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 Maine Morning Star.
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 Utah News Dispatch.
Karin Kelly had hoped her daughter's arrests could be turning points. But Briana, who everyone called Cookie, cycled in and out of jails for years as she struggled with heroin addiction. She survived multiple overdoses. "You hope your family member is going to get some help, and things are going to change," said Kelly, of East Bethel, whose daughter died after contracting endocarditis in 2022. .
Karin Kelly had hoped her daughter's arrests could be turning points. But Briana, who everyone called Cookie, cycled in and out of jails for years as she struggled with heroin addiction. She survived multiple overdoses. "You hope your family member is going to get some help, and things are going to change," said Kelly, of East Bethel, whose daughter died after contracting endocarditis in 2022. .
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