People leaving jail or prison are at extremely high risk of hospitalization and death, and policymakers from deep blue California to solidly red Utah think bringing Medicaid behind bars could help.
"I've seen people wither away — literally, people who were 280 pounds solid, healthy-looking individuals, wither all the way down to skin and bones. And that was because something that they had was diagnosed late or was misdiagnosed in the beginning," said Khalil Cumberbatch, who served 6½ years in a New York prison before becoming the director of strategic partnerships at the Council on Criminal Justice.
Massachusetts' Mike Levine said his team has been working closely with law enforcement and corrections officials for years."You can't wait to engage correctional partners when it's time to implement," Levine said."They have to be involved in the policy design because this is going to require so much change within their workflows and their daily business that they have to be at the table.
Six months after he was released, Reed finally got his back surgery. He's in less pain now, but he's still homeless, jobless and struggling to find purpose in his life.Six months after he was released, Reed finally got his back surgery. He's in less pain now, but he's still homeless, jobless and struggling to find purpose in his life.But his pain continued to get worse.
"When people come out of prison, they have so many needs," Shavit said."[We're] just trying to bring people to the starting line to kind of get them to where they need to be to then even start to be able to become successful in the community."
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