Reentry Programs to Help Former Prisoners Obtain Health Care Are Often Underused

Formerly incarcerated patients across many Southern states in the US can lack essential re-entry services, including healthcare resources, leaving them unable to manage their health conditions or obtain the necessary medication; a recent judicial decision hinted that those incarcerated had a constitutional right to medical discharge planning before release, which includes medication supply or prescriptions, but it's unclear whether states are obligated to do so, and while the Biden administration has recently made it possible for Medicaid to cover substance abuse treatment, using it to pay for re-entry care has yet to be established nationally.

Bild durch KI erstellt