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HealthCare.gov: Health Coverage for Incarcerated People (National)

Official HealthCare.gov guidance from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on health coverage options for incarcerated people. It explains that people cannot buy a Marketplace plan while serving a sentence but pending charges do not count as incarceration, that a 60-day special enrollment window opens after release, and that people can apply for Medicaid while still incarcerated to speed access to care after release.
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