Expand Medicare and separate health coverage from employment

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez supports expanding Medicare and separating health insurance from employment. She calls for Medicare access for people without insurance for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic, and supports a Medicare for All system covering primary, mental, dental, vision, women’s health and emergency care, as well as prescription drugs. She says national purchasing power could help negotiate lower drug and medical-equipment prices.

Context: Pandemic-related Medicare access is described as temporary; the passage does not specify how Medicare for All would be financed or administered.

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Alexandria is calling to provide Medicare access to those without insurance for the duration of this pandemic.

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