Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “80 year olds and 90 year olds are going to be seeing their…”

“I was hearing from some folks last night who are already working in Medicare and they're working in insurance industries and 80 year olds and 90 year olds are going to be seeing their insurance premiums go up by 100%. People are going to die. Nobody cares about some election years from now. They care about if their kids can get insulin and if they can put food on the table.” (01:58–02:06)

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