To the editor: According to the Health Research Organization Kff92% of Medicaid receptors under 65 are already working. Even the guest collaborator Michael Bernick admits that the number of medicaid recipients that work is “large” (“Add working requirements to Medicaid is not a bad idea” June 3). If most Medicaid recipients are already working, why are work requirements necessary? After all, I would add another layer of swelling to the bureaucracy for those who monitor and certify the applicants, just a way to achieve a more efficient government. More importantly, I would add another barrier to receive Medicaid, which would probably cause some people who would qualify for benefits renounced in frustration. Adding work requirements to Medicaid is not a way to improve medical care for the working class.
Charles Petithomme, Burbank
