J. D. Vance: “The only people who are going to lose access to federal…”

“Thanks to the working families tax bill. We put billions of dollars into rural health care. That's going to solidify some of these rural health care systems. And the only people, The only people who are going to lose access to federal health care benefits are two groups. Number one, people who refuse to even look for a job, and number two, people who don't have the legal right to be in this country, illegal aliens. I happen to think that if you won't even look for a job and you're in this country illegally, you should not receive federal health care benefits.” (16:53–17:07)

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