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Hinds County to look at Medicaid for inmates
By sunherald.com
Published: 12/09/2016

JACKSON, Miss.

Hinds County will look to Medicaid for help to try to reduce inmate medical costs.

Last year, Hinds County was hit with medical bills totaling more than $258,000 for one inmate.

Hinds County Supervisor Peggy Hobson Calhoun tells The Clarion-Ledger (http://on.thec-l.com/2hmIQxE ) through research she has learned that a federal rule allows Medicaid benefits to be paid for incarcerated inmates if they were eligible for Medicaid and part of the system prior to needing medical service.

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