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Mike Johnson: “You're talking about 4.8 million able-bodied workers, young…”

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

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Interview with House Speaker Mike Johnson on Reconciliation Bill and Medicaid Reforms

Published | Video Starts at 04:48

It's intended for the most vulnerable populations of Americans, which is pregnant women and young single mothers, the disabled, the elderly. They are protected in what we're doing because we're preserving the resources for those who need it most. You're talking about 4.8 million able-bodied workers, young men for example, who are on Medicaid and not working. they are choosing not to work when they can. That is called fraud. They are cheating the system. (04:48–04:57)

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Asserts that 4.8 million able-bodied workers are on Medicaid and not working.

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