Medicaid expansion would add over 90,000 childless working age able bodied adults onto state government assistance even though they are already eligible for federal subsidies. Under the Governor's plan, people would be trapped in poverty where a single person couldn't even work a lower paying job and qualify for coverage. This is just another example of the disincentives that the Governor is putting into getting people back to work. Much like the enhanced federal unemployment benefits that are keeping people on the sidelines. (00:49–00:58)
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Asserts that the Governor's plan would trap people in poverty, preventing them from working lower-paying jobs and qualifying for coverage.
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