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Health Coverage for People in the Justice System: The Potential Impact of Obamacare

Volume 78 Number 2
Date: 
September 2014
Abstract: 

The authors examine the potential of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) to assist criminal justice agencies in helping uninsured individuals involved in the justice system to enroll in health care, with special attention to people living with mental illnesses, a responsivity factor that can present particularly difficult supervision issues.