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While Democrats predict major problems with a provision within the “one big, beautiful bill” that adds a work requirement for adults to be eligible for Medicaid, Republican senators are praising the requirement, saying, “We’ve got to get back to work.”
The provision requires able-bodied, childless adults between the ages of 18 and 64 to work at least 80 hours a month to be eligible to receive Medicaid benefits. Individuals can also meet the requirement by participating in community service, going to school or engaging in a work program.
“We have folks back home right now harvesting wheat that are working 20 hours in a day,” Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., told Fox News Digital. “We want you to go to college, we want to volunteer, work 20 hours a week, it brings dignity, it brings purpose to your lives. Work is a great thing; it’s nothing to be ashamed of.”
“Seven million healthy American men out there of working age are not working right now,” Marshall continued. “We happen to have seven million open jobs as well. I think I want to do everything I can to help those seven million men find a job. Whether that’s through an education or community colleges, technical colleges, I think there’s lots of opportunity out there.”
From left to right, Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., Sen. Mark Kelly, R-Ariz., and Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images | Drew Angerer/Getty Images | Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images | Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)
Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., said “the disincentives to work are a real problem here in America.”
“It’s amazing that Democrats are trying to make this argument,” he said. “I don’t think that taxpayers should be footing the bill at all for able-bodied citizens. And certainly, non-citizens should not be getting the benefit of this.”
“We need to incentivize work,” Hagerty went on. “And certainly, you don’t want to be incentivizing a burden on taxpayers.”
“We’ve got to take care of the people that need to be taken care of and it’s just unfortunate you’ve got a lot of freeloaders in this country,” said Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala.
Sen. Tommy Tuberville, a Republican from Alabama, speaks to members of the media…
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