President Trump's big tax law includes a major provision the GOP has endorsed for years,

work requirements for Medicaid recipients, and for food stamp benefits known as SNAP.

Millions now are at risk of losing coverage in what would be the largest cuts to the social

safety net since the 1990s. Laura Barone Lopez has the details.

Omna, in order to receive Medicaid,

able-bodied childless adults between the ages of 18 and 64 will have to prove they're either working in school or doing community service for 80 hours a month. The Congressional Budget Office

estimated that 11.8 million Americans could lose coverage over the

next decade, because recipients may struggle to navigate the new paperwork, missed deadlines,

or simply not apply at all. Another work requirement change could result in more than 3 million

Americans losing SNAP benefits, according to an earlier CBO estimate.

To help us understand the stakes, I'm joined by Pamela Hurd, Professor of Social Policy

at University of Michigan's Ford School of Public Policy, who watches this all very closely.

Professor Hurd, thank you so much for joining the News Hour.

Thank you so much for having me.

To start, who is going to be affected by this new Medicaid work requirement provision and

what kind of challenges will people face to meet these new paperwork requirements?

So really, in the end, the majority of Medicaid beneficiaries will be affected, either because you actually have to meet the work

requirement yourself or you have to demonstrate that you're exempt for meeting that work

requirement. So you have a very young child or you have a disability or you're in school. So the

majority of Medicaid recipients or anyone applying to Medicaid

ultimately is affected by these changes. And the large amount of additional paperwork and

administrative complexities, they'll have to navigate to do just that. What will some of those

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