claim: "i helped write" the affordable care act.
author: bernie sanders
evidence_1: jan 18, 2016 ... sanders said he "helped write" the affordable care act. he deserves credit for  one provision of it -- worth a not-insignificant $11 billion. but overall, he was  hardly an inside crafter of the bill. until his effort was blocked by a gop  procedural move, sanders supported a more aggressive single-payer system, ...
evidence_2: nov 23, 2015 ... “this is just old-fashioned political gimmickry. i helped write the affordable care  act. so i don't want somebody suggesting i'm trying to dismantle legislation that i  helped write.” — sen. bernie sanders (i-vt.), interview with des moines register,  nov. 16, 2015. during the most recent democratic presidential ...
evidence_3: nov 13, 2014 ... oh, no, you're talking again. that never turns out well. photo: dominick reuter/ corbis. earlier this week, the daily caller found videos of economist jonathan  gruber, who helped write the affordable care act, committing gaffes.  conservatives have responded with wild anger at what they take to be a ...
evidence_4: mar 15, 2017 ... president trump helped write embattled obamacare replacement bill, speaker  ryan says as he defends plan ... ryan's comments on fox business news came  as conservatives and other critics of the bill, which would repeal and replace key  parts of the affordable care act, clamored for changes.
evidence_5: jan 26, 2016 ... as hillary clinton's attacks on bernie sander's health care proposals continue,  one of his defenses is that he “helped write” the affordable care act. it's a claim  he made during a democratic debate earlier this month, and one he has  reiterated on the campaign trail. “now, i am a member of the senate health ...