On Wednesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson set the record straight in a quick exchange with ABC\u2019s George Stephanopoulos, confirming what Democrats and their media allies would rather Americans not hear: illegal aliens are indeed getting access to Medicaid.<\/p>\n
The Louisiana Republican laid out what Republicans have done to stop it\u2014and just as importantly, how Democrats are now scheming to roll those reforms back so illegals can once again tap into taxpayer-funded benefits.<\/p>\n
Stephanopoulos, who we should all remember is a Clinton creature, made this point:<\/p>\n
Here are the facts. The proposal does not provide healthcare for illegal immigrants. Illegal immigrants cannot buy healthcare under the Affordable Air\u2026 uh, Care Act. They cannot receive healthcare subsidies. Illegal immigrants are ineligible for Medicare, Medicaid, and the children\u2019s health program. The Democratic bill does not make them eligible.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The Speaker matter-of-factly fact-checked Stephanopoulos who has spent his decades at ABC\u2019s morning show not as a journalist but as a shill for the Democratic Party:<\/p>\n
It does, actually. Because what it does, it unwinds the changes that Republicans put into the Big, Beautiful Bill, that signature legislation that we passed and signed into law last July 4th, that has been very successful in shoring up Medicaid for the people who are actually eligible to receive it. What we did in the bill, and the CBO just verified this three weeks ago, the Congressional Budget Office, the non-partisan arbiters of everything up here, they said that those provisions have helped to reduce premiums.<\/p>\n
Why? Because we got ineligible recipients off of Medicaid. Illegal aliens and able-bodied young men who were riding the wagon, who were not eligible to be there. Medicaid is intended for specific populations of U.S. citizens. That is young, pregnant women, who are down on their luck, the disabled and the elderly, those resources were being drained from those folks, and so we fixed that. We reduced fraud, waste, and abuse in the program. Chuck Schumer\u2019s counter-proposal on the CR would reverse that. That is a simple fact.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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