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| Bill Restores Medicaid for State Hospital Patients and Prisoners Upon Release |
| By thelundreport.org- Chris Gray |
| Published: 05/01/2015 |
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A bill making its way through the House should ensure that people leaving prison and the state hospital have immediate access to Medicaid, and allow the state to save millions each year by charging the federal health program for hospital care provided to inmates outside of state institutions. Rep. Julie Parrish, R-West Linn, said this policy would have been a blessing for her late sister, who spent her life in and out of prison, where she would receive effective treatment for her drug addiction, only to lose all health coverage upon release, and cycle back into substance abuse and untreated mental illness. “We spend a lot of money trying to stabilize these people,” Parrish said Wednesday at a House Health Committee hearing. Steve Robbins, the health services administrator at the Oregon Department of Corrections, testified that 52 percent of Oregon prison inmates are diagnosed and treated for a mental health disorder, not counting alcohol and drug addiction. As many as 70 percent self-report some kind of mental health disorder. Read More. |
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