Washington, April 21 -- Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez issued the following press release:
Today, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) questioned Health and Human Services Secretary Kennedy for his decision to send billions of taxpayer dollars to insurance giants under investigation for corporate fraud during a hearing in the Health Subcommittee of the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Last June, Representative Ocasio-Cortez questioned HHS Secretary Kennedy about corporate fraud in the Medicare Advantage program. She discussed how UnitedHealth Group, CVS Health, and other for-profit health insurance companies with Medicare Advantage plans defraud the federal government by nearly $80 billion each year. Last year, Secret...