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Thank you. 15 medicaid recipients in kentucky are suing the federal government in an attempt to block new rules requiring them to work in order to keep their taxpayer-funded health coverage. critics say the move will result in fewer needy people receiving health care. senior correspondent mike tobin looks at both sites. >> full-time worker, tara is in the cross hairs of kentucky's work requirement for medicaid. she was sidelined with severe depression. now she works 15 hours a week and picks up side jobs. the work requirement would mandate 20 hours a week. you seem able-bodied. >> i am able-bo...

People's health become better. we're not. especially for those who are able-bodied. and in kentucky -- one-third of our people. >> that is strange to say it doesn't help people's health get better. i don't think that is -- >> it does because -- show me a study -- in kentucky we have more people than ever on medicaid. and we are -- we are increasing in leading the nation in things like lung cancer and things like premature deaths and things like diabetes and hypertension and cardiovascular disease and pick the category. we are between 43rd and 50th in the nation on all of these fronts and since...

Approved reason. is this a good idea? the executive director of turning point usa charlie kirk and executive director of social security, alex lawson. and this is an interesting idea, implemented in this program. >> the goal of government program, trying to get off of government programs, 40% of people who receive medicaid now working, able-bodied, with disabilities or children of the elderly, able-bodied adults. they don't have to find a job, they just have to pursue, try to find a job, don't have to be successful. the key point is we need to get people off of government benefits and back int...

Explain this and lay out the changes here. >> this is a significant change to medicaid. for the first time in its 50-year history, states are going to be allowed to require people to work to get medicaid. now the administration is saying that work promotes independence and that it's very much in keeping with medicaid's philosophy and mission, but, you know, others say that it could end up leaving a lot of people off the rolls. so what's going to happen now, is states can apply for waivers to require able-bodied, nondisabled, naonpregnant adult, these folks will have to start going to work or d...

This rapid economic growth across the country. it ends up we can be an example for heck toes would have been 90,800 jobs open this morning in our state free job search website. yet, at the same time we only have about 40,000 folks on unemployment. so you see the miss match mismah there. we need more eligible workersen in the game. all hands on deck type situation. this is one of the ways we will get more hands on deck. ainsley: how does the plan work? who will be tested? >> well, all of our folks who are both childless and able-bodied who are currently receiving food stamps here in wink are el...