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Gwen Moore: “They get 53 year old folks, 54 year old folks again, who…”

Featuring: Gwen Moore, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 4

Interview with Congresswoman Gwen Moore on Trump's Tax and Medicaid Legislation

Published May 16, 2025 | Video Starts at 11:48

Our governor has calculated that the state would find itself having to come up with $200 million just in Wisconsin to fill the gap. The other thing that's so onerous about SNAP is that They get 53 year old folks, 54 year old folks again, who will only be eligible for SNAP for three months, every three years. three months out of every three years that they'll be eligible for snap. And this is a way that they will quote, unquote, cut the benefits. (11:48–12:00)

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Asserts that people aged 53-54 will only be eligible for SNAP for three months every three years.

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“60 times the Republicans have tried to undermine and eliminate the Affordable Care Act.”
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“Nursing homes, probably 75, 77% of the cost of nursing homes comes from Medicaid.”
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“The Energy and Commerce Committee were given instructions to cut Medicaid and they cut it for over $700 billion.”
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“Someone like Dick Eli, no employees, perhaps gets $115 million so that most of the benefit goes to the 1%.”
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“In the case of Medicaid, this they have actually scored throwing people off.”
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“There are probably about 14 million people at a minimum that are going to lose benefits because of the changes that they've made to…”
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“Republicans behind closed doors...are saying that they don't want to see these cuts [to Medicaid].”
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“There are probably 18,000 veterans that are going to be harmed by cuts and SNAP.”
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“SNAP, current law, 100% of SNAP benefits and funding comes from the federal government and the administrative costs come from the state.”
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“If they find that they have over a percent error rate, they will be responsible for up to 15% of the cost of SNAP in Wisconsin.”
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“Our governor has calculated that the state would find itself having to come up with $200 million just in Wisconsin to fill the gap.”
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