What Data Says About Able-Bodied Medicaid Recipients

Philip Bump Says Medicaid Isn't Welfare If You Don't Call It Welfare

Healthcare, like every other service, isn't free. Someone has to pay for it. If that someone else is the government, then it's welfare.

Sen. Cassidy to Newsmax: Dems Lying About Megabill’s Medicaid Cuts

Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., the chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, told Newsmax Thursday that Democrats are "saying things that are not true" about the Medicaid provisions included in the megabill legislation signed into law by President Donald Trump on July 4. "People say, 'Oh my gosh, people will lose their Medicaid,'" Cassidy said on "Wake Up America." "Wait a second. If you're able-bodied, meaning you're n…

What data says about able-bodied Medicaid recipients

Republicans paint a picture of an able-bodied nonworking Medicaid recipient as someone who chooses not to work in favor of watching TV and playing video games. Research shows other reasons why they don’t work.

The “Undeserving Poor” Deserve Medicaid

Most able-bodied Medicaid recipients already have jobs, but those who don’t should receive health care too.