Oakland Clinic Provides Medical Care to Ex-Offenders

Most people who leave state prisons do so with no consistent place to get medical care. Instead, former inmates rely on scarce county-funded clinics or fall back on county-funded emergency rooms, straining California’s already stretched medical safety net. Some relief has entered the system in the form of early funding from the federal government’s health care overhaul. Reporter: Sarah Varney

The state negotiated with the Obama administration to gain early access to funds available under the federal health law. Starting in last month, counties began enrolling all low-income residents — including ex-offenders — into a version of Medi-Cal.
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