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Mike Johnson: "With Medicaid, we eliminated the fraud, waste, and abuse. We got able-bodied young men without dependents off the program. They were never intended to be there. They're sitting around on their couches playing video games. Yes, that's an actual study."

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In the weeks after Trump returned to office, his team amped up Republican podcasters and pulled back on journalists that question being allowed access to him. We’re several months in and now only get sound bites where they’re lobbed soft questions or questions to support their actions

Oh tiny Mike Johnson you are so full of sh*t. Y’all are scrambling because you know pretty much everyone in this country is pissed off about the healthcare cuts you made to fund the tax cut for the wealthy. F*ck right off.

A great follow up question would have been “Mr. Speaker, what is the exact study you referenced?” In a room full of journalists who spent years studying journalism at the highest institutions, did anyone ask it? Nope!

The fraud in Medicaid by beneficiaries is less than 1%. Most of the fraud. Domestic from providers. Able bodied men do not get Medicaid unless they are a single dad with young children. This is so fucking wrong.

When the chances of making a living as a Twitch streamer are as good as making one from working at a job where you are surveilled and harassed 8 or more hours a day, sitting on the couch playing video games seems like a rational choice, Mike.

Able-bodied single men without dependents don't qualify for Medicaid. He is lying. Just like saying illegals are on Medicaid and SNAP. He's lying. He's lying. He's lying.

yes! And let’s pretend able bodied single young men who sit on the couch playing video games did get Medicaid. Why would they be using (or abusing at a high cost) the medical care system if they are able bodied? able bodied people do not go to the ER, get hospitalize, have surgery,use expensive meds

They do if their incomes are low enough. But they, and other Medicaid recipients, don't see a dime of money. Medicaid dollars are given to insurance companies and health care providers. Recipients don't get any money. So those young men don't get health care services.

What Mikey J doesn't mention is that the number of these people who sit at home playing video games on the whole don't actually use Mediciad very often. Something like 40% in the very same study he quotes don't use it at all.

You’re lying to the people as usual did you tell him they’re medical bills and health insurance in the go to go sky high? No, you didn’t cause you’re not a Christian man you’re so far up Trump’s ass you can’t even see your shoes anymore.

So another topic he knows absolutely nothing about. Medicaid does not pay anyone except medical providers for their services. If the kids are sitting home playing video games they probably have a medical condition that warrants it. I remember when politicians used to worry about their legacy.

“Yes, that’s an actual study” Who did this “study”? Is it really nonpartisan or designed to get the results you need? Things the media should be asking but they just let these guys blurt out nonsense and don’t challenge them. History will show MSM was complicit in the fall of this democracy.

Except Medicaid is not a government check to collect, despite how many of these Republicans speak of it. It pays doctor bills. Does he think these video-game-playing young men are clamoring to go the doctor’s office every day?

Absolutely! Thank God for Medicaid because there have been times when my kid needed it because he was a full-time college student (over 26 so not eligible for my insurance) and working, but couldn’t get health insurance either through his university or through his work, because it was part time.

My college student’s university doesn’t even offer health insurance anymore!!! This is going to be a huge problem when he turns 19 and can no longer be on CHP. I have to pay almost 1k per month through exchange since I’m self employed and having my 3kids on CHP makes that possible

He’s as dumb as the rest of them. Just like thinking most SNAP beneficiaries are able bodied young men. They are children, old people, disabled people, disabled vets, full time caregivers,and people with foster kids. Only 5% are full time workers who don’t earn a living wage.

This isn't about fraud. It is about them playing God, punishing the undesirables and husband them morally. Like the German fascists did. We are livestock to them. "a Volksgemeinschaft based on the foundations of race, ethnicity, and social behavior." encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/a...

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He forgot to look directly at the camera with steely eyes and say “and you can trust me and my study”. It would have completely convinced me, but at the moment, I’m just not sure..

Says the guy who is sitting around watching so much pornography that his family intervened. He can’t even do his job because he’s so addicted dear leader uses it to manipulate him.

* Mike Johnson does not want to protect the [Affordable Care Act], which 24 million Americans rely on. He and his party hate this law that enabled millions of Americans to get coverage. They do not believe in healthcare as a right. This is their way of destroying it from within. *

Probably up there with the 3,000 people ICE has detained with a criminal record. I’m sure it’s worth the money we are spending to stop it🤣

As a Medicaid Fraud Investigator, I can say they HAVE NOT eliminated FWA. In 2025, I was able to assist in 25 arrests and convictions for fraudulent billing so far. They don't even know where to look for it. Dumb asses.

Mike, why don't you lead by example, a good leader would never have anyone do a job he couldn't do, so, get that tie off, go out and pick 20 baskets of Strawberries.

Right. The only thing they qualify for is EMTALA. So, if an illegal alien is actively dying and they go to an ER, the healthcare provider will do what they can to stabilize them. It makes sense. It’s the humane thing to.

No one refuses to work because the next time they have a sore throat their strep test will be covered by Medicaid. For the billionth time, Mikey, Medicaid does not provide an income nor a paycheck. And all payments go to the provider.