AP FACT CHECK: Clinton, Sanders on health care, donors

[...] Guy Cecil, a former Clinton staffer, was brought in to lead the group last year as a signal to her supporters that they could trust Priorities USA to serve her well.

The nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget estimates that the tax increases in Sanders' plan would only cover about 75 percent of what Sanders says it will cost, creating a $3 trillion hole in the federal budget over 10 years.

Emory University economist Kenneth Thorpe says the proposal also underestimates the cost of having the government provide doctors' services, hospitalization, long-term care, and vision and dental care — all without premiums, copays or deductibles.

According to Thorpe, the Sanders plan falls short by about $11 trillion over 10 years.

The report went on to say that at the time, 16.6 percent of adult black males had actually ever gone to prison, or 1 in 6.

[...] the incarceration rate for black men has actually gone down instead of up, according to the Sentencing Project.