Mike Johnson: “Medicaid has never been on the chopping block.”

“So we'll have a lot more questions and answers, I know as the week goes through or forward. But I'll just tell you, can you guarantee that under any proposal Medicaid would. Not be on the chopping block? Look, Medicaid has never been on the chopping block. What we're talking about is finding the it's non benefit related reforms to the program. Right. Medicaid is infamous for fraud, waste and abuse.” (11:18–11:21)

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