Healthcare
Healthcare should be a human right, not a privilege for the wealthy. For that reason, Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez proudly supports H.R.1976: Medicare for All Act of 2021, which creates a single-payer system that guarantees healthcare for all, regardless of income or employment status, while eliminating copays and premiums.
The Congresswoman also helped pass the Inflation Reduction Act into law, which allows Medicare to directly negotiate prescription drug prices; caps insulin to $35 for those with Medicare coverage; limits Medicare out-of-pocket costs to $2,000 per year; and extends government subsidies for health insurance purchased on the exchange.
For more on the Congresswoman’s work on healthcare, please read on below.
More on Healthcare
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), alongside Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10) and Congresswoman Terri Sewell (AL-07), led 52 of their House Democratic colleagues in urging Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr.
Washington, D.C. - Today, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) highlighted the need to address the real harms and public health impacts of data centers during an Energy and Commerce Full Committee Markup.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) highlighted the need to develop more stringent standards in the U.S. pharmaceutical patent system to avoid the over-patenting of brand-name drugs during a hearing in the Health Subcommittee of the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) announced that House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries has selected her to serve as Co-Convener of House Democrats' Cost of Living Healthcare Working Group alongside Representative Terri Sewell (AL-07).
Washington, D.C. - Today, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) questioned Health and Human Services Secretary Kennedy for his decision to send billions of taxpayer dollars to insurance giants under investigation for corporate fraud during a hearing in the Health Subcommittee of the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Washington, D.C.–Today, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) introduced the Fair Wages for Home Care Workers Act, legislation that would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to guarantee minimum wage and overtime protections for over 3 million home care workers.
Letter follows the Trump Administration’s directive to let SNAP benefits expire for three million New Yorkers in less than 2 days