Currently, five states have been approved to provide automatic enrollment in Medicaid to newly released incarcerated people. Photo by Julia Reihs for The Baltimore Banner.
Currently, five states have been approved to provide automatic enrollment in Medicaid to newly released incarcerated people. Photo by Julia Reihs for The Baltimore Banner.

More than a year ago, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services approved new guidance to automatically enroll newly released incarcerated people into Medicaid.

The program was celebrated by harm reduction and healthcare advocates.

However, since the program’s inception there has been a slow roll out in the states.

Read more at WYPR.