Medicaid Work Requirement Wouldn't Shrink Spending Much
Most of the people on Medicaid are elderly, disabled or children, so a GOP proposal to require able-bodied recipients to work probably won't add up to big cost savings, analysts say.
by Alison Kodjak
Mar 21, 2017
3 minutes
If you're poor and you want to keep your health insurance, you may have to go to work.
That's the message from Republican lawmakers who Monday night released a series of changes to their plan to overhaul the Affordable Care Act.
A key change, designed to help attract votes from conservative Republicans, would let state governors require people to work to qualify for health insurance under Medicaid.
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