It strikes section 71109 of the One Big Beautiful bill. This is a provision that limits eligibility requirement and federal payments to states that allow medical assistance for illegal aliens. Medicaid has always been intended to be a lifeline to the most vulnerable Americans when it comes to their health insurance. but over the last decades has become a bloated. It's become bloated with waste, fraud and abuse. (19:07–19:15)
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Asserts that Medicaid's original purpose is to support the most vulnerable Americans.
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