Ocasio-Cortez: State of US health care is ‘barbarism’

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