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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.
CLASP submits the following comments in response to Georgia’s 1332 waiver request to exit the federal marketplace with no substitution. CLASP has deep concerns about Georgia’s wavier request because it would eliminate the central source of help for the roughly 500,000 Georgians who enroll in private health plans or Medicaid through healthcare.gov.
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 submitted comments in support of the New Jersey's 1115 continuity of care waiver demonstration, which would allow it to expand postpartum Medicaid coverage for 180 days after childbirth and allow continuous eligibility during this period.
CLASP submitted comments on Oklahoma’s Sooner 2.0 Healthy Adult Opportunity (HAO) waiver application and raises serious concerns about the effects of the waiver on the coverage and health outcomes of Medicaid beneficiaries in Oklahoma.
CLASP submitted comments on Missouri’s Targeted Benefits for Pregnant Women and Demonstration.
CLASP submitted comments in response to Indiana’s section 1115 demonstration project known as the Healthy Indiana Plan.
CLASP submitted comments in support of the Illinois 1115 continuity of care and administrative simplification waiver demonstration, which would allow it to expand postpartum Medicaid coverage for 12 months after childbirth and allow continuous eligibility during this period. If approved, parents and babies would be more likely to access and experience continuity of care in the first year of life, increasing positive health outcomes for both.
CLASP's Suzanne Wikle provided a statement in support of Medicaid expansion in Kansas at the Governor's Council on Medicaid Expansion.
CLASP submitted comments to CMS on Montana's Demonstration Amendment and Extension Application: Montana Health and Economic Livelihood Partnership (HELP) Program.