Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (DN.Y.) described the state of health care in America as “barbarism” on an upcoming episode of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vt.) podcast.
In a preview of Wednesday’s episode of “Bernie: The Podcast,” Ocasio-Cortez lamented the high costs of health care and housing and the difficult choices many Americans must face, as she recommitted herself to fighting for change progressive.
“The fact that people choose between medicine and rent is barbaric,” Ocasio-Cortez said in the preview released on Sunday. “The fact that people are worried about whether they will be on the street every four weeks is barbaric. The fact that every time a person has a pain in their body and they are afraid that it could just be joint pain or cancer, but they can’t figure it out because they don’t have money to pay the doctor. ”
“This is barbarism. And if we don’t demand, and not just demand, but win the unions, healthcare, wages, ending the endless war, then we will condemn ourselves to barbarism and I refuse to give up,” she continued. “I refuse to submit to that future. This is not a life. And so, to live, we have to fight for each other.”
The two public figures have become pillars in progressive politics and played a key role in the early Biden administration by passing the progressive policies of the Inflation Reduction Act, including capping insulin at $35 for those covered by Medicare and the Medicare permission to deal directly with medications. companies. Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders support “Medicare for All” legislation.
Sanders released the podcast for almost two months, in conjunction with his book, “It’s Ok to Be Angry about Capitalism.”
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