Many states are eager to extend Medicaid to people soon to be released from prison

A new policy that allows states to provide Medicaid health care coverage to incarcerated people at least a month prior to their release has drawn bipartisan interest and a slew of state applications. Federal policy has long prohibited Medicaid spending on people who are incarcerated in jails or prisons, except for hospitalization. As a result, […] The post Many states are eager to extend Medicaid to people soon to be released from prison appeared first on Rhode Island Current.

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