(Salem, OR) -- Inmates leaving jail or prison in Oregon can now get Medicaid coverage. When people are on Medicaid and they go to jail or prison, they lose that health care coverage. Oregon has been approved to give those inmates heading out of incarceration Medicaid coverage 90 days before their release. The Oregon Health Authority says that's important, because those people often have a gap in coverage until Medicaid resumes. The change will allow them to get medications, especially medications they might need to maintain addiction recovery.