Medicaid Works: No Work Requirement Necessary

While work requirements are new to health programs, we have decades of experience with such requirements in other safety net programs. This FAQ and fact sheet translates many of the lessons learned from TANF and SNAP to Medicaid.

Jun 11, 2018 | Report/Brief | Carrie Welton

New Medicaid Changes Harm Students, Hinder Economic Mobility

Jun 1, 2018 | Blog Post | Suzanne Wikle

Medicaid’s Still Under Siege—Now in the States

Mar 8, 2018 | Blog Post | Isha Weerasinghe

How Trump's Budget Impacts Key Mental Health Services

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

Project Director, Advancing Strategies for Aligning Programs (ASAP)

Medicaid

New from CLASP

August 8, 2018 | News Clip | Immigrant Access to Benefits

The Trump Administration Could Reject Legal Status For Immigrants If They Used Food Stamps Or Obamacare

July 19, 2018 | News Clip | Medicaid

Another Trump attack on the Affordable Care Act

July 10, 2018 | News Clip | Medicaid

Editorial: Stop posturing about Medicaid work requirements

July 3, 2018 | Blog Post | Medicaid

Medicaid Ruling Protects Health Care for Kentuckians, All Americans

July 3, 2018 | News Clip | Adult and Postsecondary Education

Fresh Ideas to Help Adult Learners Succeed

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.

Why the Affordable Care Act Is Critical for Young Adults