Author Archives: Renuka Rayasam | KHN

Renuka Rayasam, Senior Correspondent, joined KHN in April 2022 from Politico, where she wrote for the magazine, covered Texas policy and politics, and helped launch a daily covid-19 briefing called “Nightly.” She has worked for the Austin American-Statesman and U.S. News & World Report.

Matthew Boyd was released from a Georgia state prison in December 2020 without the medicine he uses to manage chronic heart and lung conditions and high blood pressure, he says. The Biden administration has opened the door for Medicaid to cover care before an incarcerated person is released, to help them better manage their health and obtain care after release. (DUSTIN CHAMBERS FOR KHN)
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Reentry programs to help former prisoners obtain health care are often underused

by Renuka Rayasam | KHN

When Matthew Boyd was released from a Georgia state prison in December 2020, officials sent him home without medicines he uses to manage chronic heart and lung conditions and high blood pressure, he said. Less than a month later, he spent eight days in an intensive care unit, the first of more than 40 hospital […]