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Mike Johnson: “The CBO analysis that came out August 25 said that these…”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

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Shutdown Presser Day 3

Published | Video Starts at 06:34

We have already proven that we are making health care more efficient and effective and more available so that we can bring down cost and premiums and improve quality of care. We put the goods on paper. We're doing that. And The CBO analysis that came out August 25 said that these changes that we put in our bill are doing exactly that. Congressional Budget Office is not a Republican shop, as you all know. They typically go against what I'm doing. Okay, but they had to admit that this is going to make 2.3 ineligible recipients no longer on the Medicaid rolls. (06:34–06:42)

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Asserts that a CBO analysis confirmed the effectiveness of changes Republicans made to Medicaid.

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