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Chuck Schumer: “This is a backdoor ruse to just kick people off Medicaid.”

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Published June 16, 2025 | Video Starts at 20:59

Do you know how many people now are on Medicaid in Georgia after they put in similar work requirements? 5,000 out of 800,000 eligible. So This is a backdoor ruse to just kick people off Medicaid. Millions of people off Medicaid. Democrats are going to fight it all the way. Anyone else? All right, I'm going to say a word or two about our meeting a few minutes ago. (20:59–21:04)

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Asserts that the work requirements are a strategy to remove people from Medicaid.

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