Baltimore Homeless Program Expects Boost From Medicaid Expansion

Many homeless people are uninsured and ineligible for Medicaid. But that will change beginning in 2014, when Medicaid greatly expands under the new health law. Kevin Lindamood, vice president for external affairs at Health Care for the Homeless in Baltimore, is hopeful that additional Medicaid funding will allow the center to provide more care and help expand its efforts to find housing and jobs for clients.

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<h1>Baltimore Homeless Program Expects Boost From Medicaid Expansion</h1>
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			August 20, 2010		</time>
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<p>Many homeless people are uninsured and ineligible for Medicaid. But that will change beginning in 2014, when Medicaid greatly expands under the new health law. Kevin Lindamood, vice president for external affairs at <a href="http://www.hchmd.org/">Health Care for the Homeless</a> in Baltimore, is hopeful that additional Medicaid funding will allow the center to provide more care and help expand its efforts to find housing and jobs for clients.</p><p>      <strong>Related Story: </strong>      <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/legacy/2E592C19-E39F-4E5F-A9F6-EE14809AB60B">        <strong>New Law Offers Hope For Homeless Health Care</strong>      </a>    </p><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/082010-homeless-health-care/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/082010-homeless-health-care/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/082010-homeless-health-care/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Baltimore%20Homeless%20Program%20Expects%20Boost%20From%20Medicaid%20Expansion&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2Fnews%2F082010-homeless-health-care%2F&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/082010-homeless-health-care/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/082010-homeless-health-care/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/082010-homeless-health-care/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=11084&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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