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On the recordMarch 11, 2019
It is the perspective of at least this Member of Congress, and I think other colleagues of mine, that Medicaid work requirements are against the Social Security--the very statute that incorporates Medicaid, Section 115 of the Social Security Act, and are illegal.
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Joseph P. Kennedy III
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Kennedy argues that Medicaid work requirements violate Social Security law.

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