Treasury Sec. Bessent on Medicaid: ‘Able Bodied Americans Are Not Vulnerable Americans’

RUSH EXCERPT:
BESSENT: "Well, first of all, that affordability and saving Medicaid, let‘s separate those. And only in D.C., only in D.C. Is a 20% hike over 10 years. A cut. So Medicaid funding will go up 20% over the next 10 years. The people who Medicaid were designed for the pregnant women, the the disabled and families with children under 14 will be refocused. The able bodied Americans are not vulnerable. Americans. So a work requirement or a community service requirement that‘s very popular with the public, and many state programs have that. Now."