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Implications Of The Affordable Care Act's Medicaid Expansion On Low-Income Individuals On Probation, Marsha Regenstein, Lea Nolan
Implications Of The Affordable Care Act's Medicaid Expansion On Low-Income Individuals On Probation, Marsha Regenstein, Lea Nolan
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Every year, millions of Americans become involved in the local criminal justice system and are held in jails, placed on probation, or some combination of the two. This paper focuses on the probation population, a group of individuals who receive correctional supervision in communities, generally as an alternative to incarceration. Individuals on probation are disproportionately low-income and uninsured; many are likely to qualify for health coverage through state Medicaid expansions and private insurance Marketplaces that are part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Opening up access to affordable health insurance coverage for this vulnerable group of individuals is …