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Sarah Huckabee Sanders: If you want to receive free health care—paid for by your fellow taxpayer—able-bodied, working-age adults have to work…

On the recordFebruary 9, 2025
If you want to receive free health care—paid for by your fellow taxpayer—able-bodied, working-age adults have to work, go to school, volunteer or be home to take care of their kids.
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders
Republican · Arkansas

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Sanders argues that able-bodied adults should meet work requirements to receive Medicaid.

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