MedCity News January 18, 2022
A growing number of transition programs are focused on healthcare planning – helping formerly incarcerated individuals with enrollment in Medicaid, and supporting them to access covered programs to treat medical and physical health conditions.
Each year, more than 600,000 people are released from state and federal prisons, and more than nine million circulate through local jail systems across the U.S. Among those individuals who are released, seven out of 10 are rearrested within five years, and half are reincarcerated, creating a vicious cycle for millions of Americans.
For a country that creates opportunity for many people, the fact that America not only has the highest incarcerated population in the world, but also one of the highest recidivism rates, demonstrates deep...
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