In 2024, a record 21.4 million people received their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplaces. Enrollment gains among Black, Latino, and people with low incomes drove the increased enrollment. Sustaining the policy choices that led to record enrollment and adding in long…
2023 data from the Census Bureau may show an increase in uninsurance as millions of people were disenrolled from Medicaid starting in April 2023 when one of these provisions expired – with more threats ahead.
As states embrace multi-year continuous coverage for young children insured by Medicaid, they're supporting health and well-being, particularly for children of color.
By the CLASP Income & Work Supports Team The Income & Work Supports team at CLASP works to advance public benefits justice, and Black History Month has us thinking about the history of economic injustice in this country. The economic injustices caused by slavery, segregation,…
By Philanthropy News Digest EXCERPT: The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) in Washington, D.C., has announced the launch of an economic equity initiative in Mississippi and North Carolina to improve the well-being of people living in poverty. Read the full article here.
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…
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.