Executive Briefings | August 2, 2014
Another Reason Why States Terminate Medicaid Benefits When Enrollees Become Incarcerated
Recently we looked into why states terminate rather than suspend Medicaid benefits when Medicaid beneficiaries become incarcerated (see Why Do States Terminate Rather Than Suspend Inmate Medicaid Benefits?). Despite the fact that federal regulations left it open for states to suspend rather than terminate Medicaid benefits, 38 states plus the District of Columbia terminate rather than suspend inmate benefits – creating a potential gap in health care coverage when they are released. We identified four reasons that state policymakers choose the termination . . .