Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Doesn’t Want to Fix the VA
The sentiment runs counter to years of still-ongoing bipartisan efforts to overhaul the VA after a 2014 Arizona Republic report detailed gross mismanagement that resulted in patient deaths and attempts to cover up long wait times with a secret waiting list.
April 22, 2019
At a town hall in New York City last week, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez explained what was wrong with the VA: that politicians want to “fix the VA for pharmaceutical companies” and “for insurance corporations.” She went further in saying “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”
The sentiment from Ocasio-Cortez runs counter to years of still-ongoing bipartisan efforts to overhaul the VA after a 2014 Arizona Republic report detailed gross mismanagement that resulted in patient deaths and attempts to cover up long wait times with a secret waiting list.
The Washington Free Beacon reported the full extent of Ocasio-Cortez‘s comments. Watch the video here:
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