Rep. Diana Harshbarger, R-Tenn., rejected the “fearmongering” from Democrats over Medicaid reform and assured that benefits will remain intact for the tens of millions of Americans who are qualified for it, but she told Newsmax on Thursday that 60% of the people on it are not eligible.

President Donald Trump vowed Wednesday that he’s “not going to touch” entitlement programs like Medicaid but also promised to root out fraud.

“Since 2019, the last five years, we’ve seen an increase in Medicaid; it’s a 51% increase. You have people, 60% of the people on Medicaid now, are not who it was intended for; not the disabled, not the pregnant women, not the elderly — these are able-bodied people,” Harshbarger said on “National Report.”

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