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Bevin: Community engagement key to Medicaid work requirement

Kentucky will become the first state in the U.S. to require an estimated 350,000 Medicaid recipients to work, get job training, volunteer or care for a family member in order to qualify for benefits. Gov. Matt Bevin, whose office estimates the plan will save the state almost $2.5 billion, joins Judy Woodruff to discuss its implementation and its predicted effects.