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Mehmet Oz: “The work requirement was based on concepts that date back…”

Featuring: Mehmet Oz, Republican | Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | National

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Published | Video Starts at 34:47

I understand why the governors did it. But it didn't align the President with the governors with that law. We also had a work requirement rule. Now what was that? The work requirement was based on concepts that date back from when Bill Clinton was president with the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. when the Democratic administration said, the fraud is getting so bad, the abuse so big in these programs, we need to clean them up. We need to get people to try to work. (34:47–35:02)

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Asserts that the work requirement rule is based on concepts from the Clinton administration's Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.

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