Medicaid is meant for America’s most vulnerable, NOT for Americans who can work but choose to cheat the system
For Immediate Release
June 3, 2025
Contact: Taylor Haulsee
WASHINGTON —In February, Speaker Johnson said that Medicaid coverage should not be going to “29-year-old males sitting on their couches playing video games.”
He was correct — about Medicaid priorities and how Medicaid recipients who can work but refuse to are spending their time.
According to a new analysis by the American Enterprise Institute: “For Medicaid recipients who do not report working, the most common activity after sleeping is watching television and playing video games.”
Here’s more from the report on Medicaid recipients who do not work:
“….They spend 4.2 hours per day watching television and playing video games, or 125 hours during a 30-day month. That is more than 50 percent higher than the 80 hours they would be required to work or otherwise engage with the community during at least some months under the reconciliation bill.”
Source: American Enterprise Institute
These able-bodied individuals who CHOOSE not to work are receiving the same coverage as America’s most vulnerable, like single mothers, disabled individuals, and low-income seniors.
That’s why Republicans are protecting and strengthening Medicaid for American citizens who need and deserve it by rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse, and implementing common sense work requirements, which 78% of Americans support.
The next time a Democrat makes false claims about “Medicaid cuts,” just remember that what they’re really saying is they want illegal aliens and able-bodied adults playing video games at home to continue stealing resources from those who need it.
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