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Kansas Medicaid Expansion Could Reduce Jail Populations

Local jails struggling to provide adequate mental health treatment to inmates could benefit from the expansion. ....

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'Band-Aid over a bullet hole': Medicaid expansion could help reduce prison and jail populations

Kansas advocates for Medicaid expansion say expanding access would save jails medical costs, slow recidivism rates. ....

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