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Blake Moore: “Folks that are on Medicaid and they're from working age…”

Featuring: Blake Moore, Republican | U.S. House Utah, 1st Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 38:30

It's important to be able to run Medicaid responsibly the way that it is. We make exceptions for folks that have, you know, certain ailments. We make opportunities for people that, you know, that have dependents. But Folks that are on Medicaid and they're from working age, they need to be working. And we're going to work with them to make sure that they're doing this properly. And it's going to make Medicaid a better program. (38:30–38:35)

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Asserts that Medicaid recipients of working age are required to work.

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