When pondering how to keep low-level drug offenders out
of jail, officials in Albany, New York, faced a challenge: How could they pay
for a case manager to coax addicts onto the straight and narrow, sometimes by
tracking them down on the streets?
The money turned up in a previously untapped source:
President Barack Obama's health care law, which by expanding Medicaid in some
states has made repeat drug offenders eligible for coverage, including many who
are homeless or...read on here.
Expand Medicaid, Governor Abbott!
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