More than 5M could lose Medicaid coverage if feds impose work requirements • Utah News Dispatch

More than 5M could lose Medicaid coverage if feds impose work requirements • Utah News Dispatch

Workers fill food orders at a restaurant in San Rafael, Calif. Republicans looking to cut federal spending on Medicaid are eyeing work requirements as one possible option. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)Under an emerging Republican plan to require some Medicaid recipients to work, between 4.6 million and 5.2 million adults ages 19 to 55 could lose their health care coverage, according to a new analysis. The study, conducted by Urban Institute res…