Tuesday, April 9, 2013

ObamaCare: Ex-Felons are about to get Health Care Coverage through Medicaid

Newly freed prisoners traditionally walk away from the penitentiary with a bus ticket and a few dollars in their pockets. Starting in January, many of the 650,000 inmates released from prison each year will be eligible for something else: health care by way of Medicaid, thanks to the Affordable Care Act.   
A sizable portion of the nearly 5 million ex-offenders who are on parole or probation at any given time will also be covered. 
The expansion of Medicaid, a key provision of the health care reform law, is the main vehicle for delivering health insurance to former prisoners.
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