CLASP

CLASP recently launched a new project, Building Equitable Economic Supports in the South (BEES). Through the BEES project CLASP is working directly with community organizations and policy organizations in Mississippi and North Carolina to improve the economic well-being of people experiencing poverty. In Mississippi we’re…

With the end of pandemic-era protections for people insured by Medicaid, we’re learning more about states’ outcomes for Medicaid renewals.

As part of the Medicaid “unwinding” from COVID-era protections that kept people enrolled, states are required to submit data to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services every month. 

We need more months of data, combined with on-the-ground examples and stories to fully understand the picture, but the early data paints a troubling picture.

President Biden has rightfully pledged to not take away people’s health care or increase poverty as part of the debt ceiling negotiations. The administration must hold this line and reject any new work requirements for Medicaid, or increased work requirements for SNAP and TANF.

Suzanne Wikle was quoted on states using Medicaid for food assistance and other social determinants of health.

Suzanne Wikle was quoted in this article.

The return to “normal operations” for state Medicaid agencies means that several million people are likely to lose their Medicaid health insurance over the coming year.

Both Parker Gilkesson and Suzanne Wikle were quoted about the Medicaid food pilot program. 

“Medicaid has served a really important purpose over the course of the pandemic,” said Suzanne Wikle, senior policy analyst at the Center for Law and Social Policy.