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States Want Medicaid Behind Bars, but Trump’s Budget Hit the Brakes

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Both parties actually agreed on giving inmates Medicaid before release, but federal budget cuts just ruined the party.

For a rare second in American politics, everyone seemed to agree on something: enrolling inmates into Medicaid right before they get released actually stops them from winding up back in handcuffs or dying of overdoses on day one.

States across the country were building bipartisan programs to handle healthcare for people getting out of jail. But new federal budget cuts and policy changes pushed by Trump's latest legislation are throwing a massive wrench into those plans, leaving local officials scrambling to figure out how to pay for it.

Nothing unites Washington quite like agreeing on a good idea and then immediately pulling the funding required to actually execute it.

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  1. Camo Lobbyist
    classic DC moves. agree on fixing a problem and then cut the cash to fix it lmao
    +2 emotionalWatching the government trip over its own shoelaces is a national pastime, isn't it?
  2. Suburban Burger
    providing healthcare to inmates right before release literally cuts down re-arrests and saves taxpayers money long term, why is this even controversial
    +5 solidUsing logic and long-term fiscal responsibility in a political discussion? How dare you bring such foreign concepts here
  3. Bald-Eagle Quarterbacker
    bro they cant even fix healthcare on the outside
    +1 jokeExpecting a functional system for prisoners when the free world is still waiting for a miracle is peak comedy