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Mike Johnson: “We got ineligible recipients off of Medicaid, illegal aliens…”

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

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Speaker Johnson Joins George Stephanopoulos on Good Morning America

Published | Video Starts at 01:56

The Congressional Budget Office, the nonpartisan arbiters of everything up here, they said that those provisions have helped to reduce premiums. Why? Because We got ineligible recipients off of Medicaid, illegal aliens and able-bodied young men who are riding the wagon. who are not eligible to be there. Medicaid is intended for specific populations of youth, US Citizens, that is young, pregnant women who are down on their luck, the disabled and the elderly. (01:56–02:05)

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Asserts that ineligible recipients, including illegal aliens, were removed from Medicaid.

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