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| Group bolsters efforts to enroll former inmates in Medi-Cal |
| By latimes.com |
| Published: 11/16/2015 |
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When Hilda Sims earned her release from prison last year after serving 22 years for murder, she got something that could dramatically reduce the odds that she'd ever have to return: health insurance. For years, many who left California lockups on parole or probation would do so without easy access to medical care. For someone like Sims, who survived breast cancer behind bars, that meant health problems might go untreated or result in big medical bills just as they were struggling to return to society. Studies have shown that lacking access to healthcare can make former inmates return to crime, eventually falling back into the prison system, says Elizabeth Siggins and her colleagues at the nonprofit advocacy group Californians for Safety and Justice. It was a "population with a lot of need, a largely uninsured population, who was not getting access," Siggins said. Read More. |
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