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    It's Not Clear How Many People Could Actually Work To Get Medicaid

    Audie Cornish talks with health policy researcher Leighton Ku about the GOP proposal that would let states require able-bodied Medicaid recipients to work.
    by Jessica Boddy Mar 21, 2017 2 minutes
    Many people who are on Medicaid are also in college or taking care of relatives, according to health policy analyst Leighton Ku. That would make it harder for them to meet work requirements proposed by the GOP.

    Republican House leaders are making last-minute changes to their health care proposal in a bid to woo more conservatives ahead of a vote scheduled for Thursday.

    One of those changes would let states impose on some Medicaid recipients. A handful of states asked the Obama administration for that

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