Dan Hemmert: Medicaid work requirements work. It’s time to bring them back.

Recently, The Salt Lake Tribune published an opinion piece by contributor Paul Gibbs asserting that Medicaid work requirements are a waste of time and money. This well-meaning piece was terribly misguided, given solid evidence that work requirements do indeed help move individuals out of welfare to work and self-reliance.Medicaid was originally conceived to provide health care for those truly in most need — low-income children and pregnant women, the elderly and individuals with disabiliti