluated similar claims, it found most Medicare enrollees were not paying the monthly average of $400 before the changes, though costs vary based on coverage phases and dosage, so few people would have paid that much in a given month.
Trump: “I’m the guy who made insulin available to senior citizens.”
Mostly lies. He established it when Trump was president. Part D Senior Savings ModelThis is a program that caps the cost of insulin for certain older Americans at $35 a month in participating drug plans.
But because it was voluntary, Only 38% of all Medicare drug plansIncluding Medicare Advantage plans, participated in 2022. Trump’s plan covered only one form of each dose and insulin type, according to KFF.
Biden touted the $35 monthly insulin cap mandated under the Inflation Reduction Act as a major achievement. The cap applies to all Medicare prescription plans and extends to all covered insulin types and doses. Though Trump’s model was a start, it did not have the broad reach that Biden’s mandated cap achieved.
Biden: Trump “wants to get rid of the ACA again.”
Half Truth, In 2016, Trump campaigned on a promise to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, or ACA. In the White House, Trump supported an unsuccessful effort to do so. He repeatedly said he would repeal the healthcare law in 2023 in campaign stops and social media posts. However, in March, Trump walked back that stance, writing on his Truthout social platform that he was not running to “end” the ACA but to make it “better” and “less expensive.” Trump did not explain how he would do that. He has said he would not do that. The frequently promised Obamacare replacement plan Without ever producing it.
Trump: “The problem is… [Democrats] “The biggest problem they have is that they are radicalised, because they can take the life of the child in the eighth month, ninth month and even after birth,” he said.
false. The intentional killing of a newborn baby is infanticide and is illegal in every state in the United States.
Most elected Democrats who have spoken publicly about this have said they support abortion Roe vs. WadeAccess was allowed until the fetal viability was reached according to the 2013 standard — typically around 24 weeks of pregnancy, when the fetus can survive outside the womb. Many Democrats have also said they support abortion after this point if the treating physician deems it necessary.
Medical experts say conditions that result in fetal death in the third trimester are rare — fewer than 1% of abortions in the U.S. occur after 21 weeks — and usually involve fatal fetal anomalies or life-threatening emergencies affecting the pregnant woman. For fetuses with a very short life expectancy, doctors can induce labor and provide palliative care. Some families choose this option when they are faced with a diagnosis that limits their babies’ survival to just minutes or days after delivery.
Some Republicans who have made claims similar to Trump point to Democratic support Women’s Health Protection Act 2022which would have prohibited many state government restrictions on access to abortion, citing the bill’s provisions that say providers and patients have the right to perform and obtain abortion services without certain limitations or requirements that would impede access. Anti-abortion advocates say the bill, which failed in the Senate by a 49–51 vote, would have created a loophole that would have eliminated any limits on abortion later in pregnancy.
Alina Salganicoff, director of KFF’s women’s health policy program, said the law would have allowed health providers to perform abortions without barriers such as waiting periods, medically unnecessary testing and in-person visits, or other restrictions. According to the bill, abortions after viability would be allowed when, “in the good faith medical judgment of the treating healthcare provider, continuation of the pregnancy would pose a risk to the life or health of the pregnant patient.”
TRUMP: “Social Security, he’s destroying it, because there are millions of people coming into our country, and they’re putting them on Social Security. They’re putting them on Medicare, Medicaid.”
false. Its it is wrong to say that immigration will destroy Social Security. Social Security’s financial challenges arise from a shortage of workers compared to beneficiaries.
Immigration is not a financial solution to Social Security’s challenges. But having more immigrants in the United States will likely increase the worker-to-beneficiary ratio, possibly for decades, thereby increasing the program’s solvency.
Most immigrants come to the US without legal permission Ineligible for Social SecurityHowever, people who enter the U.S. without authorization and are granted humanitarian parole — temporary permission to remain in the country for more than a year — are eligible to benefit from the program.
Immigrants who do not have legal residence in the United States are generally Inappropriate To enroll in federally funded health care coverage such as Medicare and Medicaid. (Some The states provide Under Medicaid coverage State-funded programs regardless of immigration status. Immigrants are eligible for Emergency Medicaid (regardless of their legal status)
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