Mike Johnson: Medicaid Is Not for 29-Year-Old Males Sitting on Their Couches Playing Video Games

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JOHNSON: “I challenge you or anybody on your staff, do a word search for ‘Medicaid’ on the resolution that we passed last night. You will not find it. That is not part of this equation. Okay? We‘re talking about finding inefficiencies in every program, but not cutting benefits for people who rightly deserve that. You know, working requirements, work requirements for Medicaid, that is something that is public opinion polls almost 90%. You don‘t want able-bodied workers on a program that is intended, for example, for single mothers with two small children who‘s just trying to make it. That‘s what Medicaid is for, not for 29-year-old males sitting on their couches playing video games. We‘re going to find those guys and we‘re going to send them back to work. That‘s what everybody supports. That‘s what the Republicans are for. And by the way, we find dignity in our work. That‘s going to be good for everybody."