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sl8

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Sat Jul 20, 2024, 12:49 PM Jul 2024

Medicaid coverage for people leaving Vt. prisons approved



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Medicaid coverage for people leaving Vt. prisons approved

WCAX / by WCAX News Team / Jul 19, 2024 at 6:20 PM

MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) - The Biden administration has approved Vermont’s application to provide Medicaid coverage for people leaving prison.

Starting in 2026, inmates will become eligible for Medicaid 90 days before their release.

State officials will need to build an implementation and monitoring plan, establish IT infrastructure, recruit staff and train them for the new services.

Wellness programs within prisons must also be created to help coordinate health care and enrollment upon release.

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Medicaid coverage for people leaving Vt. prisons approved (Original Post) sl8 Jul 2024 OP
It's the thin end of the wedge! markodochartaigh Jul 2024 #1

markodochartaigh

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1. It's the thin end of the wedge!
Sat Jul 20, 2024, 02:40 PM
Jul 2024

When people see that people recently released from prison have health care coverage, they will want health care coverage too!

I like that wedge!

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