Richard Nixon actually said...

In short--just like the existing welfare system--Medicaid is inefficient, inequitably excludes the working poor, and often provides an incentive for people to stay on welfare.

Context

Statement Announcing Extensions of Welfare Reform Proposals

06/09/1970

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