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SPickett - (12/19/2013 11:26:45 AM)
RE:December 2013: Health Insurance and Continuing Treatment
There are exciting changes taking place in many states to help justice-involved individuals (inmates, detainees, parolees, probationers) enroll in the health insurance now available to them through the ACA. Corrections officers can help by checking the eligibility requirements for their state, and having informational conversations with individuals about whether they are eligible and encouraging them to enroll in health insurance. The "sell" is that health insurance helps individuals continue treatment that will help keep them out of jail. The hard part is that many will need help gathering documents and filling out applications--this is the part of the process where corrections officers can lend a hand to guarantee successful enrollment.