Should Medicaid include work requirements? Utah thinks so. On this episode of Defending Ideas, host Nic Dunn talks with Nate Checketts, deputy director of the Utah Department of Health & Human Services, about Utah’s push for a Medicaid work requirement.

They discuss:

• Utah’s federal waiver request
• Benefits cliffs and incentives
• How to build a pro-work safety net
• What reforms are needed in Washington, D.C.

Show notes:

• State of Utah Medicaid Work Requirement Waiver Request
• What Both Sides Are Missing About Medicaid Work Requirements
• Work & Opportunity Initiative

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