Two thirds of the people are working poor who are getting Medicaid. So they're already working. Right. So this whole work requirement really is more of a paperwork requirement to make fewer people get their coverage. Arkansas did some of these changes and when they did it was found 70% of the people that lost their coverage were eligible but simply couldn't go through all the compliance hoops. that, that it would take to do it. So you know, that's Medicaid food assistance. You know, not only did they severely cut it and hurt Wisconsin, you know, Derek Van Orden made some stupid comment about he fixed something on it. (14:32–14:43)
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Asserts that 70% of people who lost Medicaid coverage in Arkansas were eligible but couldn't comply with requirements.
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