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Prison system works to combat health care coverage gap by enrolling people in Medicaid before release

By Rachel Crumpler Danay Burke, 43, was released from prison on Nov. 1. Among the many tasks on her to-do list for reestablishing her life was to figure out how to manage her health care needs. But she left prison without health insurance, making that a difficult and costly prospect. “It’s slowing down the process […]

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