The Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Medicaid expansion offers a new opportunity for states to connect individuals in prisons and jails to coverage. However, Medicaid eligibility policies for incarcerated individuals vary in both expansion and non-expansion states.
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State Medicaid Eligibility Policies for Individuals Moving Into and Out of Incarceration (2015)
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