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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “My amendment today...will save American taxpayers an…”

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

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Advocates for Bipartisan Legislation to Combat Medicare Advantage Fraud

Published | Video Starts at 03:52

Taking somewhere between 80 billion and $140 billion per per year from the federal government that they then pocket in their own profits. That's a lot of your waste, fraud and abuse margin right there. 80 … My amendment today...will save American taxpayers an estimated $124 billion over 10 years. … instead of going to tax breaks for billionaires and corporations, will then be reinvested in Medicare. (03:52–04:54)

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Asserts that the proposed amendment will save taxpayers $124 billion over a decade.

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