Medicaid bill would boot lottery winners from the program

Published December 7, 2017 9:07pm ET



A trio of Republican senators on Thursday introduced a bill that would not allow people to receive government-funded Medicaid coverage if they have won the lottery or made more than $80,000 from gambling.

The Prioritizing the Most Vulnerable Over Lottery Winners Act would boot lottery winners from the healthcare program, which is funded by the state and the federal government. The bill was introduced by GOP Sens. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, John Cornyn of Texas, and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania.

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