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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “Ronald Reagan, in the 1980s, the United States passed a law…”

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

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Republicans are scapegoating immigrants. | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Published | Video Starts at 00:34

They are trying to come back with this tiny loophole and being like, oh, but there are some federal funds that could possibly on the state level, you know, what they're actually pointing to is that Ronald Reagan, in the 1980s, the United States passed a law that said if you walk into an ER, a hospital cannot refuse you care if you can't afford it if you're not covered. Because we decided that we wanted to be a sister civilized country, that if someone gets hit by a car and they're bleeding out, that a doctor isn't checking like for their insurance coverage before they go rush into an emergency room like that. (00:34–00:49)

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Asserts that a law passed in the 1980s under Ronald Reagan mandates hospitals to provide emergency care regardless of insurance status.

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