Posted on 12/16/2019 3:37:49 PM PST by grundle
ep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., tweeted Monday, "no one should go through" choosing between 66 health care plans and lambasted Republicans for framing the issue around "choice" for consumers.
"Members of Congress also have to buy their plans off the exchange. They are Gold plans that are partially subsidized. That means I get to 'choose' [between] 66 complex financial products. This is absurd. No person should go without healthcare, [and] no one should go through this, either," Ocasio-Cortez wrote on Twitter on Sunday.
Ocasio-Cortez is a staunch advocate of Medicare-for-all, a universal health care plan that is a bright-tline among 2020 Democratic candidates. Ocasio-Cortez endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders, the original proponent of Medicare-for-all, as Democratic nominee in October.
"A lot of Republicans are quite upset about critiquing the frame of 'choice' within our health insurance system, with many staying that those who struggle to pick the best insurance option are simply 'too dumb' to know better. But the complexity of our system is by design," Ocasio-Cortez wrote on Twitter on Monday.
"They're also upset that I stated 66 'choices' is too many," she continued. "It is! Healthcare is not H&M. Insurance is a complex financial product for the doctor. Costs are skyrocketing largely due to the financialization of our health. Streamlining our system [and] covering more isn’t a bad thing."
Ocasio-Cortez's comments come as former Vice President Joe Biden remains Democratic primary voters’ preferred presidential candidate, according to a Fox News poll released Sunday. Seventy-seven percent of Democratic primary voters think Biden can beat President Trump in the 2020 election, up from 68 percent in October.
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Freedom of Choice, is what you’ve got.
Freedom from Choice, is what you want.
-DEVO
Too much freedom of choice, eh Mizz Cortez?
No one should have to put up with hundreds of idiot dictatorcrats.
I’m still wondering if the bartender ever figured out that disposall thingy.
The alphabet networks tell us that news has gone down in quality since the days when there were only 3 major networks presenting the same daily talking points.
Can you be fixed on the cheap or are you Soylent Green ?
Better to have a single choice (except for the politicians and the wealthy). /s
Oh, go put your fist down that garbage disposal of yours, and flip the switch.
Or too stupid and clueless to make a choice? Realistically that is becoming a problem in a dumbed down America.
AOC complains.
She does nothing else.
I remember pre ACA where I had over 100 choices, and I prefer that.
I remember pre ACA where I had over 100 choices, and I prefer that.
And besides, too much thinking makes her brain hurt.
I was staying at a hotel this year that had OAN. It was like turning back the clock to when America was free again! It was simply news, dozens of stories from around the world that impact America.
It was wonderful. An hour of OAN had 10 times the content of fox and a tenth opinion.
Within a week the channel was on OAN till late night Tucker and Hanity. That was enough opinion for me.
You said it.
Just wait until she sees what Seniors have to go through with all of the different issues. I have all my wits and dealing with it as a Guardian was sheer hell.
One Medicaid lawyer told me that Medicaid was understaffed and undereducated. Getting them to understand complicated situations was a nightmare.
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