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Mike Johnson: “We conditioned Medicaid and SNAP eligibility on common sense…”

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

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Speaker Johnson Delivers Remarks at House Republican Press Conference

Published | Video Starts at 05:54

We also set our sights on eliminating duplicative enrollment in federal health programs which cost taxpayers an estimated 14 billion annually. Just that line item, $14 billion annually wasted. For the first time, We conditioned Medicaid and SNAP eligibility on common sense work requirements. And so if you're an able bodied man, for example, of working age and you don't have young children, our bill requires you for 20 hours a week. (05:54–05:59)

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