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| New primary care Medicaid program may benefit former inmates |
| By postandcourier.com- Lauren Sausser |
| Published: 08/25/2014 |
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An estimated 9,000 inmates discharged from the South Carolina corrections system each year may soon benefit from a modified Medicaid program that would address some of their basic health care needs after they leave prison. Officials from the S.C. Department of Health and Human Services and the S.C. Department of Corrections recently discussed enrolling these adults into a new program upon their release called Healthy Connections Checkup, which provides primary care screenings and family-planning benefits for residents whose income falls below 194 percent of the federal poverty level, or about $22,600 a year for a single adult. Most inmates discharged from prison would qualify. "When men and women get out of prison, they're often without a job," said S.C. Medicaid Director Tony Keck. "You want to prioritize and try to find people who are most vulnerable. That's been one of most consistent strategies since I got here - find the most vulnerable people and connect them to care." Read More. |
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