In a 2020 interview on Open Source with Lew Goldstein , GOP gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli said he would target Medicaid, food stamps, and utility assistance programs for fraud, rhetoric often used by Republicans to justify cuts or restrictions to social programs.

Ciattarelli said it was a “healthy exercise” to reevaluate who receives those benefits, claiming “there isn’t a month that goes by” without reports of abuse in the Medicaid, food stamp, or utility assistance systems.

Jack Ciattarelli Campaigned on Ending Pensions, Healthcare for Retirees Read More

Jack Ciattarelli Campaigned on Ending Pensions, Healthcare for Retirees Read More

He added that his administration would conduct a “thorough review” of those programs “to make sure that everyone who needs them are the

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