Rep. AOC on Prescription Costs, Medicare for All, and Pharmacy Benefit Managers

[@insanetubegain]

She may well be the first female President of the U.S.

[@travisgrant5608]

She has more intelligence in her little finger then the entire republican side of Congress put together! 👏👍

[@RealMoonmen]

Honestly, I dislike polarizing USA politics but the Republican Party is too geriatric at this point. Everything old Republicans do is questionable, many would still vote against gay marriage. Not a fan of the Democratic Party, but the Republican Party is a modern day propaganda machine.

[@StephEWaterstram]

Perhaps but The Republicans defending something called Greed.

[@hateisignorance]

I agree with you ;But we all know they play dumb. That is far worse.

[@lisabaxter2548]

Drugs should be about treatment not profits. Thanks AOC for talking about this in detail.

[@LmfaoBanana]

Especially since our tax dollars FUNDED THE MEDICAL RESEARCH!!

[@tsubadaikhan6332]

Big Pharma has been abusing the Patent system for years simply for Profits, not for any meaningful R&D. Threaten to change the Patent Laws and watch them scream.

[@hateisignorance]

That would require greed to be removed from the equation. But you are absolutely right.

[@gordonadams5891]

I love how AOC always presents the issue. It's uncomplicated and dead on.

[@Smackwater587]

Bet she's the first female POTUS. And the youngest! She learned from the best. Go girl!

[@almarosaserrano7490]

AOC your passion is appreciated

[@209cherrypie]

AOC always keeps them on point , while keeping decorum with regard & respectl to all.

[@davidpage7900]

She's always civil, no matter how loathsome big money gets.

[@PeterFnPorker]

Wars don't topple governments... Greed does

[@shacktime]

War IS greed run amok.

[@terryjames548]

I appreciate her. She works hard.

[@jeritiley4369]

I love AOC...

[@leryck]

AOC is a model to follow! What a brilliant woman! ♥

[@edwardmartinez9459]

Gorgeous to!

[@jhegre]

And she scares the living sh!t out of repugnicans.

[@HAPninKEN]

YOU GO GIRL...

[@sleekiteejit8741]

AOC for POTUS

[@PaulEleftheriou-we7vr]

AOC, really nails it keep it up!

[@wolfdreams2000]

Thanks, AOC! 💜

[@tygrahof9268]

You are a gem AOC!!

[@rondean2733]

Definitely not a gem, more like a Whitney turd!

[@aprilb9888]

THIS is what a representative of the people looks like!! VOTE BLUE!!

[@deannaartzbennett244]

Let the Voters Beware of Corporate Capture of Government and Public Agency. The DNC has Publicly Disavowed the Democratic Constituency in a Court of Law saying: "There is No Such Thing as a 'Democrat'. The DNC is a Private Corporation with No Responsibility or Accountability to Voters." 💙🇺🇲 RFK JR 🇺🇲 2024🇺🇲💙 The Old School Liberal Democratic Platform IS Civility, Civil Rights, Human Rights, Economic Justice, Community Accountability and Social & Environmental Responsibility ABOVE and BEFORE Corporate Special Interests.

[@toneyingram732]

And Trump and MTG and boebert look like the lying fools they are

[@noamfinnegan8663]

Much love and appreciation from Ireland 🇮🇪💚🇺🇸 I'm a Irish Republican which makes me leftwing ( really left ) socialist, secular and committed to the will of the people, Our Constitution. 💚❤️🤍💙💛 It's a strange world, AOC is as close as you get to our ideals. 🌈🌈🌈🌈 Constitution fails, America falls.

[@declanfitzpatrick6747]

As an Irish republican myself. She is fantastic. So much way ahead of mtg and lb.. anyway first election I voted in was 1977. Voted sf. How time's change. One per cent then. A lot more now. Anyway time to go. Swords tomorrow. Good chat. Drogheda next week. Anyway aoc has something special. May I say it's not her bar skills. Then again being Irish it probably is. Not her. Ok I remember years ago because of religion etc. Irl. Was seen as a country not from north Europe .more from the med. Just not the weather

[@jeanhendersonharley3228]

Amen thank you I'm from Scotland very left wing socialist

[@indubitably_elementary965]

To listen to a politician that has clearly educated themselves on the topic at hand and at the same time are working for their own consistency is in this age of self serving got you grabs so refreshing if not miraculous. Thank you Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Thank you.

[@pamelamac2879]

Americans are really struggling for change and I think 2024 is the window of opportunity for the frankness and common sense of Progressives to prevail 🙏🏼

[@TheSuzberry]

This woman is a gift!

[@billyjunior1917]

As a senior, senior citizen I'd like to share a multi-decade experience: My health is, in my opinion and generally my present doc's, spectacular for my age, 84. Never-the-less I have high blood pressure and eye pressure problems. My BP meds really do the job - however I've been taking them for decades and I refer to them as my stay-alive-drugs. Perhaps there is no other choice. NTL (never-the-less), at my senior citizen community drugstore I've always had a co-pay = relatively small and tolerable. But when I was prescribed a glaucoma drug the pharmacy wanted $125 for a 2.5 ml vial UN-handled by my insurance co, so I actually bought the first vial. After several discussions with the eye doc, we chose a similar drug with a $6.25 co-pay. Cool! A year or so later our pharmacy decided to retire and we needed to seek new sources for our pharmaceutical needs. They forwarded our medical needs to CVS which is just about walking distance from our community. My first 2 refills for both prescriptions had no co-pay. So 25 or so years later, I learn that I NEEDED to shop around for a pharmacy! WTF? Is this no longer America. My insurance co. SCAN, never notified me that I might be paying more than I should for my drugs. Until I brought the subject up with my eye doc, no one who participated in my life saving analysis and prescription ever asked or told me that I might pay less elsewhere. Over the decades and recent years I've spent money I should not have. Thankfully not s budget breaking amount. But why did I not have advice from a reliable source as to what the drugs should have cost me.

[@kimslau]

AOC is so articulate in her explanations. If only other members of Congress have even 5% of what AOC has in terms of intelligence and the ability to express themselves then this nation will start to turn around for the good!

[@laurakarma]

We need universal healthcare now!

[@spir5102]

Thank you AOC. Keep these videos coming. It is imperative that the American people know the truth about what we’re dealing with. I am so sick of being gouged by almost every single, profit hungry corporation in America. They are monopolizing and gouging customers right and left, almost everyone of them. There will come a point where I can’t pay my bills if this doesn’t stop.

[@clarkpalace]

Hi. I m in Canada and over 60. I m just fine, relatively speaking. I like many parts of your country, but not many anymore. The reason I am writing to your post is 13.5k subs to this channel is bs. I dont care how many she posts if no one is listening. AOC is a great politician, how is it possible she onlyhas 13.5ksubs???!!!

[@frankd.506]

​@@clarkpalace It's not an accident, the one percent pulls the strings , she's demonized because she speaks out against the one percent and corporate greed .✌️

[@digitraxanr]

My subscription has been removed several times. Whenever I watch an AOC video, I have to resubscribe.

[@frieda3205]

Thank you for this. ❤

[@ChooseCompassion]

Spot on. Concise, well informed sensible and based on sick folks not profit profit profit! Thank you Alex 💜

[@Smackwater587]

The best Speaker of the house. She could run things..Go AOC!

[@MichaelDodge27]

I hope she runs for a senate seat soon, we need more well-spoken senators who haven't been bought out.

[@freespeech9059]

Scary that QueenG can possibly run for Senate in 2024.

[@michaelwallden7261]

well spoken

[@apfi22]

​@@freespeech9059 She can't get the vote,without cheating,

[@dillonkayser4215]

I like AOC, she caters to the power that controls the Democratic Party - which has damaged the American people’s way of life.

[@teresalegler2777]

Actually, I believe she could become an excellent Speaker of the House. She has the same work ethic of Nancy Pelosi. We need more just like her in the Congress. Only wish I lived in a state with such caring for her constituents.

[@robertencarnacao6377]

Thank you. The money grubbers will cry foul until we eliminate unreasonable profits in the medical system. You and a few of your colleagues ARE shinning examples of what every democracy needs! I am an ex-pat living in Costa Rica, I am always asked to bring medication to my friends and family in the States. Thanks for sharing!

[@thomashutchinson284]

We don't live in a democracy you have no clue what a democracy is the United States of America is a constitutional republic you should learn what the difference is

[@robertencarnacao6377]

Referring to the principles of democracy that give republics a foundation for their legitamacy. It shouldn't be a forevrer thing. Even this old man knows that Pokemon evolve. 🤣 I too at times would prefer a more direct democracy.

[@dependsonwhosasking]

​@@thomashutchinson284Arguing semantics instead of debating substantive policy

[@teresalegler2777]

Now, can you imagine the likes of MTG having this conversation. AOC is another example of a representative that has investigated and researched and has drawn an understanding of what is taking place with “BIG PHARMA”. So glad to hear Mr Isasi’s response.

[@danielrioux6410]

She is 100% right! Drive it home and get rid of profiteering in the pharma world in the US! This problem doesn't exist in Canada like it does in America. Reform the system. Get rid of the money grabs.

[@johnchessant3012]

Really clear explanation, this needs to be seen by more people!

[@mizmilz6153]

M4A tax the rich

[@billylongnights6205]

Thank you Alexandria for being one of the few voices of reason during this two year GQP circus of a mockery of a US congress…

[@bryan17293]

No matter what medicare pays on any medical coverage, you can count on getting bills from doctors hospitals and drugs. And that is more than medicare recipients can pay.

[@asianphillippe007]

@RepAOC You're awesome!!! 🥰😍🤩😘

[@mara114828]

We need many more like AOC ❤

[@whitecrow1949]

It is so refreshing to see you speak so intelligently about policy while a certain someone else dramatically says nothing that addresses the issues, facts and solutions.

[@whitecrow1949]

@@TheStormblooper-yv3ke As one of them, I wonder why you are focusing on that. Her hand movements are just fine. Signed, a deaf person

[@whitecrow1949]

@@TheStormblooper-yv3ke Everything after your first sentence makes me doubt the veracity of your first sentence. I taught ASL for a long time. I know and can assess gestures and facial expressions very well. She is doing nothing inappropriate. The rest of your comment is both revealing and dishonest. Only a far right extremist would call her a communist. Everything good and decent is to you communist. She is doing a great job.

[@whitecrow1949]

@@TheStormblooper-yv3ke ... She is not a communist. That she once had an ordinary job means she understands being an hourly worker. She is using her gestures appropriately. She is very intelligent and has her facts. Period.

[@whitecrow1949]

@@TheStormblooper-yv3ke .... I know all of that history. I have even taught it. That has nothing to do with AOC. I have read and talked about "The Mass Psychology of Fascism" by Wilhelm S. Reich. I've known people close to the Holocaust. Part of my ancestry is Native American. I understand genocide. But none of those things have anything to do with her. You strike me as just wanting to attack her. Enough.

[@DwayneShaw1]

When I went to school for X-ray tech I externed for a few months at a clinic with half a dozen doctors and about 20 staff. 3 or 4 days a week a drug rep would cater lunch for the office from various higher end restaurant chains. And that's just one of dozens of offices in one city. Imagine the cost of ordering take out for 30 people 4 times a week; multiplied by the number of Doctors offices, and clinics, and hospitals, and nursing homes nationwide.. A good start at doing something about healthcare costs is to eliminate absurdities like this - and $100 aspirin, etc.

[@dorothywaugh4164]

Yes! I have saw the same thing, every time I had a Doctors appointment, here comes a Drug Rep wheeling a cart full of food! The Reps call the Office and ask them "What Do You Guys Want For Lunch Today" the sky was the limit!! I know someone that has told me how the Drug Reps work with all their Perks their giving away! " Keep pushing are Drugs" !! That's the $$$$$$$$$$ game on Americans Health Care!

[@steveh6612]

Pharmaceutical companies will just give sinema more money to vote against things like this

[@karimaogden3875]

....or Joe Manchin from WV since his daughter Heather Bresch is the CEO of Mylan Pharmaceuticals known for price gouging on Epi pens.

[@familyg7]

That's such an insane corruption.

[@edwardhanson3664]

I worked in pharma for a few years. It used to mean something. Everything we did was according to rigid FDA standards, and then that all went out the window. Someone needs to look at their legal expenses. They spend huge bucks to keep their drugs expensive and keep other makers in court..

[@chuckmiller3401]

The problem with AOC's solution is that it is not making rich people richer. That simply can not be justified.

[@MartinMaat]

Exactly. She is completely ignoring the bottom line! She talks as if this is about sick people. Like drugs were made for the people who ultimately consume them. Can someone please talk some sense into this woman? And better make it quick before people start getting ideas.

[@mauliebella]

Hoping you are being facetious

[@MartinMaat]

@@mauliebella I am with Chuck. HOW is this helping rich people? Whom is she representing, really?

[@mauliebella]

@@MartinMaat you obviously need to re read chucks comment. Republicans want to only help the rich. Democrats want to help the everyday person. Do you see the difference?

[@kewakl8891]

@@mauliebella Yes, Chuck is using all vowels in order! :)

[@loramoore2714]

ThankYou…I found this clip today and feel incredibly grateful at your intelligence and the hard work of you and your staff …that support you as my voice for common sense everything…love you AOC and Staff🌀♥️

[@Kurt-ci1dk]

AOC...Political superstar...Hopefully a future President!

[@bungiezzz]

AOC is a juggernaut for what's right and fair. GET'EM GIRL!! 💕

[@tabbycat2599]

Love from Canada. AOC is a firecracker. Fabulous!!!!

[@sickwilly1171]

Such an intelligent, well spoken, for the people woman. And a bonus, she's a little hottie.

[@asimovstarling8806]

I needed this piece of Hope in my day. Thank you to which ever oerson is actually running this channel, whether that be AOC herself or one of the aids. Thank you!

[@Nar419]

Well explained thank you aoc for your work

[@jayiam9481]

Once there’s a law that politicians can’t profit from these companies things will change!

[@edwardmartinez9459]

You got to love AOC I love her.

[@mikefobear589]

Go AOC!

[@LivinLaVidaLaura]

AOC!!! I have a book a auto biography of you!!!! Im in Texas and you inspire me to change this darn state!!! I hope I can meet you one day and collab!! Let’s change the world! I’m so proud to have a woman like you represent for me. You make me happy and I know I can follow in your footsteps! You were a bartender before and I have been one for like 16 years so girl I know you are the bomb and you know when it’s 2am it’s done! Same with these repuppyclans XOXOXOXOX so much love so much good energy I adore you !!!!! ❤❤❤ - Laura Contreras San Antonio Texas

[@Queenie-the-genie]

AOC is such a brilliant woman. We need so many more like her in Congress. I do not think anyone should be allowed to even run for a seat without being capable of proving their intellectual knowledge of how this government works, the Constitution and basic ethics, as it seems that many in Congress today have absolutely none of these skills. If you want to run for congress you need to pass a test - plain and simple. If you cannot pass it and prove your understanding of the reasons for ethical behavior, you should not be allowed to throw your hat in the ring. I think there are people sitting in those seats who would not be able to pass the test that anyone applying for citizenship has to pass. This is absurd.

[@rayglover8330]

3 LETTER'S A.O.C. DROP THAT MIC

[@danieldonahue9336]

Aoc is awesome! And she’s undeniably gorgeous! You go forever girl.

[@DonKiehn-kp9bh]

A O C our voice for Americans. She is on the high road. Take a lesson here how to legislate.

[@mdsoulsounds]

A.O.C. lays it clearly without jargon or evasive explanations. The key to really knowing something is how simple it can be explained and understood!🙂🙏

[@maggiebannenberkowitz9254]

Doctors take a CUT IN THE DRUG COST TOO!!

[@mariewilson6118]

Love the way she reasons and speaks. She should teach boobert and marjorette! I guess it wouldn't work because intelligence is a pre-requisite!

[@Smackwater587]

Great job!

[@frankdegennaro6710]

AOC , is all over it. We need fighters like her. Keep up the good work. 👍❤

[@waynecatterton5127]

Love AOC! She has the FIRE and DRIVE to take America to where it needs to be!

[@bargdaffy1535]

Sorry, but that is not how it works, the DNC will never let AOC rise higher than Representative, and she will never even be speaker.

[@voteredsaveamerica]

We are going to drive her straight to hell

[@uncleasian8697]

Hopefully she becomes president. Let everyone have a nice taste 😂

[@tyronekozlowski8017]

She's a twit.

[@sharonannrees2824]

Cut out the middlemen and negotiate better pricing.

[@NewCalculus]

In the USA, there is a life-saving drug called Advair (inhaled steroid) which costs a patient $400 for a single disk containing 60 or 120 dispensable puffs without insurance. The disk costs about $5 to manufacture including the dry powder steroid which is the medication in the disc that is inhaled. The same disc in Greece or Italy costs 26 euros.

[@julybliss4440]

"Seeing a pig fly across the room". This girl is funny and awesome.

[@hectorgalvan5937]

Wish we had an AOC IN TEXAS SOUTH TEXAS 😊

[@sharonannrees2824]

Isasi said it all! It’s extortion.

[@rickyhartley8936]

I've paid copay to doctors to only receive a bill in the mail

[@petereckels2724]

Let's talk about insulin for a minute, as Rep. Ocasio Cortez said earlier. I am diabetic, and spent a few years of my life living and working in foreign countries. I was still nominally US-based, but spent months at a time overseas. As such, I purchased the same insulin in Hong Kong, Brazil, Thailand, India, and Malaysia which I purchased in the United States. In those countries, I paid list price by walking into a pharmacy (without needing a prescription or insurance). In the United States, I paid 20% coinsurance. Meaning I paid 20% of the negotiated price through private insurance (which I paid premiums on as well). List price overseas was less overseas, in 2008-2014, than 20% of the negotiated price here. And this was for name-brand product. Even if we accept that those in wealthier areas pay more to fund development which other areas also benefit from, how can that premium be 4x what is profitable in other areas? I just write this to put a lived experience to her words. Thank you, Representative.

[@66066]

I'm from Denmark. I get sick, in my eyes, ears and trought and knowning aboubt and what's happened. God bless the good souls from the other place, over "the pond"

[@cw7064]

AOC. An honest upfront politician.

[@joycehand3067]

Profits!!!. She has hit the nail on the head.

[@geminigirltwo]

My brother in law has Parkinson’s and his dr gave him a prescription for a medication to help. When the prescription was ready the pharmacist told him that it was $1400. He didn’t have that kind of money and is doing without. Surprised? I am. He lives in Canada. This should never happen there.

[@RAULNAVEJASIII-jd4kj]

MY RESPECTS AND SALUTES TO VERY INTELLIGENT AND BEAUTIFUL REP. MS. ALEXANDRIA OCASIO CORTEZ...

[@richardflower7408]

When I retired I contacted an insurance agent to set up my part D coverage to supplement my Medicare insurance. I was astounded by how inexpensive it was. The monthly premium was the equivalent of my Medicare allotment. This provided me with better insurance coverage and less out of pocket cost than I had at work for less monthly cost. I was paying $295/mo, my share of the $1600/monthly premium the company had to pay for a (more out of pocket cost) policy. This was with the same health insurance company I had at work. I asked why everyone couldn't get this kind of insurance. He said they probably could except for the indurance lobbyists keeping it private insurance.

[@elizabethwilson9398]

I thank God for her

[@Jeffrey-ed8sz]

AOC is brilliant. We need more progressives like her.😊

[@johnnybravo5964]

Lol go to Venezuela their politicians are just like her, matter of fact move there and stay there

[@deez3913]

Yet she never applies pressure on corporate puppets in her own party and call out people who are corrupt!

[@Q_from_Star_Trek]

@@deez3913 yet, it seems you have very high standards, and most probably republican, right?

[@voteredsaveamerica]

😅😅😅😅😅😅😅 why don't she do a strip tease for the democrat they are what they are and she can wiggle her butt and blow wind better then any cow and even. Binder

[@rondean2733]

Brilliance is in they eyes of the beholder! She is far from that!

[@despozblehero2262]

As a t1 diabetic who has around a 4k bill per month for insulin and my diabetic supplies... I will attest to how crazy prescription prices are in the U.S.

[@gardosalazar9127]

the problem will never be fix til a law is written and passed get to work and put it to a vote.

[@richardhedd3080]

Google Moderna's CEO salary. I'll save you the trouble, 400 Million dollars.

[@publicutility]

Former received 2 billion retirement bonus.

[@richardhedd3080]

@@publicutility So when does the revolution start?

[@publicutility]

@@richardhedd3080 revolution never ends . some want devolution is the issue

[@dariusp257]

She should just try to call Medicare and get anything from Medicare and she will understand how much of a mess Medicare is.

[@SandfordSmythe]

It works very well for most people.

[@82spiders]

There is an inherent and unavoidable conflict between medicine and commerce. Not just drug prices. Rich people will ALWAYS get better, healthcare. And AOC is great.

[@jeanhendersonharley3228]

I love you aoc smart lady

[@danielreiss-cy4zr]

Looking back from Israel, I can't understand why Americans continue to put up with such a colossally dysfunctional health coverage system. BTW Isn't it time to change from English to metric units, too? As always, I'm thrilled to hear AOC!

[@maggiebannenberkowitz9254]

Show the Speech from Tom Hanks at the graduation ceremony!!!

[@maggiebannenberkowitz9254]

Can the Democrats vote on the budget with the Republicans out of town? With 5 Republicans voting with the Democrats!!

[@jaimeterrazas5394]

As usually, well informed and well spoken.

[@edwardk6764]

Pharmaceuticals and medical care are more expensive in the US than any other country in the world. Are we really ok with this? No.

[@Ulysses.S.Grant.For.The.Union.]

Mad respect, AOC!

[@harmonix6977]

Well presented. Thanks aoc ..

[@judithwood6419]

This is true throughout the whole entire healthcare system. I had Blue Cross and Blue Shield received the statement about what they paid my doctor. The doctor charge was $125 dollars. My co-pay was $35. The amount that was paid to the doctor from Blue Cross and Blue Shield was $10, the amount of the doctor received in total was $45 but if I was showing up with cash money to pay my doctor, I’d have to pay the $125. Because the insurance companies would sue the doctor saying that she was fraudulent her pricing or whatever. on the other hand glucose and Blue Shield was charging me $700 a month for their coverage. The amount that they put out that particular visit and for that particular month was $20 the rest was paid for by me.

[@brian8344]

I only wish she would move to Michgan.

[@sativaburns6705]

I've paid for insurance most of my working life, I've almost never been able to afford it. Love those deductibles and Copays

[@faithdriven11]

And I would put my money on the fact that there was silence from the other side of the aisle. Because they have no solutions due to one of two things, ignorance or greed.

[@frankmoon9350]

I don't consider myself a progressive but I think it's embarrassing that the US still doesn't have socialized healthcare. Is it even progressive anymore when so many G7 countries have had it for decades?

[@publicutility]

regressive?

[@frankmoon9350]

@@publicutility moderate, somewhat Libetarian on certain issues.

[@publicutility]

@@frankmoon9350 what do you mean by not progressive?

[@frankmoon9350]

@@publicutility a person advocating or implementing social reform or new, liberal ideas.

[@publicutility]

@@frankmoon9350 how do you define libertarian and liberal. Just top 2, 3 important defining attributes.

[@f.scott.fitzbeagle]

Drug companies want higher prices. Pharmacies want higher prices. Insurance companies want prices higher, because for them it means a higher deductible, and extreme prices mean no one will dare will go without insurance.

[@zeusapollo8688]

Public healthcare would remove the need for private insurance. Good luck

[@f.scott.fitzbeagle]

@@zeusapollo8688 I agree Zeus. And everyone would save money except the board rooms of big pharm and insurance. If patients didn't have these horrendous med bills, think how much more stimulus they would add to the economy.

[@mauliebella]

Love her!

[@joycehand3067]

Negotiating is the only way!