'We don't pay people in this country to be lazy,' Mullin says of Medicaid work requirements

Sen. Markwayne Mullin is insisting President Donald Trump’s sweeping domestic megabill doesn’t break his promise not to cut Medicaid, even as the Congressional Budget Office estimates 7.8 million people would lose access if it passes.

Instead, Mullin (R-Okla.) told NBC’s Kristen Welker on Sunday, the “Big Beautiful Bill” is eliminating fraud, waste and abuse that Republicans say is rampant in the program.

“What is so hard about having a work requirement there with someone that has no medical conditions and no dependents?” he said on “Meet the Press.” “We don’t pay people in this country to be lazy. We want to give them an opportunity. And when…

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