Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “The ACA forces you all to spend a decent amount of that on…”

“You know, I saw something that was interesting from the opening statement of Mr. Hemsley from UnitedHealth talking about how much United spends, what was it, 85% on care. Mr. Hemsley? Approaching 90%. Approaching 90%. But The ACA forces you all to spend a decent amount of that on subsidies on care. 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.” (03:57–04:05)

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