Ocasio-Cortez: State of US health care is ‘barbarism’ AOL
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Rep.AlexandriaOcasio-Cortez(D-N.Y.)describedthestateofhealthcareinAmericaas“barbarism”inaforthcomingepisodeofSen.BernieSanders’s(I-Vt.)podcast.
InapreviewofWednesday’sepisodeof“Bernie:ThePodcast,”Ocasio-CortezlamentedthehighcostsofhealthcareandhousingandthedifficultchoicesmanyAmericansmustface,assherecommittedtofightingforprogressivechange.
“Thefactthatpeoplearechoosingbetweenmedicineandrentisbarbarism,”Ocasio-Cortezsaidinthepreview,releasedSunday.“Thefactthatpeopleareworriedaboutwhethertheywillbeonthestreeteveryfourweeksisbarbarism.Thefactthateverytimeapersonhasanacheorapainintheirbody,andthey’rescaredthatitcouldeitherbejustasorejointorcancer,buttheycan’tfindoutbecausetheycan’taffordthedoctor.”
“Thisisbarbarism.Andifwedonotdemand,andnotonlydemandbutwinunionshealthcare,wages,endingendlesswar,thenwewillcondemnourselvestobarbarism.AndIrefusetogiveup,”shecontinued.“Irefusetosubmitmyself
