Bernie Sanders Breaks With Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez On 'Medicare For All' Strategy

[TomCADem]

It is unfortunate that AOC has found herself beholden to Bernie such that they have continued to pressure her to ignore her constituents in the midst of a pandemic to help prop up Bernie's failed Presidential bid. I think she actually has a bright future given that she is willing to speak out sometimes to the chagrin of Bernie. Unlike Bernie, she is a Democrat and does not seem to have bought into this idea among many Bernie surrogates to oppose any reforms short of complete single payer, which only serves to harm the American people.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bernie-sanders-medicare-for-all-aoc-compromise_n_5e4ca74dc5b65f25da512ce3

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), one of Bernie Sanders’s most vocal and visible allies in his presidential campaign, said last week that Democrats may have to “compromise deeply” on the Vermont senator’s signature “Medicare for All” plan to get the legislation passed. Sanders, however, pushed back Tuesday, insisting his policy proposal is “already a compromise.”

Ocasio-Cortez, who endorsed Sanders in October, is a fervent proponent of Medicare for All, but in an interview with HuffPost’s Matt Fuller, she said she was realistic about the political process as well.

“A president can’t wave a magic wand and pass any legislation they want,” she said, adding that “the worst-case scenario” if Sanders is elected president is that Democrats “compromise deeply and we end up getting a public option.”

“Is that a nightmare? I don’t think so,” she added.