'We're Removing The Waste And Fraud': Markwayne Mullin Defends Cuts To Healthcare In GOP Budget

During a CNN interview on Sunday, Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) spoke about cuts to healthcare in the Republican budget.

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00:00Let's talk about what we're actually doing because Bernie Sanders and the Democrat Party

00:04they're absolutely lying about us kicking people off. We're not kicking people off that deserve

00:11that hold on we're not we're not talking about people that are that deserve and qualify

00:16for Medicaid or Medicare. What we're doing is getting rid of the waste and fraud. There's

00:21over six million people on Medicaid right now that do not qualify underneath current policies.

00:28They don't they didn't qualify underneath the Biden policies but yet the Biden administration

00:32allowed them to come on and they're robbing Medicaid blind and therefore it's almost becoming

00:38unsustainable for those that actually deserve it. Anybody that qualifies for Medicaid they're

00:43not going to see a reduction in benefits. They're not going to see a reduction in coverage. All

00:49we're doing is removing the people that are frauding the American taxpayers out of health

00:54care. That's it. And no one can say anything different. President Trump has made it very

00:59clear we're not reducing or cutting Medicaid benefits. The Republicans have said the same

01:05thing. We're removing the waste and fraud. I have talked to Josh Hawley who is very outspoken

01:14about this. I got a great relationship with Josh. Josh is doing exactly what he should be

01:17doing. He's protecting to make sure that those that need it are protected from it. There's

01:22nothing wrong with him questioning the bill. The fact is you can't point to anyone that's

01:27losing coverage that deserves and qualifies for the care. But he's being very cautious

01:32and I respect him for doing that. But we have made it very clear and the president has made

01:35it clear we're not kicking people off that qualify for Medicare and Medicaid coverage. We're just

01:42getting rid of the waste and fraud. You can read it yourself. Dana in fact or Dana I bet

01:46you you have read it and you can't find where we're reducing coverage for anybody. We are simply

01:51kicking the waste and fraud out of the Medicaid and Medicare system that are literally robbing

01:56the taxpayers of the American people.