So all elderly who get Medicaid by the Republican definition are on welfare. Mr. DeLAY. It is means tested. Those that are poor, elderly, that receive Medicaid, not Medicare, are on welfare. So you don't consider-- let me get this straight--you don't consider Medicaid welfare. You don't consider food stamps welfare. Do you consider any nutrition, like school lunch, any of that? Housing you say is not welfare. If we pay $13,000 for an apartment in New York City for a welfare mother, that is not welfare, because that is housing?
Michael Synar: “So all elderly who get Medicaid by the Republican definition are on welfare. Mr. DeLAY. It is means tested. Those that…”
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Debating the classification of welfare programs during a discussion on Medicaid.
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