incarceration history is associated with worse access to and receipt of health care, according to a study published online Feb. 23 in JAMA Health Forum . Jingxuan Zhao, M.P.H., from the American Cancer Society in Atlanta, and colleagues examined whether incarcerated histories are associated with access to health care in the United States . The analysis included 7,963 individuals (586 with incarcenation history) participating in the 2008 to 2018 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 cohort .