As RedState’s Nick Arama reported, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) recently sat down for an interview with CNN “State of the Union” co-anchor Jake Tapper to talk about the latest developments on the “Big Beautiful Bill” and to counter media and Democrat-driven narratives about what the bill will and won’t do.
In it, Johnson pushed back on claims made by the left and even some on the right that people who really needed it potentially could be stripped of their Medicaid benefits.
“The purpose of this is to preserve these very necessary, very important safety net programs for the people who actually need and deserve them, and not those who are gaming the system,” Johnson explained, while also touting work requirements and pointing out that some 1.4 million illegal immigrants were currently on Medicaid.
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