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Hank Johnson: “Most of the adults who are on Medicaid are already working…”

Featuring: Hank Johnson, Democratic | U.S. House Georgia, District 4

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Congressman Hank Johnson Criticizes House Bill for Favoring Wealthy Over Working Americans

Published | Video Starts at 03:02

Congressman Johnson, do you agree that able bodied people, people who are able to get up and work, not those without dependents or those with disabilities, able bodied people, should work to receive benefits like Medicaid and snap? Yeah, Most of the adults who are on Medicaid are already working and they already have jobs. And so what the, what this requirement actually does is puts more paperwork in front of those people who are on Medicaid to have to sign up and sign in … (03:02–03:11)

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Asserts that most adults on Medicaid are employed.

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