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May 08, 2025 |

On the Chopping Block: How Medicaid Cuts Will Impact Mental Health

By Isha Weerasinghe and Jace Peterkin Medicaid is the nation’s single largest payer for mental health services and provides coverage for nearly 40 percent of all children in the United States. Medicaid also pays every 1 in 4 dollars for vital mental health and substance use disorder...

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April 30, 2025 | Blog Post | Suzanne Wikle

Medicaid Cuts Come Into Focus: Millions Stand to Lose Health Care

April 28, 2025 | Press Release | Cemeré James

New Tracker Documents DOGE’s Harms to Children, Families, People with Low Incomes

April 23, 2025 | Report/Brief | Suzanne Wikle

Medicaid Financing: Dangers of Block Grants and Per Capita Caps Summary and Full Report

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Since 1965, Medicaid has proved affordable access to health care for children, workers, seniors, and persons with disabilities through a shared state-federal funding arrangement that guarantees a minimum package of health benefits to all who qualify. It provides low-income people comprehensive health coverage that prevents illness, promotes children’s development, and supports employment. That’s why CLASP works to protect and build on historic gains in Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act—fighting back against federal efforts to repeal and block grant Medicaid and pressing states to expand their programs. We also provide research and data that prove Medicaid works as well as partner with state officials and advocates to ensure their systems are effectively serving low-income people.

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Suzanne Wikle

Suzanne Wikle

Associate Director for State Health Policy and Advocacy

Medicaid

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April 30, 2025 | Blog Post | Federal Spending Priorities
Medicaid Cuts Come Into Focus: Millions Stand to Lose Health Care
April 28, 2025 | Press Release | Child Care and Early Education
New Tracker Documents DOGE’s Harms to Children, Families, People with Low Incomes
April 18, 2025 | News Clip | Child Care and Early Education
Donald Trump’s war on children
April 10, 2025 | Press Release | Child Care and Early Education
U.S. House Passes Budget that Enriches the Wealthy by Slashing Medicaid & SNAP
March 28, 2025 | Press Release | Children, Youth & Families
Latest Round of HHS Cuts Will Further Harm Children, Families & People with Low Incomes

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Low-Income Young Adults Would Benefit from Medicaid Expansion

Young adults have seen major gains in health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act. Since 2009, their rate of uninsurance has dropped 50 percent. But coverage gaps still exist, especially for low-income young adults, in states that haven’t expanded Medicaid. It’s critical that the remaining states take up expansion.

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Why the Affordable Care Act Is Critical for Young Adults

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Fact Sheet | May 08, 2025
On the Chopping Block: How Medicaid Cuts Will Impact Mental Health
Report/Brief | April 23, 2025
Medicaid Financing: Dangers of Block Grants and Per Capita Caps Summary and Full Report
Fact Sheet | March 24, 2025
It’s a Cut to Medicaid No Matter What You Call It
Fact Sheet | February 05, 2025
Our Nation’s Health Depends on Medicaid
Testimony/Comments | November 10, 2024
CLASP Comments on Louisiana’s Waiver Request for Medicaid Services Prior to Release from Incarceration

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Suzanne Wikle
Associate Director for State Health Policy and Advocacy
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