Inmates getting access to medicaid upon release from jail or prison

With the expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, an entire new population is eligible for government health care: low-income men. A new study suggests that in a single year, just a small number of programs has helped more than 112,000 people exiting prison or jail -- the vast majority of whom are men -- get health care coverage for which they hadn't qualified in the past.

from Today's Healthcare News -- ScienceDaily http://ift.tt/1jLRP8d