President Biden has rightfully pledged to not take away people’s health care or increase poverty as part of the debt ceiling negotiations. The administration must hold this line and reject any new work requirements for Medicaid, or increased work requirements for SNAP and TANF.
Young people from underserved communities—namely people with Black, brown, disabled, and/or LGBTQ+ identities—prefer community-based programs and peer networks over formal mental health services delivered in clinical settings.
The return to “normal operations” for state Medicaid agencies means that several million people are likely to lose their Medicaid health insurance over the coming year.
On April 13, CLASP will host a webinar titled “How the Transformative Justice and Healing Justice Movements Inform How We Must Approach Mental Health Systems.” This is part of a quarterly learning series focused on decolonizing mental health care. Watch the live stream now:
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“Medicaid has served a really important purpose over the course of the pandemic,” said Suzanne Wikle, senior policy analyst at the Center for Law and Social Policy.