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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.
Uninsurance was already increasing before 2020, and the COVID-19 economic crisis has left millions more without coverage.
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.
During COVID-19, many state agencies that oversee basic needs programs have been forced to close their assistance offices. As a result, states have had to rethink many of their processes to handle the increase in applications while adhering to social distancing guidelines. When local benefit offices reopen, we must examine which changes during the COVID crisis have been beneficial and are worth keeping.
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.
COVID-19 reminds us how fragile our health insurance system is, and how insurance is either tied to someone’s employment and/or entirely inaccessible. CLASP outlines enrollment options for individuals and steps for states to make insurance more accessible.
CLASP submitted comments on Missouri’s Targeted Benefits for Pregnant Women and Demonstration.
Ten years ago today, Congress passed the Affordable Care Act. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of health care for economic and physical wellbeing. It is especially important to make known the successes of the ACA, especially during the critical time our country is now facing.
CLASP submitted comments in response to Indiana’s section 1115 demonstration project known as the Healthy Indiana Plan.