AOC Hammers House Republicans And Accuses Them Of A Crime

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) explained exactly what the Republican Medicaid cuts would do to the price of healthcare for all Americans and called the cuts criminal.

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There is a strong sense that the American people are so worried about the crashing economy and Trump’s trade war that many of them haven’t noticed yet what Trump and his party are planning to do to the healthcare system in America.

In basic and blunt terms, Republicans are working on legislation in the House that would wreck the healthcare system and give the money to extend tax cuts for billionaires.

Video of AOC:

Rep. Ocasio-Cortez said at the Energy and Commerce Committee markup of the GOP’s tax cut bill:

 This bill bans the people that they kick off of Medicaid from even buying their own insurance from the Affordable Care Act Exchange. So once you are kicked off Medicaid, you then can't even buy your own health insurance. It increases costs for people who they deem eligible and who are low-income and forces them to pay even more.

And if you have a private insurer, don't worry, you're getting screwed over too. Because your healthcare premiums are going to skyrocket from the disaster that is happening from this bill. We've done assessments because if you live in a rural community, you're gonna be hurt too.