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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “Medicare Advantage is a scam, [and] we have handed over huge…”

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

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is trying to find her party's path back into power. | Morning Edition | NPR

Published | Video Starts at 28:40

I actually don't want someone taking a wrecking ball to someone's chemotherapy to just see what happens. Now, I do think that, that we can examine certain things like Medicare Advantage is a scam, [and] we have handed over huge amounts of healthcare disbursements to private insurers who are pocketing it and giving less coverage to the people who receive this than ever before. Sure. Yeah, let's go after that. But I don't think we just destroy everything that we have worked so hard for as a country to become innovative, to become just … (28:40–29:11)

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Asserts that Medicare Advantage is a scam and results in less coverage for recipients.

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