Congressman Darin LaHood says he’s still reviewing the Republican’s latest health care proposal that would cut Medicaid spending by nearly 800 billion dollars. LaHood tells WJBC’s Scott Laughlin and Patti Penn he believes some states like Illinois are taking Medicaid dollars for cases that shouldn’t apply.

“Medicaid was originally invented for poor women and children and people with disabilities and it should be for that. That’s exactly what we should be spending it on. And I think there’s a little bit of frustration that able bodied working men now qualify for Medicaid,” LaHood said.

LaHood cites the example of someone getting a physical paid for through Medicaid just after bonding out of jail. The Congressional Budget Office reports the Senate GOP health-care bill would leave 22 million more people uninsured by 2026.

This story was submitted to us by WJBC’s Eric Stock.