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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “100 years ago we had this type of market concentration in…”

Featuring: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democratic | U.S. House, New York, District 14

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Rep. AOC Calls Out CVS Health's Corporate Strategy to Monopolize Patient Care

Published | Video Starts at 04:21

But when you own the care, when the insurer owns the pharmacy, owns the pbm, owns the drug manufacturer, you also own the health care cost. You own a big chunk of the health care cost. And so 100 years ago we had this type of market concentration in our banks and we did something about it when it crashed the economy and we passed the Glass Steagall Act. We should be considering that in our healthcare system. And if we believe in competition, I think we should put our votes and our legislation in alignment with that and … (04:21–04:32)

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Asserts that market concentration in banks led to the Glass Steagall Act after an economic crash.

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