Déjà vu: Work Requirements in Medicaid Echo Lessons from SNAP and TANF

Last year, Arkansas became the first state to kick people off Medicaid for not meeting work requirements. A new study confirms what health policy experts predicted all along: Many people lost their insurance even though they met the state’s requirements.

May 15, 2019 | Blog Post | Suzanne Wikle

Block Granting Medicaid is Still a Terrible Idea

May 7, 2019 | Report/Brief | Suzanne Wikle

Stopping Medicaid Work Requirements: A Guide to Advocacy Strategies

Mar 28, 2019 | Blog Post | Renato Rocha

CLASP Applauds Court’s Decision to Protect Medicaid in Arkansas and Kentucky

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

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September 18, 2019 | Press Release | Federal Spending Priorities

CLASP Decries $5 Billion Cuts in Critical Programs to Fund Senseless Wall

September 10, 2019 | Press Release | Children, Youth & Families

Latest Poverty Data: Children’s Health Insurance Down, Families’ Economic Security at Risk

August 13, 2019 | News Clip | Immigrant Children and Families

The Health 202: Illness is one of many new factors to count against immigrants seeking U.S. residency

June 26, 2019 | Blog Post | Medicaid

Déjà vu: Work Requirements in Medicaid Echo Lessons from SNAP and TANF

June 7, 2019 | Blog Post | Children, Youth & Families

Lowering the Poverty Threshold Only Harms People with Low Incomes

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