Mike Johnson: “We introduced work requirements [for Medicaid], which is a…”

“I'm talking about tens of billions of dollars every year. What we did went in to go in and fix that. We introduced work requirements [for Medicaid], which is a wildly popular notion in public opinion polling. because it makes sense. Medicaid is a safety net program. It is intended for the elderly, the disabled, young, single, pregnant women, young mothers.” (08:13–08:19)

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