During an interview with CNN’s Chris Cuomo last night, Democratic Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was asked about the “sticker shock” of her Medicare-for-all plan and how she would pay for it.
She answered with, “Medicare-for-all is cheaper than the current system” because we aren’t — wait for it — “incorporating the costs of all the funeral expenses of those who die because they can’t afford access to health care. That is part of the cost of our system.”
Ocasio-Cortez: Socialized medicine is cheap because people will no longer have to pay for funerals pic.twitter.com/36rJRWFF0H
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) August 9, 2018
Got that? Medicare for all makes us immortal and there will be no more funeral costs! Because that must be what she means as everyone dies so deferring funeral costs 5, 10, 15 years, etc. won’t help fund anything. Oh, and a longer life expectancy in America makes programs like Social Security and Medicare even more underfunded. Has she accounted for that yet?
She also doesn’t seem to realize that the individual mandate was repealed, which might come up when she eventually become a real, life lawmaker in a few months:
So apparently, @Ocasio2018 missed the news that the Individual Mandate was repealed last year, interestingly enough, @ChrisCuomo does not fact check her. https://t.co/5vi7cl5Id2 https://t.co/i00oSV7rhb
— The Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) August 9, 2018
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Now, if a Republican had said anything like this, PolitiFact and the other fact-checkers would be all over it. Let’s see if they do their jobs now.
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RUH-ROH! Wow, the Babylon Bee must be REALLY scared of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez https://t.co/iXkYAr5c5H
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 8, 2018
ICYMI ==> 'OMG'! Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's claim about the Democratic Party and the moon sends heads CRASHING to desks https://t.co/Maw9foAXrZ
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 8, 2018
'ONE-PUNCH KO!' Ben Shapiro makes Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez an IRRESISTIBLE offer … will she REFUSE? https://t.co/pIq8l8JEu5
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 8, 2018
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