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angrychair

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12. This isn't the same argument

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Apr 14, 2025, 11:56 AM

Apr 2025

He made the other day. He stated that "young, healthy men were hanging out playing video games all day and collecting a check" which is not how Medicaid works. It's health insurance, not some check you get in the mail.

Explain it to me like I'm 5 yrs old: why had no reporter challenged him on this assertion and demanded to know how many young able bodied young men are on Medicaid that should not be and exactly how much is it projected to be saved?

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Johnson: US must 'eliminate people on Medicaid' who are not 'eligible to be there' [View all] BumRushDaShow Apr 2025 OP

that is their cover story and it is BULLSHIT Skittles Apr 2025 #1

"At the same time, we have to root out fraud, waste and abuse..." OldBaldy1701E Apr 2025 #2

Show us the crimes! Shield us the fraud! They claim fraud but that's a crime! OrlandoDem2 Apr 2025 #3

Eliminating people... The Madcap Apr 2025 #4

Someone really needs to ask Johnson to name some of these people. Ray Bruns Apr 2025 #5

Yeah!!! And those 125-200 year old fraudsters still receiving SS too Bengus81 Apr 2025 #6

Prolly should be asking Senator Rick Scott about that fraud JCMach1 Apr 2025 #7

Just a convenient re-hash of Reagan's racist 'Welfare Queens' ploy 70sEraVet Apr 2025 #8

Exactly. mackdaddy Apr 2025 #11

The same is true of Congress. "...not 'eligible to be there'" Wonder Why Apr 2025 #9

Eliminate... Prairie Gates Apr 2025 #10

This isn't the same argument angrychair Apr 2025 #12

Deficit IS a big issue for some Republicans: Johnson will need to cut Medicaid, so he WILL find excuses andym Apr 2025 #13

We must eliminate the idiots in congress. There are too many. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2025 #14