Study suggests former inmates struggle to access medical care—even when it’s nearly free

As they studied two years of prison-inmate data, Laura Dague and a team of fellow health researchers noticed that one particular scenario kept cropping up. That scenario involved the days when an inmate is released and returns to their community. A significant number were released with chronic health issues and promptly signed up for government-subsidized health care—only to stop taking their medications.

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