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May 14, 2025 | Testimony/Comments | Rricha deCant

CLASP Statement for the Record for the United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions “Hearing on Fiscal Year 2026 Department of Health and Human Services Budget”

CLASP submitted this statement for the record in response to the  United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions “Hearing on Fiscal Year 2026 Department of Health and Human Services Budget.” Read statement here. 

May 14, 2025 | Testimony/Comments | Rricha deCant

CLASP Statement for the Record for the United States House Committee on Appropriations “Budget Hearing- Health and Human Services”

CLASP submitted this statement for the record in response to the May 14, 2025 “Budget Hearing-Health and Human Services” of the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations.

April 14, 2025 | Testimony/Comments | Isha Weerasinghe

CLASP Submits Comments on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Marketplace Integrity and Affordability

By Isha Weerasinghe CLASP submitted public comments opposing the proposed ACA Marketplace Integrity and Affordability Rule, which includes harmful provisions that would greatly reduce health insurance coverage for people with low incomes as well as people with historically disenfranchised identities. The many provisions that will…

November 10, 2024 | Testimony/Comments | Juliana Zhou

CLASP Comments on Louisiana’s Waiver Request for Medicaid Services Prior to Release from Incarceration

CLASP's public comment in support of Louisiana's Section 1115 request to offer Medicaid-covered services to individuals 90-days prior to their release from incarceration from a public institution.

July 26, 2024 | Testimony/Comments | Juliana Zhou

CLASP Supports New York’s Waiver Request for Multi-year Continuous Eligibility for Young Children

CLASP submitted a public comment in support of New York's Section 1115 request to implement multi-year continuous eligibility for young children from birth to six years old who are enrolled in Medicaid or Children's Health Plus.

June 17, 2024 | Testimony/Comments | Juliana Zhou

CLASP Supports Connecticut’s Substance Use Disorder Demonstration Application

CLASP submitted comments in support of Connecticut’s Section 1115 waiver demonstration, which would provide pre-release Medicaid services to individuals leaving incarceration and improve continuity of care into the community upon release and during re-entry. CLASP appreciates Connecticut’s broad definition of qualifying conditions to include intellectual…

June 17, 2024 | Testimony/Comments | Juliana Zhou

CLASP Analysis of States’ Plans to Expand Medicaid Pre-Release Services for Incarcerated Populations

In April 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued guidance to state Medicaid agencies detailing opportunities to expand Medicaid coverage to people up to 90 days before they are released from incarceration. Through a state flexibility known as a Section 1115 demonstration…

March 26, 2024 | Testimony/Comments | Juliana Zhou

CLASP Supports Pennsylvania’s Medicaid 1115 Waiver

CLASP submitted a public comment in support of Pennsylvania’s request to CMS to amend the commonwealth’s Section 1115 Medicaid demonstration waiver.

May 17, 2023 | Testimony/Comments | Indivar Dutta-Gupta

Indivar Dutta-Gupta Testifies before Joint Economic Committee on the Human Costs of Budget Cuts

Indivar Dutta-Gupta testified before the Joint Economic Committee on the human costs of budget cuts.

May 11, 2023 | Testimony/Comments | Indivar Dutta-Gupta

Indi Dutta-Gupta Testifies before House Budget Committee on Protecting American Families from Attempts to Hold Hostage Policies that Support Them.

On May 11, 2023 Indi Dutta-Gupta testified before the House Budget Committee on protecting American families from attempts to hold hostage policies that support them.

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