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Three new policy briefs written by our partners in New Mexico, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania can help state advocates across the country better understand the leverage points for improving the administration of Medicaid and SNAP.
Any discussion about strengthening Medicaid should build on this current successful foundation rather than threatening states' financial stability—and patients' health and well-being—with drastic changes to the program's financing and structure.
CLASP has developed key principles for universal health care coverage, focusing on people with low incomes and people of color.
Recently, CMS issued guidance detailing criteria states should consider if they want to implement proposals to take away health coverage from individuals who do not meet new work requirements. The product of a partnership between CLASP and Community Catalyst, this memo focuses on strategies to defeat state legislation on work requirements and/or prevent state Medicaid agencies or governors from drafting 1115 waivers.
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.
The following policy briefs are intended to help identify administrative opportunities to improve access to public benefits.