Joe Biden, who was vice president when President Obama reportedly fixed everything wrong with health insurance in America by signing Obamacare into law, just this week dusted off his old boss’s line at an AARP event, telling attendees, “If you like your health care plan, your employer-based plan, you can keep it. If you like your private insurance, you can keep it.”

That same line coming from Obama’s mouth was awarded “Lie of the Year” by PolitiFact, but what’s important is it pits Biden, the alleged moderate, against his socialist competitors who are demanding nothing less than Medicare for All and the elimination of private health insurance.

Of course, America was wondering what Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez thought of all this, and she replied that no one would be heartbroken to lose their private health insurance. Private health insurance is a for-profit business, which makes it a bad thing … doesn’t it?

.@AOC, asked about warnings from Joe Biden on Medicare for All, says nobody is “heartbroken” at the idea of losing private insurance. “People like their health care, they like their doctor,” she says. “But I’d be interested in what the public polling on Aetna would look like.” — Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) July 17, 2019

No, she wouldn’t. She wants to eliminate the entire industry — why would she care what the American people think?

This keeps being passed off as a truism, but the polling on private insurance exists and is surprisingly strong. Similar to people who hate Congress, but liking THEIR member, people tend to like their plans. https://t.co/6veylWs7Zx — Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) July 17, 2019

She should speak for herself. — Ernestine (@SexyNurse0987) July 17, 2019

WRONG! AND POLITICIANS SHOULD NOT PRESUME TO TELL PEOPLE HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT ANYTHING. Interestingly- support for MFA drops drastically when those being polled are told they would have to give up their private insurance. — joy moody (@juniormoody4) July 17, 2019

For the 842nd time. Y'all really want a second term for @realDonaldTrump, don't you? https://t.co/mx3w3dVPEL — reedgalen (@reedgalen) July 17, 2019

i absolutely love my employee provided insurance and i will take up arms if im forced to go to medicare for all, which is absolute trash https://t.co/j1uw4CGVBu — John (@John_Faker) July 17, 2019

My family has been kept afloat for 15 years because of our insurance. AOC again showing her spoiled and privileged, bourgeois background. And those two statements are not in any way related to each other. — Contented Independent (@ContentedIndie) July 17, 2019

What right does some bartender from Queens have to take away my family's insurance, or anyone else's? The arrogance is astonishing. — Contented Independent (@ContentedIndie) July 17, 2019

Eliminating private insurance is an extremist, unpopular position with massive economic and health ramifications. — Contented Independent (@ContentedIndie) July 17, 2019

This "squad" of freshmen all live in a privileged bubble. They get access to top education, live in wealthy cities, and have been surrounded by like-minded individuals their entire lives. They need to stop proclaiming what society wants and start understanding what society is — Contented Independent (@ContentedIndie) July 17, 2019

Go this route and you're going to lose the majority. IN EVERY. SINGLE. POLL. The public is fine with making Medicare universally available, NOT with eliminating private insurance. You talk about "little guys" but want to make our decisions for us. Get bent. — Contented Independent (@ContentedIndie) July 17, 2019

Let me spell it out for you: your Dem +60 district is a bubble. The country is not comprised of college towns. This is a great way to lose the suburbs you just won in 2018. — Contented Independent (@ContentedIndie) July 17, 2019

I encourage you to get off Twitter and TV and go tour the nation. You'll find out pretty damn quick how unpopular that attitude is. — Contented Independent (@ContentedIndie) July 17, 2019

AOC and Co get (deserved) defenses from most people because the president is a scumbag. Then they go and say elitist bullshit like this and discount how clear majorities of voters feel because we're "ideologically beneath" them. — Contented Independent (@ContentedIndie) July 17, 2019

Could that be the dumbest one yet? A woman who has never had to face a serious health or insurance crisis is going to tell the rest of America what it needs or wants? https://t.co/yUQYryxSkf — LastAmericanOptimist (@bpeithmann_) July 17, 2019

That’s definitely on-brand for AOC.

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