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The Dr. Phil Podcast

The Hidden Gem in Trump's Big Beautiful Bill | The REAL Story with Dr. Phil

The Dr. Phil Podcast

Dr. Phil McGraw

Mental Health, Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education, Health & Fitness

4.413.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Can you believe this? In today’s system, someone working full-time can take home less than someone doing nothing at all. Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill says: ENOUGH!
This isn’t punishment—it’s about bringing back dignity, motivation, and basic fairness. 
This is The Real Story.

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0:00.0

You've all been hearing about Trump's big beautiful bill, and some think, well, it may not be

0:06.4

beautiful in everybody's eyes, certainly, but it is undeniably big, more than a thousand pages.

0:14.1

Now, it's very easy to just kind of look at the highlights and gloss over things, but there's

0:19.0

something I don't want you to miss.

0:21.7

I want to tell you the real story about some importance psychological issues that are addressed

0:28.3

in this bill. Maybe it was intended, maybe not. The bill includes work requirements for

0:35.1

able-bodied Americans receiving taxpayer-funded benefits.

0:40.1

Why is that the real story here? Because this is long overdue in a meritocracy.

0:47.4

Long overdue. We build our self-esteem. We build our self-worth by watching what we do, watching what we overcome,

0:57.3

watching what obstacles we knock down to get to success. And here's what's inside the bill

1:03.6

that addresses that. It requires states to enforce work requirement for able-bodied individuals

1:10.8

on Medicaid between 19 and 64.

1:14.5

So if you're able-bodied, you can be on this, but you need to be working.

1:18.6

You can also satisfy the requirement by at least proving you're looking for work or you're

1:25.1

receiving job training. You're moving forward towards self-sufficiency.

1:31.0

Now, there are exceptions made for those who are disabled, pregnant women, if you're incarcerated,

1:38.0

or you're in a rehabilitation program. Why is this so important? As I said, if you don't have a

1:44.0

chance to observe yourself achieving,

1:47.4

you cannot attribute to yourself the traits that you will lean on in believing about yourself.

1:55.3

And the biggest problem in our country isn't income inequality, it's income equality. Don't let that just rattle around. The biggest

2:04.3

problem is not inequality, it's equality when it comes to income. And let me explain. Look at some

2:10.8

recent headlines. Economic inequality leads to democratic erosion. Study fines. America has never been wealthier.

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