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![Transcript from Death Panel episode “Health Fascism and the Anti-State State”
But the second aspect represents the inverse. Equally shaping the right’s new politics of health fascism is the decades-old tradition of austerity politics. The cutting of social spending and healthcare programs, the pursuit of alleged “drains” on the system and the castigation of the quote unquote “welfare queen.”
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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson: Working requirements—work requirements for Medicaid. That is a—something that—public opinion polls almost 90%. You don’t want able-bodied workers on a program that is intended for example for single mothers with two small children who’s just trying to make it, that’s what Medicaid is for. Not for twenty-nine year old males sitting on their couches playing videogames. We’re going to find those guys and we’re going to send them back to work.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HTY4drFW8AAPpwi.jpg?name=small&format=webp)
ALT Transcript from Death Panel episode “Health Fascism and the Anti-State State” But the second aspect represents the inverse. Equally shaping the right’s new politics of health fascism is the decades-old tradition of austerity politics. The cutting of social spending and healthcare programs, the pursuit of alleged “drains” on the system and the castigation of the quote unquote “welfare queen.” [ CLIP ] Speaker of the House Mike Johnson: Working requirements—work requirements for Medicaid. That is a—something that—public opinion polls almost 90%. You don’t want able-bodied workers on a program that is intended for example for single mothers with two small children who’s just trying to make it, that’s what Medicaid is for. Not for twenty-nine year old males sitting on their couches playing videogames. We’re going to find those guys and we’re going to send them back to work.







