Workforce participation play’s a big role for a Mo. House Committee in the first of three Medicaid hearings

Intro:	The House Governmental Committee hears a plan to make Medicaid expansion tied to making Medicaid recipients participate in workforce efforts.
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Wrap: Jackson County Republican Representative Joel Torpey is sponsoring a Medicaid bill that would require people receiving the service to provide proof of their work status.

His expansion plan relies on the passage of the workforce participation provision.

Attorney Joel Ferber said this could kill the bill because the federal government has to sign off on all Medicaid reorganization.

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Description: You want to achieve all of these reforms, I'd hate to see a poisoned pill that stops all of this from going forward.

Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm John Zupon

Intro:	A House committee hears plans to tie the governor's Medicaid expansion to work requirements.
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Wrap: Jackson County Republican Representative Joel Torpey said Medicaid reorganization will not occur without the proof of work provision.

So far, the federal government has not signed off on similar plans from across the country.

Jefferson City Republican Representative Jay Barnes clarified that this provision is not for those that cannot find a job.

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Description: We are talking about adults, who are not parents, who otherwise have an eligibility level right now of zero.

Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm John Zupon