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, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) continued to fight against corporate greed by for-profit health insurance companies, including those that operate Medicare Advantage plans.
Washington, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) and Congressman Lloyd Doggett (TX-37) led 40 colleagues in sending a letter to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz and Deputy Administrator Abe Sutton urging them to reject any efforts to expand the pre-treatment approval process, more commonly known as prior authorization, in Traditional Medicare.
Washington, D.C. - Today, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) continued to fight against major cuts to maternal and infant health programs during a hearing with the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. In the last few months, Representative Ocasio-Cortez introduced the bipartisan Healthy Start Reauthorization Act of 2025.
Washington, D.C. - Today, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) continued to fight against President Trump’s cuts to Medicaid and food assistance benefits during debate on the floor of the House of Representatives. The legislation, which is under consideration after passing the Senate by one vote on Tuesday, will kick 17 million people off of their health care and potentially cause local hospitals to shut down in New York and across the country.
Washington, D.C. - Today, Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) and Diana DeGette (CO-01), who serves as ranking member for the Subcommittee on Health on the Energy and Commerce Committee, led 28 colleagues in a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Washington, D.C. - Today, Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) and Lloyd Doggett (TX-37) sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi urging the Department of Justice to expand its reported investigation into UnitedHealth Group to include reports that the company is engaging in fraud through the Medicare Advantage program.
Washington, D.C. - Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) and Representative Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) introduced legislation that would reauthorize the Healthy Start program, which provides critical funding for community-based efforts that improve maternal and child health.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) and Representative Debbie Dingell (MI-06) led 42 House Democrats in sending a letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and the U.S.
Washington, D.C. - Today Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) and Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-12) led New York’s entire Democratic Congressional delegation in writing to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy requesting a meeting to discuss the unprecedented attacks on New York State’s health funding.
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) recognized the New York State Nurses Association Strike during a speech on the House Floor. Watch the full floor speech here. A transcript of the speech can be found below: