States want to bring Medicaid behind bars. Federal changes make that harder

States want to bring Medicaid behind bars. Federal changes make that harder

States want to bring Medicaid behind bars. Federal changes make that harder

Cody Coughenour of Port Angeles, Wash. is a beneficiary of a bipartisan policy experiment that allowed him to receive Medicaid before being released from incarceration.

Funding cuts and program changes required by President Trump's big budget law are forcing states to rethink bipartisan efforts to bring Medicaid into jails and prisons.

(Image credit: Ramon Dompor for Tradeoffs)

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