As the most reliable and balanced news aggregation service on the internet, DML News App offers the following opinion editorial written by Tina Lowe and published by WASHINGTONEXAMINER.COM:
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wants to nationalize and control the healthcare of every person in the nation, yet she cannot fathom choosing her own taxpayer-subsidized insurance plan from the 66 generous gold plans offered by the United States Congress.
I suppose it makes sense that a campaign supporter of Bernie Sanders, who complains that we have too many deodorant and sneaker options, would lament such consumer choice as a bad thing. But this betrays her economic illiteracy.
The article goes on to state the following:
Cutting healthcare costs for providers and consumers alike requires more variety, not less. Someone young and healthy such as Ocasio-Cortez can bank on a high deductible in exchange for low premiums, whereas older or chronically sicker consumers will want lower deductibles and higher premiums. Ocasio-Cortez, who wears glasses, might want vision insurance included in her plan, but consumers with perfect eyesight probably wouldn’t opt to pay for that.
Lowe also writes, “Really, it’s a bit rich that someone who complains that designer health insurance plans are “complex financial products,” instead of a gift from taxpayers, wants to abolish your insurance plan and design it instead.”
The op-ed refers to a series of Twitter posts by Ocasio-Cortez on Monday. She declared, “Members of Congress also have to buy their plans off the exchange. They are Gold plans that are partially subsidized. That means I get to “choose” btwn 66 complex financial products. This is absurd. No person should go without healthcare, &no one should go through this, either.”
While I am VERY thankful to finally have health insurance, it is a moral outrage that it took me *getting elected to Congress* for that to happen.
The US needs to become an advanced society. That includes establishing healthcare as a right to all people.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) December 16, 2019
And once again, make sure to get insured if you can at https://t.co/oM59nhveTV
Yes, it’s a pain. But it is worth it.
I know some folks are bristling at the fact that I am pointing that out, but we have to acknowledge the reality so we can move forward together.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) December 16, 2019
It *is* a moral outrage that taxpayers are subsidizing 72% of the cost of .@AOC‘s health insurance. She earns 2.75 times the US median household income, and is single & childless so she has far more disposable income for coverage than most Americans. https://t.co/wwzBxUSImr https://t.co/cEMuoVzNVy
— Ruth For Congress (@ruthforcongress) December 17, 2019
Unfortunately for @AOC ,the real world requires trade-offs, and for all of the flaws of the FDR-instigated, employer-sponsored health insurance schemes, customized plans aren’t the worst way to go. @TianaLowe https://t.co/jCRs7OS88T
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) December 16, 2019
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