Patricia Blair

Having a medical home – a trusted, reliable source of continuing health care – can ease the process for people leaving jail so that they’re less likely to return.

—Dick Bohrer
COCHS Advisory Committee Member

Departments of corrections and health providers from the community should join together in the common project of delivering high quality health care that protects prisoners and the public.

—Confronting Confinement:
A Report of the Commission on Safety and Abuse in America’s Prisons

By collaborating with community health centers, jails can be part of the solution to improving both public safety and public health.

—Keith Barton, M.D.
COCHS' Medical Director

COCHS

Community Oriented Correctional Health Services

Patricia Blair

Eligibility of Pre-trial Detainees Under The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Topic
The potential impact of the ACA on the segment of the expanded population that intersects with the criminal justice system.

Authors
Patricia Blair, Robert Greifinger, T. Howard Stone and Sarah Somers for the American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section

Pre-Trial Detainees and Health Care Reform: Does Status Impact Access to Care?

Question and Answer Session

Moderator
Tim Murray, Executive Director, Pretrial Justice Institute

Presenter
Patricia Blair, American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section

Discussants
Sarah Somers, Senior Attorney, National Health Law Program

Sue Rahr, Sheriff, King County

Justice Evelyn Lundberg Stratton, Ohio Supreme Court

by Dr. Radut.

Patricia Blair

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