Incoming Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Alexandria Ocasio-CortezHouse passes bill to avert shutdown Trump attacks Omar for criticizing US: 'How did you do where you came from?' The Memo: Dems face balancing act on SCOTUS fight MORE (D-N.Y.) tweeted Saturday that she was frustrated to learn that her health-care costs would be chopped by more than half upon entering Congress, accusing her fellow lawmakers of enjoying cheap government health insurance while opposing similar coverage for all Americans.

In a tweet, the New York freshman lawmaker-elect wrote that her health care as a waitress was "more than TWICE" as high as what she would pay upon taking office as a congresswoman next month.

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"In my on-boarding to Congress, I get to pick my insurance plan. As a waitress, I had to pay more than TWICE what I’d pay as a member of Congress," Ocasio-Cortez wrote Saturday afternoon.

"It’s frustrating that Congressmembers would deny other people affordability that they themselves enjoy. Time for #MedicareForAll," she added.

In my on-boarding to Congress, I get to pick my insurance plan.



As a waitress, I had to pay more than TWICE what I’d pay as a member of Congress.



It’s frustrating that Congressmembers would deny other people affordability that they themselves enjoy. Time for #MedicareForAll. — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) December 1, 2018

Ocasio-Cortez is one of several progressive freshman lawmakers supportive of "Medicare for all," a system that would extend government Medicare coverage to every American.

The plan was popularized as a major campaign platform for the 2016 presidential run of Sen. Bernie Sanders Bernie SandersButtigieg stands in as Pence for Harris's debate practice Bernie Sanders warns of 'nightmare scenario' if Trump refuses election results Harris joins women's voter mobilization event also featuring Pelosi, Gloria Steinem, Jane Fonda MORE (I-Vt.), for whom Ocasio-Cortez served as a campaign volunteer before her own bid for Congress.

Seventy percent of Americans would support an implementation of such a system, according to a poll from Hill.TV and the Harris Polling Company in October.

— This report was updated on Dec. 2 at 5:48 a.m.