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Republicans Coalesce Around Medicaid Work Requirements, Pretending It Won’t Impact Millions Of Enrollees
But implementing Medicaid work requirements would actually lead to cuts to the widely used program, as eligible individuals would lose their healthcare coverage.
“Let’s be clear: Republicans’ so-called ‘work requirements’ are not about work at all — the reality is the vast majority of people on Medicaid who can work already do,”
Energy & Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone (D-NJ) said in a Wednesday statement shared with TPM. “In fact, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has found these burdensome red tape requirements do not increase employment at all … these requirements are not about jobs but are a cruel way for Republicans to take health care away from millions of people to give tax breaks to billionaires and corporations.”
Despite Republicans’ claims, work requirements would actually increase spending on operations while cutting people’s benefits.
“Republicans love to talk about ‘waste, fraud, and abuse,’ but these red tape requirements on Medicaid are leading to massive amounts of money being spent on wasteful administrative costs rather than health care,” Ranking Member Pallone said in a statement shared with TPM.
Republicans Coalesce Around Medicaid Work Requirements, Pretending It Won’t Impact Millions Of Enrollees
But implementing Medicaid work requirements would actually lead to cuts to the widely used program, as eligible individuals would lose their healthcare coverage.
“Let’s be clear: Republicans’ so-called ‘work requirements’ are not about work at all — the reality is the vast majority of people on Medicaid who can work already do,”
Energy & Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone (D-NJ) said in a Wednesday statement shared with TPM. “In fact, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has found these burdensome red tape requirements do not increase employment at all … these requirements are not about jobs but are a cruel way for Republicans to take health care away from millions of people to give tax breaks to billionaires and corporations.”
Despite Republicans’ claims, work requirements would actually increase spending on operations while cutting people’s benefits.
“Republicans love to talk about ‘waste, fraud, and abuse,’ but these red tape requirements on Medicaid are leading to massive amounts of money being spent on wasteful administrative costs rather than health care,” Ranking Member Pallone said in a statement shared with TPM.