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$250 a year. there are other faxes were put in. but they all impact the 1%. these arent taxes -- >> so thats part of the republican bill. >> absolutely. over $1 trillion in tax cuts for wealthy folks to pay for an $840 billion cut in medicaid. >> and remember, it isnt just for people who are young. in my state, you the cant be able bodied and get medicaid. it is for rural hospitals and nursing homes. the people in this country are being cared for. >> heres why i think youll win. it is the reason...

Extremely meaningful. >> you have to be comfortable with the uncomfortable. put one foot in front of the other and get the upper mountains, you know. >> absolutely. >> how do we get down? >> this whole project, my goodness. >> tougher going up than coming down, ill say that. >> shes amazing. >> here i was the able-bodied. i had two feet, two legs. and she inspired me. once i finally got up that rock side and shes cheering me on and i thought the whole time i was climbing about her and watching t...

We were saying they were misleading. i do think that u 6 number that does include people who are in part-time jobs to want a full-time and people who dropped out, i think thats the biggest factor were all kind of scratching our head wondering whats going on. you have job growth and demand for labor and were still seeing so many millions of americans on the sidelines. if were going to get the economy moving again, weve got to push those people outside of the labor force who are employable, able b...

If youre on food stamps and youre able-bodied, we need you to go to work. if youre on disabity insurance and youre not supposed to be, yre not truly disabled, we need you to go back to work." so theres this implication in this budget that all of these people are just sitting back and not looking for work when theyre supposed to be and talking about cuts to medicaid that are going to attack the neediest people in this country. >> the problem is -- and it is a mindset thats been pervasive among so...

The things you said about donald trump saying he will save medicaid is not going to happen. this is what we heard about when we first heard about the american health care act, the replacement for obamacare, this is now just putting it in the budget. medicaid is going to lose $800 billion in cuts over the next 10 years. supplemental social security income, which pays benefits to people who are poor and disabled, we dont know where the cuts are coming from, but it will be stiffer requirements, per...

They say this is what the governors asked for. they wanted flexibility. i can give it per capita or a block grant. that is what they wanted. what they ignore is they are cutting how much you are going to get period. they will shift that cost to the state as if you guys had bottomless pockets. what is the reality? >> the reality is we need that flexibili flexibility. a good example is we want to put a simple work requirement in for those on medicaid and able-bodied and dont have dependent childre...

In other words, they want medicaid expansion to end early. that would cost a lot of people money. the bill may head to the house floor for a vote as early as thursday of next week. our main man on capitol hill is mike emanuel. hes live with more. what is the deal here? sounds like they want to take the medicaid expansion that is not suppose to end in 2019 and end it in 2018. >> a lot of horse trading trying to get the votes. speaker ryan and top trump administration officials. mark walker talked...

Going to repeal obamacare. we did do a bill in january that president obama vetoed. this bill, though, for some reason, even after it were to be signed into law, actually allows more able-bodied people to sign up for medicare for several years into the future. i think medicaid should be focused on folks who are truly needy, poor kids, people with disabilities, seniors. i dont think its a really good option for able-bodied people who are able to work and get insurance elsewhere. and what happens ...

Who can win a million and $2 million and still stay on medicaid the way the federal law is? the bureaucrats say you cant kick them off. we have waiting lists in america, jake, for disabled and frail seniors to get on medicaid. theyve been supplanted by able bodied adults who have won lotteries. this makes no sense. these are things were going to tackle. >> congressman, youll come back ask talk about some of these other proposals youre bringing before your committee next week. thanks so much. com...

Without children to seek or gain employment or to study to gain employment -- >> what do you mean by able-bodied. you just used that term again. >> thats what would be defined in the regulation itself. i dont know the -- >> you used a term without an idea of how you would define it? >> i think people have an understanding of what able-bodied is, and thats doesnt have the kinds of things that you described, i dont believe. >> that was a simple answer to my question. able-bodied does not include p...