Health Care Reform

Fox News attacks a provision of the (ACA) allowing inmates to access Medicaid

Fox News attacked a provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that allows certain inmates to be enrolled in Medicaid as “ridiculous and unfair to every taxpayer.” But according to health care and correctional experts, increasing access to health services reduces both the costs associated with incarceration and decreases inmates’ chances of being incarcerated again.

How Obamacare May Lower the Prison Population More Than Any Reform in a Generation

How Obamacare May Lower the Prison Population More Than Any Reform in a Generation.

Steven Rosenberg: Implications of the Affordable Care Act for the Criminal Justice System | Vera Institute of Justice

Steven Rosenberg: Implications of the Affordable Care Act for the Criminal Justice System | Vera Institute of Justice.

Medicaid and Financing Health Care for Individuals involved with the Criminal Justice System

all care is cheaper outside the walls

http://issuu.com/csgjustice/docs/aca-medicaid-expansion-policy-brief/1?e=0

how obamacare may reduce the cost of corrections

having access to health care in the community could reduce the amount spent behind the wall.

“And for communities struggling with the ravages of addiction, mental illness and other issues often relegated to the corrections system, it could mean opportunities to find less costly alternatives to incarceration.” click here for full story