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Mike Johnson: “The vast majority of Americans agree with us and it needs to…”

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

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Discussion on SALT Negotiations and Medicaid Reform with Mike Johnson

Published | Video Starts at 02:23

When it's explained to people, you have able bodied workers without dependents who are able to go and work and they're on Medicaid siphoning the resources away from the people that need it the most. The vast majority of Americans agree with us and it needs to happen. We eliminate fraud, waste and abuse and we do some other reforms. What you're doing is you're reforming Medicaid to preserve it, not cutting it. (02:23–02:27)

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Asserts that the majority of Americans agree with the proposed Medicaid reforms.

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