As a pharmacist who’s worked in various healthcare settings (retail, hospital, VA, private sector) I can confidently say that insurance companies are the biggest driver for high costs and dysfunction in the US healthcare system. We need things to change drastically ASAP
PabloReports: Can you share anything about the words you exchanged yesterday with RFK Jr. after the hearing?
AOC: Oh, I mean, listen, we’re getting screwed. People are getting screwed. The DOJ has a criminal case open on United Healthcare for stealing money from Medicare. And we’re in a time where all of our healthcare is getting defunded. People are getting denied their health insurance. People are getting denied surgeries, medicines—prescriptions are super expensive.
And this administration is responsible for it and rewarding them for it. And we have to bring it to a stop. These companies that are running Medicare Advantage are stealing from people, and we need to be honest about it. It’s got to come to an end.
Remember the American government can send a rocket to the moon and finance three wars simultaneously, and apparently an inevitable nuclear apocalypse, but it can’t afford day care, social security or a functioning healthcare system….