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Lifespan
Filling the gap: the importance of Medicaid continuity for former inmates
June 2nd, 2009
It is time for states to suspend, rather than terminate, the Medicaid benefits of inmates while they are incarcerated, say correctional health care experts from The Miriam Hospital in a commentary published online by the Journal of General Internal Medicine. Although federal law does not mandate Medicaid termination for prisoners, 90 percent of states have implemented policies that withdraw inmates' enrollment upon incarceration, which the authors say leaves a vulnerable population uninsured following release. In the article, Josiah D. Rich, MD, MPH, notes that each year, the United States releases more than 10 million people from the nation's...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-06-02)
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