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2012
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County Jails and the Affordable Care Act: Enrolling Eligible Individuals in Health Coverage
By Cardwell, Anita; Gilmore, Maeghan.
Public Welfare Foundation (Washington, DC).
National Association of Counties (NACo). Community Services Division (Washington, DC).
“In 2014 the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) will provide new health insurance coverage options for millions of individuals through an expansion of Medicaid eligibility and the establishment of state-based health insurance exchanges. This brief will examine ways that counties may be involved in eligibility determination and enrollment processes for these newly eligible individuals, focusing particularly on issues related to enrolling qualified individuals held in county jails a... Read More
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9 pages
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2011
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COCHS Papers
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Princeton, NJ).
Community Oriented Correctional Health Services (COCHS) (Oakland, CA).
These four papers present "cutting-edge thinking on the implications of expanded eligibility for Medicaid and subsidized insurance to low-income childless adults under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Because a large subset of these newly eligible individuals will most likely cycle through our nation’s county and local jails, local correctional facilities may serve as an entry point for bringing them into the health care system and connecting them with community health care provid... Read More
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1 page
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2011
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Federal Benefits Chart
Reentry Policy Council (New York, NY).
This chart can be used to investigate various federal benefit programs that a recently released inmate or other justice-involved individual may be qualified to participate in. Benefit type, federal funding agency, eligibility requirements, and examples are given for five benefit program areas—cash assistance, families, employment, health, and housing.... Read More
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2011
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Keys to Federal Benefits Access
Reentry Policy Council (New York, NY).
“This tool identifies four key issue areas for policymakers seeking to ensure that people who are eligible for SSI/SSDI and Medicaid are enrolled immediately upon release. Click on each key to review recommendations and examples in each issue area”. These key areas are eligibility, documentation, application, and continuity of care. Access is also provided to additional informational resources, program examples, and a glossary.... Read More
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2010
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Establishing and Maintaining Medicaid Eligibility upon Release from Public Institutions
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (Rockville, MD).
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. (Princeton, NJ); U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (Rockville, MD).
Individuals involved in acquiring Medicaid benefits for mentally ill ex-offenders returning to the community will find the lessons learned from this study helpful. The development and implementation of “a model program to ensure that eligible individuals with mental illness were enrolled in Medicaid at discharge from state institutions” was evaluated (p.1). Five sections follow an executive summary: introduction; barriers to ensuring Medicaid eligibility for adults leaving state institutions; in... Read More
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78 p.
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