Washington, July 24 -- Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez issued the following press release:
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), alongside Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10) and Congresswoman Terri Sewell (AL-07), led 52 of their House Democratic colleagues in urging Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz to rescind a final rule that allows health insurance companies to offer loans to Affordable Care Act enrollees to cover their deductibles and other medical costs. This rule will place health insurers in a new role as loan officers, potentially allowing these companies to subject patients to predatory in...